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  Anna Effect: Nine Opposition Parties Stage Protest In Parliament

  India | August 23, 2011 15:59 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 23: Demanding a strong Lokpal bill against corruption, nine ‘non-NDA' opposition parties including the Left, TDP and Rashtriya Lok Dal today staged a protest at the main gate of Parliament.“Nine parties have

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  Anna Movement Is A Bloodless Revolution, Says Rajinikanth

  Bollywood | August 23, 2011 14:24 IST

  Chennai, Aug 23:  Describing the anti-graft movement by Gandhian Anna Hazare as a “bloodless revolution”, Tamil superstar Rajinikanth today extended his “whole-hearted support” to it and said corruption is a dreaded disease that needs to

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  Govt Calls All-Party Meet To Discuss Lokpal Bill

  India | August 23, 2011 23:04 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 23 : Amid the standoff with Team Anna over the Lokpal Bill, government has convened an all-party meeting tomorrow to find a way to solve the issue. Leaders of all political parties

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  Doctors Want Hazare To Be On IV Drip, But He Refuses

  India | August 23, 2011 23:34 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 23: Disregarding doctor's advice to be put on Intravenous (IV) drip, fasting Anna Hazare tonight refused to take any medicine and warned government against trying to forcibly evict him from the protest

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  'Acceptable To All' Lokpal Bill Within 3 Months: Singhvi

  India | August 22, 2011 23:05 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 22: Chairman of the Standing Committee on Lokpal Abhishek Singhvi today said differences between Team Anna and the Government was not much on content but on the methodogy and promised to present

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  Priya Dutt, Sanjay Nirupam Come Out In Support Of Strong Lokpal Bill

  India | August 22, 2011 20:10 IST

  Mumbai, Aug 22: Toeing a line different from that of her party, Congress MP Priya Dutt today said the prime minister and judiciary must come under Lokpal Bill, which she felt was “too weak” in

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  Govt Open To A Reasoned Debate On Lokpal, Says PM

  India | August 22, 2011 14:38 IST

  Kolkata, Aug 22: In a fresh bid to end the week-long standoff with Team Anna, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said Government is open to a “reasoned debate” on the Lokpal Bill and that the

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  Pak Crusader Ansar Burney To Launch Anna Style Campaign

  World | August 22, 2011 13:49 IST

  Islambad, Aug 22: Pakistani human rights and civil rights activist Ansar Burney has announced plans to kick-off a massive Anna Hazare-style anti-corruption campaign in Pakistan after Eid.According to The Nation, Burney said, at present Pakistan

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  Protest Outside Sibal's Residence

  India | August 22, 2011 14:39 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 22:   A group of people staged a protest outside HRD Minister Kapil Sibal's residence here this morning seeking his support for the Jan Lokpal Bill.  The protest outside Sibal's residence came following

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  Govt Trying Hard To Find A Solution On Lokpal: Mediator

  India | August 22, 2011 14:15 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 22:  Expressing hope that differences between Anna Hazare and government could be sorted out soon, spiritual leader Baiyyuji Maharaj, who has emerged as a mediator, today said the government was trying “really

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  Anna Hazare Asks Govt To Send Representatives

  India | August 22, 2011 22:26 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 22:   With Prime Minister Manmohan Singh maintaining that the government is open to dialogue, Anna Hazare today suggested that he should send his representatives for discussion on Jan Lokpal Bill.  Kiran Bedi,

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  Drunk' Men Create Ruckus At Ramlila Maidan

  India | August 22, 2011 9:08 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 22 : Over two dozen “drunk” men created a ruckus at the Ramlila Maidan where Anna Hazare is sitting on an indefinite fast in the wee hours today. The trouble started at

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  Govt Sends 'Proposal' To Team Anna To Break Impasse

  India | August 22, 2011 8:06 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 22 :Team Anna on Sunday night said Government has sent a “proposal” to Anna Hazare but there was nothing new in it.Government sources however said no proposal had been sent from their

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  80 Detained For Protesting Near PM's Residence On Lokpal Issue

  India | August 21, 2011 21:49 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 21:  Scores of people were today detained when they were protesting near the Prime Minister's official residence here demanding that a strong Lokpal Bill be passed in Parliament.Around 80 people were taken

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  Hazare Trying To Create Crisis, Should Call Off Fast: Narayanasamy

  Politics | August 21, 2011 21:43 IST

  Puducherry, Aug 21:   Accusing Anna Hazare of trying to create “a crisis” with the support of various “internal forces”, Minister of State for the PMO V Narayanasamy today asked him to call off his fast

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  Shinde Willing To Talk To Hazare If PM Desires So

  India | August 21, 2011 20:18 IST

  Solapur, Aug 21:   Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde today said he was willing to be a mediator and talk to Anna Hazare if Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wanted him to do so.Shinde, a former

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  Team Anna Wants Govt To Appoint Negotiator, Withdraw Its Bill

  India | August 21, 2011 19:20 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 21:   Team Anna today said government should appoint a negotiator to hold talks with Anna Hazare on the Jan Lokpal Bill and withdraw its draft from Parliament to create “an atmosphere of

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  Parliament Panel May Surprise All: Singhvi

  India | August 21, 2011 15:46 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 21:   Amid Anna Hazare's agitation on the Lokpal issue, a Parliamentary Standing Committee going into the Lokpal Bill today gave signals that it could “surprise” all those skeptical or cynical about the

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  NGO Activist Aruna Roy Has A Third Draft Of Lokpal Bill

  India | August 20, 2011 21:51 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 20: Arguing that Anna Hazare should not deride democratic institutions, NAC member Aruna Roy today said the Gandhian was “ill-advised” as there was still scope for the civil society group to change

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  IITians, IIMites Launch Online Support For Anna

  India | August 20, 2011 19:06 IST

  Ahmedabad, Aug 20  :  Faculty as well as students of premier educational institutes like IITs and IIMs have launched an online petition on the web to garner support for anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare as his