Politics

The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister also granted a solatium of Rs 2 lakh to the families of two police personnel.

The party will also launch a week-long nationwide protest against the Congress over the Lokpal matter.

JDU leader Sharad Yadav announced the first list of candidates for 32 seats for the assembly polls.

The prime minister was shown black flags by a group of 30-35 protestors as he came out of the Golden Temple.

Mahipal Maderna had been arrested by the CBI on December 3 for his alleged involvement in the Bhanwari Devi case.

Our government is committed to the enactment of an effective Lokpal Bill, Manmohan Singh said.

Rahul Gandhi said the BSP and the SP were in power in UP for a long time but they did nothing for minorities.

Mamata Banerjee was reportedly planning to issue a showcause notice to the MP for supporting the Lokpal Bill.

If it was freedom at midnight on August 15, 1947, it was 'flee-dom' at midnight on Thursday, Arun Jaitley said.

BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha said Lalu Prasad should be declared the 'National Personality' of the country.

NDA started the abuse of CBI, Congress continued it, BSP leader Satish Chandra Mishra said.

Rahul Gandhi's idea of conferring Constitutional status on Lokpal failed in the LS much like his father's Panchayati Raj Bill 22 years ago.

Pranab Mukherjee met TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee and BJP leader Arun Jaitley on Wednesday to discuss the anti-corruption Bill.

Villagers from Ralegan Siddhi are expected to reach Mumbai on Wednesday to support Anna Hazare in his protest fast.

Hazare, who retired to a room adjacent to the stage on Tuesday evening, has not ventured out since.

We wanted to give Lokpal a constitutional status, Parliamentary Affairs Minister PK Bansal said.