-The Telegraph   All chief ministers will be requested to give their suggestions on a proposed land acquisition law in the next one month before the draft goes to the CABinet. Rural development minister Jairam Ramesh today said that his ministry had prepared the draft of the Land Acquisitions (Amendment) Bill which will be sent to chief ministers next week. “We cannot do anything without consulting the states. Land is a state...

In keeping with the government's promise to bring Lokpal legislation to Parliament in the monsoon session, the CABinet will consider a bill to set up the anti-corruption ombudsman at its meeting on Thursday. The draft bill, framed by five ministers, who were on the joint drafting committee with the Anna Hazare-led group of representatives, does not contain the references to the prime minister, higher judiciary and actions of MPs in Parliament...

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...

Pontius Pilate asked Christ, "What is truth?" and did not wait for an answer. In contrast 'what is civil society?' has provoked innumerable answers, descriptions and definitions. It is suffice to say that the term includes a large chunk of social groups outside the State and the group is much bigger than the small spectrum the media is focusing on. Much of India's law-making process has been outside the scrutiny of...