New Delhi: Rubbishing Team Anna's charges of irregularities in allocation of coal blocks when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held the portfolio, the government on Wednesday insisted that it was not aware of any report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) on the basis of which the allegations were levelled. A day after the Prime Minister offered to quit public life if allegations of corruption against him were proven, Coal...
08:31 PM, May 30, 2012
New Delhi: India may come to a standstill on Thursday with the BJP-led NDA and the Left giving a call for a nation-wide bandh to demand a rollback of the steepest-ever petrol price hike. Terming it as an "anti-people" decision and a "savage attack" on the people, the NDA called for a 'Bharat bandh', while Left parties will observe the day as 'All India Protest Day' that will include strikes,...
07:03 PM, May 30, 2012
New Delhi: With Team Anna under attack for levelling allegations against the Prime Minister, Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday asked Anna Hazare to leave the group which is in the grip of "Naxalite minded crazies" and join him and Ramdev in the fight against graft. "Team Anna has always been in the grip of Naxalite minded crazies. It is time Anna Hazare dump most of Team Anna and...
01:46 PM, May 30, 2012
New Delhi: Team Anna on Wednesday stayed firm on its allegations against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and questioned as to why didn't he say he'll go to jail if the charges were proved. Team Anna member Manish Sisodia said, "Why is the Prime Minister avoiding probe in the coal scam? The Prime Minister says if the allegations are proved, he will quit public life. Why doesn't he say that he...
01:36 PM, May 30, 2012
New Delhi: As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh gave his strongest response yet to allegations, Team Anna stood by its allegations saying that even as the Prime Minister himself may be honest but he allowed ministers under him to loot the country. The Prime Minister hit back strongly on Team Anna's allegations. Speaking aboard his plane as he returned from Myanmar, the Prime Minister staked his pride and said that he...
07:32 AM, May 30, 2012
New Delhi: "I will give up my public life if allegations are proven against me", the Prime Minister told reporters on his way back from Myanmar. Dr Manmohan Singh was reacting to team Anna's allegations of corruption against him in allocation of coal blocks between 2006 and 2009. The Prime Minister also said that Team Anna's allegations of corruption against other ministers are irresponsible and unfortunate. Team Anna, on Saturday,...
10:18 PM, May 29, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday hit out at Team Anna saying the corruption allegations against him and other ministers were irresponsible and unfortunate. The Prime Minister further said that he would give up his public life if the allegations made by Team Anna were proved. Talking to reporters on his way back from Myanmar, the Prime Minister said, "I will give up my public life if allegations...
08:35 PM, May 29, 2012
New Delhi: Eminent Team Anna member Justice Santosh Hegde on Tuesday distanced himself from the comment against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh by team member and senior Supreme Court lawyer Prashant Bhushan. Speaking to CNN-IBN, Justice Hegde said that the comment against the Prime Minister was unwarranted. He further said that he was unaware about the proof Team Anna had. The comments from the former Karnataka Lokayukta came hours after Prashant...
05:21 PM, May 29, 2012
Solapur: A day after his team targeted Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for alleged corruption, Anna Hazare on Sunday said that the prime minister is an honest man. Speaking to reporters at Pandharpur on Sunday, he said that the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh "is an honest man though some ministers in his cabinet are corrupt". Prominent Team Anna members Arvind Kejriwal and Prashant Bhushan had on Saturday written to the Prime...
02:50 AM, May 28, 2012
Satara: Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare on Sunday said if a strong Lokpal Bill does not come into being, he would again launch a massive movement in Delhi once the Lok Sabha elections are declared. "The government does not want to create a corruption-free India. Which is why, the Lokpal Bill had not been passed despite being introduced eight times in the Lok Sabha. At least half of the number of...
01:38 AM, May 28, 2012
Army Chief General VK Singh has refuted rumours that he has received an offer from anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare to join his campaign. ...
08:28 PM, May 26, 2012
New Delhi: Team Anna has accused 15 UPA government ministers including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Home Minister P Chidambaram, of corruption. The 15 ministers named by Team Anna are: Manmohan Singh, P Chidambaram, Pranab Mukherjee, Sharad Pawar, SM Krishna, Kamal Nath, Praful Patel, Vilasrao Deshmukh, Virbhadra Singh, Kapil Sibal, Salman Khurshid, GK Vasan, Farooq Abdullah, MK Alagiri and SK Shinde. Following is the report compiled...
03:35 PM, May 26, 2012
New Delhi: Team Anna on Saturday will release documents related to corruption charges against 15 union ministers. Team Anna will also elaborate on its plans for its indefinite fast beginning July 25 for a strong Lokpal Bill. With the Lokpal Bill once against stuck in the Rajya Sabha, Team Anna has earlier announced that it would to go on a fast again from July 25 at Jantar Mantar in New...
08:01 AM, May 26, 2012
Nashik: Even as corruption and inflation have made life difficult for common man, the government's decision to hike petrol prices has only added fuel to fire, anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare said. "My activists will support the 'Bharat Bandh' called by the BJP and Left parties on May 30 to protest petrol price hike," Hazare said while addressing a public meeting in Nashik on Thursday night. He criticised the UPA government...
03:59 PM, May 25, 2012
New Delhi: Further cracks have appeared in Team Anna with one of its prominent members, who designed the social media campaign for the protests, shooting off a letter to Arvind Kejriwal questioning the way in which the anti-corruption movement has been led. The letter by Shivendra Singh Chauhan came after a meeting at lawyer Prashant Bhushan's residence last week over the issue of managing India Against Corruption's Facebook page. Kejriwal...
10:55 PM, May 24, 2012
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