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Panel to draft Lokpal Bill off to a civil start
Revised Bill of activists seeks telephone tapping power too
New Delhi, April 16
At the first meeting of the joint committee on the Lokpal Bill today, audio recorded and not videographed as demanded earlier, civil society representatives submitted an amended draft of the Bill with a fresh provision giving the Lokpal additional powers to tap telephones and internet monitoring.

Lokpal Bill drafting committee co-chairman Shanti Bhushan (2nd R) with members Anna Hazare (C), Santosh Hegde (R), Prashant Bhushan (L) and Arvind Kejriwal during the first meeting of the panel at North Block in New Delhi on Saturday. Tribune photo: Mukesh Aggarwal

Uncivil comments by Aruna Roy
New Delhi, April 16
Another meeting on the Jan Lokpal Bill at Nehru Memorial adjoining the historic Teen Murti Bhavan saw civil society members voicing apprehensions on the unlimited powers that the Lokpal would enjoy if an anti-corruption Bill, as envisaged by Hazare-Kejriwal group in the joint drafting committee, becomes a reality.

7 pacts inked; India gets stake in Kazakh oil block
India and Kazakhstan on Saturday signed seven key accords, including one on cooperation in the civil nuclear energy field and another for joint exploration in the oil and gas sector, and condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations and those who supported the menace.

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Astana on Saturday. — AFP

PM showers praise on Hazare
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tonight showered wholesome praise on Anna Hazare despite the social activist giving some anxious moments to the government recently by undertaking a fast-unto-death in support of his demand for the Lokpal Bill.

Puducherry Lt Guv, UP Secy to be grilled over Hasan ‘links’
New Delhi/Puducherry, April 16
The Enforcement Directorate will question Puducherry Lt Governor Iqbal Singh and a top Uttar Pradesh officer Vijay Shankar Pandey for their alleged links with Pune stud farm owner Hasan Ali Khan.

Iqbal Singh, Lt Governor, Puducherry

Militants kill panchayat poll candidate in Kashmir
Budgam, April 16
In the first political killing in Kashmir since the panchayat polls got underway on Wednesday, militants allegedly shot dead a woman candidate at Karpora village in the district’s Pakherpora area yesterday night.

File photo of Hasina Begum

R’sthan hospitals removed 226 uteruses for ‘money’
Jaipur, April 16
Three hospitals in Rajasthan removed the uteruses of 226 women for “unnecessary and designed for monetary benefits”, an RTI report has revealed. The administration has suspended the recognition of the hospitals in Bandikui town in Dausa and ordered a probe into the incident.

CJI: We need a clean man in black robe to uphold the integrity of the judiciary New Delhi, April 16 At a time when two High Court Judges — Chief Justice PD Dinakaran of Sikkim HC and Justice Soumitra Sen of Kolkata HC — are facing impeachment proceedings in Parliament for their removal, Chief Justice of India SH Kapadia today said “political protection should not be given to corrupt Judges.” CJI S.H Kapadia during the 5th M.C Setalvad Memprial Lecture in New Delhi on Saturday.