Mumbai: The anti-corruption movement leader and social activist Anna Hazare began his three-day hunger strike on Tuesday demanding a stronger version of the ombudsman (Lokpal) bill than the one being debated by Parliament. The veteran activist reached Juhu beach, an hour late at 10am and meditated in front of a bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi. […]

Bangalore : Corporate Affairs Minister Dr. M. Veerappa Moily  claimed that the government’s version of the Lokpal Bill tabled in Parliament is more effective in comparison to the bills proposed by Team Anna and others. “Now, to be very frank with you, refer back to the original proposal given by the Anna Hazare group and […]

New Delhi:  Anna Hazare wants to know if you’re willing to go to jail. The 74-year-old activist is unleashing a civil disobedience movement and wants people to court arrest to protest against the government for introducing a Lokpal Bill that he finds weak. “Register for Jail bharo. National registration process is Sms to 575758 or […]

New Delhi:  After two adjournments of the Lok Sabha, the government finally tabled the anti-corruption Lokpal Bill in Parliament today, well past the scheduled time of 2 pm. The BJP, Anna Hazare’s team of activists, and Lalu Prasad Yadav have all rejected it for different reasons. The Bill will be debated on December 27 after […]

New Delhi: The Lokpal bill will be tabled in Parliament Dec 27, with the winter session being extended till Dec 29 to pass the anti-graft law, official sources said. The government has taken this decision to keep the promise made by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in August that the Lokpal bill will be passed in […]

New Delhi: Senior BJP leader LK Advani’s 38-day long Jan Chetna Yatra against corruption will end in New Delhi on Sunday. Many BJP members were present at the Ramlila Maidan, showing their solidarity to the veteran politician. Addressing his supporters at Ramlila Maidan, Advani called for an effective Lokpal Bill. He also slammed the Congress […]

New Delhi  : The parliamentary panel examining the Lokpal bill should include the junior most government official under the ambit of the proposed legislation to remove corruption from society, Team Anna member Kiran Bedi said Tuesday. Bedi told reporters that the bill “will be incomplete if officials of Group C and D are not included” […]

Mangalore: Addressing a meeting of senior citizens Association MSCA of the city, at Karnataka Bank Hall on Diwali day(October25), chief guest and the retired Lokayukta N. Santosh Hegde opined that Jan Lokpal bill alone would not eradicate national level corruption while the was in the presence of chairman Ananthakrishna Bhat. Hegde said old age organizations […]

New Delhi : Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare has put off his planned yatra against the Congress demanding a strong Lokpal Bill and will now wait till the end of the winter session of Parliament. “Hazare will not say anything now. Wait till the winter session is over. Let us see whether the Congress brings the […]

Mangalore: M.Veerappa Moily who was recently removed as Union Low minister, and was a member of 5man ministerial Committee drafting a Lokpal bill, commented in Mangalore at the airport before leaving for New Delhi on Tuesday morning, that he did not know whether they (the 5 civilians including Hazare, Kejriwal and Justice N. Santosh Hegde […]