Anti Corruption
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Rajinikanth Lends Wedding Hall For Anti-Corruption Fast : IAC
India | Dec 26, 2011, 10:54 PM ISTChennai, Dec 26: Pledging his support to anti-graft initiatives, superstar Rajinikanth has lent his sprawling marriage hall here free of cost for the three-day fast being organised by Team Anna activists for a strong Lokpal
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Digvijay Singh Attacks Anna, Terms Him RSS Man
India | Dec 25, 2011, 10:33 PM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 25: Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh today fired a fresh salvo at anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare saying he once worked as a secretary with RSS leader Nanaji Deshmukh.“Anna Hazare worked as secretary
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Desist From Attacking Pawar, NCP Leader Tells Hazare
India | Dec 09, 2011, 07:37 AM ISTThane, Dec 9 : NCP leader Jitendra Awhad on Thursday said social activist Anna Hazare should desist from attacking party President and Union Minister Sharad Pawar. Addressing a press conference here, he accused Hazare of repeatedly
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Hazare's Movement Among Top 10 News Stories Of 2011: Time
India | Dec 08, 2011, 01:38 PM ISTNew York, Dec 8 : Anna Hazare's anti-corruption movement that saw Indians rally in support has been named among the top 10 news stories in the world this year by Time magazine, which listed the
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Par Panel On Lokpal To Decide On PM's Inclusion This Week
India | Nov 27, 2011, 10:02 PM ISTNew Delhi, Nov 27: The Parliamentary Panel on Lokpal Bill, which is divided on inclusion of Prime Minister under the ambit of the anti-corruption watchdog, will take a call on the issue at its meeting
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TN Public Service Commission Officials Houses Raided
India | Nov 18, 2011, 01:56 PM ISTChennai, Nov 18 : Continuing their crackdown, officials of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption today conducted raids at the residences of senior Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission officials in connection with alleged irregularities in
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Team Anna Members Can't Think Deep: Rajendra
India | Nov 06, 2011, 07:47 AM ISTKanpur, Nov 5 : Rajendra Singh, who quit Team Anna due to differences over its political approach, today said Anna Hazare's anti-corruption movement has got deviated from its way because his team members cannot think
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Anna Hazare Asks Supporters Not To React To Gang Of Four
India | Oct 24, 2011, 10:39 PM ISTRalegan Siddhi, Maharashtra, Oct 24: Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare has said that the Gang of Four has been indulging in character assassination of his team members in order to sow disunity in the movement for
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Clashes, Defiance In US Anti-Corruption Protests
World | Oct 15, 2011, 07:43 AM ISTNew York, Oct 15: Americans protesting corporate greed and inequality faced down authorities in parks and plazas across the country ahead of what organizers describe as 24 hours of public action planned Saturday in cities
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Right To Recall Demand Is Impractical, Says Law Minister Khurshid
India | Oct 08, 2011, 05:13 PM ISTNagpur, Oct 8: Law Minister Salman Khurshid today said the demand by anti-corruption crusade Anna Hazare for incorporating a Right To Recall non-performing elected representatives was “impractical” because already there is poor turnout of voters
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ABVP Bags 3 Out Of 4 DUSU Posts
India | Sep 10, 2011, 06:59 PM ISTNew Delhi, Sept 10: For the second time in a row, BJP's student wing ABVP rode on its anti-corruption plank to make a near sweep in Delhi University's student union elections, winning three of the
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Anna Hazare Sends Legal Notice To Manish Tewari
India | Sep 08, 2011, 05:33 PM ISTPune, Sept 8: Manish Tewari's public expression of regret for his outburst against Anna Hazare has failed to cut much ice with the anti-corruption crusader, who today sent a legal notice to the Congress spokesman
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Anti-Corruption Stir: Nation In A 'Morass', Army Chief
India | Aug 25, 2011, 08:55 PM ISTMumbai, Aug 25: Stating that the nation was in a “morass”, Army Chief General V K Singh has said the support that the anti-corruption movement was getting was an indication of “power of democracy, power
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Lessons On Anti-Corruption At 'Anna ki Paathshala'
India | Aug 21, 2011, 04:52 PM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 21: Anna Hazare's supporters at Ramlila Maidan can learn a thing or two about the Lokpal bill at ‘Anna ki Paathshala', as it is called by supercop Kiran Bedi, who has turned
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Won't Allow Communal Forces To Hijack Hazare Movement, Says Agnivesh
India | Jul 01, 2011, 06:42 PM ISTKochi, Jul 1: Social Activist Swami Agnivesh today said communal forces and political vested interests would not be allowed to ‘hijack' the anti-corruption movement by civil society activists, led by Anna Hazare.‘We cannot have truck
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RSS Behind Anti-Corruption Movement, Says Chidambaram
India | Jun 08, 2011, 05:42 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jun 8: Home Minister P Chidambaram today charged the RSS with being behind Baba Ramdev's anti-corruption campaign, saying the Sangh fountainhead had decided to support anyone raising the corruption issue."I think you should
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Speaker In Nigeria Arrested On Corruption Charge
World | Jun 06, 2011, 01:43 PM ISTAbuja, Nigeria, Jun 6 : Nigeria's anti-corruption agency arrested one of the West African nation's top politicians Sunday night on suspicion of defrauding the oil-rich country, an official said.Officers arrested outgoing House of Representatives speaker
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Baba Ramdev Blackmailing Govt, Says NCP
India | Jun 03, 2011, 04:50 PM ISTMeerut, June 3: NCP today accused yoga guru Baba Ramdev, who plans to launch a fast against corruption and black money tomorrow, and anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare of "blackmailing" the government on the issue of
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Jaipur Engineer Swallows Paper After He Was Caught Taking Bribe
India | May 25, 2011, 05:25 PM ISTJaipur, May 25: The officials of Rajasthan's Anti Corruption Bureau on Tuesday caught red-handed N C Singhvi, an executive engineer of Public Works department while taking 'cuts' from contractors, reports India TV correspondent Sangeeta Pranavendra.As
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Anti-Corruption Stir Is Second Freedom Movement: Anna Hazare
India | May 20, 2011, 07:50 PM ISTGuwahati, May 20: Till corruption was not removed from the country, people would not get their true freedom, anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare said here today.Addressing a rally against corruption here, the 72-year-old Gandhian said, the