Jantar Mantar
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Recall Issues Should Be Decided In Par, Not Jantar Mantar : CEC
India | Dec 12, 2011, 10:37 PM ISTShimla, Dec 12: Taking a jibe at Anna Hazare, Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi today said his demands like right to recall or reject elected representatives should be decided in Parliament and “not at
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Jantar Mantar- Anna's Pride, Neighbour's Envy
India | Dec 11, 2011, 08:35 PM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 11: As Anna Hazare held his day-long fast for a strong Lokpal Bill at Jantar Mantar, people protesting here for other causes were sore at being “ignored”. Agitators demanding Telangana statehood and
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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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Centre Resorting To Delaying Tactics On Lokpal, Says Anna Hazare
India | Dec 07, 2011, 06:06 PM ISTRalegan Siddhi, Dec 7: Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare today charged the Centre of resorting to delaying tactics on the issue of Lokpal Bill.Addressing mediapersons here, Hazare demanded that Group C and D employees must be
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Team Anna Invites Politicians To Fast
India | Dec 05, 2011, 04:12 PM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 5: Team Anna today invited leaders of all parties to Jantar Mantar on December 11, when Anna Hazare plans to sit on a day-long fast, to put their views on Lokpal Bill,
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Anna Hazare Puts Conditions For Ramdev Joining His Agitation
India | Jun 27, 2011, 05:07 PM ISTNashik, Jun 27 : After allowing Baba Ramdev to share the dais with him during his fast in Jantar Mantar in April and later voicing support to the yoga guru, veteran Gandhian Anna Hazare on
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We Are Ready To Face Lathis, Even Bullets, Says Hazare
India | Jun 22, 2011, 07:20 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jun 22: Gandhian activist Anna Hazare today formally announced his intention to begin what he called ‘Second Freedom Movement' from August 16 from Jantar Mantar, Delhi. “If they don't allow us to sit on
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Be Ready For Jantar Mantar Again, Says Anna Hazare
India | Apr 30, 2011, 08:33 AM ISTVaranasi, Apr 29 : Gandhian Anna Hazare today asked the people for repeat of a sit-in protest at Delhi's Jantar Mantar if the government does not pass the Jan Lokpal Bill within the stipulated time.Addressing
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Carnival Time At Jantar Mantar
India | Apr 09, 2011, 02:58 PM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 9 : Waving tricolour and singing and dancing to the tunes of drums, people today made Jantar Mantar a carnival site as Gandhian Anna Hazare broke his fast after the government gave
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Swami Ramdev Joins Protesters At Jantar Mantar
India | Apr 08, 2011, 05:46 PM ISTNew Delhi/Mumbai, Apr 8: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev has come out in full support of Anna Hazare's agitation against corruption. Joining the protesters at Jantar Mantar, Baba Ramdev raised a battle cry for hanging the
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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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Anna Hazare Ends 98-Hour Fast, Gazette Notification Issued On Lokpal Panel
India | Apr 09, 2011, 02:15 PM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 9 : Gandhian activist Anna Hazare today called off his hunger strike bringing to an end his 98-hour protest after government issued a gazette notification constituting a 10-member Joint Committee of ministers