The Budget session of Parliament is set to begin today with the customary address by President Pranab Mukherjee. Railway Budget will be presented on February 26 and the General Budget on February 28. Among the key legislative measures, the government wants to ...
After Run Baby Run, director Joshiy and Mohanlal team up again for Lokpal. The movie predictably is about corruption and how Mohanlal fights it vehemently. The movie also has Kavya Madhavan, Meera Nandan, Thalaivasal Vijay and Manoj K Jayan.
Newshour | Lokpal fight gets worse. Has the government compromised as much as the BJP is alleging? BJP leader Arun Jaitley said that the government's draft has a lot of flaws and questioned how could the government amend a Select Committee report. The governme...
BJP senior leader Arun Jaitley slams the government for making changes in the select committe report on Lokpal, says the government has no right to do this.
The Union cabinet cleared a revised draft of the Lokpal bill yesterday, without one crucial part: the inclusion of CBI under the ambit of the Lokpal. Union Law Minister Ashwani Kumar explains that even if the CBI's role is not specified, the UPA government is ...
The Lokpal Bill, intended to fight corruption at high posts in the government, was cleared by the cabinet on Thursday but the draft was silent on the contentious issue of the CBI chief's appointment. The bill will now be presented in the Rajya Sabha, where its...
BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad points out that the government cannot make any changes to the Lokpal draft as it is now the property of the Select Committee of the Rajya Sabha. With regard to the autonomous status of the CBI, he said that the Select Commi...
The Central government once again faces flak from all corners over the Lokpal Bill. The amended draft Lokpal bill, which was cleared by the Cabinet yesterday, is rejected by Anna Hazare and Arvind Kejriwal. Hazare says he is all set to start his agitation agai...
Anti corruption crusaders Anna Hazare and Arvind Kejriwal have outrightly rejected the amended Lokpal Bill saying that the bill will actually help the corrupt people. With barely three weeks to go for the Budget session to begin, the Lokpal controversy is far ...
Newshour | Does the new Lokpal Bill proposed by the government have enough teeth to tackle corruption? Anna Hazare and Arvind Kejriwal have expressed their displeasure in the amended Bill claiming that it will actually help the corrupt people. National Secreta...
Director Joshy's suspense-thriller movie 'Lokpal' hits the theaters. The film stars Mohanlal and Kavya Madhavan in the lead roles, along with Meera Nandan, TG Ravi, Manoj K Jayan, Sai Kumar, Shammi Thilakan and Krishnakumar in supporting roles. The story of th...
The channel has access to the letters written by the Petroleum Ministry to Reliance industries dated January 24 warning them to cooperate with the CAG audit team. RIL claims that they have made all records available to CAG and the allegations of obstructionist...
News Night | Does the new Lokpal bill approved by the cabinet have the 'teeth' to fight graft? The Opposition has come out and said that this was less than an honest effort by the government. BJP leader Nirmala Sitaraman, AAP leader Shazia Ilmi, AAP leader Pra...
The amendments made to the Lokpal and Lokayukta bill have been cleared by the Union Cabinet. The amendments to the Lokpal bill is based on the select committee recommendations. Fourteen out of 16 recommendations of the Select committee have been approved. The ...
Speaking on the revised Lokpal Bill, BJP says the government should not have altered the recommendations of the select committeee as it is the property of the Rajya Sabha. The party also reiterated its demand for the autonomy of the CBI.
Centrestage | Anti-corruption activist and Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal is planing for a big expose on the Sheila Dikshit government in Delhi tomorrow. But in this episode, he talks about the government's amended Lokpal bill. The activist says that t...
The Union Cabinet has cleared amendments to the Lokpal bill and the bill is now expected to be tabled in the Rajya Sabha in the upcoming Budget session. The Cabinet clearance comes amidst serious charges made against the government as this revised version is b...
The Union Cabinet has cleared the amendments suggested in the Lokpal Bill and it is likely to be presented in the Rajya Sabha in the coming session. One of the key amendments to the Bill is that the anti-corruption wing of the CBI will not be merged with the L...
The Union Cabinet cleared the revised Lokpal Bill today and will be ready to be presented in the Lok Sabha in the coming budget session. The amended draft leaves the appointment of Lokayuktas to the states but the CBI's role is still ambiguous under the new dr...
The Union Cabinet will meet shortly to discuss a new draft of the much debated Lokpal Bill today. The Cabinet will look into the recommendations of the select committee which looked into the draft Bill after it was stalled in the Rajya Sabha. However, Anna Haz...
The Lokpal Bil will be presented before the cabinet for approval today. This bill ran into many controversies and opposition from the politicians. Even though the bill has been sent for approval, Anna Hazare is suspicious about the intentions of the government...
The Union Cabinet is all set to review the Lokpal bill. Nonetheless the government's is reviewing a watered down version of Lokpal bill as many of the key proposals made by anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare and his team are nor part of the bill. Anna Hazare...
The Union Cabinet will meet on Monday to discuss the amendments to the Lokpal Bill. The eleven key amendments to the bill were proposed by the Select Committee of Rajya Sabha, which was formed to look into the recommendations of members from the Upper House fo...
Social activist Anna Hazare accuses Congress president Sonia Gandhi and PM Manmohan Singh of cheating the public. He says that he had received several letters of assurances from both of them, but Lokpal still continues to stagnate in the Parliament. He also ad...
Social activist and anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare is not at all impressed by the letter of assurance written by Sonia Gandhi, which promises that the Lokpal Bill will be passed by the Parliament in the budget session. Hazare says that he will only belie...
After 'Run Baby Run', Padmasree Bharat Dr Lt Col Mohanlal's fans are eagerly looking forward to the release of 'Lokpal', which is expected to hit the screens towards the end of the month. Mohanlal plays Nandagopal, a restaurateur, while Kavya Madhavan essays t...
Kamal Nath, the Minister of Parliament Affairs, explains the deadlock in the Parliament over the issue of FDI in retail and the UPA's coming to terms with the idea of a vote under rule 184. It was DMK's support during the meeting of the UPA alliance parties th...
Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi lashes out at the Opposition which has been demanding the recall of the newly appointed CBI chief. Singhvi asks if the BJP is suggesting till Lokpal comes into law, the post of the director of CBI remain vacant. He a...
Newshour | BJP leaders Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley write a letter to the PM stating that the appointment of Ranjit Sinha as the new CBI director is unfair. They state that the appointment of a new CBI director just hours before the new Lokpal norms are tabl...
News Night | The appointment of new CBI director has raked up a fresh controversy. The Opposition has claimed that the appointment of a new CBI director just hours before the new Lokpal norms is tabled is unfair. BJP has questioned the hasty manner in which th...
The BJP has written a letter asking for the removal of Ranjit Sinha as the new director of the CBI. The BJP says the appointment of a new CBI director just when the Lokpal bill was being tabled in the Parliament is inappropriate.
BJP leader Prakash Javadekar demands to know why the government has not taken the select committee's report on the Lokpal seriously. He says that according to the report on the new Lokpal, the CBI director has to be selected by a collegium consisting of the PM...
The letter to PM on the appointment of CBI director Ranjit Sinha has raked up a huge controversy. MoS V Narayanasamy has said that there is no unfairness as alleged by the BJP in the appointment and that the PM has the right to decide. The Opposition had state...
BJP leaders Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley write a letter to the PM stating that the appointment of Ranjit Sinha as the new CBI director is unfair and that he be recalled. They state that the appointment of a new CBI director just hours before the new Lokpal n...
Chairman of the Rajya Sabha Select Committee on Lokpal, Satyavrat Chaturvedi says that none of the political parties had expressed any sort of dissent to the proposed provisions in the Lokpal draft.
Congress MP Satyavrat Chaturvedi announces that the Select Committee headed by him submitted the recommendations that are part of the Lokpal bill that was tabled today. He talks about the 12 amendments that have been suggested by the committee. He also says th...
In the midst of the hungama over the FDI in retail and the 2G scam, the report of the Select Committee on the amendments to the Lokpal bill was tabled in the Rajya Sabha. The report as it was tabled today does not give much weight to the demands made in the Ja...
The proposals of the new Lokpal bill are revealed in this story. The select committee of the Rajya Sabha that had prepared the report after civil society organisations had launched an agitation that was spearheaded by Anna Hazare. But when the select committee...
The new Lokpal Bill will be presented in the Rajya Sabha today. This bill is prepared based on the report by the Select Committee of the Rajya Sabha headed by Satyavrat Chaturvedi. The bill will then be sent to the Cabinet, and back to Rajya Sabha and then int...
A year ago, the Opposition was strongly against the Lokpal bill and vociferous in its disproval during the 2011 winter session. However, in Parliament winter session 2012, in a sharp contrast to that image, there is a rare show of solidarity between the ruling...
The Lokpal Bill was on the Rajya Sabha agenda today. Although they both are at loggerheads over many issues including FDI in retail, there will one agenda where both the Ruling and the Opposition government will agree on and that is the Lokpal Bill. A rare dem...
Samajwadi Party Leader Ram Gopal Yadav has confirmed that the ruling party of Uttar Pradesh will not back FDI in retail. Meanwhile, the BJP has moved a mandatory voting clause condition under rule number 184. This means that the BJP and the Left insist on comp...
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeks the cooperation of all political parties ahead of the Winter session of Parliament. Stating clearly that the government is willing to discuss any issue in the Parliament, the Prime Minister calls for calm in the House. He as...
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeks the cooperation of all political parties ahead of the Winter session of Parliament. Stating clearly that the government is willing to discuss any issue in the Parliament, the Prime Minister calls for calm in the House. He as...
Trinamool leader Saugata Roy confirms reports that the Mamata Banerjee-led party will bring about a no-confidence motion against the ruling government. The key contentious issues include the FDI in retail and the Lokpal bill. Meanwhile, the BJP has moved a man...
The BJP has moved a mandatory voting clause condition under rule number 184. This means that the BJP and the Left insist on compulsory voting immediately after the FDI debate, while the Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party is yet to take a call on which side of th...
It's a cold November in the capital city of New Delhi and the Winter session of Parliament seems to be beckoning a mighty storm. The key contentious issues include the FDI in retail and the Lokpal bill. Ally-turned-opponent Mamata Banerjee wants to move a no-...
Congress is leaving no stone unturned to have a smooth running session of Parliament, including dinner diplomacy. The Prime Minister has invited the BJP to a dinner to ensure support and cooperation on the floor of the house. The last Parliament session was th...
While Anna Hazare and other anti-corruption crusaders have trashed the government's Lokpal bill, Congress spokesperson Sandeep Dikshit defends the bill. He says that even the government is not very happy with certain provisions in the Lokpal, however the colle...
A parliamentary panel that was set up to resolve contentious issues in the Lokpal bill has now adopted a draft report. The panel suggests that the PM be brought under the purview of Lokpal except on issues of national security. The panel also talks about the S...
Social activist Anna Hazare slams the government for adopting a Lokpal that is toothless. He says that the government's Lokpal will do nothing to eradicate the corruption in the country. The Lokpal that the House select committee has adopted still does not bri...
A parliamentary panel that was set up to resolve contentious issues in the Lokpal bill has now adopted a draft report. The panel suggests that the PM be brought under the purview of Lokpal except on issues of national security. The panel also talks about the S...
The draft submitted by the select panel of the Lokpal recommends the inclusion of Prime Minister under the purview of the Lokpal but with certain safeguards. The Lokpal draft has been handed over to the government and is likely to be tabled in the upcoming win...
These are some of the proposals of the draft Lokpal Bill prepared by the Rajya Sabha Select Committee that is ready to be tabled in the Parliament during its winter session. The PM is within the purview of the Lokpal, but not the CBI. The Lokpal selection comm...
The much contended Lokpal bill is all set to be tabled in Rajya Sabha in the coming winter session, but with several changes which will not please the civil society. The Rajya Sabha select committee which received the bill because of a lack of consensus in the...
The draft of the Lokpal bill has been adopted by the House select committee and without any dissent note. The bill will be tabled in the Parliament during the winter session. In the version of the bill that has been adopted, the CBI gain immense power to work ...
Team Anna's new office, Sarvodaya Enclave in Delhi, is unveiled to a lukewarm response. Anna Hazare speaks to the media and the changes he wishes to bring about, which will go beyond the Janlokpal bill.
Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare announces that he will soon start a movement against the government's decision to allow FDI in the retail sector. This grand rally planned by Hazare would be the first one after he split with the Bhushans and Arvind Kejriwa...
In this Khaas Mulakat with Sahil Joshi done at Ralegan Siddhi, Anna Hazare talks of starting anew his anti-corruption movement, of taking this crusade to the grassroots level. He also outlines the agenda that will be at the heart of the new movement.
Anna Hazare, the face of Jan Lokpal movement, advises his former aide Arvind Kejriwal on the latter's Delhi-centric campaigns. According to the veteran activist, Kejriwal should start at the grassroots and not just organise meetings in the city. Because most o...
Anna Hazare will soon launch a new movement against corruption, one that would work up from the grassroots to the national level. In this interview given at Ralegan Siddhi, Anna revealed his plans. Anna said the issues he may also take up are right to reject, ...
In her speech at Mandi in Himachal Pradesh, as part of the campaign for the Assembly elections, Sonia Gandhi blasts the BJP state government over its track record of corruption, and tell the audience that is was the Congress that brought the NREGA and RTI act,...
Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh issues 27 questions to Arvind Kejriwal, most of which relate to his posting as an IRS officer, his wife's transfer, the utilisation of funds by Kejriwal's NGO and the source of its funds. In its reaction, Manish Sisod...
It appears India Against Corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal is attempting to do some damage control and prove that he and his team is above board. He has ordered probe against IAC members Prashant Bhushan, Anjali Damania and Mayank Gandhi following the allega...
It appears India Against Corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal is attempting to do some damage control and prove that he and his team is above board. He has ordered probe against IAC members Prashant Bhushan, Anjali Damania and Mayank Gandhi following the allega...
This is Sonia Gandhi's speech at the public meeting in Mangalore. She says people of Karnataka are tired of the rampant corruption of the BJP in the state. She accused the BJP double-speak on its opposition to FDI in retail.
Arvind Kejriwal speaks Live to explain the allegations he made earlier against Robert Vadra, the son-in-law of Sonia Gandhi. His main allegation is that Vadra's companies got properties dirt cheap from from DLF company for allegedly for favoures. For example h...
Activist Anna Hazare meets Baba Ramdev giving rise to speculation of a new apolitical group being formed. This comes shortly after the official split with former Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal. Anna forbade Kejriwal from using his name during his political c...
Anna Hazare garnered a huge fan following when he first began his crusade against corruption. The media went ga-ga over him. Before long, he is old news. What caused the fall of brand Anna? Was it its self-righteous stand, a unilateral view of corruption, dis...
Leading the protests near the Parliament police station, Arvind Kejriwal requests the police to arrest the protesters but not harass them. Kejriwal and his team of IAC volunteers have been protesting against the harassment of their members by the Delhi police.
The police take no chance and barricade the area around the Parliament police station with four levels of barricades. Arvind Kejriwal and his group of India Against Corruption (IAC) volunteers have begun protesting against police harassment near Parliament.
A group of India Against Corruption (IAC) volunteers led by Arvind Kejriwal protest in front of the Parliament police station in Delhi. The protest is against the alleged harassment of IAC volunteers by the Delhi police.
Expressing unhappiness over Kiran Bedi's comments on turning political, Arvind Kejriwal says that he does not know why she is saying such things. Bedi had earlier said that a political move was too premature and that it was not a good idea. Bedi also skipped I...
The Kejriwal-Bedi rift becomes clearer now with the latter not attending IAC's protest in Delhi. Kiran Bedi is in Mumbai while Anna Hazare feigns ignorance and says that he knows nothing about the protest. Kejriwal and his supporters are protesting outside the...
India Against Corruption (IAC) leaders Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia announce that they will protest outside the Parliament police station. This protest is against the alleged harassment of the IAC volunteers by the Delhi police. Sisodia and Kejriwal alle...
Even as the Samajwadi Party decided to be part of the Left and other parties to hold a dharna at the Parliament over the Coalgate scam, the has extended the period of the Select Committee that is looking into the Lokpal bill. The duration has been extended ti...
Due to the ensuing chaos in the Parliament, the term for the Lokpal Panel has been extended. This would mean that there is no hope of the Lokpal being introduced before the winter session. The Lokpal Bill for now has been deferred indefinitely.
Former IPS officer and social activist Kiran Bedi, was ostensibly absent from the IAC protest in Delhi on Sunday. She says she is not part of Team Arvind but continues to support Team Anna. Bedi wanted the focus of the protest to be on the Government in power.
Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal slams the Government for looting the exchequer of Rs 1.8 lakh crore. He says that these scams are the reason why the Government is refusing to pass the Jan Lokpal bill, because if they did then they would be the first ones to g...
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in his Independence Day address, has expressed confidence over bettering India's GDP compared to last year. He has said that the global economic scenario had a bearing on India as well and that the government will take every step...
Newshour | Baba Ramdev launches a scathing attack on the Congress and says that they are gold medalists when it comes to corruption. Congress also minces no words and says that Ramdev also has evaded tax in past. Has the Government managed to make Baba Ramdev ...
Baba Ramdev escalates the fight with Congress, calling it a gold medalist in corruption. This could be perceived as an anti-Congress campaign ahead of the 2014 general elections.
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev after breaking his five day fast against black money returns to Haridwar. Remaining unapologetic over the furore he caused last night by deciding to camp at the Ambedkar stadium, he says that it was necessary for him to have done that bec...
Former Army Chief VK Singh slams Team Anna's political move, saying that he had appealed for a political option and not a political party. He becomes the latest to join the bandwagon of critics who are vehemently against Team Anna starting a political party.
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev refuses to leave the Ambedkar stadium and says that he will stay there tonight. The police have asked the guru to leave the premises for the second time. According to sources, the presence will not be tolerated for too long, especially wi...
Newshour | Baba Ramdev defends his Ambedkar stadium impromptu fast and says that he does not want to put the police in a fix. He says the police only wanted to arrest him and his supporters and did not even allow a peaceful march. He says that the police broug...
Newshour | While Baba Ramdev is exercising his fundamental right to protest, the moral premises on which he claims to be fighting on seem flawed. The so called 'social movement' has moved to a political platform. Does this change affect the movement's credibil...
Newshour | Yoga guru Baba Ramdev refuses to leave the Ambedkar stadium and says that he will stay there tonight. This newfound courage could be because of the NDA support that Ramdev has managed to garner. Has the BJP effectively given up the Opposition space ...
First the cops had to change the detention venue due to the unmanageable crowd. Then, they were forced to set the protesters free because Ramdev demanded that they be fed. Finally, the Yoga guru vexes the police even more by refusing to leave the Ambedkar stad...
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev refuses to leave Ambedkar stadium putting the Delhi police in a fix. He says that he will break fast only after his supporters start eating. The police had earlier set the supporters free after Ramdev demanded that they be fed.
Centrestage | High drama ensues inside the Ambedkar stadium with Baba Ramdev refusing to leave the premises. Is Baba Ramdev pushing his luck too far? Or is this newfound courage a political nexus of some sorts?
News Night | While the Congress earns Baba Ramdev's wrath, sources say that his anti-Congress stance is a very well-thought out one. Ramdev's alignment with the NDA and the visibility of several BJP leaders during his fast cements the fact that they could be s...
News Night | Delhi police announce that the detention is over and that all supporters can leave, but Baba Ramdev refuses to do so. Is he pushing it too far? Should he just leave the stadium now that his point has been made quite strongly?
Baba Ramdev demands that all his detained supporters be fed by the Delhi police. This bizarre request put the police in a fix, forcing them to lift Section 65 and allow the supporters to leave. However, the Yoga guru and his supporters refuse to leave the venu...
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev elated with the success of his hunger strike says that all those who wrote off his protest should see the crowd that has gathered. He also says that the Congress' time is up and that they should pull their socks up.
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev has been riding the anti-graft wave for a while now, however the guru himself is not completely honest with his earnings. Documented proof shows that Ramdev's Patanjali Yoga Peeth has been allegedly built on illegal land. Also, the guru s...
The Delhi police keep Baba Ramdev under arrest inside a Delhi Transport Corporation bus. The bus, owing to heavy crowds, is slowly inching its way to the Rajiv Gandhi stadium in Bawana, where the guru and his supporters will be kept under preventive custody. T...
While Baba Ramdev's bus is slowly inching its way through the heavy crowds to the Rajiv Gandhi stadium in Bawana, the Yoga guru is wasting no time. In a daredevil stunt, he climbed atop the bus through its window and started addressing his supporters. He says ...
BJP spokesperson Ravishankar Prasad condemns Congress' attitude towards Baba Ramdev's agitation. He says that running away from the issue or shooting the messenger will not solve the country's problems. He also says that if the names of the leaders holding for...