Gurgaon: A city court on Monday sent four Anna Hazare supporters to jail for 14 days. They wanted to install a statue of the anti-graft activist in Gurgaon in spite of refusal of permission from the authorities.
The activists were arrested on Sunday when they were trying to install a statue of Hazare at Sector 4/7 Chowk, police said.
The Hazare supporters are PL Kataria, Abdul, Puran Chand Joshi and Kalu Ram. Kataria is the president of the Haryana Berozgar Sangh.
Kataria and his associates were not given permission by the local administration to install the statue. But they went ahead with their plan and carried the 4.5-foot high and 250-kg statue in a tractor-trolley before they were stopped by police....
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02:19 AM, Apr 17, 2012
Mumbai: India Against Corruption, the NGO spearheading Anna Hazare's proposed fast in Mumbai, on Tuesday expressed shock at the prohibitive cost of hiring the MMRDA ground and asked the Maharashtra government to waive it entirely or allow use of Azad Maidan for the agitation. "We were shocked to find that the average cost per day would come to almost Rs two lakh. We therefore request you to waive the entire...
09:28 PM, Dec 20, 2011
New Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal, a key member of Team Anna has dismissed reports about differences between him, Prashant Bhushan and Anna Hazare. He spoke to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate. Arvind Kejriwal: Anna Hazare has recently said that there are people who have been paid huge amounts of money to create a fissure in the team. When he is referring to people close to me, he is referring to people...
07:45 AM, Oct 09, 2011
New Delhi: Appealing to the nation to vote for persons with high political and moral integrity, Anna Hazare on Tuesday also asked people not to vote for the Congress if the Jan Lokpal Bill is not passed in the Winter Session of Parliament. Hazare warned the Congress that he will go on fast again if the bill is not passed, saying that the Constitution has given the citizens of the...
07:43 AM, Oct 05, 2011
New Delhi: As the Congress on Tuesday called Anna Hazare's warning to campaign against the Congress a 'political' move, the anti-corruption crusader hit back and said that he was not being political. "If the Congress thinks that I have entered politics, let them say that. The people of the country know the truth," Anna said. Talking to CNN-IBN, Anna said that though he will campaign against parties who do not...
07:18 PM, Oct 04, 2011
New Delhi: Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare is back in the news and this time with a political agenda. Anna has said that he will campaign against the Congress in the polls if the Jan Lokpal Bill is not passed in the winter session of Parliament. As the festive season picks up, Team Anna is now assuming strong political colours. From his den of Ralegaon Siddhi, Anna is outlining his next...
06:03 PM, Oct 04, 2011
New Delhi: Team Anna will kickstart a nationwide survey on Jan Lokpal Bill from Sunday. The week-long process will start from Ghaziabad, the Lok Sabha constituency of BJP leader Rajnath Singh and cover UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi's constituency of Rae Bareli and Rahul Gandhi's seat Amethi in Uttar Pradesh. Other constituencies in the state where the 'referendum' process will be held include Mainpuri, Varanasi, Lucknow and Ambedkar Nagar, a Team...
08:08 PM, Oct 01, 2011
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10:58 AM, Sep 16, 2011
New Delhi: Terming Anna Hazare's fast as a symbol of mobocracy, LJP president Ramvilas Paswan on Tuesday described the Jan Lokpal Bill proposed by the civil society activist as unconstitutional. "What Anna Hazare did was unconstitutional and against the spirit of democracy. What if others start following his ways to get their demand fulfilled? No one should take the government to ransom by such means," Paswan said in New Delhi....
09:49 PM, Sep 06, 2011
New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh's statement on Sunday accusing Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal of evading taxes has resulted in a strong rebuttal from Anna Hazare and his supporters. Singh claimed Kejriwal deliberately flouted rules of his government service and used his NGOs to amass crores of rupees. Hazare has publicly stated that he trusts Kejriwal despite the accusations, and many supporters have labeled the notice as politically...
07:19 AM, Sep 05, 2011
Ralegaon Siddhi: Anna Hazare appears reluctant to accept the 'Z' category security offered to him by the Maharashtra government, saying that he does not need it. Anna, who resumed his normal chores in his native village on Sunday morning with a walk, told reporters that freedom fighters like Bhagat Singh and Rajguru did not have any security. "Why do I need any security?" he asked. Anna said that a person...
12:57 PM, Sep 04, 2011
Mumbai: Social activist Anna Hazare has been provided with 'Z' category security, a senior police official said on Saturday. "Hazare has been provided Z category security three days ago," Ahmednagar district SP Krishna Prakash told PTI over phone. Asked about reports that the anti-corruption crusader had rejected the security cover, the IPS officer said, "It is not true that he has rejected the security. What he told us is that...
04:44 PM, Sep 03, 2011
New Delhi: Team Anna member Kiran Bedi received the breach of privilege notice for her parody on politicians on Friday evening, even as Arvind Kejriwal was slapped with an Income Tax notice to pay up Rs 9 lakh for violating the terms of his Indian Revenue Service bond. Anna Hazare has slammed the government for targeting his team. "The way the government is targeting Kejriwal is not fair," Anna said....
07:55 AM, Sep 03, 2011
Sagarika Ghose: Hello and welcome to the CNN-IBN special. She is a key member of Team Anna, a distinguished former police officer, charismatic and well respected but finds herself increasingly in the middle of controversy, Kiran Bedi is joining us. Thank you very much for joining us. Over the last week the image of you that has been playing on the television screens over and over again has been you...
01:20 PM, Sep 02, 2011
New Delhi: A majority 55 per cent of the respondents of a poll on IBNLive asking what should Anna Hazare's next move be, want Anna to focus on getting the Lokpal Bill passed. 19 per cent respondents want Anna to now focus on electoral reforms and other forms of political corruption. However, only 5 per cent people want Anna to get into troubled areas like Manipur and Kashmir. Farmers suicide...
07:36 AM, Sep 02, 2011
New Delhi: Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare was discharged from Medanta Medicity on Wednesday. Anna was discharged from the Gurgaon hospital where he was recuperating since he broke his 13-day fast against graft on Sunday. The Lokpal activist reached Pune on Wednesday night from where he will go to his hometown Ralegan Siddhi on Thursday, where a grand welcome awaits him. Anna spent four days in hospital and doctors had earlier...
07:52 PM, Aug 31, 2011
New Delhi: Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare is now recovering in a hospital after breaking his 13-day fast on Sunday. Doctors have said that his recovery will probably take a few days. Anna is now at Medanta Medicity in Gurgoan. Dr Naresh Trehan said that Anna's condition has improved and he is recovering. Anna's blood pressure had earlier dipped and his heart rate had gone up in the last few days....
07:28 AM, Aug 29, 2011
New Delhi: Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare on Sunday said that the fight against corruption will continue till the time there is a change in the system. Anna thanked people for their support after breaking his fast with coconut water and honey. Anna also saluted people and said that it was the people power that made Parliament take a decision on Jan Lokpal. "The right democracy is when the power comes...
10:58 AM, Aug 28, 2011
New Delhi: Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare broke his fast on the 13th day at the Ramlila Maidan in Delhi as huge crowds witnessed and celebrated the victory of people's power. Anna ended his fast after Parliament adopted the Sense of the House resolution on his three key points on Saturday. Two five-year old girls from Delhi offered coconut water and honey to Anna Hazare. After breaking his fast, Anna thanked...
10:17 AM, Aug 28, 2011
New Delhi: Gandhian Anna Hazare who had meditated at Rajghat before launching his fast on August 16 will not visit Mahatma Gandhi's 'samadhi' after ending his hunger strike because of health reasons. The 74-year-old activist was to head to Rajghat from Ramlila Maidan after breaking his 13-day fast for a strong Lokpal but Team Anna said he would not do so as he needed immediate medical attention. A Team Anna...
09:27 AM, Aug 28, 2011
