New Delhi: A day after Mumbai terror attack accused Ajmal Kasab was hanged in Pune's Yerwada jail, activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal is taking up the cause of National Security Guard (NSG) commandos who fought the terrorists during the massacre. Kejriwal is set to bring up an NSG Commando at a press conference on Thursday at 1 pm to expose the government's apathy towards 26/11 heroes. Kejriwal claims that the NSG commandos...
08:55 AM, Nov 22, 2012
Mumbai: The two girls at the centre of the controversy over a Facebook post in which they questioned the Mumbai shutdown after the death of Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray have said that they fear for their lives. The girl who posted the status has now deactivated her Facebook account. The girl who liked the status said that they had apologised for the status only because they feared for their...
12:08 PM, Nov 20, 2012
New Delhi: The HT Leadership summit will kick off this weekend in New Delhi with a galaxy of leaders from the world and India. Building up to the Hindustan Times leadership summit, CNN-IBN, with Hindustan Times, brings you the CNN-IBN-Hindustan Times Opinion Poll on the leadership challenges in a situation of economic decline. The CNN-IBN Hindustan Times survey shows widespread pessimism about the Indian economy. As the economy slows down,...
09:03 AM, Nov 15, 2012
Pune: Yerawada jail authorities on Tuesday said they had not received any request from activist Arvind Kejriwal to meet farmers' leader Raju Shetty at the prison. "Daily we get many requests from relatives of jail inmates (to meet them) but we have not received any such application from Arvind Kejriwal for allowing him to meet Raju Shetty," Yerwada Jail Superintendent Yogesh Desai said while adding Wednesday was holiday for the...
08:16 PM, Nov 13, 2012
Mumbai: A day after two farmers died and buses were torched following violence in the sugarcane belt of Maharashtra, a political slanging match is on. Anti-corruption campaigner Anna Hazare on Tuesday hit out at Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, blaming him for provoking violence over the minimum support price for sugarcane in Sangli, Kolhapur and Satara districts. "It is because of Sharad Pawar's comments that the violence erupted. what has he...
07:46 PM, Nov 13, 2012
Sangli in Maharashtra remains tense, a day after two sugarcane farmers were killed in clashes with the police. They were part of a group of farmers led by MP Raju Shetty, who were demanding the government's intervention to increase the minimum support price of sugarcane. Backing the farmers now are activists Anna Hazare and Arvind Kejriwal. Kejriwal will be meeting Shetty on Wednesday at Pune's Yerawada prison. ...
05:46 PM, Nov 13, 2012
Congress says CAG a companion as BJP, Kejriwal attack UPA for trying to 'gag' it. Medical report says athlete Pinki Pramanik is male, police file rape case. ...
11:52 PM, Nov 12, 2012
The BJP and Arvind Kejriwal slam the government's reported move to make the CAG a multi-member body, claim the move is designed to weaken the institution. ...
11:49 PM, Nov 12, 2012
Has Arvind Kejriwal raised serious questions about black money and money laundering? ...
11:29 PM, Nov 12, 2012
The government seems to be on the backfoot after its reported move to gag the CAG by making it a multi-member body. ...
10:34 PM, Nov 12, 2012
New Delhi: A day after the clumsy flip flop of the government over the proposal to make the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) a multi-member body, the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and anti-corruption crusader Arvind Kejriwal on Monday accused the UPA of trying of suppress the constitutional auditing body. Following the attack, the Congress, in yet another flip flop, indicated that the government would not go in for changes...
09:20 PM, Nov 12, 2012
Mumbai: A day after Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh compared her with anti-corruption crusader Arvind Kejriwal, Bollywood actor Rakhi Sawant on Monday hit back at the politician writing a complaint letter against him to the commissioner of Mumbai police. In her letter to the police chief, Sawant accused the Congress leader of making indecent and lewd remarks, and asked for an FIR to be filed against him for outraging the...
06:02 PM, Nov 12, 2012
New Delhi: Anti-corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal and the opposition BJP have slammed the government over the proposal to make the Comptroller and Auditor General a multi-member body, accusing it of trying to suppress the constitutional office. While Kejriwal has said the CAG appointments should be independent and neither the government nor the opposition must have a say in the selection process, BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu accused the UPA of trying...
12:21 PM, Nov 12, 2012
Team Kejriwal activist Kumar Vishwas has alleged that he is being threatened. ...
08:50 AM, Nov 12, 2012
New Delhi: Activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal has decided to drop the name India Against Corruption after the launch of his political party on November 26. The decision that was declared to the world on Kejriwal's Twitter account came hours after anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare said he would open a bank account in the name of India Against Corruption. "Anna is too dear to us. I have deepest respects for him. After...
07:30 AM, Nov 12, 2012
New Delhi: India Against Corruption activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday tweeted that he would not use the IAC label post November 26 after the launch of his political party. "Anna is too dear to us. I have the deepest respects for him. After the launch of our party on November 26, we will not use IAC name," Kejriwal tweeted. His tweet came a day after Anna Hazare's group insisted that...
07:27 PM, Nov 11, 2012
New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh has done it again. On Sunday, the senior politician compared India Against Corruption (IAC) activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal to Bollywood actor Rakhi Sawant saying that they both tried to expose "but with no substance". "Arvind Kejriwal is like Rakhi Sawant. They both try and expose, but with no substance," Digvijaya tweeted. In the next line, Digvijaya added, "Apologies to Rakhi Sawant. I am an...
05:23 PM, Nov 11, 2012
New Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said his outfit would not use 'India Against Corruption' as its name if Anna Hazare asks him to do so, a day after the Gandhian leader's group insisted that they would like to retain the name. He said he considers Hazare as his "Guru" and he talks to him everyday. "If he asks me to stop using the IAC's name, I won't use it,"...
03:12 PM, Nov 11, 2012
New Delhi: A former Swiss bank employee has claimed that several politicians, cricketers and internationally well-known people have black money in the Swiss banks. Rudolf Elmer, who gave WikiLeaks the black money list told CNN-IBN that he did not sell any data to the Indian government. Speaking via Skype, Elmer said, "There are politicians, cricket players, international well-known people who are part of that sort of information." Meanwhile, the government...
07:28 AM, Nov 11, 2012
New Delhi: A former Swiss bank employee has claimed that several politicians, cricketers and internationally well-known people have black money in the Swiss banks. Rudolf Elmer, who gave WikiLeaks the black money list told CNN-IBN that he did not sell any data to the Indian government. Speaking via Skype, Elmer said, "There are politicians, cricket players, international well-known people who are part of that sort of information." Meanwhile, the government...
07:28 AM, Nov 11, 2012
