Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa is on a two-day personal visit to India during which he will offer prayers at Bodh Gaya and Tirupati but will not engage with Indian leaders. However, pro-Tamil groups including MDMK are protesting Rajapaksa's visit. ...
10:38 AM, Feb 08, 2013
Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) supporters and close aides of party MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi, who has been charged with sedition, criminal conspiracy and other charges for making a "hate speech", clashed with policemen and media persons in Old City of Hyderabad on Friday. ...
02:12 PM, Jan 11, 2013
New Delhi: Welcoming the launch of Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the capital on Monday, his supporters hoped the party would bring about transparency in politics and serve as an alternative to India's leading national parties. "We were looking for an option (to national parties) and we got it in the form of the AAP," said Chandan Raj, an under-graduate student at Delhi University. "This party (AAP) will...
01:20 AM, Nov 27, 2012
Washington: In a major embarrassment to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, a video of his fundraising has surfaced that shows him dismissing President Barack Obama's supporters as "victims" who live off government handouts. The remarks of Romney, from a video of private fundraiser held early this year, was first reported in the liberal magazine Mother Jones, creating political upheaval in the presidential elections, which is now just 50 days away....
01:23 PM, Sep 18, 2012
Chennai: The Tamil Eelam Supporters Organisation (TESO) meeting is caught in a legal wrangle. The Madras High court will hear the plea on Sunday filed by the DMK against the police's denial to give TESO permission to hold its meeting at the YMCA grounds. Sources say that if the court denies it, then the meeting could be held within the premises of the DMK headquarters. This is the second time...
07:54 AM, Aug 12, 2012
People say they visit Ramlila Maidan after Ramdev gave the call to fight corruption, black money and to bring a change. ...
12:37 PM, Aug 09, 2012
New Delhi: Team Anna supporters on Wednesday staged protests twice outisde Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's official residence here to press for their demand for Lokpal Bill. The first protest took place at around 6 pm while the second one at around 10:45 pm. In the first protest, around 31 were detained while in the late night protest, over a dozen were taken into custody. The supporters, during the day, also...
11:02 PM, Aug 01, 2012
Union Information and Broadcasting Minister, Ambika Soni on Tuesday criticised Team Anna for blaming media for the unfair coverage of their anti-graft movement. ...
12:47 PM, Jul 31, 2012
New Delhi: A scuffle broke out between Team Anna supporters and mediapersons on Monday night at Jantar Mantar, where anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare is on an indefinite fast. The incident took place at around 10 pm, when Hazare supporters entered into an argument with the mediapersons. A team Anna member's allegation that the media was not projecting the protest in right light led to the scuffle. Key Team Anna member...
12:49 AM, Jul 31, 2012
The India Against Corruption supporters have been arrested for protesting outside P Chidambaram's house. ...
06:27 PM, Jul 29, 2012
Chennai: A day after Congress made it clear that it will not support the demand for Tamil Eelam, DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Monday made a U-turn on his plan to raise the issue at the Tamil Eelam Supporters Organisation (TESO) meet on August 12. As of now, Tamil Eelam is an idea. But the main focus of the TESO conference on August 12 would be to discuss the ways...
12:50 PM, Jul 17, 2012
New Delhi: A minor scuffle broke out between supporters of A Raja and media personnel outside the MP's residence in New Delhi on Tuesday night. The incident took place outside Raja's Motilal Nehru Marg residence at around 9 pm while a function was being held there to felicitate the MP, who got bail in the 2G spectrum case on Tuesday. According to media personnel, a group of his supporters raised...
10:04 PM, May 15, 2012
New Delhi: As Anna Hazare recuperates in a Pune hospital, his supporters in the capital on Sunday held a prayer meeting at Rajghat for his health and vowed to make Jan Lokpal a reality this year. Volunteers and other members of India Against Corruption converged at Rajghat here and prayed for Hazare, who is admitted to a private hospital in Pune after suffering from chest infection. "A spiritual start of...
10:09 PM, Jan 01, 2012
Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare began his day-long token fast at Jantar Mantar to press for a strong Lokpal Bill on Sunday. ...
11:41 AM, Dec 11, 2011
New Delhi: Four Anna Hazare supporters have been slapped with a case of violating prohibitory orders in the busy Connaught Place in New Delhi by holding a demonstration in support of Lokpal, police said on Wednesday. The case under Section 188 of CrPC was registered against Arvind Gaur, Swati, Neeraj and Sanjay Tomar at Connaught Place police station on Tuesday, alleging that around 125 protesters led by them refused to...
03:11 PM, Nov 30, 2011
Bhagat Singh Kranti Sena continues to attack Anna supporters. SC reduces compensation in Uphaar tragedy case. ...
11:48 PM, Oct 13, 2011
New Delhi: Five supporters of anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare were on Thursday attacked by some workers of the Bhagat Singh Kranti Sena. They were attacked outside the Patiala House court in the national capital. This comes a day after key Team Anna member Prashant Bhushan was attacked inside his chamber in the Supreme Court. The Anna supporters were registering their protest against Wednesdays assault on Bhushan when they were attacked....
05:23 PM, Oct 13, 2011
Bellary: Supporters of the former Karnataka minister G Janardhana Reddy on Tuesday pelted stones at two government offices and forced closure of several shops during the bandh call given by them in the district to protest the arrest of their leader by CBI. Reddy supporters on went on a stone pelting spree, damaging window panes of the Regional Transport Office and Forest Department office near Royal Circle, police said. They...
12:33 PM, Sep 06, 2011
New Delhi: High drama ensued outside Ramlila Maidan where anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare is staging his protest against graft for the past 10 days on late Thursday night. A group of people, allegedly drunk, clashed with the police stationed there. They were caught on camera trying to open the gates of the VIP entrance around 3 am. When policemen refused to let them in, they attacked the policemen with sticks...
07:11 AM, Aug 26, 2011
New Delhi: As Anna Hazare's fast entered tenth day on Thursday, thousands of his supporters organised mass prayers for the well being of the Gandhian leader. A large number of Anna supporters stayed at the Ramlila ground whole night singing patriotic songs and chanting anti-government slogans. Apart from them, people belonging to different region and religion continue to pour in to show their solidarity for the 73-year-old Gandhian, who has...
08:41 AM, Aug 25, 2011
