ANNA TAKES POLITICAL PARTIES ON BOARD

Refuses to budge despite opposition counselling

ANIL ANAND

New Delhi, Dec 11: In an apparent bid to take the country’s political spectrum on board on the issue of Lokpal Bill, Gandhian, Anna Hazare shared the dais with the representatives of half-a-dozen opposition parties led by the BJP and including the Left groupings in a public debate at Jantar Mantar More

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India’s corruption kitty Rs 92,122 cr: Book

New Delhi, Dec 11: Corruption has virtually enveloped India, growing annually by over 100 percent, but systemic graft can be ended for good, says a new book by two economic experts. Public officials in India may be cornering as much as Rs 92,122 crore ($18.42 billion), or 1.26 percent of the More

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Katju seeks more teeth for PCI

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Dec 11: Press Council of India (PCI) Chairman Justice Markandey Katju has sought "more teeth" for the regulatory body and expansion of its ambit over the electronic media and Internet for which, he suggested, legislation should be introduced in the Parliament.In a letter to Prime Minister More

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