New Delhi: As Arvind Kejriwal made an abrupt exit from the joint fast venue after Ramdev objected to personal remarks against politicians, the yoga guru on Sunday said he wanted to run his movement with dignity and not to divert focus from the issue by targeting individuals. "Hum shaleenta se aandolan ko aage badhana chahte hai. Hum kisi ka nam lekar aandolan ko muddo se bhatkana nahi chahte hai. (We...
04:54 AM, Jun 04, 2012
Bangalore: Former Karnataka Lokayukta and Team Anna member Santosh Hegde on Sunday said no government will like to bring in a strong Lokpal Bill in the country as the government does not have the intent. "The government should bring in a strong Lokpal bill, but I don't think any government will want to bring a strong Lokpal bill. The government does not have the intent", Hegde told reporters as he...
03:10 AM, Jun 04, 2012
New Delhi: Rebutting allegations that he left the fast venue after Ramdev virtually snubbed him, Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said that he had to leave as he was unwell and he has the "greatest respect" for the yoga guru. "I had to leave fast venue because I am very unwell. I told this to Anna and swamiji. It is wrong to say that I left in protest,"...
01:51 AM, Jun 04, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday hit out at Ramdev and Team Anna for attacking the UPA government over corruption saying that their "mindset" is exposed as they did not name anyone from the BJP, despite the "glaring" graft charges against a number of oppposition party leaders. "They have taken so many names against whom they claim to have evidence of corruption. But they have not taken any name from...
12:58 AM, Jun 04, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday hit out at Baba Ramdev and Team Anna for attacking the UPA Government over corruption saying that their "mindset" is exposed as they did not name anyone from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), despite the "glaring" corruption charges against a number of Oppposition party leaders. "They have taken so many names against whom they claim to have evidence of corruption. But they have not...
08:54 PM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: The experiment by Baba Ramdev and Team Anna to join hands against corruption failed to elicit huge response with very few people turning up at the fast venue at Parliament Street in New Delhi on Sunday. Ramdev's prediction that thousands of supporters will gather in other cities hasn't also quiet materialised. Some support was, however, witnessed in cities like Lucknow, Patna and Bangalore. There also seems to be...
07:00 PM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: Team Anna member Kiran Bedi on Sunday said that the Lokpal, if made a law would create fear among wrongdoers like the way the "chopping of hands of thieves" does in UAE. Addressing protesters at the fast venue of Anna Hazare and yoga guru Ramdev, Bedi also asked people not to vote for those politicians who are opposed to Lokpal in the next elections. "There is no democracy...
03:49 PM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: The experiment to join hands and fight corruption between Baba Ramdev and Team Anna seems to have failed, with Arvind Kejriwal storming out of the agitation venue a short while earlier. Baba Ramdev has taken objection to Kejriwal naming MPs in his speech. Ramdev said the fight against graft was not against individuals. "Arvind Kejriwal should not have taken names. It could create controversy. Please don't see it...
02:41 PM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: Terming Prime Minister Manmohan Singh an "honest person", yoga guru Ramdev on Sunday asked him to make his Cabinet "corruption free." He threatened the government with a "fight to the finish" by August for bringing back black money stashed away abroad as also against corruption. "The Prime Minister was forced to give statement on illegal mining. We all know that Manmohan Singh is an honest person and we...
11:13 AM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: Social activist Anna Hazare and yoga guru Ramdev on Sunday began their day-long fast at Jantar Mantar against corruption and blackmoney stashed abroad. "Manmohan Singh was forced to give statement on Illegal mining. We all know that the prime minister is a honest person and we all respect him. But people expect him to make his Cabinet corruption free," Ramdev said. Earlier, Anna and Ramdev visited the memorial...
09:59 AM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: Refuting reports of any rift over the fast with yoga guru Baba Ramdev, Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday that there is no dispute between the team. "There is no dispute in Team Anna. All core committee members are together," said Kejriwal. Kejriwal also indicated Anna Hazare and his team might also reveal their strategy against corruption and campaign during Sunday's fast. The RTI activist also said...
09:12 AM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev and social activist Anna Hazare will on Sunday sit in the capital on a day-long fast against corruption and black money stashed abroad. Sunday's protest at Jantar Mantar is also likely to see Ramdev announcing his strategy with regard to the 2014 General Elections. "The people are with us. They will leave their homes and face the hot weather to support us. The agitation...
07:30 AM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: Baba Ramdev and Anna Hazare are back in Delhi to take on the government. They are going to sit on a day-long fast against corruption and black money on Sunday, but Team Anna seems divided with many prominent members not attending. However, with the government on a backfoot especially over the coal allocation issue it could be a chance for Team Anna to be back at centre stage....
06:33 AM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: Launching a fresh attack against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare called him a remote-controlled leader. Rejecting CBI probe into the alleged coal block allocation scam between 2006-09, Anna asked why an independent probe had not being ordered. "If there is no problem then why are you (PM) scared from investigation? And I think we should not call for a CBI investigation into this. There should...
12:59 PM, Jun 02, 2012
New Delhi: Just a day after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered a case in the coal block allocations case of 2006-09, the Prime Minister's Office has turned the tables, accusing BJP President Nitin Gadkari's son of benefiting in the deal. "Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh's government allocated coal blocks to those close to BJP President Nitin Gadkari. The issue was not allowed to be raised in the Assembly,"...
07:42 AM, Jun 02, 2012
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