NEW DELHI: Both Houses of Parliament on Saturday passed a resolution conveying the sense of the House on the Lokpal Bill, paving the way for Anna Hazare to break his fast.

On a motion moved by Pranab Mukherjee, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha passed a resolution conveying the sense of the House on the Lokpal Bill.

After the passage of the resolution, Speaker Meira Kumar adjourned the Lok Sabha till Monday.

There was some confusion over whether the resolution was passed by a voice vote or not. Apparently, no voice vote took place.

NEW DELHI: Former Andhra Pradesh chief minister K Rosaiah was on Friday appointed as the new Tamil Nadu governor while Jharkhand governor M O H Farook was shifted to Kerala in a slew of announcements for gubernatorial posts by President Pratibha Patil.

Konijeti Rosaiah (78) replaces Surjit Singh Barnala who took over the post on June 20, 2006. Rosaiah, a prominent leader from Guntur, assumed charge as AP chief minister on September 3, 2009 after the death of the then chief minister of the state Y S Rajsekhara Reddy in a helicopter crash, and held the post till November 24, 2010.