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: Team Anna has accused 15 UPA government ministers including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Home Minister P Chidambaram, of corruption. The 15 ministers named by Team Anna are: Manmohan Singh, P Chidambaram, Pranab Mukherjee, Sharad Pawar, SM Krishna, Kamal Nath, Praful Patel, Vilasrao Deshmukh, Virbhadra Singh, Kapil Sibal, Salman Khurshid, GK Vasan, Farooq Abdullah, MK Alagiri and SK Shinde. Following is the report compiled...
03:35 PM, May 26, 2012
New Delhi: Though it is early to say anything about the sustainability of Aamir Khan's 'Satyamev Jayate', still it is evident that the actor has successfully impressed the common audiences. The actor couldn't wish for a better opening. The curtain raiser revealed the uglier side of the society. 'Satyamev Jayate' didn't show anything new but the actor's persona and straight portrayal of the facts made it a hard hitting show...
05:47 PM, May 06, 2012
Mumbai: Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Tuesday said he will not meet social activist Anna Hazare as long as he is surrounded by key aides Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and Kiran Bedi. "Till Kejriwal, Sisodia and Kiran Bedi are part of Team Anna, I cannot think of meeting him (Hazare)," Thackeray told reporters on the sidelines of a function in Mumbai. Last week, Thackeray had refused to meet Hazare,...
04:31 AM, May 02, 2012
New Delhi: Crime shows like 'CID' and 'Crime Patrol' have caught the fancy of the audience for years, and the latest to join the list is 'Savdhan India', which aims at making people aware of how a criminal mind functions. Retired police officer Kiran Bedi says such an initiative was much needed. "It is a well timed and much needed initiative and it is shocking, while at the same time...
04:10 PM, Apr 24, 2012
New Delhi: High drama was witnessed at the Team Anna Core Committee meeting in Noida on Sunday with the group expelling one of its members Mufti Shameem Kazmi for allegedly recording its proceedings even as he claimed that he quit the movement as it was turning anti-Muslim. Despite what both sides are saying, sources say there is a growing rift over the Ramdev, Anna Hazare tie-up. "I was the lone...
09:42 PM, Apr 22, 2012
Noida: Team Anna on Sunday decided to send notices to 14 Union Ministers, whom they had named as "corrupt", seeking their responses to the allegations before going ahead with agitation seeking legal action against them. This was decided at a meeting of Team Anna's Core Committee, attended by Anna Hazare and other prominent members. "We have decided to send notices to 14 Union Ministers facing serious allegations and whom we...
08:03 PM, Apr 22, 2012
Ghaziabad: The gulf between rich and poor will keep on widening if corruption is not uprooted from the country, Team Anna member Kiran Bedi on Thursday said. "Corruption should be uprooted from the country otherwise gap between poor and rich will widen, and only corrupt persons will become rich and reputation of our country will also decline before the world," said Bedi at a function of a private university. She...
01:39 AM, Apr 06, 2012
New Delhi: Team Anna on Thursday extended full support to Army Chief General VK Singh, alleging that he was targeted for not "toeing" the Government line on issues. Activist Arvind Kejriwal alleged government has killed almost every institution by "planting its loyals". "Those who refuse to toe Government line, like Army Chief and CAG, are targeted. We fully support army chief's struggle. We are proud of him," Kejriwal wrote on...
06:26 PM, Mar 29, 2012
New Delhi: Raising its pitch against MPs, Team Anna on Tuesday asked lawmakers whether the "good MPs" will support 162 of those with criminal background or demand cleansing of Parliament. The Team also warned lawmakers that people were watching them. The reaction came as Parliament was set to take up JD(U) Chief Sharad Yadav's notice for motion to censure members of Team Anna following their utterances against MPs. "Will 'good'...
01:31 PM, Mar 27, 2012
New Delhi: After their campaign in recent assembly polls in five states, Team Anna on Sunday announced that the Delhi assembly polls due next year will be their fresh target and asked supporters to start preparations for the "crucial election" in the national capital. "The assembly polls will be held in Delhi next year. We have to get ready for the important fight in the country's national capital," key Team...
08:06 PM, Mar 25, 2012
New Delhi: Team Anna member and former IPS officer Kiran Bedi demanded a strong Lokpal and said that it was the responsibility of the Central Government to get the legislation passed in Parliament. "We are looking for an effective legislative model. We will keep the awareness alive and keep the pressure alive. It is a collective social demand. The Central Government should come up with a strong Lokpal Bill," said ...
02:32 PM, Mar 23, 2012
Mumbai: India's first woman IPS officer Kiran Bedi has said that she could have become the first woman police chief of the national capital had she made some compromises. "I could have compromised to become the Delhi CP but I did not. Had I done so, my self-esteem would have gone down," Kiran said at a day-long symposium titled 'Women Changing India' organised by USA's Barnard College on Friday. During...
01:47 PM, Mar 18, 2012
Anand: Team Anna member Kiran Bedi on Thursday said they would campaign during the Gujarat Assembly polls slated later this year if an independent Lokayukta was not appointed in the BJP-ruled state. She also credited Chief Minister Narendra Modi for rapid development of Gujarat. "Every citizen of the state should demand from the Chief Minister appointment of a strong and independent Lokayukta before the Assembly election," the former IPS officer...
01:16 AM, Mar 16, 2012
Nagpur: Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy on Thursday alleged that Team Anna was behaving like "Naxalites" as they were "not keen on solutions" and instead bent on dragging the issue of corruption. "Though Anna Hazare is spreading the anti-corruption movement and wants a strong Jan Lok Pal bill to tackle the menace, his team members are behaving like Naxalites," Swamy told newsmen, in Nagpur on Thursday. "Team Anna was not...
03:11 PM, Mar 15, 2012
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