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...
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Let us have our say by Aruna Roy and Nikhil Dey
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...
More »Cabinet approves Lokpal Bill draft, to be tabled in Monsoon Session
-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...
More »Left Front to raise attacks on its cadres at all-party meet
27 party supporters killed since election results announced The Left Front would raise the issue of terror being unleashed upon its cadres and party workers in protests outside the State Assembly and parliament and may also raise it during the all-party meeting called by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, State Left Front Committee chairman Biman Bose said here on Thursday. Claiming that 27 supporters and party workers had been killed since...
More »New land acquisition Bill finalised by Sandip Das
To take on the discontentment against land acquisition process, rural development minister Jairam Ramesh has cleared a draft bill for public comments. The minister's land acquisition and rehabilitation bill will be up on the ministry website just a fortnight into his term at Krish Bhawan. The Bill proposes a compensation of more than six times the circle rate of land, acquired for industrial and real estate projects. This is in...
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