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Parliament 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: Lok Pal Bill, Kiran Bedi, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, Arvind Kejriwal
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: social activist Anna Hazare, Shanti Bhushan, party general secretary Mr Rahul Gandhi, fast at JP Park
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: an IITian from Kharagpur, talks with PM or Rahul Gandhi, fast in jail, All party meet on Lok Pal
Read MoreNaidu 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: fast at JP Park, TDP chief Mr Chandrababu Naidu, Shehla Masood, Ashutosh Gupta
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: Manmohan Singh, Release of Anna Hazare, Ashutosh Gupta, Shanti Bhushan
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: Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, Home Minister P. Chidambaram, Team Anna, Home Minister P. Chidambaram
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: fast in police custody, Ashutosh Gupta, strong law against corruption, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh
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: Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, fast in jail, fast in jail, Justice N. Santosh Hegde
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: social activist Anna Hazare, indefinite fast, Team Anna, indefinite fast
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: Tollywood, Anna breaking fast, Lok Pal Bill, Anna gives up fast
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: Kiran Bedi, Arvind Kejriwal, Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP
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: fast at JP Park, social activist Anna Hazare, social activist Anna Hazare, Kiran Bedi
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: Team Anna, fast at JP Park, Shanti Bhushan, 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: fast in jail, Gandhian, TDP chief Mr Chandrababu Naidu, Gandhian
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: BJP leader Bandaru Dattatreya, BJP leader Bandaru Dattatreya, Home Minister P. Chidambaram, Fast in jail
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: strong law against corruption, Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev, Manmohan Singh, fast in police custody
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: TDP chief Mr Chandrababu Naidu, Justice N. Santosh Hegde, Social activist Anna Hazare, TDP demonstration
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: Ashutosh Gupta, Shanti Bhushan, Justice N. Santosh Hegde, fast at JP Park
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: fast at JP Park, fast in police custody, Manmohan Singh, Former chief minister
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: Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, Shehla Masood, Salina Wali Khan, anti-corruption crusade
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