Fast Unto Death
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Odisha BJP leader ends fast after five days
National | Aug 29, 2013, 11:02 AM ISTBhubaneswar: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ashok Sahu, who went on a hunger strike demanding action in the murder of a Hindu leader in Odisha five years ago, Thursday broke his five-day fast."I broke
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Anna threatens fast unto death, if govt uses force to take Kejriwal to hospital
National | Sep 19, 2012, 12:42 PM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 1: Social activist Anna Hazare today threatened to carry on his fast unto death, if the police used force to take his associate Arvind Kejriwal to hospital to forcefeed him. A team
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Modi threatened to sit on fast unto death if he was not made CM, reveals Keshubhai
National | Jul 26, 2012, 01:17 PM ISTAhmedabad, July 26: Former Gujarat chief minister Keshubhai Patel has revealed that Narendra Modi had threatened to sit on fast unto death outside L K Advani's bungalow in October, 2001 if he was not made
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Anna Hazare Not On Fast-Unto-Death, Says Kiran Bedi
India | Aug 18, 2011, 08:20 PM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 18: Anna Hazare is on an indefinite hunger strike and not a fast-unto-death, his associate Kiran Bedi said on Thursday. "As long as he can fast, he'll continue the fast. But the
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Swami Ramdev To Sit On Fast Unto Death In Delhi From June 4
India | May 04, 2011, 06:56 PM ISTMumbai, May 4: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev today said he would undertake a fast unto death in New Delhi on June 4 to demand recovery of black money deposited by Indians in Swiss banks, disclosure
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Gandhians, Activists Write To Hazare Over His Modi Praise
India | Apr 12, 2011, 07:49 AM ISTAhmedabad, Apr 11 : Veteran Gandhians and activists have written to Anna Hazare, saying that claims of rural development made by Gujarat under Chief Minister Narendra Modi were false and the noted anti-corruption crusader needs
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BJP Says It Will Give Suggestions On Lokpal Bill In Parliament
India | Apr 10, 2011, 10:40 PM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 10 : Asserting that it considers Lok Pal Bill an effective medium to fight corruption in the country, the BJP today said it would give its suggestions and views on the proposed
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Anna Overruled Objection Over Father-Son Inclusion: Shanti
India | Apr 10, 2011, 10:36 PM ISTNew Delhi, April 10 : In the backdrop of the controversy over the father-son duo being part of the Lokpal drafting committee, noted lawyer Shanti Bhushan today said his son Prashant had raised the issue
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Pass Lok Bill By Aug 15 Or Face Agitation, Says Hazare
India | Apr 10, 2011, 09:27 PM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 10 : Gandhian Anna Hazare today threatened to revert to agitation if an effective Lokpal legislation is not enacted by August 15 and dismissed criticism that he had resorted to “blackmail”, saying
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Anna Hazare Praises Narendra Modi, Nitish
India | Apr 10, 2011, 09:18 PM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 10: Chief ministers Narendra Modi and Nitish Kumar were praised by anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare on Sunday for their efforts on rural development, with the Gandhian saying that their counterparts in other
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Ramdev Backtracks, Says No Problem With Bhushans On The Panel
India | Apr 10, 2011, 09:08 PM ISTHaridwar, Apr 10 : After raising the issue of nepotism in the newly-appointed joint committee on Lokpal Bill, yoga guru Baba Ramdev today backtracked saying that he had no problem with inclusion of father-son duo
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Anna Hazare's Letters To PM, Sonia Gandhi
India | Apr 08, 2011, 01:43 PM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 8 : Following are the text of letters sent by Gandhian activist Anna Hazare today to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi:Letter to Dr. Manmohan Singh : We
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BJP Demands Spl Parliament Session To Pass Lokpal Bill
India | Apr 08, 2011, 10:28 AM ISTDharamsala, Apr 7 : BJP National Vice President Shanta Kumar has written to Party president Nitin Gadkari and senior leader L K Advani to ask the government to convene a special session of the Parliament
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Musical Night At Anna Protest Site
India | Apr 08, 2011, 10:36 AM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 7 : Veteran Gandhian Anna Hazare, who is observing a fast-unto-death here demanding a tough anti-corruption law, was today treated to a musical night.A music band rendered revolutionary and patriotic songs at
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Lokpal Bill Is A Farce On The Public: Former Judge Rajinder Sachar
India | Apr 06, 2011, 03:32 PM ISTNew Delhi, April 6: Former chief justice of Delhi High Court rajinder Sachar says that the government draft of Lokpal Bill, 2010 is a farce on the public. Writing in The Economic Times, Sachar says,