Gurgaon: A city court on Monday sent four Anna Hazare supporters to jail for 14 days. They wanted to install a statue of the anti-graft activist in Gurgaon in spite of refusal of permission from the authorities. The activists were arrested on Sunday when they were trying to install a statue of Hazare at Sector 4/7 Chowk, police said. The Hazare supporters are PL Kataria, Abdul, Puran Chand Joshi and...
02:19 AM, Apr 17, 2012
Mumbai: India Against Corruption, the NGO spearheading Anna Hazare's proposed fast in Mumbai, on Tuesday expressed shock at the prohibitive cost of hiring the MMRDA ground and asked the Maharashtra government to waive it entirely or allow use of Azad Maidan for the agitation. "We were shocked to find that the average cost per day would come to almost Rs two lakh. We therefore request you to waive the entire...
09:28 PM, Dec 20, 2011
New Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal, a key member of Team Anna has dismissed reports about differences between him, Prashant Bhushan and Anna Hazare. He spoke to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate. Arvind Kejriwal: Anna Hazare has recently said that there are people who have been paid huge amounts of money to create a fissure in the team. When he is referring to people close to me, he is referring to people...
07:45 AM, Oct 09, 2011
Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare on Thursday said we need to campaign against corruption to be like Ram. ...
11:19 PM, Oct 06, 2011
New Delhi: Appealing to the nation to vote for persons with high political and moral integrity, Anna Hazare on Tuesday also asked people not to vote for the Congress if the Jan Lokpal Bill is not passed in the Winter Session of Parliament. Hazare warned the Congress that he will go on fast again if the bill is not passed, saying that the Constitution has given the citizens of the...
07:43 AM, Oct 05, 2011
New Delhi: As the Congress on Tuesday called Anna Hazare's warning to campaign against the Congress a 'political' move, the anti-corruption crusader hit back and said that he was not being political. "If the Congress thinks that I have entered politics, let them say that. The people of the country know the truth," Anna said. Talking to CNN-IBN, Anna said that though he will campaign against parties who do not...
07:18 PM, Oct 04, 2011
New Delhi: Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare is back in the news and this time with a political agenda. Anna has said that he will campaign against the Congress in the polls if the Jan Lokpal Bill is not passed in the winter session of Parliament. As the festive season picks up, Team Anna is now assuming strong political colours. From his den of Ralegaon Siddhi, Anna is outlining his next...
06:03 PM, Oct 04, 2011
Anna Hazare on Tuesday said he is not with the BJP. "People who say I am with the BJP must admit themselves into a mental asylum", said Anna. ...
02:01 PM, Oct 04, 2011
New Delhi: Team Anna will kickstart a nationwide survey on Jan Lokpal Bill from Sunday. The week-long process will start from Ghaziabad, the Lok Sabha constituency of BJP leader Rajnath Singh and cover UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi's constituency of Rae Bareli and Rahul Gandhi's seat Amethi in Uttar Pradesh. Other constituencies in the state where the 'referendum' process will be held include Mainpuri, Varanasi, Lucknow and Ambedkar Nagar, a Team...
08:08 PM, Oct 01, 2011
The Magna Carta In 1215, fed up with King John losing his lands, men and money in France, the barons of England made a deal with him. They wanted to protect their liberties and privileges while limiting the king's powers. It was the first document that English subjects forced on their king. Three of its clauses remain part of the country's unwritten constitution. Women's suffrage Women in Europe had been...
10:58 AM, Sep 16, 2011
CPI leader Gurudas Das Gupta reacting to Anna Hazare's views said both the BJP and the Congress are into corruption to fund elections. ...
12:59 PM, Sep 13, 2011
New Delhi: Terming Anna Hazare's fast as a symbol of mobocracy, LJP president Ramvilas Paswan on Tuesday described the Jan Lokpal Bill proposed by the civil society activist as unconstitutional. "What Anna Hazare did was unconstitutional and against the spirit of democracy. What if others start following his ways to get their demand fulfilled? No one should take the government to ransom by such means," Paswan said in New Delhi....
09:49 PM, Sep 06, 2011
New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh's statement on Sunday accusing Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal of evading taxes has resulted in a strong rebuttal from Anna Hazare and his supporters. Singh claimed Kejriwal deliberately flouted rules of his government service and used his NGOs to amass crores of rupees. Hazare has publicly stated that he trusts Kejriwal despite the accusations, and many supporters have labeled the notice as politically...
07:19 AM, Sep 05, 2011
Ralegaon Siddhi: Anna Hazare appears reluctant to accept the 'Z' category security offered to him by the Maharashtra government, saying that he does not need it. Anna, who resumed his normal chores in his native village on Sunday morning with a walk, told reporters that freedom fighters like Bhagat Singh and Rajguru did not have any security. "Why do I need any security?" he asked. Anna said that a person...
12:57 PM, Sep 04, 2011
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