Politics

Is the govt serious about passing the Bill or is it scared about having an all-seeing, all-powerful body above it?

The Maharashtra government has fortified the fast venue by deploying 2000 police constables.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee has not been keeping well for sometime now and did not contest the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.

Mamata Banerjee will meet all district SPs, district magistrates and senior excise officials over the tragedy.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be on a two-day visit to Tamil Nadu from December 25.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot now it is for the House to decide whether the Lokpal Bill requires any amendment.

The VHP slammed the government's proposal and termed it it as a "backdoor provision" to appease the minorities.

An additional expenditure of Rs 400 crore would be needed to construct a building to house the establishment of the Lokpal.

Jayalalithaa said the software exports out of Tamil Nadu during 2010-11 is estimated to be over Rs 50,000 crore.

The BJP has expressed its unhappiness over the reported provisions in the Bill.

It was an ill-conceived, politically expedient move thrown in the ring which deserved the fate it has met, Abhishek Manu Singhvi.

UPA Chief Sonia Gandhi's pet project the Food Security Bill, however, will be discussed during the Union Cabinet meeting on Sunday.

Singh said the two countries should find a joint cooperative path to tackle Afghanistan's problems.

The TDB president would write to Jayalalithaa, requesting her to set up a Tamil Nadu Bhavan at Nilackal for pilgrims.

The Assembly will pass a resolution that TN will not give up its rights over Mullaperiyar Dam, Jayalalithaa said.

Anna Hazare had urged Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee to pressurise UPA on Lokpal issue as she did on FDI in retail.