Anna Fast
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Anna supporters thrash 3 dissenting youth at fast venue
National | Dec 18, 2013, 04:08 PM ISTRalegan Siddhi: In a shocking incident, Anna Hazare supporters today thrashed three youth who refused to break their fast after Lok Sabha passed the Lokpal Bill.The three youth were demanding that Anna Hazare and Arvind
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Live reporting: Anna indefinite fast, Day 2, Kiran Bedi to sit on fast from Saturday
National | Dec 11, 2013, 08:01 PM ISTRalegan Siddhi: Social activist Anna Hazare's indefinite fast demanding a Jan Lok Pal Bill entered the second day today, with doctors after a medical checkup saying that his blood pressure was high and he was
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MPs Are Bonded Labourers Of Their Parties, Kejriwal Tells Crowd
India | Dec 28, 2011, 03:46 PM ISTMumbai, Dec 28: Senior Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal said today that with the passage of Lokpal Bill meant to give "protection to the corrupt", the fight will now be for democracy. Addressing a sparsely-attended
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Mumbai Doctors Advise Hazare To Call Off Fast, Say He May Suffer Kidney Failure
India | Dec 28, 2011, 02:03 PM ISTMumbai, Dec 28: A team of senior Mumbai doctors who examined Gandhian Anna Hazare at noon today at the MMRDA grounds advised him to call off his 3-day fast. Dr Ashwini Mehta read out the
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Team Anna Appeals To Hazare To End Fast
India | Dec 27, 2011, 04:47 PM ISTMumbai, Dec 27: Within an hour of Anna Hazare begining his three-day fast, his prominent supporters Arvind Kejriwal and Kiran Bedi today appealed to him to end the hunger strike taking into consideration his ill
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Will Campaign Against Govt In 5 States, Anna Hazare Tells Supporters
India | Dec 27, 2011, 04:41 PM ISTMumbai, Dec 27: Addressing thousands of supporters on the first day of his 3-day fast at the sprawling MMRDA grounds here, Gandhian Anna Hazare today blamed the Centre for “deceiving” his team on the issue
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Anna To Fast In Mumbai From Tuesday
India | Dec 26, 2011, 10:42 PM ISTMumbai/New Delhi, Dec 26: Showing no signs of relenting, Anna Hazare today said he will go ahead with his three-day fast in Mumbai from tomorrow against a “weak” Lokpal Bill with his team raising the
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Hazare Suffering From Infection, To Go Ahead With Fast
India | Dec 26, 2011, 12:36 PM ISTRalegan Siddi, Dec 26: Suffering from a viral infection, Anna Hazare is determined about going ahead with his three-day fast from tomorrow in Mumbai against a “weak” Lokpal Bill.74-year-old Hazare will leave here for Mumbai
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Kiran Bedi Rules Out Anna's Fast In Delhi
India | Dec 23, 2011, 05:00 PM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 23: Team Anna member Kiran Bedi today ruled out Delhi as the venue for Anna Hazare's fast against Lokpal Bill from December 27, citing winter chill in the capital.“Delhi option won't be
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Cong Unfazed Over Hazare's Plans To Go Ahead With Stir
India | Dec 20, 2011, 09:45 PM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 20: Congress tonight appeared unfazed over Anna Hazare's plans to go ahead with his fast and ‘jail bharo' agitation from December 27 on the issue of Lokpal bill saying the “dissenters” can
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Opposition Leaders Snub Kejriwal
India | Dec 11, 2011, 08:01 PM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 11: Opposition leaders today snapped at Arvind Kejriwal after he pressed them to make public their opinion on some of the key issues pertaining to Lokpal Bill during Anna Hazare's day-long agitation
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Hazare's Appeal To Oppn Parties To Join Stir For Strong Lokpal
India | Dec 11, 2011, 06:06 PM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 11: Anna Hazare today appealed to opposition parties to join his agitation for a strong Lokpal if they do not have the numbers to correct the government in Parliament as he sat
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SC Takes Anna Swipe At Govt: People Will Teach You A Lesson
India | Aug 31, 2011, 02:45 PM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 31: Days after MPs questioned the process of judicial appointments, the Supreme Court today hit back.“We have seen some enlightened people making comments that the standards of judiciary have gone down. Let
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Never Felt Weak When Amongst People: Anna
India | Aug 31, 2011, 02:45 PM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 31: Social activist Anna Hazare said he never felt weak while he was among people during his 12-day fast for a strong Lokpal, but “now realises how much it costed”.Hazare told this
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Hazare Gets 'Get Well Soon' Message From PM
India | Aug 30, 2011, 04:37 PM ISTNew Delhi, August 30: Anna Hazare, who was hospitalised after his fast, on Tuesday received a ‘Get Well Soon' message from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.Dr. Singh sent the message through an official of his personal
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Clash Between Police And Youths At Ramlila Ground
India | Aug 27, 2011, 09:11 AM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 27 : Security was tightened at the site of Anna Hazare's agitation following a clash between a group of youths and police early today.A strong posse of police and CRPF personnel has
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Govt Not Serious About Debate On Lokpal, Anna's Fast: BJP
India | Aug 26, 2011, 09:37 PM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 26: BJP today accused government of not being serious about Lokpal Bill or Anna Hazare's fast as it was pressing for a “casual” debate on such an important issue which could lead
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Vilasrao Deshmukh Meets Hazare, Requests Him To End Fast
India | Aug 25, 2011, 05:04 PM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 25 : Amidst efforts to break the deadlock between government and Anna Hazare team, senior Maharashtrian leader and Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh today met the Gandhian to appeal to him to end
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Parliament Appeals To Anna To End Fast
India | Aug 25, 2011, 11:00 PM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 25: On the tenth day of Anna Hazare's fast, Lok Sabha today unanimously appealed to him to end his hunger strike as his life was “much too precious”, with Prime Minister Manmohan
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Congress MP Chaturvedi Blasts Govt On Anna Fast
India | Aug 24, 2011, 06:12 PM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 24: Senior Congress leader Satyavrat Chaturvedi today admitted that the UPA was moving away from ground realities and the government has committed “mistakes” on demand for JPC in 2G scam and inclusion