New Delhi: Top aides of anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare met him inside Tihar Jail at around 1 pm on Wednesday afternoon. Anna Hazare had sought permission from Tihar Jail authorities for a meeting with some of his top associates to plan his strategy. Jail sources said he has sought permission for holding a meeting with associates like Kiran Bedi, Swami Agnivesh and lawyer Prashant Bhushan before his likely decision to...
01:00 PM, Aug 17, 2011
New Delhi: The standoff in Tihar Jail is likely to be over with Anna Hazare set to come out of the prison after a night-long protest demanding that he be allowed to launch his indefinite strike from a venue of his choice in the capital. Hazare, who was ordered to be released on Tuesday night after a day-long detention before he was to begin his fast demanding strong Lokpal, had...
12:31 PM, Aug 17, 2011
New Delhi: Activists Kiran Bedi, Swami Agnivesh and Medha Patkar on Wednesday joined hundreds of protestors expressing solidarity with Anna Hazare outside Tihar Jail while a large number of the Gandhian's supporters took out marches across the city. Hazare's supporters in huge numbers also gathered outside Chhatrasal Stadium, which was converted into a special detention area, on Wednesday morning and shouted anti-corruption slogans demanding that the Gandhian be allowed to...
12:24 PM, Aug 17, 2011
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh addressed the Lok Sabha on Wednesday and justified Tuesday's police crackdown on anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare. The Prime Minister said that Hazare made it clear on August 15 that he and his supporters would defy law and proceed on protest. Here is the full text of his speech: "Hon'ble Speaker, It is my painful duty to report to this House certain events that took place yesterday...
12:03 PM, Aug 17, 2011
New Delhi: Team Anna on Wednesday said that the government had sent feelers to conduct talks with them, but they will do so once Anna Hazare is released from Tihar jail. They also added that Anna will continue his fast from the jail until permission is not granted for him to hold his indefinite fast at JP Park. "There are some functionaries belonging to Congress party who have sent out...
10:46 AM, Aug 17, 2011
New Delhi: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev will meet President Pratibha Devisingh Patil on Wednesday to submit a memorandum against the arrest of Gandhian activist Anna Hazare. Ramdev will meet the president at 11:45 am, said a statement from the guru. Jan He will then go to Tihar Jail to meet Hazare, it added. Hazare was jailed in New Delhi on Tuesday ahead of his fast for an effective anti-corruption law....
09:36 AM, Aug 17, 2011
Engineers from the tech hub of the country Bangalore come out in support of Anna Hazare. ...
08:58 AM, Aug 17, 2011
Anna Hazare's associate Manish Sisodia said that Anna has refused to leave Tihar until he is allowed to carry on with his fast at JP Park. ...
08:43 AM, Aug 17, 2011
Senior Supreme Court lawyer Sanjay Hegde said that the jailer at Tihar can put Anna out of jail as no person has a right to remain in jail after the release orders. ...
08:41 AM, Aug 17, 2011
New Delhi: Despite being offered release, Anna Hazare spent the night in Tihar Jail refusing to come out insisting on an unconditional release and permission to launch his fast at Jai Prakash Narain Park. Anna, 73, who is continuing his fast, is understood to have spent the night at one of the rooms in the Administrative Block of the jail premises along with his associate Arvind Kejriwal. He was offered...
07:29 AM, Aug 17, 2011
New Delhi: Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare spent the night in Tihar Jail on Tuesday despite being freed by the authorities. He says he won't leave if conditions against his fast at Jai Prakash Narain Park aren't removed. With Anna inside, his supporters congregated outside the Tihar jail, spending the night singing and dancing. The 73-year-old Hazare, who is continuing his fast, is understood to have spent the night at one...
07:08 AM, Aug 17, 2011
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12:11 AM, Aug 17, 2011
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11:57 PM, Aug 16, 2011
New Delhi: Social activist Anna Hazare has put the Delhi Police into a tizzy by refusing to come out of the Tihar Jail, even after his release orders were ready. Anna said that he will remain in jail till he gets unconditional permission to fast at the Jai Prakash Narain Park. The police now has some options to take Anna out of the jail. The first option is that they...
11:48 PM, Aug 16, 2011
New Delhi: Almost 2000 people gathered outside the Tihar Jail on Tuesday night shouting slogans in support of social activist Anna Hazare, as he refused to come out of jail despite being released. Some supporters also managed to reach the gates of the Tihar Jail headquarters in the national capital. Supporters holding the National Flag, raised slogans as they waited for Anna to step out of the jail. Meanwhile, Anna...
11:17 PM, Aug 16, 2011
New Delhi: The day that started with Anna's plans for Part-2 of his campaign for the Jan Lokpal bill, ended with the police's arrest of Anna and the subsequent dramatic decision by the Government to release him. Following is the sequence of events through the day. 6 AM: The stage was all set for the face off between Team Anna Hazare and the government. The mood was tense at Mayur...
09:30 PM, Aug 16, 2011
New Delhi: Social activist Anna Hazare, who has been lodged in Tihar Jail after he was sent to seven days judicial custody on Tuesday, is in the same ward or cell as that of sacked CWG chief Suresh Kalmadi or former telecom minister A Raja. Anna has been kept in Jail No. 4, which is the same jail as that of Kalmadi, but not the same ward. There were reports...
07:43 PM, Aug 16, 2011
New Delhi: Union Minister MK Alagiri and his wife Kanthi on Monday met DMK MP Kanimozhi who is lodged in Tihar jail in connection with the 2G telecom spectrum scam. They met for half an hour inside the reception of Jail No 6, a Tihar official said. This is Alagiri's third visit to Tihar jail to meet his sister Kanimozhi who is in Tihar since May 21 after her arrest...
11:04 PM, Aug 08, 2011
New Delhi: An Income Tax department team will fly down from Chennai on Wednesday to question former telecom minister A Raja in Tihar jail, for his alleged involvement in the 2G spectrum allocation scam. The two-member team, led by an Additional Commissioner rank officer, will quiz Raja in the afternoon at the jail complex where he is presently lodged in judicial custody. "Former telecom minister A Raja will be questioned...
06:48 PM, Jul 26, 2011
