Bikaner: Anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare on Sunday demanded resignation of Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal in the wake of the arrest of his nephew on the charge of accepting bribe to fix plum positions in the Railway Board. "The minister should resign on moral grounds and the matter should be probed by a special investigation team," Anna said.
On the functioning of the CBI, Anna said it should be made an impartial agency free from government's pressure. Referring to the current political scenario, he said corruption was flourishing in the country due to party-system. "The party-system has encroached on democratic values. Corruption is flourishing under such a system which needs be addressed urgently," the social activist said.
Only candidates with impeccable image should be put by the political parties for elections to make the system clean, Anna said.
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05:52 PM, May 05, 2013
New Delhi: The government on Thursday dismissed reports suggesting that social media will influence at least 160 Lok Sabha constituencies out of 543 during the next general elections. Information & Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari and IT and Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said voting preferences in a complex country like India is decided on issues and considerations more than anything else. "I tend to disagree with the suggestion that social media...
07:30 PM, Apr 18, 2013
Roorkee: Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare on Tuesday threatened to return the Padma Bhushan conferred upon him, accusing the UPA of betraying the nation on the issue of Lokpal. "This is an unpardonable betrayal of the nation...I don't want any awards from a government which does not act against corruption," Hazare said, addressing people at the parade ground in Dehradun on the conclusion of the first phase of his Jantantra Yatra....
08:00 AM, Apr 17, 2013
New Delhi: Without any assurance from the government, activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday ended his 14 day-long fast, announcing that the Delhi assembly election will be fought on the issue of water and electricity. Kejriwal had been protesting against the Sheila Dikshit government over what he claims to be 'inflated' power and water bills. Kejriwal said that his fast was for the nation and not for power. "Had I been...
05:47 PM, Apr 06, 2013
Jind: Former Army chief General VK Singh has said the country needed a system where the government was run like a military unit, for which the nation is above any caste or religion. "Poverty and corruption are rampant in the country and no effective steps had been taken to eradicate them.. the country needs a system where the government was run like an Army unit for which the nation is...
03:40 PM, Apr 06, 2013
New Delhi: Activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal has announced that he would call off his 14-day long fast against inflated bills on Saturday. Kejriwal has been fasting since March 23 against inflated power and water bills. While addressing the press in New Delhi, Kejriwal said that he wanted to break his fast with Anna Hazare. "Will break my fast at 5 pm on Saturday. Wanted to break my fast with Anna Hazare...
02:17 PM, Apr 05, 2013
Ambala: Social activist Anna Hazare on Thursday appealed to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) party leader Arvind Kejriwal to call off his fast in Delhi over inflated electricity bills. Hazare, addressing a rally here, said his life was important to the fight against corruption as he has a lot to do for the society. Kejriwal's hunger strike against inflated electricity bills in Delhi entered its 13th day on Thursday. Hazare had...
11:45 PM, Apr 04, 2013
Launching his 'Janatantra Yatra' (tour for democracy) from the historic Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar in this Sikh holy city on Sunday, anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare said only a mass movement could bring about a change in India. ...
04:40 AM, Apr 01, 2013
Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare on Sunday embarked on his 'Janatantra Yatra' (walk for democracy) from Amritsar in Punjab to rally support against the Congress-led UPA Government in the run up to the next general elections. Accompanied by a small group of supporters, the 75-year-old activist paid obeisance at Durgiana Mandir and Golden Temple besides paying tribute to the martyrs at Jallianwala Bagh. ...
03:55 PM, Mar 31, 2013
Anna Hazare will embark on a year-long, all-India tour from Sunday to campaign for a stronger Lokpal bill, electoral reforms and other issues he has been raising for the past few years, an aide said in Mumbai. ...
06:30 AM, Mar 31, 2013
Social activist Anna Hazare on Saturday said that before starting the 'Janatantra Yatra', he had written to political parties to join him but none came forward. ...
07:55 PM, Mar 30, 2013
Anti-corruption crusader and social activist Anna Hazare will address a rally in Jalandhar on Sunday during his 'Janatantra Yatra' in Punjab. Anna will address eight public rallies during his five-day visit to the state, Janatantra Morcha member IS Bhalla said. ...
05:46 PM, Mar 30, 2013
Social activist Anna Hazare has appealed to Aam Admi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal to call off his fast. Hazare met his former Team Anna colleague at a Delhi slum on Friday. ...
11:49 PM, Mar 29, 2013
As Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal enters fourth day of his indefinite fast against "illegal" electricity and water bills in Delhi, the turnout of people in Sundernagri, where he is holding what he calls a "civil disobedience movement", remains thin. While there has been a departure in strategy with most volunteers focussing on 264 wards in Delhi, the question is, did Kejriwal ask for too much when...
08:40 AM, Mar 26, 2013
The contentious anti-corruption Lokpal Bill will come up for discussion in April in Parliament after the ongoing one-month recess of the Budget Session, Union Minister V Narayanasamy said on Sunday. ...
04:31 PM, Mar 24, 2013
Even as the chorus for clemency for actor Sanjay Dutt grew louder, social activist Anna Hazare on Saturday disapproved of the demand to pardon him in a case related to the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts. "The judiciary has given its verdict. It is not proper to interfere with the court judgement," he told reporters here when asked to comment on the pleadings from various quarters and the Bollywood for Dutt's...
08:20 PM, Mar 23, 2013
Social activist Anna Hazare on Saturday said it was wrong to presume that the CBI acts on its own volition and alleged that Congress had always "misused" the Central Investigating Agency. ...
04:35 PM, Mar 23, 2013
Days after he received an invitation from Arvind Kejriwal to join his indefinite fast, Anna Hazare on Thursday said he won't participate in the protest as he has nothing to do with party politics. Addressing the media to announce a nationwide tour from March 31 from Jallianwala Bagh, he said Kejriwal had visited him earlier this week to seek his blessings before his fast and invite him. ...
06:50 PM, Mar 21, 2013
Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare on Sunday claimed to have sufficient proofs of alleged irregularities committed in the farmers's loan waiver scheme of the Centre which was brought out by CAG report recently. ...
02:37 PM, Mar 17, 2013
Dams have lost their significance for rural population as they mainly cater to big industries and pose a threat to environment, social activist Anna Hazare said on Saturday while stressing the need for conservation of environment. ...
08:57 AM, Mar 17, 2013
