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New Delhi, Aug 28
Anna Hazare ended his 12-day fast Sunday morning before tens of thousands of cheering supporters at Ramlila Maidan by sipping a glass of coconut water with honey offered to him by two girls.
The nation, particularly the...
New Delhi, Aug 27
After 12 days of fasting for an anti-corruption law that galvanized tens of thousands across India, Anna Hazare announced Saturday night that he will call off his protest at 10 a.m. Sunday.
Looking weak but sounding jubilant, Hazare,...
New Delhi, Aug 27
The eight-hour long extraordinary debate on the Lokpal issue Saturday ended with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee expressing “a broad sense of the house” resolution that includes an in-principle acceptance of three key...
New Delhi, Aug 27
The government has agreed to adopt by a voice vote fasting Anna Hazare’s demands on the Lokpal bill, sources said Saturday.
The debate in parliament on Hazare’s demands will be followed by a resolution that will reflect...
New Delhi, Aug 27
Doctors attending on Anna Hazare term the 74-year-old a “rare man” and are flummoxed at how the social activist has been subsisting on plain water for the past 12 days and, though visibly weak, still manages to infuse...
New Delhi, Aug 26
The government Friday announced that the Lok Sabha will function Saturday, indicating that the discussion on different versions of the Lokpal bill will finally be held.
“The Lok Sabha will sit on Saturday (Aug 27) in connection...
New Delhi, Aug 26
Anna Hazare Friday wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh making clear the conditions for breaking his 11-day fast, Science and Technology Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh said.
“A written letter from Anna Hazare addressed to the prime...
New Delhi, Aug 25
Saying that he salutes Anna Hazare, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday made an emotive appeal to him to end his 10-day fast in support of a strong anti-corruption legislation.
“I respect his idealism, I respect him as an individual…...
Jaipur, Aug 25
At a time when Anna Hazare’s campaign against graft has taken centrestage, the Rajasthan government has come up with a bill to make bureaucracy in the state more responsible and accountable to the common man.
The state cabinet, in...
New Delhi, Aug 25
Breakthrough continues to elude to solve the snowballing political crisis triggered by social activist Anna Hazare’s indefinite fast that continued for the ninth day Wednesday, as his side and the government hardended their...
New Delhi, Aug 24
An all-party meeting Wednesday urged Anna Hazare to end his nine-day fast for a strong anti-corruption law but the determined 74-year-old activist refused amid persisting differences between his side and the government. A worried...
New Delhi, Aug 24
Stating that his health was fine, Anna Hazare alleged Wednesday that the government had no intention of fighting corruption.
Speaking at the Ramlila Maidan on day nine of his fast, Hazare, 74, said the government was corrupt and did...
New Delhi, Aug 24
There were three sticking points with the government including inclusion of lower bureaucracy in ambit of Lokpal, Team Hazare said Tuesday as they insisted on passage of anti-corruption legislation in the ongoing monsoon session...
New Delhi, Aug 23
They’re homeless and consider themselves lucky if they get one square meal a day. Now, thanks to Anna Hazare’s fast against corruption, they have found a temporary home at the Ramlila Maidan and are assured of at least...
New Delhi, Aug 23
Expressing concern over the deteriorating health of fasting Anna Hazare, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday urged the social activist to end his anti-graft hunger strike.
According to sources in the Prime Minister’s Office...
New Delhi, Aug 23
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has been appointed to hold talks with Team Anna on the Lokpal bill, activist Arvind Kejriwal said Tuesday.
“We were called for discussions by (Law Minister) Salman Khurshid. He informed me that...
New Delhi, Aug 23
Cornered on the issue of corruption, the government has called an all-party meeting Wednesday afternoon to develop a consensus on the issues involved in the Lokpal bill.
Sources from various political parties Tuesday said the government...
New Delhi, Aug 22
Terming Anna Hazare’s Jan Lokpal Bill “impractical and complicated”, noted social activist and National Advisory Council (NAC) member Aruna Roy said that giving widespread powers to an unelected body is a “threat...
New Delhi, Aug 21
Gandhian activist Anna Hazare’s fast for a strong Lokpal bill entered the sixth day here Sunday, with thousands packing the spacious Ramlila ground.
Hazare, 74, “is fine”, an activist of India Against Corruption...
New Delhi, Aug 21
Congress MP Praveen Singh Aron has moved Anna Hazare’s Jan Lokpal Bill before the Parliamentary Standing Committee for consideration to “add more strength” to the official Lokpal Bill.
“The Congress itself...
