New Delhi: Erstwhile Team Anna on Sunday claimed that the decision to turn the anti-corruption movement political was Anna Hazare's and a "malicious" campaign has been working overtime to drive a wedge between them and the 74-year-old social activist. Breaking his silence over claims by a section of Team Anna members that Hazare was against forming a political party, activist Arvind Kejriwal alleged a "propaganda machinery" was working overtime to...
08:59 AM, Aug 12, 2012
Hyderabad: Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N Chandrababu Naidu has said that Anna Hazare has "weakened" the cause of Lokpal by announcing his intention to float a political party. "I feel that Anna has weakened the Lokpal movement, which received overwhelming support from common people. He should not have announced the formation of a political party," Chandrababu said. The TDP has been a strong supporter of Anna and his fight...
02:20 AM, Aug 12, 2012
New Delhi: Fresh remarks by an erstwhile Team Anna member that Anna Hazare was against the anti-graft movement turning political has triggered ripples with India Against Corruption (IAC) on Saturday taking on the critics. Sunita Godara, who was a member of Team Anna's Core Committee which was disbanded by Hazare earlier this week, claimed that the activist did not pressurise anyone but said that they were free to choose their...
09:11 PM, Aug 11, 2012
Badaun (UP): BJP MP Maneka Gandhi on Saturday took out a leaf from Ramayana to support Team Anna's entry into electoral politics, saying a confident Ravana had dismissed Lord Rama's army as "monkeys and bears" but ended up vanquished. "When Rama was approaching Lanka, Ravana has asked his men to let him in, saying monkeys and bears could not do anything to him but what happened later was known to...
05:24 PM, Aug 11, 2012
Indore: A complaint was filed in a local court on Thursday against social activist Anna Hazare and his team for allegedly "cheating the people in the name of launching an agitation" for a strong Lokpal Bill. The complaint was filed by advocate Inderjeet Singh Bhatia against Anna and his team in the court of Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) Suman Shrivastava. The court will hear the complaint on August 14,...
08:23 AM, Aug 10, 2012
London: The U.S. won its first ever Olympic gold medal in women's water polo, getting five goals from Maggie Steffens and a sterling performance from goalkeeper Betsey Armstrong to cruise to an 8-5 win over Spain on Thursday. In a dominant performance, the Americans overpowered a young Spanish team on both ends of the pool to lead 5-2 by halftime, and they never looked back. The U.S. has long been...
03:08 AM, Aug 10, 2012
New Delhi: Yoga guru Ramdev will be back at the Ramlila Maidan on Thursday to renew his fight against black money, 14 months since his first protest at the venue ended in a midnight crackdown by the police. It remains to be seen whether the movement can be successful even as anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare has refused to share his platform. The last time that Ramdev attempted a protest against...
07:31 AM, Aug 09, 2012
Anna Hazare's latest fast ended without achieving any of his goals, following which he disbanded Team Anna. ...
09:50 PM, Aug 07, 2012
New Delhi: Law Minister Salman Khurshid on Monday said Anna Hazare's move to disband his team which was agitating on Lokpal was "part of growing up and moving ahead" while Congress steered clear of the issue, terming it as their internal matter which was "not relevant" to the party. Khurshid, however, said he found little sense in their decision not to hold talks with the government, saying "in politics, you...
04:58 AM, Aug 07, 2012
New Delhi: While some of its members appeared perplexed over the disbanding of Team Anna, an official statement of the group on Monday said the decision was taken keeping members "in loop". "After meeting some of the core committee members and discussing with others, Anna Hazare disbanded his core committee on Monday," an official statement from the spokesperson of the now disbanded team said. The official statement said that formation...
02:46 AM, Aug 07, 2012
New Delhi: BJP on Monday said it is not surprised at Anna Hazare's decision to disband his team, saying this was waiting to happen. "I think this had to happen. Now that Team Anna has withdrawn the agitation and the fast has ended, the team has been disbanded. Team Anna is now going to enter politics," BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said. However, he did not appear very optimistic about the...
08:36 PM, Aug 06, 2012
New Delhi: In a surprising move, anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare on Monday disbanded his team, saying the purpose of it was over. The decision, however, did not appear to go down well with several members of Team Anna and supporters of the Anna movement. While key Team Anna member N Santosh Hegde said that he felt sorry about the decision, another member Kiran Bedi posted a tweet saying she did...
06:30 PM, Aug 06, 2012
Bangalore: Key Team Anna member N Santosh Hegde on Monday appeared to be in disagreement with Anna Hazare's decision to disband the team, which he said could have "gone on" to create a mass awareness on corruption and maladministration without resorting to the path of fasting. "I feel sorry (about the decision to disband the team) for the reason that the movement started by Anna for a strong Lokpal was...
04:48 PM, Aug 06, 2012
New Delhi: Anna Hazare lacked confidence in Team Anna and that's why he had disbanded his team, the Congress said on Monday. "Actually, we don't want to make any comment... Anna himself doesn't have confidence in his team that is the reason he has taken this decision. But it is up to him to take any decision," said Congress spokesperson Rashid Alvi. "It is up to him whether he wants...
02:48 PM, Aug 06, 2012
New Delhi: Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare has said Team Anna's work is now over as it was set up to get the Jan Lokpal Bill passed. In a new blog post, Anna said, "Team Anna was set up to get Jan Lokpal Bill passed. The work initiated by Team Anna has come to an end. The core committee of Team Anna also ceases to exist," Anna and his team members...
01:45 PM, Aug 06, 2012
New Delhi: Social activist Anna Hazare on Sunday said it was during his five-day fast at Jantar Mantar last week that he realised the need to give a political alternative to the people. The septuagenarian and his team announced their foray into politics after ending their agitation for a stricter anti-graft bill on Friday. Team Anna members Arvind Kejriwal, Gopal Rai and Manish Sisodia had also been fasting for a...
04:04 AM, Aug 06, 2012
Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid revealed that the Lokpal Bill will be a reality long before the Parliament elections in 2014. While speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, Khurshid said that the moment the Select Committee report comes, will then the government will be be able to say now the final, the last mile is to be reached. Below is the full transcript of the interview: Karan Thapar: Hello...
08:43 PM, Aug 05, 2012
New Delhi: Team Anna on Sunday said it was yet to get an invite from yoga guru Ramdev to join his indefinite protest against blackmoney which begins in New Delhi this Thursday. "We have not received any invite yet. When it (invite) comes, we will see," Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal said. His comments came when asked whether Team Anna will attend Ramdev's protest. The comments assume significance against the...
08:22 PM, Aug 05, 2012
New Delhi: Team Anna members met here on Sunday for the first time after they ended their indefinite fast and discussed strategy for evolving a political alternative in line with their plans to take a plunge in electoral politics. Anna Hazare and his close aides deliberated on a variety of issues, including the name of the organisation, and other formalities like the Constitution of the party, sources said. Besides Hazare,...
08:11 PM, Aug 05, 2012
New Delhi: Charging the government of not willing to rid the country of corruption, Anna Hazare on Sunday asked the people to pledge support to a party which provides for a political alternative and vote for their candidates. Returning to blogging after his fast that ended last week, Anna said the country needs an alternative and the gram sabhas should pass a resolution to this effect, besides ensuring that more...
04:47 PM, Aug 05, 2012
