New Delhi: Seeking to downplay reported differences with his mentor Anna Hazare, his former close aid and noted RTI activist Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said that he will always support the Gandhian’s cause and his fight against corruption. Speaking to reporters shortly after meeting Anna Hazare, Kejriwal said, “Since he is here, we have come […]
Mangalore: M. Veerappa Moily on a visit to Mangalore on Thursday to fulfill an engagement in city, told press persons at the circuit House that Karnataka was another name for corruption as its sanctuary. All the world over, people were watching this state steeped in illegal wealth. He is here to address a Business Development […]
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 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” […]
New Delhi : With Team Anna asking people not to back their party in Hisar Lok Sabha bypolls, chief ministers of three Congress-ruled states and senior leaders on Monday hit back at the Jan Lokpal Bill champions, dubbing them as agents of Opposition “trying to grind their own axe in the guise of fighting graft”. […]
Kasaragod : Sri Keshavananda Bharathi, head of the centuries-old Edneer Mutt in Edaneeru near Kasaragod and the seer who legally challenged Parliament’s constitutional amendment on the right to property bill in the 1970s, said in Mumbai that both the government and Team Anna should not stand on their ego or prestige. Veteran activist Anna […]
New Delhi: Even as talks between the government and Team Anna continued over the location of Anna Hazare’s fast, the civil society leader on Wednesday appealed to the people to maintain peace and calm. “I appeal to people to maintain peace and calm and join us in the fight against corruption,” senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan […]
