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NHRC plans draft legislation on rights of patients

NHRC is mulling to come out with a draft legislation that seeks to protect the rights of patients.

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10 % of Libyan assembly seats for women: Draft law

The draft stipulates that candidates must be above 25 and should have held no position of responsib...

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Lokpal Bill draft gives no hope of strong body: SP

The draft of Lokpal Bill cleared by the Union Cabinet does not generate hope of creating a strong an...

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Anna Hazare calls govt deaf, blind

Gandhian Anna Hazare outrightly rejected the Lokpal draft prepared by the government and said that h...

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Syrian violence: India supports Russian draft

India has expressed its support to a draft resolution brought by Russia at the UN Security Council t...

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Russian draft offers hope of UN Syria resolution

Russia offered a new, beefed-up draft resolution on the violence in Syria to the UN Security Council

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Group C govt officials not under Lokpal: Singhvi

Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Chairman of the Standing Committee on Law and Justice, Public Grievances and ...

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Much-awaited Lokpal draft tabled in Parliament

The report on the Lokpal Bill was tabled in the Rajya Sabha by Abhishek Manu Singhvi.

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Final version of Lokpal vastly improved: Agnivesh

Swami Agnivesh also welcomed the inclusion of NGOs, media and corporate under Lokpal and according i...

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Lokpal draft report a disappointment: Bedi

Disappointed over the draft report of the Standing Committee on Lokpal Bill, Team Anna member Kira...

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Lokpal draft report a disappointment: Kiran Bedi

Team Anna member Kiran Bedi expressed disappointment at the recommendations in the draft report of S...

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Cabinet to take up Aviation Authority Draft bill

The CAA would also conduct periodic safety and security audits, including flight inspections of age...

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Team Anna flays Bihar govt`s draft Lokayukta Bill

Team Anna was on Wednesday disappointed over Bihar government`s draft bill on Lokayukta.

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India, Pak finalize draft visa accord to ease trav

India and Pakistan finalised the draft of the new Bilateral Visa Agreement to ease travel for the na...

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Lokpal panel audio recordings to be made public

The move is a reversal of the government`s earlier stand of not putting the deliberations of the Com...

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Shanti Bhushan controversial CD genuine: Police

The controversial CD was circulated two days before the first meeting of the joint committee to draf...

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`Modified land bill draft to be retrospective`

Some modifications have been made to the draft land acquisition bill, Rural Development Minister Jai...

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Six major parties did not respond to draft Lokpal

Six major political parties did not give their views on the Lokpal Bill circulated by the joint dr...

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Govt unveils draft Land Acquisition Bill

Amid a raging controversy over land acquisition, the government on Friday unveiled a new draft bill...

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`Govt draft on Lokpal excludes PM`

The govt draft on Lokpal Bill does not include PM in the purview of the Ombudsman but the final call...

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Draft of new bill on land acquisition ready

Govt has firmed up the draft of a new bill which makes consent of 80 per cent of land owners mandato...

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Land bill draft will go online for debate: Jairam

Jairam Ramesh brought his signature style of public consultation to his new job as rural development...

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NAC sends draft food bill to government

The Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council has sent to the Government the draft Food Security ...

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Trouble for govt if Lokpal draft is bogus: CPI

Pressing its demand for a strong Lokpal with teeth to fight corruption, the CPI on Thursday warned...

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Lokpal drafts enjoy equal weightage: Shanti Bhush

Taking exception to the govt`s "comparative" analysis of the two drafts of the Lokpal Bill, Anna Haz...

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‘Team Anna draft represents masses’ aspirations’

Activist Kiran Bedi said that civil society`s draft of Lokpal Bill represents the aspirations of a l...

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Govt Lokpal draft better than 2010: Agnivesh

Contrary to Anna Hazare team`s description of government`s Lokpal Bill draft as a "very big hoax", S...

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‘Let parties decide if our draft unconstitutional’

Replying to criticism that he was seeking to create a `parallel government` through a Jan Lokpal b...

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US draft requests 4,200 Ethiopia troops for Abyei

The US is "gravely concerned about the humanitarian situation in Southern Kordofan".

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Hazare team slams govt version of Lokpal

The Anna Hazare team on Thursday alleged that the government version of the ombudsman was not aimed ...

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Allahabad HC quashes plea against Lokpal committee

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday dismissed a writ petition which challeng...

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Many proposals missing from govt draft

The government has been arguing that shifting of the CBI under the umbrella of the Lokpal w...

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Anna Hazare again threatens govt with agitation

Hazare said the good thing about today`s meeting of the joint drafting committee on Lokpal Bill wa...

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Left parties demand Lokpal Bill draft

Left parties asked the government to give them a draft of the Lokpal Bill before convening any all ...

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Govt representatives in joint drafting committee meet

Government representatives in the Joint Drafting Committee of Lokpal Bill tonight reviewed the pro...

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Facebook campaign brings hundreds to the streets in Nepal

Hundreds of Nepalese including beauty queens, journalists, law makers and civil society members gat...

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Consensus in Lokpal drafting panel on independence

The Lokpal Bill drafting committee Saturday identified areas of agreement between the government and...

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Environment Ministry issues draft guidelines

Jairam Ramesh said the new reworked draft guidelines "accommodate all genuine concerns."

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RBI draft favours freeing of savings banks interest rate

The Reserve Bank said that deregulation of the interest rate on savings banks accounts would benefit...

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Cong backs "rejection" of PAC draft report on 2G scam

As PAC descended into chaos, Congress backed the "rejection" of the draft report on 2G scam by a m...

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Govt will probe how PAC draft report was leaked: Soni

Government will find out how the draft report of the Public Accounts Committee was leaked before i...

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2G: Govt dismissive of PAC draft report

Incensed by the leak of a draft report of Public Accounts Committee prepared by Chairman MM Joshi,...

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Draft charter `dictatorial`: South Sudan opposition

Draft transitional Constitution deletes a 2-term limit from existing charter.

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Draft Lokpal Bill expected to be ready by June 30: Law Minister

The government intends to complete the draft of the Lokpal Bill by June 30 and table it in the mon...

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Gowda asks civil society members not to quit drafting panel

HD Deve Gowda asked the civil society members of the joint drafting committee of Lokpal Bill not to ...

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Row won`t affect drafting of Lokpal Bill: Govt

Hazare had written a letter to Sonia Gandhi alleging a smear campaign by some Congress leaders.

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Bhushans should quit Lokpal drafting panel: Mayawati

Wading into the raging controversy involving the Lokpal Bill drafting committee members, Uttar Pra...

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