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Anna Hazare Reaching Delhi On Sunday
India | Jun 04, 2011, 05:48 PM ISTPune/New Delhi, June 4: Anna Hazare, who had announced plans of joining the fast of Baba Ramdev here on Sunday, today appeared non-committal about it. "I will go to Delhi tomorrow and will discuss then
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Cong Core Group Discusses Ramdev Fast Issue
India | Jun 02, 2011, 06:15 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jun 2: Top Congress leadership, including Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, today met here to discuss yoga guru Ramdev's proposed hunger strike from Saturday even as back-channel efforts were underway to
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PM Appeals To Ramdev Not To Go On Fast
India | May 31, 2011, 09:52 PM ISTSehore (MP)/New Delhi, May 31: Differences in the civil society came to the fore today with Baba Ramdev opposing demands for inclusion of Prime Minister and Chief Justice of India in the Lokpal Bill even
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Marandi Breaks Fast On 7th Day
National | May 07, 2011, 07:18 PM ISTRanchi, May 7: JVM-P chief Babulal Marandi, on a fast-unto-death since May 1, today ended his fast after the 'people's court' organised by his party urged him to do so.To mark the end of fast
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Rs 50 Lakhs For 4-Day Fast, Why Rs 16 Lakh For Electing MLA, Questions Digvijay
India | Apr 16, 2011, 05:44 PM ISTIndore, Apr 16: The Congress on Saturday sharpened its knives at activist Anna Hazare and his associates by pointing a barrage of questions at the Gandhian. Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh, addressing a press conference here,
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Don't Give Political Protection To Corrupt Judges, Says Chief Justice Of India
India | Apr 17, 2011, 11:04 AM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 16: Concerned over judiciary's image coming under a cloud in the wake of corruption charges, Chief Justice S H Kapadia today said there was a need for "clean man in black robe"
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Moily Says, Satyagraha Is Unconstitutional
India | Apr 15, 2011, 05:54 PM ISTLucknow, Apr 15: Days after anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare compelled the government with his satyagraha to draft the anti-graft Lokpal Bill, Law Minister Veerappa Moily described satyagraha as “unconstitutional”. Moily was addressing students at the
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'All-Powerful' Lokpal Not In Interest Of Nation: Digvijay
India | Apr 15, 2011, 05:46 PM ISTVaranasi, Apr 15: Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh is not in favour of a strong Lokpal that can question the prime minister. "Unlimited or supreme power cannot be vested in the Lokpal to take action
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Crucial Joint Drafting Committee Meet On Lokpal Bill On Saturday
India | Apr 15, 2011, 05:55 PM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 15: On the eve of the maiden meeting of the 10-member Joint Committee tomorrow to draft the Lokpal Bill, Government today said it has an open mind on the issue."The meeting is
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Hazare's Associates Are Close To BJP, Says Digvijay Singh
India | Apr 15, 2011, 05:30 PM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 15: Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh today said people close to Anna Hazare are "somehow close" to BJP and questioned the inclusion of father-son lawyer duo of Shanti and Prashant Bhushan in
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Anna's Fast Was Blackmail, Says Sharmila Tagore, Netizens Angry
India | Apr 15, 2011, 05:21 PM ISTMumbai, Apr 15: Netizens are up in arms against former Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) chairperson Sharmila Tagore's reported comment that Anna Hazare's hunger strike was to blackmail the government, reports Times of India.
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Hazare Cautions Against Those Creating Schisms
India | Apr 13, 2011, 09:12 PM ISTAhmedabad/New Delhi, Apr 13: Social activist Anna Hazare today cautioned people against those trying to create “schisms” and “discord” in the movement against corruption and appealed for their unity in the wake of the controversy
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Sonia Appeals To Hazare To Withdraw His Fast, Hazare Refuses
India | Apr 07, 2011, 10:45 PM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 7: Declaring that there were no two views on the need for combating corruption, Congress President Sonia Gandhi today appealed to Anna Hazare to give up his fast, assuring the Gandhian that
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Pappu Yadav Continues Fast To Support Hazare
India | Apr 07, 2011, 06:24 PM ISTPatna, Apr 7: The indefinite fast by former MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav, facing a life term in CPI-M MLA Ajit Sarkar murder case, entered its third day today to support social activist Anna
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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,
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Raja Made Enough Money For Five Generations: Hazare
India | Apr 06, 2011, 03:05 PM ISTNew Delhi, April 6 : Social activist Anna Hazare says, the penalty for corruption is not commensurate to the amount of corruption.Citing the example of former Communication Minister A Raja, Hazare said : "Raja has
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Anna Hazare's Fast Is Premature, Says Congress
India | Apr 06, 2011, 10:12 PM ISTNew Delhi, April 6: Congress spokesperson Jayanthi Natarajan on Wednesday described social activist Anna Hazare's fast unto death against corruption as "premature".Speaking to media, Natarajan said, "we have great respect for Anna Hazare, but this
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MP CM Sits On Fast, Calls It Off After PM's Assurance
India | Feb 13, 2011, 07:21 PM ISTBhopal, Feb 13 : Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today sat on fast in support of his demands for the BJP-ruled state but called it off minutes later following an assurance from the