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Naidu warns of rebellion against corruption 16 August 2011
Former chief minister and TDP chief Mr Chandrababu Naidu today warned of a people’s rebellion against the Centre if the government doesn’t take stronger measures to end corruption and continues to harass anti-corruption activists. Speaking to media persons after leading...
Keywords: party general secretary Mr Rahul Gandhi, Justice N. Santosh Hegde, Arvind Kejriwal, strong law against corruption
Read MoreParliament to adopt resolution on Anna demands 27 August 2011
In a major development that may help Anna Hazare end his fast, the government has come to an understanding with the opposition to adopt the resolution incorporating the three demands of Team Anna in Parliament with a voice vote. The...
Keywords: All party meet on Lok Pal, Gandhian, fast in jail, Shehla Masood
Read MoreHazare men snub Dattatreya, Kodanda 16 August 2011
Politicians are finding no favour with the supporters of the anti corruption crusader Anna Hazare and his team. This was proved once again today when BJP leader Bandaru Dattatreya and Telangana political JAC convener Prof Kodanda Ram were not allowed...
Keywords: TDP supremo N. Chandrababu Naidu, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, BJP leader Bandaru Dattatreya, Kiran Bedi
Read MoreRahul goes into huddle with PM, PC 16 August 2011
Soon after the anti corruption crusader and Gandhian Anna Hazare and his team members were arrested this morning ahead of their proposed indefinite fast demanding a stronger Lok Pal Bill that would bring the judiciary and the Prime Minister also...
Keywords: Arvind Kejriwal, social activist Anna Hazare, Manish Sisodia, fast at JP Park
Read MoreTollywood expresses solidarity with Hazare 19 August 2011
Not lagging behind others who have stood by the anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare who has shifted his venue of fasting to the Ramlila Maidan from the Tihar jail today, the Telugu film industry too expressed its solidarity to the anti-corruption...
Keywords: Justice N. Santosh Hegde, Tollywood, Gandhian, Shanti Bhushan
Read MorePM hints at compromise on Lok Pal Bill 20 August 2011
Hinting at Government’s willingness to arrive at a compromise on the Lok Pal Bill, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said today that the Government was open to discussion and dialogue on the issue. Addressing national media at the end of the...
Keywords: Kiran Bedi, Justice N. Santosh Hegde, fast in police custody,
Read MoreSushma: Congress misusing CBI 27 August 2011
Leader of the opposition Ms. Sushma Swaraj today attacked the Government saying that it has been misusing the CBI for the selfish ends of the congress party. Participating in the debate on the Lok Pal Bill, the BJP leader said...
Keywords: Home Minister P. Chidambaram, Manmohan Singh, social activist Swami Agnivesh, social activist Anna Hazare
Read MoreAnna on fast in custody 16 August 2011
Gandhian and social activist Anna Hazare, who threatened to go on an indefinite fast demanding the introduction of stronger Lok Pal Bill, continued to fast ever after his arrest and refused to accept even water offered by police. Hazare on...
Keywords: Fast in jail, Gandhian, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, Gandhian
Read MoreAP extends support to Anna Team 16 August 2011
After the Delhi police had arrested anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare and his team this morning in Delhi, extempore support was pouring in for his team from four corners of Andhra Pradesh apart from other places in the country. TDP supremo...
Keywords: TDP supremo N. Chandrababu Naidu, Fast in jail, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, Gandhian
Read MoreAnna stable, recovering in hospital 29 August 2011
Social activist and anti-corruption crusader Mr Anna Hazare, who was beating treated in a hospital in Delhi after he broke his fast on Sunday, is stable and recovering his normal health, doctors of the Medanta Medicity hospital told media persons...
Keywords: Anna recovery, Justice Santosh Hegde, an IITian from Kharagpur, strong law against corruption
Read MoreWoman commits suicide in support of Anna 27 August 2011
A 33-year old married woman committed suicide in Miraj village of Sangli district in Maharashtra in support of the anti-corruption agitation launched by the Gandhian Anna Hazare. Shubhangi Karande was found hanging with a sari to the ceiling fan in...
Keywords: suicide in support of Hazare, Lok Pal Bill, Manish Sisodia, social activist Swami Agnivesh
Read MoreNaidu toes Anna line, courts arrest 17 August 2011
TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu, who had lead an 8-km Padayatra in Hyderabad and held a demonstration at the Ambedkar statue against the arrest of the Gandhian and social activist Anna Hazare and his team members on Tuesday, today held a...
Keywords: indefinite fast, Release of Anna Hazare, Shanti Bhushan, Lok Pal Bill
Read MoreAnna vows not to leave Ramlila 19 August 2011
Asking thousands of his supporters to carry out the fight against corruption with renewed vigour and enthusiasm, social activist Anna Hazare declared today that he wouldn’t leave the Ramlila Maidan till the Jan Lok Pal Bill is passed by the...
Keywords: fast at JP Park, party general secretary Mr Rahul Gandhi, Manmohan Singh, Justice N. Santosh Hegde
Read MoreAP extends support to Anna Team 16 August 2011
After the Delhi police had arrested anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare and his team this morning in Delhi, extempore support was pouring in for his team from four corners of Andhra Pradesh apart from other places in the country. TDP supremo...
Keywords: fast at JP Park, Gandhian, Shanti Bhushan, Lok Pal Bill
Read MoreGovt agrees to Anna's terms 25 August 2011
Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare, looking weak on the 10th day of his indefinite fast today, set three conditions for calling off fast amid reports that BJP has demanded the Government to withdraw its Lok Pal Bill. In a letter addressed...
Keywords: Ashutosh Gupta, fast at JP Park, Shehla Masood, TDP chief Mr Chandrababu Naidu
Read More'Limits Crossed, conspiracies hatched,' Arvind Kejriwal on Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan 10 April 2015
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today justified AAP's decision to expel dissident leaders Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav from top party posts, saying limits were "crossed" and "conspiracies" hatched. Kejriwal also expressed regret for using abusive language that surfaced in...
Keywords: Yogendra Yadav, Kiran Bedi, Aam Aadmi Party, Manish Sisodia
Read MoreHegde, Agnivesh ask Anna to end fast 26 August 2011
Team Anna, which is demanding the Parliament to pass the Jan Lok Pal Bill, seems to be developing cracks with a section led by former Karnataka Lokayukta Justice Santosh Hegde and social activist Swami Agnivesh insisting that Anna should call...
Keywords: All party meet on Lok Pal, anti-corruption crusade, Anna Hazare, TDP chief Mr Chandrababu Naidu
Read MoreHazare has last laugh as Govt bows down 23 August 2011
Minutes after the congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi discussed the Lok Pal Bill with the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, the latter wrote to the anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare today asking him to give up his fast as the government...
Keywords: party general secretary Mr Rahul Gandhi, Kiran Bedi, TDP chief Mr Chandrababu Naidu, Arvind Kejriwal
Read MoreAnna Team arrested, Delhi tense 16 August 2011
74-year old Gandhian and social activist Anna Hazare, who described his anti-corruption crusade as the beginning of a second freedom struggle, was today arrested by the Delhi police 3 hours before he was to begin his indefinite fast at JP...
Keywords: Team Anna, Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, Shanti Bhushan
Read MoreAnna Team may take up fast at Ram Lila 17 August 2011
The Delhi police, who have virtually withdrawn most of their preconditions on Gandhian Anna Hazare’s fast, have offered the more spacious Ramlila Maidan to continue his fast. However, they said the initial permission would be for one week and depending...
Keywords: Kiran Bedi, Hazare fast, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev
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