-The Telegraph   The Union cabinet today approved the Lokpal bill after overruling Manmohan Singh, who again advocated bringing the Prime Minister within the corruption ombudsman’s ambit. The higher judiciary, conduct of MPs inside Parliament, and the lower bureaucracy too have been kept out of the Lokpal’s jurisdiction. Anna Hazare, whose civil society group had insisted on all these sections and the Prime Minister being included, termed the draft a “cruel joke” and...

-The Times of India   Delhi Police on Friday denied permission to veteran social activist Anna Hazare to hold an indefinite hunger strike at the Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on August 16. The Delhi Police referred to the Supreme Court's 2009 order to deny team Anna permission for the indefinite strike anywhere in Delhi, the Times Now channel reports. The police, in its letter to Hazare, said that as Parliament would be...

Anna Hazare’s team today said the Lokpal bill was a “cruel joke” on the country and warned that people would teach the government a lesson after the Gandhian begins his fast at Jantar Mantar from August 16. The group also said the Supreme Court would strike down the legislation as unconstitutional if it kept the Prime Minister out of the ambit of the proposed anti-corruption ombudsman. “It is a deceit on...

The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the draft of the anti-corruption Lokpal Bill that is to be tabled in Parliament during the upcoming monsoon session. The Prime Minister and the judiciary have been excluded from the ambit of the Lokpal Bill. According to this draft, the body will have a chairperson and eight members, including four judicial members. Information minister Ambika Soni said the chairperson would be a serving or retired Supreme Court...

-ANI   The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved a draft of the Lokpal Bill, which will now be tabled in the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament. The Prime Minister and the judiciary have been kept out of the Lokpal Bill's ambit. Meanwhile, former IPS officer and social activist Kiran Bedi has rubbished the Bill, saying it is not for the common man. "The Lokpal Bill is fractured, unhealthy. It is not for the common...