Amitabh Bachchan's character in the upcoming political saga 'Satyagraha' is based on Anna Hazare. ...
12:07 PM, Mar 01, 2013
Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare on Wednesday announced that he would undertake a nationwide tour from January 30 from Bihar for strengthening the organisation of farmers. ...
08:16 PM, Jan 16, 2013
New Delhi: Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare on Monday said that he will support Arvind Kejriwal if the latter stands for elections, while denying that they had any differences. The 75-year-old activist said that he will campaign for Kejriwal if he stands against Union Minister Kapil Sibal and added that his movement is different from Kejriwal but their goal is same. "Ours is a democratic country. If Arvind selects a good...
04:41 PM, Oct 01, 2012
New Delhi: As the Congress seized the opportunity of the widening rift between Anna Hazare and Arvind Kejriwal by saying that the latter used the anti-corruption crusader for his political ambitions, Hazare also declared that he will no more resort to fasting to press for his demands. "Now onwards I will not undertake fast. In future I will fight for my causes through agitations," he said. Hazare said he would...
07:29 PM, Sep 29, 2012
New Delhi: India Against Corruption leader Arvind Kejriwal on Monday hoped that Anna Hazare would support him in his endeavour to form a political party, saying that there could be ideological differences on the issue but the goal is same. He said that his group would announce the future roadmap of the political party on October 2. Speaking to CNN-IBN, Kejriwal also made it clear that he would not support...
04:45 PM, Sep 24, 2012
New Delhi: A day after India Against Corruption started a survey on forming a political party, some prominent members and volunteers of erstwhile Team Anna on Sunday urged Anna Hazare to delink himself from Arvind Kejriwal and revive the "apolitical" anti-graft movement. The appeal to Hazare came after a meeting of IAC volunteers, who were opposed to the movement taking a political plunge, attended by former Team Anna Core Committee...
05:25 PM, Sep 09, 2012
Ralegan Siddhi: Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare, who has made it clear he will neither float a political party nor contest polls, on Saturday said people should elect their representatives on the basis of their record of social service and strength of character. Hazare said though he has no plans to contest elections, he was ready to campaign for honest and clean candidates. People should elect their MPs and MLAs on...
05:27 PM, Sep 08, 2012
Bangalore: After disbanding his team, Anna Hazare is working on plans to stitch a new team in the crusade against corruption for which he has convened a meeting of like-minded people by the end of this month. Former Karnataka Lokayukta Santosh Hegde, who was part of erstwhile Team Anna disbanded by the social activist on August 6, said Hazare told him about the plans when he met him during his...
04:47 PM, Sep 03, 2012
New Delhi: Erstwhile Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said they will launch a party by October 2, coinciding with Gandhi Jayanti. Kejriwal's statement comes a day after the members met at Prashant Bhushan's residence on Saturday. The meeting was attended by Arvind Kejriwal, Prashant Bhushan, Kiran Bedi, Manish Sisodia, Yogendra Yadav, Kumar Vishvas, Dinesh Vaghela, Sanjay Singh, Nishikant, Ajeet Jha, and Naveen Jaihind. The preparatory committee consisting of...
09:26 PM, 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
Adelaide: India held their nerves to conjure up a four-wicket victory by chasing down a target of 270 with two balls to spare in their tri-series encounter against Australia on Sunday. Needing 13 runs off the last over, MS Dhoni...
12:34 PM, Aug 08, 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
