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How Lokpal Bill can curb the politicians, Existing System 1.No politician or senior officer ever goes to jail despite huge evidence because Anti Corruption Branch (ACB) and CBI directly come under the government. Before starting investigation or prosecution in any case, they have to take...

The New York City Council passed a bill yesterday that might allow Sikh police officers to wear turbans and grow their beards. For years a group called The Sikh Coaltion has been pressuring the NYPD to allow sikh officers to honor traditional religious practices in wearing turbans and growing...

August 14, 2011 No single solution for corruption: President ITGD Bureau | New Delhi, August 14, 2011 | 20:10 President Pratibha Patil addresses the nation on the eve of 65th Independence Day. Terming corruption a cancer affecting the nation, President Pratibha Patil on...

Religion has forced environment ministry to alter its animal welfare bill, 2011. The environment ministry has changed the provision which could have made ritualistic slaughter of animals for food by different religious groups -halal by Muslims, jhatka by Hindus or Sikhs and kosher by Jews - an...

India divided over communal violence bill By Sudha Ramachandran Communal violence Bill will only divide communities: BJP BANGALORE - India is on the brink of enacting legislation that will seek justice for minorities of all categories when they become victims of targeted, mass violence...

ARIZONA: Governor of Arizona, Jan Brewer invited the family of Balbir Singh Sodhi’s, America’s first victim of hate-crime after 9/11, to her office and vetoed the House Bill number 2230 in their presence which would have removed Sodhi’s name from state memorial built to mark the tragedy of 9/11...

City teachers doubt effectiveness of bully bill, new survey finds Albor Ruiz Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/02/27/2011-02-27_bully_bill_not_very_effective_survey_finds.html#ixzz1FC9kPoK0 A few months after student Jagmohan Singh Premi, a Sikh, was brutally...

Sikh MP's Bill Gets National Holocaust Monument for Canada IANS Sunday, 12 December 2010 By Gurmukh Singh TORONTO: A first-time Sikh member of the Canadian parliament has earned the rare distinction of getting his private member's bill to set up a National Holocaust Monument in the country...

Additional amendments to the Seeds Bill, 2004 The Union Cabinet today approved moving additional amendments to the Seeds Bill, 2004. The provisions will be implemented only after the Bill becomes an Act. The Rules under the Act...

http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report_anti-outsourcing-bill-dies-a-quiet-death-in-the-us_1445417An anti-outsourcing Democrat Bill hell bent on taxing US firms’ offshore earnings failed a key vote in the Senate on Tuesday, in a legislative humiliation for the embattled Democrats just weeks ahead...

If the Manmohan Singh government has its way, India will soon adopt a law against torture that will make a mockery of our obligations as a democracy, a civilised society, and a signatory to the United Nations Convention Against Torture (CAT). India signed CAT in 1997 and is meant to pass...

Lok Sabha passes bill to regulate foreign fund flow India Gazette Friday 27th August, 2010 (IANS) A bill aimed at putting a check on the huge flow of foreign funds to religious and social ogranisations is all set to become a law after the Lok Sabha Friday passed the legislation. The Rajya...

Govt gets cold feet on honour killings Bill - India News - IBNLive New Delhi: With the Union Cabinet divided over stricter punishment to honour killers, the decision to introduce a bill in the Parliament in the monsoon session for amending the IPC was deferred on Thursday. The Cabinet...

Amended Communal Violence Bill will be introduced soon, says Chidambaram The Centre will soon introduce the Communal Violence (Prevention, Control and Rehabilitation) Bill with amendments in order to prevent violence perpetuated in the name of caste and religion, said Union Home Minister P...

Cabinet approves the Marriage Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2010 to amend the Hindu Marriage Act New Delhi: The Union cabinet on Thursday approved amendments to the Hindu Marriage Act and the Special Marriage Act allowing for divorce on the grounds of “irretrievable...

Bill to raise gratuity ceiling from current Rs 3.50 lac to Rs. 10.00 lac Bill to raise gratuity ceiling to Rs 10 lakh: Rediff.com Business A bill to raise the ceiling of gratuity for employees to Rs one million (Rs 10 lakh) from the current level of Rs 3,50,000 was introduced in the Lok...

Arizona's Immigration Bill and Korea: Adopting a failed precedent OhmyNews International When I was living in Korea, a Korean police officer pulled a Sikh-Canadian friend of mine over and demanded to see his documentation. My friend Joh, who was teaching English legally in Seoul, had the...

Prevention of Torture Bill 2010 PIB Press Release The Cabinet today approved a proposal to introduce the Prevention of Torture Bill, 2010 in the Parliament. This is a step towards ratification of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or...

India clashes with Britain over Equality Bill racism law India is set to clash with Britain over Westminster' s new Equality Bill which outlaws caste discrimination as a form of racism. Dean Nelson, in New Delhi Published: 6:50PM BST 31 Mar 2010 The bill, which has been passed in...

Sharad Joshi: The Women's Lottery Bill: Rediff.com India News Economist, agriculturist and farmer leader Sharad Joshi, was the lone member of Rajya Sabha who voted against the woman's reservation bill on March 9. He explains his reservations against the bill. The concept of political...