New Delhi: Some India Against Corruption members were absent from Team Anna's fast venue on Friday morning, upset with the team's decision of going political. While some volunteers were absent, many returned their identity cards. The members were upset with Team Anna's decision of breaking its fast and going political. They were also upset with the haste in which the decision was taken. While Team Anna member Prashant Bhushan had...
01:34 PM, Aug 03, 2012
New Delhi: 1:00 pm: Swami Agnivesh slammed out at Team Anna for deciding to break its fast and go political. "Anna has broken the sanctity of 'anshan' (fast). Anshan is always the last option. This is a black day," Agnivesh said. "Calling off the anshan and looking at an alternative political option has hurt the dignity of the fast that was introduced by Mahatama Gandhi. They should apologise to the...
11:34 AM, Aug 03, 2012
New Delhi: Nine days after their fast, anti-corruption activist members of India against Corruption (IAC), unofficially called Team Anna, are slated to end their agitation on Friday at 5 pm. This comes after Team Anna made a dramatic announcement of giving the country a political alternative on Thursday. The announcement came after Arvind Kejriwal presented the idea as a referendum to those gathered at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, on Thursday....
10:05 AM, Aug 03, 2012
New Delhi: As Team Anna decides to enter politics, its supporters have been giving mixed reactions. While Anna Hazare said he will stay out of it, his supporters say they want a revolution and not another political party. "I'm against this decision. Anna should take it back. This is a movement and should remain that way," one of the supporters said. "I've come from Jaipur to request Anna to take...
09:53 AM, Aug 03, 2012
New Delhi: Nine days after their fast, the anti-corruption activists, members of Team Anna, will end their agitation on Friday. This comes after Team Anna made a dramatic announcement of giving the country a political alternative. As the government refused to budge, hopes of an encore of Ramlila Maidan, when union ministers were forced to come and appeal to Anna Hazare to call off his fast, faded away. So it...
07:30 AM, Aug 03, 2012
New Delhi: The medical reports of Anna Hazare, Arvind Kejriwal, Gopal Rai and Manish Sisodia, following their examination by a panel of doctors on Wednesday led to an alarmed Delhi Police requesting Arvind Kejriwal, Gopal Rai and Manish Sisodia to immediately end their fast. According to them, "This team of doctors has advised that Shri Arvind Kejriwal, Shri Gopal Rai and Shri Manish Sisodia need immediate medical intervention of a...
04:05 PM, Aug 02, 2012
Pune: Two of the Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) that did not explode in Pune have been sent for forensic examination, Home Secretary RK Singh said on Thursday. He added, "Investigations are still in the preliminary stage. The initial investigation is being done by the NSG post-blast team." The NIA and the CFSL teams reached the explosion site at 3:30 am, he said, adding, "If planning has happened, that means there...
11:34 AM, Aug 02, 2012
Pune: The protesters of India Against Corruption on Thursday suspended their agitation for a day in blast-hit Pune after the police told them to pack-up and leave so that investigations were carried on smoothly. IAC member Deepak Bharadia said, "We have suspended our protest for today." Meanwhile, the man who was detained for questioning in connection with the blasts turned out to be a local tailor. Dayanand Patil, who was...
10:11 AM, Aug 02, 2012
Overtaken by events, ignored by the government, sidelined by the media and now drenched by rain, where is the fast heading? ...
10:21 PM, Aug 01, 2012
New Delhi: Doctors with government and Team Anna on Wednesday differed on hospitalisation of fasting activists, including Arvind Kejriwal who alleged that the official medical report was "fake" and refused to get admitted. In his communication to the police, RML Medical Superintendent Dr TS Sidhu said the physicians who examined Anna Hazare and other fasting activists have "strongly advised" that Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and Gopal Rai be "immediately" moved to...
08:58 PM, Aug 01, 2012
New Delhi: Several Team Anna supporters and students on Wednesday held a protest at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi demanding that the party support Anna Hazare's campaign against corruption. The protesters, who wore Team Anna badges and caps, shouted slogans against the party near the entrance of the BJP office. They demanded that BJP support Hazare's campaign against corruption. Police removed the protesters from the venue. ...
02:50 PM, Aug 01, 2012
As Anna Hazare's fast against corruption enters its third day, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen weighed in with his views on his movement. Sen, former Master of Trinity College, Cambridge University, and presently a professor at the Harvard University, said one could not eliminate corruption by simply sitting on dharnas. In an exclusive interview with CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose, the Nobel laureate said that instead of fasting and protesting, one...
08:10 AM, Jul 31, 2012
New Delhi: It's Team Anna versus the media now after senior member Shanti Bhushan accused media houses of bias in their coverage of their ongoing fast a Jantar Mantar. Supporters of the movement even heckled media persons at Jantar Mantar on Monday. The Broadcast Editors' Association has demanded an apology. Delhi Police has issued a notice to Kumar Vishwas for provocative speeches against policemen. It's not just the politicians, but...
07:43 AM, Jul 31, 2012
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Sunday "requested" Team Anna to ensure that speakers at their protest site do not make any "provocative" speeches so that law and order situation in the capital is not disturbed. A senior police official also dismissed allegations by some speakers that security personnel misbehaved with women while they were protesting outside Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence on Saturday. "These allegations were false and we have...
08:21 PM, Jul 29, 2012
The India Against Corruption supporters have been arrested for protesting outside P Chidambaram's house. ...
06:27 PM, Jul 29, 2012
New Delhi: 12.22 pm: Nearly a hundred India Against Corruption activists arrested in Chennai for protesting outside Home Minister P Chidambaram's residence. 10.31 am: Anna Hazare said that he decided to join the fast despite requests from colleagues not to do so. Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare on Sunday began his fast at Jantar Mantar at 10.30 am. While the protest began, 15 of Anna's supporters were hospitalised. Soon after launching...
10:45 AM, Jul 29, 2012
New Delhi: Putting rumours and speculation to rest, anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare on Saturday said that he would not contest elections or form a political party. "I will neither contest elections, nor form a political party. In fact, if I survive this fast, I will roam the country and look for genuine people. If I find some, they will be trained and their names put on the Internet. After scrutiny,...
01:32 PM, Jul 28, 2012
New Delhi: Yoga guru Ramdev on Friday announced his support to Anna Hazare and his team's agitation for a SIT team to probe corruption allegations against 15 Cabinet ministers. He said, "We will support whoever fights against corruption. This fight is to protect the country." He added, "August 9 is Kranti Divas. Yatras will be held across the country to save the country." Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare had earlier in...
03:48 PM, Jul 27, 2012
Team Anna member Kiran Bedi has admitted that the crowds at Anna Hazare's recent protest were definitely less but that it did not mean support for him was decreasing. ...
10:59 AM, Jul 27, 2012
New Delhi: Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare admitted on Friday that he would consider joining politics if the people wanted him to. "If people say that Anna should enter politics, then I could think about it," he said in an exclusive interview with IBN 18 Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai. He, however, was quick to add that he would not fight elections but support a political party that would be launched by someone...
10:07 AM, Jul 27, 2012
