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
Arundhati Roy targeted the Anna Hazare movement, saying there are serious concerns about the Jan Lokpal Bill, corporate funders, NGOs and even the role of the media. ...
08:02 AM, Aug 30, 2011
Tonight at 10, Sagarika Ghose asks a panel of experts whether the Right to recall can work.
12:52 PM, Aug 29, 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
The secret behind the victory of Anna's movement was in the surge of support from all across. ...
09:48 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
New Delhi: The 74-year old Anna Hazare has brought about a revolution against corruption, but he has also brought about a fashion revolution. Anna Hazare is everywhere this season - on caps, T-shirts and even nails and that's not all, he is there at fashion shows too, both on and off the ramp. Thanks to Anna, even the good old Gandhi cap has made a fashionable comeback but with a...
09:09 AM, Aug 28, 2011
New Delhi: The Parliament resolution on Saturday came after an almost a two-week-long showdown between the government and Team Anna, which saw bitter exchanges between the two sides. The government has drawn flak from several quarters for its handling of the Anna issue, especially his arrest. As Anna fever swept the country, the government appeared confused and paralysed and spoke in many voices. The UPA-2 was once the middle class'...
08:38 AM, Aug 28, 2011
New Delhi: The 12-day fast of Anna Hazare has brought corruption and the citizen to centrestage as many have called it the triumph of people power, the rise of the citizen. In the open school of democracy, the new Indian citizen has cast away the apathy of the past and asserted himself. From Ramlila Maidan to Freedom Park to Azad Maidan, the citizens are the new watchdogs of Indian democracy....
08:12 AM, Aug 28, 2011
New Delhi: India has a new youth icon, a 74-year old man, who has charged citizens across the country. From Tihar Jail to Ramlila Maidan, Anna Hazare has emerged as a leader who egged on an entire nation to support him in his fight against corruption. The former army man appeared on the national canvas in April this year, when he went on an indefinite fast at Delhi's Jantar Mantar...
07:43 AM, Aug 28, 2011
New Delhi: After 12 long days of fasting, anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare will break his fast on Sunday at 10 am. In the end it was a win-win situation for both sides. After a nine-hour long debate in Parliament on Saturday, the government stuck to its stand and did not go for a voice vote. The resolution on Lokpal was passed by a thumping of desk unanimously, but the real...
07:15 AM, Aug 28, 2011
New Delhi: CPI (M) leader Sitaram Yechury on Saturday spoke in Rajya Sabha and said he has met Team Anna and discussed the three conditions - inclusion of lower bureaucracy, Lokayuktas in all states and citizen's charter for public grievances. "We must be able to make out difference between the civil society and the uncivil society, " said Yechury. Commenting on the time that has been spent on the Jan...
03:28 PM, Aug 27, 2011
New Delhi: Postmen had never ventured here but for the past one week they have been taking rounds of Ramlila Maidan with their mailbags delivering letters to fasting Anna Hazare. And the addresses on these letters reads Anna Hazare, Fasting Centre, Ramlila Maidan or just Anna Hazare, Ramlila Ground. Team Anna members said Hazare has got around 50 letters and packets through courier and speedpost. Most of the letters were...
03:09 PM, Aug 27, 2011
Bhubaneswar: Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday appealed the Gandhian to end the 12-day long fast. "I appeal Sri Anna Hazareji to break the fast now. His health is a great concern for all of us," Patnaik told reporters adding that his party (BJD) would like a strong Lokpal to be in place to fight corruption. Stating that his government had been fighting against corruption in the state level,...
02:53 PM, Aug 27, 2011
New Delhi: On day 12 of his fast on Saturday, Anna Hazare did not deter, even as his doctor said that his health is deteriorating and his blood pressure has gone down. Anna stood strong and said that he can fast for another few days and nothing will happen to him. Anna also thanked the people of the country for their enormous support and said that the support was a...
10:21 AM, Aug 27, 2011
