Anna Hazare
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No rapist hanged after 2005, says Anna Hazare
India | Dec 09, 2019, 08:33 PM ISTAnna Hazare claimed, in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Since Aug. 14, 2005, not a single death penalty has been executed for a rapist.
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Anna Hazare surprised over Pawar's name figuring in bank scam
India | Sep 27, 2019, 01:08 PM ISTSocial activist Anna Hazare has expressed surprise over NCP president Sharad Pawar's naming cropping up in the multi-crore Maharashtra State Co-operative Bank scam.
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Contract given to kill me: Anna Hazare tells court
India | Jul 09, 2019, 05:26 PM ISTAnna Hazare told a Special CBI court on Tuesday that a contract has been handed out to eliminate him for speaking out against the corruption in the Terna Sugar Factory in Osmanabad.
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Sweeping electoral reforms needed to end malpractices: Anna Hazare
National | Apr 20, 2019, 12:51 PM ISTThe 81-year-old activist lamented that lack of awareness among voters and focus of political parties on winning the elections by hook or crook has led to degeneration of politics, and he saw no bright future for the country if the situation continued.
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Anna Hazare calls off 7-day-long fast after Maharashtra govt accepts his Lokpal demands
India | Feb 06, 2019, 12:00 AM ISTHazare began his fast demanding appointment of Lokpal at the Centre and Lokayuktas in states where such statutory anti-corruption watchdogs do not exist, and resolution of farmers' issues.
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Anna Hazare’s indefinite fast continues for seventh day, Trupti Desai threatens agitation in support of his demands
India | Feb 05, 2019, 08:54 AM ISTThe 81-year-old social activist has been demanding appointment of anti-corruption watchdogs at the Centre and in Maharashtra and resolution of farmers’ issues.
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Raj Thackeray meets Anna Hazare
National | Feb 04, 2019, 12:39 PM ISTThackeray expressed the MNS' solidarity with him. He lauded the causes for which Hazare had been agitating without being concerned about his own life.
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Will return Padma Bhushan if govt doesn't fulfil promises: Anna Hazare
India | Feb 03, 2019, 10:14 PM ISTEarlier in the day, Bharatiya Janata Party ally Shiv Sena came out in Hazare's support, urging him to emulate socialist leader Jayaprakash Narayan and lead an agitation against corruption.
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Anna Hazare's fast enters fifth day, villagers block state highway
India | Feb 03, 2019, 07:09 PM ISTSocial activist Anna Hazare's indefinite hunger strike entered the fifth day on Sunday even as villagers blocked a state highway in support of his agitation in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra, leading to traffic jams in the area.
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Anna Hazare's fast enters 2nd day; locals in his village observe bandh
National | Jan 31, 2019, 12:49 PM ISTThe 81-year-old Army man-turned-activist has also been demanding appointment of Lokayuktas in states where such statutory anti-corruption watchdogs do not exist.
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Maharashtra: Anna Hazare seeks Lokpal, Lokayuktas; begins hunger strike in Ahmednagar
India | Jan 30, 2019, 01:05 PM ISTMeanwhile, the Maharashtra government has initiated the process to bring the office of the chief minister under the jurisdiction of the Lokayukta.
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Anna Hazare to launch hunger strike from today on Lokpal
India | Jan 30, 2019, 09:48 AM ISTIn his letter to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, dated January 28, Hazare said he would launch the agitation in his village Ralegan Siddhi in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra.
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Anna Hazare to begin hunger strike from October 2 over ‘unfulfilled promises’ of Modi government
India | Sep 30, 2018, 09:22 AM ISTHazare said in the past four years he had written several times to Modi but did not receive an acknowledgement.
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Anna Hazare to launch hunger strike for Lokpal from Oct 2
Jul 29, 2018, 04:15 PM ISTHazare on Sunday said he will launch a hunger strike from October 2 against the Union government for the delay in appointment of a Lokpal at the Centre.
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Anna Hazare to address press conference on Lokpal today
India | Jul 03, 2018, 08:17 AM ISTThe post of eminent jurist in the Lokpal selection panel has been lying vacant since the death of senior advocate PP Rao on September 11, 2017
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Anna Hazare ends hunger strike after meeting Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis
India | Mar 29, 2018, 06:39 PM ISTHazare had been fasting for seven days to demand the appointment of Lokpal at the Centre and Lokayuktas in states, and a better prices to farmers for their yield.
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Anna Hazare ends hunger strike after talks with Maharashtra CM Fadnavis
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Anna Hazare has lost 5 kgs due to hunger strike over Lokpal, claims aide
India | Mar 29, 2018, 08:05 AM ISTHazare's demands include appointment of Lokpal at the Centre and Lokayuktas in states, and giving better prices to farmers for their yield.
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On fourth day of Anna Hazare’s hunger strike, villagers of Ralegan stage 'Sholay' style protest
India | Mar 26, 2018, 05:36 PM ISTAnna Hazare has been on an indefinite hunger strike since March 23 to press for his demands, including the appointment of a Lokpal at the Centre and Lokayuktas in states.
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7 years later, Anna Hazare begins indefinite hunger strike for Lokpal: Latest updates
India | Mar 23, 2018, 12:46 PM ISTThe venue of his protest is the same iconic Ramlila Maidan, where he had sat on a hunger strike in 2011 demanding that the then government set up a Lokpal to investigate cases of corruption.