New Delhi: “This is your party, not mine,” said activist Arvind Kejriwal this evening as he launched his political party in Delhi. The party will be christened on November 26, but its founder shared some of its rules today: it will not allow elected representatives to use government accommodation, security, or the lal batti or [...]
Ahmedabad/New Delhi: Yoga guru Ramdev came under attack from Team Anna as he shared the stage with Chief Minister Narendra Modi in Ahmedabad and said he found no basis for allegations of corruption in Gujarat.
“Everybody is asking me about corruption in Gujarat, but I couldn’t find anything of this sort. Modi is not doing anything [...]
Pune: Baba Ramdev once again joined hands with Anna Hazare to slam the Centre for failing to act towards tackling corruption and black money. Addressing a joint conference, the yoga guru turned anti-corruption crusader said that he will launch a nationwide agitation from August 9 to demand action on corruption and that a strong Lokpal [...]
Mumbai: A seven-year-old girl, Sanjana Thorat, was dragged away by a leopard at around 10:30pm on Sunday from Shankar Tekdi in Mulund Colony and nine hours later only the head was found about 500 metres from her hutment, while there was no trace of the body. This is the first instance since 2006 when a [...]
New Delhi: Anna Hazare’s latest remarks that a person is left with no option other than going for a slap when his power of tolerance towards corruption runs out, has invoked huge criticism from the political circles with leaders, cutting across party lines, slamming the social activist.
Congress leader Digvijay Singh, who has from a long [...]
New Delhi: Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh who has been very vocal in opposing Anna Hazare and his team took a fresh dig at him on Friday, a day after the Lokpal Bill got stalled in the Rajya Sabha.
Digvijay wrote on Twitter: “Yamraj to Yamdut: jao ANNA ko le aao. Yamdut: Maharaj apne yahan sab [...]
Mumbai: The latest round of Lokpal battle is all set to begin in less than 24 hours from now, with doctors giving a go ahead to Anna Hazare to sit on a three-day fast beginning Tuesday at Mumbai’s MMRDA Ground.
Hazare had been keeping unwell for the past three days leading to uncertainty as to whether [...]
Kolkata: Ahead of Anna Hazare’s fast demanding a ’strong’ Lokpal Bill, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said it is for Parliament to decide what should be the final shape of the legislation.
“It is the job of Parliament to legislate. We (government) had several rounds of discussion with him (Anna Hazare) and his team. We [...]
New Delhi: Ahead of Anna Hazare’s fast from Tuesday to demand a ’strong’ Lokpal, Team Anna on Monday said it was not aligned with anyone in particular and that it was only fighting to achieve an “independent” and “non-partisan” CBI.
Team Anna member Kiran Bedi said a solution in this regard should emerge from the debate [...]
New Delhi: Reacting to Anna Hazare’s comments that he is not satisfied with the government’s Lokpal Bill introduced in Parliament, senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Saturday said that most of the Gandhian’s demands have been incorporated in the government’s bill.
Hazare has dubbed the Lokpal Bill as weak as it does bring the CBI under [...]
New Delhi: Changing his plans to come to Delhi, Anna Hazare will now head to Ralegan Siddhi today and stay there for the next couple of days as there is no clear indication when the Lokpal Bill will be introduced in Parliament.
“Anna Hazare is going to Ralegan Siddhi. He will be there for the next [...]
New Delhi: Anna Hazare’s threat to go on a hunger strike from December 27 has put the Centre on the back foot and the Congress-led UPA government is now trying to win support of political parties on major issues of contention regarding the Lokpal Bill.
According to reports, the UPA government is likely to introduce the [...]
New Delhi: With Anna Hazare threatening to go on hunger strike from December 27 if the government fails to fulfill its word on a strict anti-graft bill, the Centre is likely to introduce the Lokpal Bill in Parliament on December 20 with possible amendments.
Anna’s threat has put the Congress-led UPA government at the backfoot and [...]
New Delhi: As consensus eluded political parties on Lokpal issue, Anna Hazare on Thursday said he has confidence in Parliament that it will pass the bill as everybody in government has given his team the assurance.
However, he said if there is not enough time for deliberations on the legislation, the Winter Session of Parliament should [...]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will hold consultations with allies Tuesday on the Lokpal issue at a meeting of UPA leaders, the first such exercise after the fiasco over FDI in retail.
The meeting is expected to project a united face of the ruling alliance on the issue of Lokpal at a time when it [...]