Anti-Ragging website launched

The government on Thursday launched an anti-ragging website helping students of universities, colleges and professional institutes lodge online complaints against ragging or harassment and seek faster response. The portal (www.antiragging.in) launched by HRD minister Kapil Sibal is also expected to maintain a database of students and will be connected to most universities by year-end. Sibal  [ Read More ]

Khurshid: Govt not to censor internet

The Law Minister Mr. Salman Khurshid today denied any kind of censorship on internet and said adequate provisions are already in place and IT Ministry is also holding consultations with various stakeholders to address concerns on objectionable content. Addressing a seminar of ‘Editors Guild of India’ here, Mr Khurshid said his colleague and IT Minister  [ Read More ]

CBI selectively targeting some in 2G case: Shahid Balwa

Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa Monday told a Delhi court that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was selectively targeting some firms in the 2G spectrum case. He asked how could he have caused a loss to the national exchequer when the prime minister and Communications Minister Kapil Sibal have said that there was  [ Read More ]

Campaign on anti-graft bill in Sibal’s constituency

A voluntary group Thursday started a campaign to popularise the anti-corruption Jan Lokpal bill in central Delhi’s Chandini Chowk, the parliamentary constituency of union minister Kapil Sibal who was part of a team that drafted a separate official Lokpal bill along with civil society members. In order to take Jan Lokpal bill, drafted by members  [ Read More ]

Lokpal Bill panel to consult states, parties on ‘divergent views’

The joint Lokpal Bill drafting committee Monday decided to seek the views of states and political parties on “issues of divergence” on the proposed legislation as the government and civil society representatives had differing views on key issues, including bringing the prime minister and the higher judiciary under the ambit of the new authority. After  [ Read More ]

Telecast Lokpal Bill panel proceedings: Agnivesh

The proceedings of the Lokpal Bill draft committee should be telecast so that people could see the body language of union ministers Kapil Sibal and P. Chidambaram who are on the committee, social activist Swami Agnivesh said Friday. Speaking during the launch of the nationwide Jan Lokpal bill campaign here, Agnivesh, one of the convenors  [ Read More ]

Government to bring in new land acquisition law: Chidambaram

The government was all set to bring in a new land acquisition law for better compensation and rehabilitation to farmers, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said on Thursday as unrest on the issue continued in parts of Uttar Pradesh. The new legislation, he said, would be introduced in parliament in t he next session likely in  [ Read More ]

Lokpal should be independent, agree panel members

Keen to finish drafting of the anti-graft Lokpal Bill by June-end, the government and civil society representatives Saturday identified areas of agreement on the proposed legislation and said the new authority should be independent and have a transparent process of appointment. The agreement on broad principles of legislation came almost a month after Gandhian Anna  [ Read More ]

Bill against honour killing likely in monsoon session: Girija Vyas

The bill against honour killing is likely to be introduced in the monsoon session of parliament in July, outgoing chairperson of the National Commission for Women (NCW) Girija Vyas said Wednesday. ‘I believe the bill will be introduced in the monsoon session. With the GoM (group of ministers) approving it, there is no hitch now,’  [ Read More ]

Anna Hazare plans fast unto death for strong Lokpal bil

Veteran social activist Anna Hazare Monday said he is starting a “fast unto death” to press for the demand to involve civil society in formulation of the anti-graft Lokpal (ombudsman) Bill. “I will fast unto death, as announced earlier, as the prime minister has refused to form a joint committee with civil society members in  [ Read More ]