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  Hazare Supporters Demonstrate Outside Kalmadi's House

  India | August 23, 2011 12:58 IST

  Pune, Aug 23 : Notwithstanding the absence of Pune MP Suresh Kalmadi in the city, activists of Anna Hazare's anti-corruption movement staged a demonstration outside his residence last night, chanting bhajans for over half an

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  Anna Team Insists On Dialogue With Official Representative

  India | August 23, 2011 13:05 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 23 :Team Anna today demanded that government mandate somebody officially for opening a political dialogue on the Lokpal issue and suggested that it either withdraw the official bill or amend it by

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  Varun Gandhi Urges All Oppn MPs To Support JanLokpal Bill

  India | August 23, 2011 8:26 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 23 : BJP MP Varun Gandhi has appealed to all opposition parties' MPs to give signed statements supporting Anna Hazare's Jan Lokpal Bill. This is what he wrote on Twitter:varungandhi80 Varun Gandhi

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  Ministers, MPs Face Protest From Anna Supporters

  India | August 22, 2011 14:52 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 22:  Top ministers, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and some MPs today faced protests on the issue of the Lokpal Bill after Anna's supporters  gathered in front of their houses here following a

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  Govt Not Showing Concern For Fasting Anna's Health: Bedi

  India | August 21, 2011 15:47 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 21 : As Anna Hazare's fast entered sixth day today, his Team today accused the Government of not showing any concern for the health of the 73-year-old Gandhian and demanded “pro-active steps”

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  Hazare Version Of Lokpal Submitted By Cong MP To Par Panel

  India | August 21, 2011 11:43 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 21 : Congress MP from Bareilly Praveen Singh Aron has submitted Anna Hazare's Jan Lokpal Bill for consideration before Parliament's Standing Committee which is examining the government's version of the legislation.Confirming the

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  Maharashtra Bureaucrat Meets Anna Hazare For Back Channel Talks

  India | August 21, 2011 16:27 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 21:   Speculation was rife today about back-room negotiations to resolve differences between Centre and Anna Hazare after a senior Maharashtra government official met the Gandhian here but his team ruled out any

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  Team Anna Demands Early Introduction Of Jan Lokpal Bill

  India | August 20, 2011 14:28 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 20:  As Anna Hazare's fast entered the fifth day, his team today demanded early introduction of the Jan Lokpal Bill in Parliament and said government can get it passed in days if

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  Anna Hazare Sets Aug 30 Deadline For Passing Jan Lokpal Bill

  India | August 20, 2011 12:00 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 19: Upping the ante, social activist Anna Hazare on Friday gave a 12 day deadline (by August 30) to the government to pass the Jan Lokpal bill failing which he will continue

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  Nationwide Protests Continue: Dabbawalas, Lawyers Go On Strike

  India | August 19, 2011 19:02 IST

  Mumbai/Patna, Aug 19: For the first time in their 120-year-old history, Mumbai's famous dabbawalas, who deliver tiffins to over two lakh customers daily, today took a break to support social activist Anna Hazare in his

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  Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Trust And Talks Will Break The Ice

  India | August 19, 2011 13:24 IST

  Banglore, Aug 19 : Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravishankar said there should be trust and understanding between the government and people demanding Anna Hazare's version of the Jan Lokpal bill, reports Times of India."We have

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  Varun Gandhi To Introduce Anna's Lokpal Bill In LS Today

  India | August 19, 2011 9:19 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 19 : BJP leader Varun Gandhi is expected to introduce Team Anna's draft Jan Lokpal Bill in the Lok Sabha during private members' business today.“Will introduce Janlokpal in Parliament tomorrow,” Gandhi announced

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  Morgan Stanley VP On Fasting Leave From HK

  India | August 18, 2011 12:32 IST

  Mumbai, Aug 18 : Twentynine-year-old Shailesh Saraf  is a vice-president with Morgan Stanley and he has come from Hong Kong to join Anna's campaign for a Jan Lokpal Bill, reports Times of India. Wearing a

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  Ramlila Maidan Getting Ready For Anna's Fast

  India | August 18, 2011 12:47 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 18 : Hectic preparations were today on at the Ramlila Maidan where authorities have pulled out all the stops to make the venue ready for Anna Hazare to hold his protest fast

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  Hazare Escalates War With Govt

  India | August 17, 2011 23:29 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 17: Anna Hazare today escalated his battle of attrition with the government refusing to come out of Tihar Jail notwithstanding Delhi Police's climb down on various conditions it had imposed on his

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  BJP Says It Backs Anna's Right to Protest, Refuses To Back Jan Lokpal Bill

  Politics | August 17, 2011 8:02 IST

  New Delhi, August 17: The Bharatiya Janata Party is fully supporting the Anna Hazare team on its right to protest peacefully, but has categorically rejected its main demand that the team's Jan Lokpal Bill be

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  Hazare, Kejriwal Lead Bike Rally For Jan Lokpal Bill

  India | August 10, 2011 13:38 IST

  Mumbai, Aug 9: Social activist Anna Hazare today began his protest against the government for putting forth a “weak Lokpal bill” before Parliament, with a bike rally from Dadar to Azad Maidan in south Mumbai.

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  Cabinet Clears Lokpal Bill, PM Out Of Purview

  India | July 28, 2011 22:54 IST

  New Delhi, Jul 28: The Union Cabinet today cleared the much-debated Lokpal Bill keeping the office of the Prime Minister outside its purview notwithstanding incumbent Manmohan Singh's insistence on subjecting himself to its scrutiny.The Bill,

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  Lokayukta To Submit Report On Wednesday

  India | July 25, 2011 11:51 IST

  Bangalore, Jul 25 : Karnataka Lokayukta Justice Santosh Hegde will submit his much-awaited report on illegal mining to the Government on Wednesday.“Yes, I will submit the report on Wednesday,” Hegde, a former Supreme Court Judge

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  Jan Lokpal Bill Offers Immunity Only To President: Santosh Hegde

  Politics | May 21, 2011 16:29 IST

  Hyderabad, May 21: Karnataka Lokayukta Justice N Santosh Hegde on Friday said the proposed Jan Lokpal Bill offers immunity to no one except the President of India and the Governor."According to Jan Lokpal Bill there