According to Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh, Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party will have to first win the Assembly elections for it to be taken seriously by the grand old party of India. Digvijaya, when asked whether the AAP would have any effect on the Congress, lampooned the anti-corruption activist and said, "Let Mr Arvind Kejriwal get elected as an MLA or an MP or as a municipal corporator first."...
01:13 PM, Nov 25, 2012
After naming his political party, anti-corruption campaigner Arvind Kejriwal while addressing a press conference said that his part Aam Aadmi Party will challenge existing parties. He said the vision of his party is to bring Swaraj in the country. ...
05:32 PM, Nov 24, 2012
Anti-corruption campaigner Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday finally gave a name to his long-awaited party, christening it after the ordinary citizen whose rights he has long been fighting for. The name 'Aam Aadmi Party' was proposed by Mayank Gandhi, and adopted at the meet held in the capital on Saturday. The group also adopted the constitution of the party. ...
01:53 PM, Nov 24, 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
Hyderabad: Team Anna may support Arvind Kejriwal's yet-to-be-launched political party when elections come, Kiran Bedi, a member of the new Team Anna, said in Hyderabad on Friday. "We will support any honesty. Since he (Kejriwal) stands for promoting integrity, obviously he will be eligible for our support," she told reporters on the sidelines of the Indian School of Business (ISB) Leadership Summit-2013. She said that Team Anna has no differences...
05:00 PM, Nov 23, 2012
New Delhi: The all-party meeting called by Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar on Tuesday ahead of the Winter Session is over and the government still has not acceded the Opposition's demand for a vote on FDI in retail. From what the Opposition politicians are hinting, it seems headed for a stormy scenes in the House. Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj said after the meeting that voting on...
06:48 PM, Nov 21, 2012
New Delhi: A 16-million-person global campaign network that works to ensure that the views and values of the world's people shape global decision-making has called on the BJP to stop its party president Nitin Gadkari from leading an anti-corruption march in New Delhi. The march is scheduled for Tuesday, November 21, 2012. The funding behind Gadkari's business - the Purti Sugar and Power Group - is currently under investigation and...
12:39 PM, Nov 21, 2012
New Delhi: Just two day before Parliament meets for winter session, Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Yashwant Sinha has fired a salvo at his party President Nitin Gadkari and demanded his resignation. Sinha on Tuesday took on Gadkari and said that those in public life should be beyond reproach while referring to the alleged irregularities in investments in Gadkari's Purti Group. "Whether our party president is guilty or not is...
04:47 PM, Nov 20, 2012
New Delhi: BJP on Monday attacked Congress and Finance Minister P Chidambaram for "mocking" the CAG and said the Congress will have to pay a heavy political price for indulging in corruption. Charging the Congress with adopting double standards, the opposition party again demanded Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation and an impartial probe into alleged irregularities in coal blocks allocation while seeking their cancellation. "BJP condemns Finance Minister for attacking...
03:21 AM, Nov 20, 2012
On Board PM's Special Plane: Commerce Minister Anand Sharma on Sunday said there was no probe into corruption allegations against US retail giant Walmart in India, saying agencies could look into violations if any. The world's largest retailer has disclosed that it is investigating allegations of corrupt practices and alleged violations of US anti-bribery law in India, China and Brazil, expanding similar ongoing investigations in Mexico. "Allegations are allegations. In...
12:34 AM, Nov 19, 2012
New Delhi: Terming the graft allegations made by Walmart as a "serious issue", BJP on Saturday demanded a probe into the matter and asked the government to come out with a reply. "This is a serious issue. BJP demands a probe into the allegations made by Walmart. BJP wants that the government should reply to the nation on this issue," BJP spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain said. At a time when the...
04:40 AM, Nov 18, 2012
Lucknow: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday accused Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav of merely paying lip service to fighting graft while doing nothing about corruption and scams in the state. Talking to media persons in the state capital, BJP state spokesman Vijay Bhadaur Pathak said the fact that so many days after the cabinet decision to hand over the probe of illegal sale of sugar mills to the Lokayukta,...
01:01 AM, Nov 16, 2012
New Delhi: World's largest retailer Walmart on Thursday said it is investigating allegations of corrupt practices against it in foreign markets, including India. In March 2011, the US-based company had started a worldwide review of its policies, practices and internal controls for Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) compliance. "We have inquiries or investigations regarding allegations of potential FCPA violations in a number of foreign markets where we operate regarding FCPA...
09:54 PM, Nov 15, 2012
New Delhi: The HT Leadership summit will kick off this weekend in New Delhi with a galaxy of leaders from the world and India. Building up to the Hindustan Times leadership summit, CNN-IBN, with Hindustan Times, brings you the CNN-IBN-Hindustan Times Opinion Poll on the leadership challenges in a situation of economic decline. The CNN-IBN Hindustan Times survey shows widespread pessimism about the Indian economy. As the economy slows down,...
09:03 AM, Nov 15, 2012
New Delhi: Former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi on Tuesday clarified that his co-operation with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in its investigations into the allegations of financial irregularities against him in the conduct of Twenty 20 cricket tournaments remained full and unequivocal. "I have constantly re-iterated my willingness to co-operate with any further questioning by the Indian authorities. I remain legally resident in England and the general nature of the current...
05:36 PM, Nov 13, 2012
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is probing into a corruption case against a Customs tribunal judge, Gowri Shanker, who allegedly took a bribe of $500,000 from a US firm in a RIG import dispute case. According to the documents accessed by CNN-IBN, the CBI probe was ordered after the US government gave details of improper payment to Indian officials in connection with the case. The US government...
06:30 PM, Nov 12, 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: The MoS PMO, V Narayanasamy on Sunday said that the media had misquoted him over a remark he made about the Comptroller and Auditor General of India and said that he had never said that the Constitutional body will be made a multi-member body. "I was being interviewed by a PTI correspondent and he asked me a few questions. He never asked me anything about making the CAG...
06:45 PM, Nov 11, 2012
