New Delhi: Another Team Anna member Medha Patkar said there was a need for "overhauling" the group as it was facing a number of allegations and many members of the Core Committee were being targeted, but denied any rift within. At the same, Patkar said she would not be attending the Core Committee meeting on Saturday, which Hazare and Justice Santosh Hegde have also decided to skip. "I don't think...
02:35 PM, Oct 28, 2011
New Delhi: Activist Medha Patkar on Monday came out in support of Arvind Kejriwal, who is facing allegations of diverting donations for Team Anna to his trust, saying that the truth will come out once the audit is completed. "I don't go with allegations against Arvind Kejriwal. Swami Agnivesh himself has told me that he has not levelled any allegations but only referring to questions raised by some quarters," Patkar...
05:40 PM, Oct 24, 2011
New Delhi: Defending Team Anna's decision to campaign against Congress in Hisar by-poll, Social activist Medha Patkar on Tuesday said that the appeal was not made in anyone's favour. "Campaign in Hisar is not benefiting RSS or Sangh Parivar. The appeal was not made in favour of Kuldeep Bishnoi," she said. Reacting to the news that two Team Anna members have resigned over anti-Congress stand, she said, "We welcome the...
06:55 PM, Oct 18, 2011
Chennai: Pledging her support to the ongoing agitation against the Koodankulam nuclear project, social activist Medha Patkar on Tuesday said the protesting villagers have decided to continue their 10-day old fast till the state cabinet passed a resolution for stopping work on the project. "The villagers (living in and around the project site) demand that the state cabinet pass a resolution for stopping the ongoing work and ensure the safety...
05:21 PM, Sep 20, 2011
Ralegan Siddhi: Social crusader Anna Hazare on Sunday warned that he would launch another agitation if the Jan Lokpal Bill was not made into a law soon. Terming the government's draft of the Lokpal Bill as 'misleading', he said that the Jan Lokpal Bill must be accepted. "Don't oppose the Jan Lokpal bill. Those who oppose it must not be allowed to be re-elected," Hazare thundered at the end of...
06:01 PM, Sep 11, 2011
The Government should not come up with this Bill to Parliament within two days of Cabinet clearance, said Patkar. ...
07:48 PM, Sep 05, 2011
The social activist said the civil society was expecting Parliament would vote under Rule 184. ...
08:33 PM, Aug 27, 2011
New Delhi: In a meeting between the government and Team Anna late on Friday night, the former conveyed to Anna's emissaries that a consensus should be built around the note struck by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in his speech in Parliament on the Lokpal issue. The meeting held at Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid's residence and also attended by Congress MP Sandeep Dikshit came ahead of Saturday's debate on Lokpal...
07:59 AM, Aug 27, 2011
New Delhi: Team Anna on Friday termed as "disappointing" Rahul Gandhi's speech in Parliament on Lokpal issue but, at the same time, supported his idea of making the anti-corruption authority a constitutional body. Activist Medha Patkar, who is part of Anna Hazare's core group, said in spite of talking about the broad issue, the Congress General Secretary should have deliberated on the immediate issues raised by Hazare, whose fast for...
01:52 PM, Aug 26, 2011
CNN-IBN spoke to social activist Medha Patkar and Justice Santosh Hegde after the House appealed Anna Hazare to end his fast. ...
01:37 PM, Aug 25, 2011
As Anna Hazare's fast enters day six, cities across India continue to witness strong protests. ...
06:52 PM, Aug 21, 2011
New Delhi: Activists Kiran Bedi, Swami Agnivesh and Medha Patkar on Wednesday joined hundreds of protestors expressing solidarity with Anna Hazare outside Tihar Jail while a large number of the Gandhian's supporters took out marches across the city. Hazare's supporters in huge numbers also gathered outside Chhatrasal Stadium, which was converted into a special detention area, on Wednesday morning and shouted anti-corruption slogans demanding that the Gandhian be allowed to...
12:24 PM, Aug 17, 2011
Jagatsinghpur: Pictures of children protesting at the Posco site in Orissa shocked the nation and forced the Jagatsinghpur district administration to halt land acquisition and withdraw the police forces. But clearly it was just a temporary halt. Government sources now say once the issue is out of the media's spotlight, and political leaders and social activists stop visiting, the district administration will restart land acquisition. The administration has in fact...
08:58 AM, Jun 23, 2011
Mumbai: Dark clouds seem to be once again looming large over Hindustan Construction Company's ambitious Lavasa Lake City project, as the Maharashtra Government plans to file an environmental violation case against the company in Pune court on Tuesday. "We are preparing documents to file a case against Lavasa Corporation for violating Environment (Protection) Act 1986. Most probably, we will file a case against the company tomorrow," State Environment Minister Sanjay...
11:29 PM, Jun 13, 2011
Medha Patkar says though she had differences on Baba's modus operandi but what that govt did is much more condemnable. ...
09:09 AM, Jun 05, 2011
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