New Delhi: Justice Santosh Hegde on Wednesday said it is "extremely difficult" to believe that allegations raised by Team Anna against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh could exist but demanded an inquiry if there are documents to suggest that some wrongdoing was done. "It is extremely difficult for me to believe, having seen the Prime Minister all these years to say that such an allegation could exist. But at the same...
12:58 PM, May 30, 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
Justice Hegde, however, admitted that a fatigue factor had set in with the anti-corruption crusader's repeated call for protests. ...
08:30 AM, Mar 25, 2012
Bangalore: In a major setback for the BJP and Karnataka Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda on Wednesday, K Jayaprakash Hegde of Congress beat V Sunil Kumar of BJP by huge margin of over 40,000 votes in the bypoll of Udupi-Chikmagalur Lok Sabha seat. Hegde secured 3,98,723 votes as against 3,52,999 by Sunil Kumar. Sadananda Gowda gave up the seat earlier this year upon his elevation as Chief Minister, and the...
12:15 PM, Mar 21, 2012
Bangalore: On the occasion of International Women's Day, Minister for Energy, Food and Supplies Shobha Karandlaje condemned teachers' misbehaviour towards girls in schools. She urged the Primary and Secondary Education Minister Vishveshwar Hegde Kageri to take stringent action to prevent victimisation of girls in schools. Speaking at a function organised by Karnataka State Primary School Teachers' Association, she opined that women undergo three kinds of cruelty in an organisation. Shobha...
11:13 AM, Mar 09, 2012
Bangalore: Defending the Lokayukta report on illegal mining, then Lokayukta Santosh Hegde on Wednesday rejected views that quashing of an FIR against former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa by the High Court on the grounds of violation of natural justice was a "rap" on his findings. "I don't consider it as a rap on my report as Lokayukta is a quasi-investigating agency. Our orders are accepted, rejected, neglected and sometimes...
02:46 AM, Mar 08, 2012
New Delhi: Team Anna will campaign in poll-bound Goa from Tuesday with Justice Santosh Hegde, who had differences with the group, joining them. The activists will attend ten public meetings and three press conferences during their three-day campaign in the state. A statement said Hegde, Arvind Kejriwal, Kiran Bedi, Sanjay Singh, Manish Sisodia, Maulana Shamoon Qasmi, Gopal Rai and Mayank Gandhi will address the public meetings scheduled in Benaulim, Margao,...
05:28 PM, Feb 27, 2012
BANGALORE: It is an insult to Karnataka to say that there are no honest and able persons for the post (of Lokayukta). However, it is difficult when you (Government) are looking at people having the same height, weight, colour or community. Appointment can be made when the government looks beyond all these (Things), former Lokayukta N Santosh Hegde said on Tuesday. He was replying to questions of students in St...
09:16 AM, Jan 11, 2012
Bangalore: Adopting a flexible approach over the government's Lokpal Bill, former Karnataka Lokayukta Santosh Hegde on Saturday suggested Team Anna to allow the Centre to pass the bill in "some form" after conceding some points. "Today I spoke to some members of Team Anna and suggested them to allow government to pass the bill in some form after conceding some points," Hegde, also a member of Team Anna, told over...
07:56 PM, Dec 24, 2011
Justice Santosh Hegde has asked if FDI in retail is more important than fighting against corruption. ...
01:08 PM, Dec 21, 2011
New Delhi: Keeping up the heat on the UPA government, anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare will campaign for a strong Lokpal Bill in Chennai on Sunday. Anna is expected to address a public meeting there on Sunday afternoon. On Saturday, the 74-year-old interacted with supporters at Bangalore's Freedom Park. Meanwhile, Team Anna has begun exploring the options for the venue of Anna's fast in Mumbai on December 27. At the moment...
10:31 AM, Dec 18, 2011
Bangalore: Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare on Tuesday addressed a rally in Bangalore as part of his campaign for Jan Lokpal Bill. He said that his team was asking the government to either bring the Lokpal Bill or go out, alleging that the lives of the poor was miserable due to corruption in the government. "This government is a liar and their draft on Lokpal is a weak one," he said,...
05:48 PM, Dec 17, 2011
Mangalore: Dr Vikram Shetty has taken cosmetic surgery to the interiors of India and that too for free. He's giving the youth a fresh lease of life and helping them look just the way they want to. When Vijisha, 25, speaks her words are incomprehensible, but the hope in her eyes is palpable. She and Greshma are waiting for a cosmetic surgery at the Maxillo Facial Unit in Justic KS...
09:49 AM, Dec 16, 2011
Ahmedabad: Former Karnataka Lokayukta Santosh Hegde on Thursday said it is wrong to say that Anna Hazare and his team are pressurising the Parliament and behaving in a dictatorial manner over the Lokpal issue. "I don't think that anybody can pressurise (Parliament). I only think that this type of statements (from political parties) are coming out of pressure, because everybody is angry," Hedge, himself a Team Anna member, told reporters....
03:24 AM, Dec 16, 2011
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