New Delhi : Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare refused to leave Tihar jail in Delhi for the second day on Wednesday after he was arrested and jailed a day before Tuesday, but was then released by the authorities in a U-turn within 12 hours. Hazare has refused to eat, who is campaigning for a stronger lokpal […]

Mangalore : Mangaloreans organized several protests all over the city against Anna Hazare’s arrest before his indefinite fast at Delhi to protest against ineffective anti-corruption bill on Aug 16, Tuesday. A number of social work organizations and political parties organized protest against the Delhi police and the union government. The protestors burnt the effigies of […]

New Delhi — An anti-corruption activist arrested Tuesday for planning a public hunger strike began his fast behind bars as his supporters held protests across the country, with thousands detained by police. Anna Hazare’s demand for tougher anti-corruption laws has tested the beleaguered government and galvanized Indians fed up with seemingly endless scandals exposing bribery […]

Bhopal: The social activist, Shaila Masood, was shot dead in broad daylight on Tuesday around 11am. The social activist was on her way to lead the protest campaign to support Anna Hazare in the movement against corruption. The movement was to be attended by over 280 organisations to support the Anna Hazare’s cause. The police […]

New Delhi: Speaking from the historic haloed ramparts of Red Fort, over which Subhash Bose in 1942 wanted to raise the Tricolour Indian national flag after he asked for patriots’ blood in exchange, Prime Minister Man-Mohan Singh gave his best wishes to the Indian People who had sustained a Parliamentary democracy all the 65 years […]

New Delhi: Although Congress Party General Secretary D.Singh threatened the civic society activist Annasaheb Hazare with the same kind of police treatment in Jantar Mantar on Aug.16, as given to Baba Ramdev in Ramlila grounds in June this year, Hazare has not winced, but has continued to canvass support for his Jan Lokpal bill (as […]

New Delhi: Raising their pitch on the Lokpal Bill issue, the Anna Hazare team today alleged that the government version of the ombudsman was not aimed at fighting corruption but for targeting those who complain against the menace. The Hazare team felt that the exclusion of a large chunk of the bureaucracy from the ambit […]

New Delhi:  The government has fixed July 3 for a discussion with all political parties on the Lokpal Bill, the basis of a tough new law against corruption.  Parties will study two drafts of the same Bill – one prepared by the government, the other by activists led by Gandhian Anna Hazare. The decision to […]

New Delhi: Powers to tap phones, issuance of letters rogatory and recommendations for changes in work practices to reduce scope for corruption are among the proposals made by the Anna Hazare team in their Jan Lokpal Bill which do not find a mention in the government draft. The draft submitted to the joint committee on […]

New Delhi:  The ministers working on the Lokpal Bill feel their meeting today with activists headed by Gandhian Anna Hazare was a significant step forward. While agreeing that today’s talks  were “cordial,” the activists said that all key points of differences remain, and in fact two new ones have emerged. The  Drafting Committee of the […]