Activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal is expected to appear before a Delhi court on Wednesday in connection with a criminal defamation case. The complaint was filed on behalf of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit for allegedly making baseless allegations against her on a television show. ...
08:29 AM, Mar 20, 2013
Social activist Anna Hazare on Saturday said he will campaign only for candidates put up by Arvind Kejriwal and ruled out the possibility of supporting people from other parties. "I will campaign only for Kejriwal's candidates," Hazare told reporters here. "There may be good people in other parties but who has the control?" ...
04:36 PM, Dec 01, 2012
In yet another defence of Robert Vadra, The Prime Minister's Office has told Allahabad High Court that charges of irregularities in land deals against Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law are false, vexatious and based on hearsay. ...
07:49 PM, Nov 28, 2012
New Delhi: All eyes will be on anti-corruption campaigner Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday as he and 300 of his colleagues get set to meet in the capital to finalise the details regarding their political party, an announcement regarding which is expected latest by Monday. Speaking to CNN-IBN, Kejriwal said that the members would decide the name of the political party, about which an announcement may be expected on the day...
07:28 AM, Nov 24, 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 on Sunday alleged that some suspicious persons entered the residential premises of its leaders Manish Sisodia and Kumar Vishwas to threaten them and their families. In a statement, the IAC claimed that about a dozen people came to Vishwas' residence on Sunday evening while he was talking to a news channel and gheraoed the house for about 30 minutes. The outfit claimed that after some...
10:22 PM, Nov 11, 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
India Against Corruption activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday alleged that the government is protecting HSBC Bank, against whom he had made money laundering charges. The government, earlier in the day, had claimed that investigations were being carried against people whose names appeared in the alleged black money list handed over to the Indian government by the French government. ...
09:39 PM, Nov 10, 2012
Anti-corruption activist Kiran Bedi on Saturday said that IAC was a movement and no one could lay claim to it. "IAC is a movement. If someone, anyone decides to break away and make a political party obviously they'll have a new name," she said while responding to a query. ...
08:37 PM, Nov 10, 2012
New Delhi: India Against Corruption activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday interacted with netizens and answered their questions on Google+ Hangout. The one-hour session began at 8 pm India time and was aimed at interacting with non-resident Indians (NRIs) in particular. Members of the IAC said on Saturday that they had been receiving a lot of queries from NRIs ever since Kejriwal announced that he will be forming a political party....
08:00 PM, Nov 10, 2012
New Delhi: Launching his new team, anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare on Saturday gave a call for Jan Andolan. "Our goal is not Jan Lokpal alone. There has to be a Jan Andolan, a mass movement. We will try and bring together many people's movements," said activist Medha Patkar, who along with Kiran Bedi, shared the stage with Anna. Reading out from a list, Kiran Bedi said that Akhil Gogoi, Akshay...
04:58 PM, Nov 10, 2012
New Delhi: India Against Corruption activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said he was a dengue mosquito and would bite the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Kejriwal said this while responding to External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid's statement that Kejriwal's attack was just a mosquito bite that causes minor irritation. Kejriwal said, "I am a dengue mosquito. I will bite the Congress and BJP and then they will be...
03:17 PM, Nov 10, 2012
New Delhi: The government has dismissed India Against Corruption activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal's allegations of black money against big corporate houses, saying there is nothing new in it. "Nothing new in the allegations. This has already been discussed in Parliament. Government may issue a statement if required," the government said. Meanwhile, Kejriwal has defended his allegations of black money against big corporate houses. "The government is not able to force the...
07:38 AM, Nov 10, 2012
New Delhi: After taking on politicians and businessmen, India Against Corruption will now target the judiciary, Arvind Kejriwal said on Friday. He said several high profile cases were dragging on in the courts for several years without any decisive outcome. Asked by a television channel why he doesn't move courts with his charges, Kejriwal said this is what the Government wants so that it can "manage" things there. He said...
02:11 AM, Nov 10, 2012
India Against Corruption activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal on Friday targeted several top Indian business groups and a Congress MP, alleging that they had stashed black money worth several hundred crores in the HSBC Bank in Geneva, Switzerland. He claimed that a senior Congress leader gave him the details about the black money. "The black money from Swiss banks can come but the government doesn't wish to bring it back," Kejriwal said. ...
11:47 PM, Nov 09, 2012
While IAC leader Arvind Kejriwal may have highlighted HSBC Bank's role in facilitating laundering black money in India, globally the London-headquartered banking major is also under scanner from several international agencies. Here is a look at some of the accusation against HSBC for its questionable transactions. ...
10:46 PM, Nov 09, 2012
New Delhi: India Against Corruption activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal on Friday targeted several top Indian business groups and a Congress MP, alleging that they had stashed black money worth several hundred crores in the HSBC Bank in Geneva, Switzerland. He claimed that a senior Congress leader gave him the details about the black money. "The black money from Swiss banks can come but the government doesn't wish to bring it back,"...
02:14 PM, Nov 09, 2012
New Delhi: India Against Corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal is all set to make yet another revelation on Friday. But there is still no word on who his latest target will be. In the past month, Kejriwal has targetted Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra's land deals, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid in an alleged embezzlement case and BJP President Nitin Gadkari in an irrigation scam. In his last revelation, Kejriwal also...
07:36 AM, Nov 09, 2012
New Delhi: Former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court AP Shah, who was named by Arvind Kejriwal as an internal Lokpal of India Against Corruption (IAC), on Saturday termed the Jan Lokpal Bill drafted by erstwhile Team Anna as "too draconian". Addressing a conference of state Lokayuktas in New Delhi, Shah favoured setting up of a strong Lokpal to contain corruption in the country but criticised the Jan Lokpal Bill...
12:12 AM, Nov 04, 2012
