Pune: Social activist Anna Hazare would be shifted to a hospital in Gurgaon, near Delhi, on Sunday, his associates said on Saturday. Anna's aide Datta Awari said from his native village Ralegan Siddhi that Hazare would be leaving for Delhi on Sunday. "We are now planning an Ayurvedic treatment," he said, adding that Hazare would be admitted to Medanta hospital in Gurgaon. Manish Sisodiya, a member of Hazare's core team,...
02:08 PM, Jan 28, 2012
Ralegan Siddhi: Spelling out that his next phase of agitation would be to achieve "power for the people", veteran social activist Anna Hazare on Thursday said time had come for the masses to enjoy the fruits of democracy. "Today power is concentrated in Mantralaya (secretariat)in Mumbai or in Delhi. There is a need for decentralisation of power," Hazare said after unfurling the tricolour at the Republic Day celebrations in his...
02:33 PM, Jan 26, 2012
Mumbai: Though Anna Hazare watched 'Gali Gali Mein Chor Hai' with much enthusiasm along with other people in his Ralegan Siddhi village Tuesday evening, it's said some villagers in the audience might have recorded footage of the film, raising fears of piracy. The social crusader had a ball watching Akshaye Khanna rough up corrupt politicians and bureaucrats in the film which still has three weeks to go for its release....
07:58 AM, Jan 26, 2012
Ralegan Siddhi: In remarks that could stoke a fresh controversy, anti-graft activist Anna Hazare on Tuesday evening said a person is left with no option other than going for a slap when his power of tolerance of corruption runs out. "When a man's power of tolerance runs out, then whoever is in front of you, if a slap is given, then the brain is put back in place. That is...
07:16 AM, Jan 25, 2012
Mumbai: A special screening of the Hindi flick 'Gali Gali Chor Hai' was held for anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare in his native village Ralegan Siddhi on Tuesday night in presence of the film's crew. "Anna saw the entire film which ended at around 10 pm and expressed satisfaction over it," Hazare's aide Datta Awari told PTI from Ralegan. "Anna agreed to watch the film despite ill health as it deals...
12:19 AM, Jan 25, 2012
Ralegan Siddhi: Team Anna has decided to tour the five poll-bound states, but will not campaign against any particular political party. Arvind Kejriwal and Prashant Bhushan met Anna Hazare in Ralegan Siddhi on Tuesday and said that they were never anti-Congress. Claiming that their anti-corruption movement is not targeted against any particular political party, Kejriwal said, "We were never anti-congress. There is not a single party which is clean and...
02:48 PM, Jan 10, 2012
Ralegan Siddhi (Maharashtra): In a surprise development, veteran social crusader Anna Hazare on Monday gave his nod to Ralegan Siddhi sarpanch (headman) Jaisingh Mapare to contest next month's Zilla Parishad (district council) elections on a Nationalist Congress Party ticket, an aide said. Mapare, who has always been an NCP activist, had broken all ties with the party during the past one year when he was actively involved in Hazare's anti-corruption...
07:14 PM, Jan 09, 2012
New Delhi: A day after anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare broke his fast at Mumbai's MMRDA grounds, he is heading back to his village Ralegan Siddhi on Thursday. On Wednesday evening Anna called off his fast and the jail bharo agitation call over health concerns, but promised to fight on and said his team's next move would be to focus on the five poll-bound states early in the new year. The...
09:48 AM, Dec 29, 2011
Mumbai: The pressure on Anna Hazare is growing to call off his protest fast but Editor-in-Chief of IBN Lokmat Nikhil Wagle, who met the anti-corruption activist in Mumbai, on Wednesday says people like Arvind Kejriwal, Kiran Bedi and Manish Sisodia are putting pressure on Anna to continue with his fast. He says these people don't know him well and want him to continue with his fast despite his deteriorating health....
02:31 PM, Dec 28, 2011
Mumbai: The sprawling MMRDA Grounds in Mumbai, the venue for Anna Hazare's protest fast, wore a deserted look on Wednesday with only security personnel, journalists and a handful of Team Anna activists in attendance. The mercury in Mumbai touched a 10-year low of 11.4 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, driving away supporters from the venue. Similar weather conditions are likely to continue on Wednesday. Even the speeches delivered by activists did...
11:23 AM, Dec 28, 2011
New Delhi: This seems to be a weekend fraught with problems for Anna and his team as the anti-corruption crusader is brought down by a severe bout of cold and a case is filed against his team for allegedly insulting the tricolour. Ahead of his three-day fast in Ralegan Siddhi from December 27 to protest against a "weak" Lokpal Bill, Anna Hazare has caught cold but his associates say it...
04:30 PM, Dec 24, 2011
New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh on Friday termed Anna Hazare's campaign for the Jan Lokpal Bill as "totally political" and alleged it has nothing to do with corruption. "From day one, I have been saying Anna is not against corruption and he is not for Jan Lokpal. His intention is political," Singh said. He was replying to a question on Hazare's statement that his agitation for the Jan...
05:11 PM, Dec 23, 2011
The Gandhian from Ralegan Siddhi who captured the nation's imagination said his campaign had claimed 6 ministers. He promised that many more would follow. ...
07:59 AM, Dec 17, 2011
New Delhi: Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare on Monday said that youth are now gradually coming to dedicate their whole life for movement against corruption. "Some have come up to work as volunteer as and when there is a movement. The third category of youth is of those who propose to continue their work and whenever there is a movement, they will mobilize people to participate in the movement," Anna said....
11:21 AM, Dec 12, 2011
Ralegan Siddhi: Social activist Anna Hazare has been advised to take two days of 'complete rest' on health grounds ahead of his visit to the national capital. "The doctor attending on Hazare has advised him two days of complete rest on medical grounds," Hazare's close aide Suresh Pathare said. Hazare, who is currently in his native village, will leave for Delhi on December 10 and join the day-long agitation for...
02:31 PM, Dec 06, 2011
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