Ramlila Maidan
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Anna Follows Parl Debate On iPad
India | Aug 27, 2011, 08:56 PM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 27: Anna Hazare may not be tech-savvy but today he followed the crucial debate in Parliament over Lokpal Bill on high-tech gadget iPad.“Bahut achaa hai (it is very good),” said 74-year-old Gandhian
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Hazare Fast Enters 12th Day; Doctors Worried
India | Aug 27, 2011, 11:31 AM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 27: As Anna Hazare's fast spilled over to the 12th day, doctors today raised concerns over his health saying they are more worried as the Gandhian's blood pressure has dipped while heart
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Om Puri Visits Ramlila Maidan
India | Aug 26, 2011, 11:11 PM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 26: Acclaimed actor Om Puri became the latest celebrity to lend a glamour quotient to Anna Hazare's campaign for a strong Lokpal as he made an appearance at the Ramlila Maidan today.Puri
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A Group Of People Clashes With Policemen At Ramlila Ground
India | Aug 26, 2011, 10:01 AM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 26 : High drama ensued well past after midnight at the VIP gate of Ramlila maidan here where Anna Hazare is sitting on a protest fast, as a group of people clashed
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Varun Gandhi Reaches Ramlila Maidan
India | Aug 24, 2011, 02:37 PM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 24 : BJP MP Varun Gandhi, who has given a notice in Lok Sabha for tabling Anna Hazare's Jan Lokpal Bill as a private members' bill, today sat with protesters at Ramlila
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Crowd At Ramlila Maidan Dwindles As Protesters Go Back To Work
India | Aug 23, 2011, 07:24 PM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 23: The end of an extended weekend saw the crowd of protesters at Ramlila Maidan, where Anna Hazare is on an indefinite fast, dwindling on Tuesday. While the past three days saw
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Anna's 'Bharat Mata' Chant Brings Back Excitement Among Crowds
India | Aug 23, 2011, 05:13 PM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 23: It was nearly 40 hours since protesters had heard a single word from Anna Hazare but when he took the microphone to roar ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai' at Ramlila Maidan today,
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Anna Sticks To Aug 30 Ultimatum, Gives Call For Gherao Of MPs' Residences
India | Aug 23, 2011, 03:58 PM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 23: Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare on Tuesday gave a call to his supporters to Ramlila Maidan to stage large protests outside the homes of MPs if the Jan Lokpal Bill was not
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Carnival Time At Ramlila Maidan
India | Aug 22, 2011, 02:19 PM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 22: Fight for space on national television, patriotic slogans and people dressed as Mahatma Gandhi and Chhatrapati Shivaji—a carnival atmosphere prevails at Ramlila Maidan.Sporting tricolour headbands and wrist bands and waving tricolours,
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Efforts Being Made To Disrupt Hazare's Movement: Kejriwal
India | Aug 22, 2011, 01:00 PM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 22 :As Anna Hazare's fast entered seventh day today, his Team alleged that efforts are being made to disrupt the movement as “certain people” are scared to see the support for the
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Drunk' Men Create Ruckus At Ramlila Maidan
India | Aug 22, 2011, 09:08 AM ISTNew 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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Free Anna Hazare Tattoos Offered At Ramlila Maidan
India | Aug 21, 2011, 08:51 AM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 21: After waving flags and shouting slogans, youngsters are now getting tattoos dedicated to Anna Hazare at the ramlila Maidan here, The Hindustan Times reported. While most supporters are opting for temporary
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Get Jan Lokpal Bill Passed By Aug 30 Or Go, Anna Hazare Tells Govt
India | Aug 22, 2011, 10:36 AM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 21: Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare on Sunday warned of an “unprecedented revolution” in the country if the Lokpal Bill is not passed by August 30 and said the government will have to“either
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Dalit Writers Slam Anna's Movement As Manuwadi
India | Aug 20, 2011, 08:03 AM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 20: Several prominent Dalit activists, intellectuals as well as those writing regularly on dalit issues have severely castigated anna Hazare's movement, reports Times of India. They say it is casteist in nature
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Anna Can Safely Fast For 9 Days, Says His Personal Physician
India | Aug 20, 2011, 01:04 PM ISTPune, Aug 20 : Anna Hazare can fast for at least nine days without any major health problems, says Dr Sayyad Rafique Gafoor, who has been the 74-year-old social activist's doctor since 1983, reports Indian
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Imams From MP To Join In Hazare's Agitation At Ramlila Maidan
India | Aug 19, 2011, 10:26 PM ISTBhopal, Aug 19: Over 40 imams (Muslim religious heads) from Madhya Pradesh are going to Delhi to join in social activist Anna Hazare's agitation for Jan-lokpal Bill.“The issues raised by Anna through the Lokpal bill
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Anna Hazare Sits On Fast At Ramlila Maidan, Will Not Leave Unless Jan Lokpal Bill Is Passed
India | Aug 19, 2011, 07:04 PM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 19: Gandhian Anna Hazare today sat on fast at the historic Ram Lila Maidan and told his supporters that he would not leave until and unless the Jan Lokpal Bill was passed.
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Ramlila Maidan Getting Ready For Anna's Fast
India | Aug 18, 2011, 12:47 PM ISTNew 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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Anna Walks Out Of Tihar: Says, Whether I Live Or Not, Revolution Must Continue
India | Aug 19, 2011, 01:15 PM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 19: An invigorated, though weak and tired looking, Anna Hazare on Friday forenoon walked out of Tihar Jail after 68 hours to declare that the "flame of revolution" lit on August 16
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BJP Demands Dikshit's Resignation In The Wake Of CAG Report
National | Aug 07, 2011, 07:58 PM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 7: BJP today burnt effigies of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in several areas of the city demanding her immediate resignation over the CAG report indicting her for alleged irregularities in several