New Delhi: Dismissing all allegations by former IPS officer YP Singh claming that Arvind Kejriwal was not producing evidence against Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar, the activist-turned-politician on Friday reiterated that he and India Against Corruption (IAC) were not shielding anyone. Speaking exclusively to CNN-IBN, Kejriwal also defended fellow activist Anjali Damania, accused in a land deal, saying, "We cannot pronounce Anjali guilty, let there be an investigation...
06:47 PM, Oct 19, 2012
New Delhi: Anti-corruption crusader-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal has promised action over the allegations against key members of India Against Corruption (IAC). The group has assured that an internal investigation will be started into allegations against activists Anjali Damania, Prashant Bhushan and Mayank Gandhi. Gandhi and Damania also addressed a press conference assuring full cooperation in the probe even as the Congress questioned the "internal Lokpal probe". According to a statement released...
05:04 PM, Oct 19, 2012
New Delhi: In a dramatic twist to the controversy, the Vidarbha farmer, who had gone missing after he was named by India Against Corruption (IAC) while bringing out revelations against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari, surfaced on Friday and alleged that politics was being played over his land. Dismissing the allegations made by anti-corruption crusader-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal, farmer Gajanan Ghadge said that the BJP president had not taken...
04:26 PM, Oct 19, 2012
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Nitin Gadkari is set to continue as party President for a second term. The decision was taken after the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) held meetings with top BJP leaders on Friday. Reportedly, senior leader LK Advani was reluctant to let Gadkari continue as party President. However, he is said to have agreed after the RSS's intervention. Gadkari has been accused by anti-corruption activist...
04:22 PM, Oct 19, 2012
New Delhi: India Against Corruption (IAC) members Mayank Gandhi and Anjali Damania on Friday said that they were ready for an investigation against them into the allegations they are facing. Addressing a press conference, Gandhi and Damania welcomed the internal probe of the IAC against them and assured that they would answer all the questions posed to them. "All those against whom allegations have been leveled, including me and Anjali...
03:32 PM, Oct 19, 2012
New Delhi: India Against Corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said that it was wrong to say that IAC hid evidence against Agriculture Minister and NCP chief Sharad Pawar. "We are very selective because we are very responsible," Kejriwal said. He also said that he cannot expose a minister till he has strong evidence against him. "We are taking the issues where we have proof, it is wrong to say...
01:49 PM, Oct 19, 2012
New Delhi: Stung by allegations against his associates, India Against corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal has indicated that he will take action. The IAC has said that it will start an internal probe into allegations against Anjali Damania, Prashant Bhushan and Mayank Gandhi. IAC said the allegations will be probed by three retired judges. Kejriwal's associates, particularly Anjali Damania has been charged with having profited from a land deal, a charge...
01:20 PM, Oct 19, 2012
New Delhi: Former IPS officer YP Singh came all guns blazing on India Against Corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal and accused him of hiding facts about Agriculture Minister and NCP chief Sharad Pawar. However, IAC denied hiding any facts and issued a statement saying, "This is wrong to say that we did not raise alleged corruption of Sharad Pawar, we did raise this in our July agitation and we have uploaded...
08:03 AM, Oct 19, 2012
Ashok Khemka, who was transferred by the Haryana government after he cancelled the mutation of the sale deed between Robert Vadra's company and DLF, said that anyone who feels his order is "unfounded" is free to go to court against it. ...
09:58 PM, Oct 18, 2012
Farukkhabad: Activists of India Against Corruption (IAC) and a journalist were allegedly manhandled in Farrukhabad by some persons on Thursday when they were conducting a survey regarding allegations of financial irregularities in a trust run by Union Minister Salman Khurshid. A Delhi-based journalist, Abhinandan Mishra, and members of IAC led by their local convener Laxman Singh were allegedly manhandled and stones were pelted on them when they were returning from...
05:00 PM, Oct 18, 2012
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav took on India Against Corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal. He said that too much undeserved attention is being given to Kejriwal. He also said that Kejriwal will soon get exhausted. "Let him enter politics and fight elections. He will understand how things work. There is no need to give him so much of attention. He has not left out anyone and believes that everyone...
03:26 PM, Oct 18, 2012
New Delhi: A day after anti-corruption crusader-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal attacked Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari, accusing him of using his party for his business interests, the former continued his attack on Thursday saying if a detailed investigation was done, more truth would be exposed. The India Against Corruption (IAC) member said, "If there is a detailed investigation, more truths will be exposed. It will show how politicians of...
01:48 PM, Oct 18, 2012
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has hit back at India Against Corruption member Anjali Damania, releasing a letter written by the activist to the Maharashtra irrigation department. In the June 2011 letter released by BJP, Damania says that the location of a proposed dam coming up in Kondhane-Karjat be shifted by about 500 to 700 metres so that 30 acres of her property would not get submerged. In...
01:19 PM, Oct 18, 2012
The wife of the Vidarbha farmer, Gajanan Gadge, named by India Against Corruption while bringing out the revelations against BJP President Nitin Gadkari, has told CNN-IBN that her husband has been missing since the controversy began. She said that she is living in fear and does not know whether or not she should file a complaint. Speaking to CNN-IBN, she said, "My husband has been missing since that announcement on ...
12:52 PM, Oct 18, 2012
Mumbai: The wife of a farmer from Vidarbha, Gajanan Ghadge, named by India Against Corruption while bringing out the revelations against BJP President Nitin Gadkari, has told CNN-IBN that her husband has been missing since the controversy began. Durga, the farmer's wife, said that she is living in fear and does not know whether or not she should file a complaint. "My husband has been missing since that announcement on...
11:34 AM, Oct 18, 2012
Law Minister Salman Khurshid made a U-turn after he was caught using threatening language against India Against Corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal. Khurshid now says he's been misunderstood and is being victimised. Khurshid said what he meant was that he will fight back the allegations made by Kejriwal. Khurshid said his voters will fight back the charges and that it was a matter of language. The Law Minister on Wednesday had ...
10:40 AM, Oct 18, 2012
New Delhi: BJP President Nitin Gadkari is activist Arvind Kejriwal's newest target in the fight against corruption. Kejriwal has alleged that Gadkari's factories have robbed the farmers of Vidarbha in Maharashtra of their land and water. It was meant to be Arvind Kejriwal's big revelation against the BJP President. But in the end, there was no new revelation - just fresh allegations in a case that has haunted Gadkari. But...
08:28 AM, Oct 18, 2012
New Delhi: India Against Corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal's new target on Wednesday was Bharatiya Janata Party President Nitin Gadkari, He called Gadkari a businessman and accused accused of grabbing farmers' land and corruption in collusion with NCP's Ajit Pawar. Kejriwal has said that businessmen should stay out of Parliament. Speaking to CNN-IBN, Kejriwal said, "There are large number of businessmen who are sitting in Parliament and they are also in...
07:50 AM, Oct 18, 2012
New Delhi: Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid, accused of financial wrongdoing by Arvind Kejriwal, was on Wednesday embroiled in a new controversy over his alleged threats against the India Against Corruption (IAC) leader. The IAC said he was behaving "like a mafia don". Khurshid, who has been accused of financial impropriety in the running of his trust, had reportedly said that if Kejriwal decides to go ahead with his November...
09:11 PM, Oct 17, 2012
The Bharatiya Janata Party termed Arvind Kejriwal's attack on party president Nitin Gadkari as a failed attempt. ...
08:22 PM, Oct 17, 2012
