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Anna Hazare’s call for defiance found resonance across India. From Mumbai to Patna and from Chandigarh to Chennai, hundreds joined protest rallies in a spontaneous outpouring of support. As Kisan Baburao Hazare (Anna Hazare) was being taken to jail, along with others, support for Team Anna swelled on the ground. Hundreds of pro-Anna supporters took [...]
The Government may allow Anna Hazare to go ahead with his fast at New Delhi’s Ramilia Maidan. Hazare supporter Manish Sisodia said that the Government has agreed to allow the use of Ramlila Maidan for the fast for seven days. But Hazare is reportedly adamant that he wants to continue his protest for as long [...]
The BJP on Wednesday backed anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare’s right to peaceful protest and tore into Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s statement over Hazare’s arrest. The BJP said that UPA government’s restrictions on public protests were unheard of even during the British period and demanded bold decisions to tackle corruption. Terming the statement as disappointing and [...]
On the backfoot over the arrest of Anna Hazare and his supporters, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh addressed Parliament on Wednesday and justified the police crackdown on the anti-corruption crusader. He first addressed the Lok Sabha first at 11 AM and the Rajya Sabha soon afterwards. “It’s my painful duty to report to this house certain [...]
Supporter of social activist Anna Hazare shout slogans after they are detai… New Delhi: Anna Hazare reportedly has refused to leave Tihar jail even though it was earlier understood that he would be released by 9 pm on Tuesday night. Hazare has been offered a few conditions for his release by the police. Hazare has [...]
Hyderabad: YSR Congress chief Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy Monday accused the Congress of a witch-hunt because he had left the party and of maligning his late father, Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy. The MP from Kadapa also announced that he would challenge in the Supreme Court the Andhra Pradesh High Court order of a probe by Central Bureau [...]
Team Asthra Expresses solidarity for Anna Hazare fast unto death from August 16th at New Delhi
Academics, advocates and leaders of various political parties have come together in support of social worker Anna Hazare who has been on fast demanding a legislation to check corruption. Leaders of various peoples’ organisations set up a tent at the Ambedkar statue and staged a demonstration, while some chose to undertake one-day fast expressing solidarity [...]
Citizens’ Ombudsman Bill or Jan Lokpal Vidheyak (in Hindi) is a proposed anti-corruption law designed to effectively nail out corruption, redress complaints and protect whistleblowers. According to designed bill made by some members of ‘India Against Corruption (IAC)’, a movement against corruption in the government’s bodies, “Jan Lokpal Bill” would work as an independent powerful [...]
Google Chrome is now the world’s third most popular web browser with one in five users preferring it. Google Chrome has also emerged as Britain’s second most popular web browser, edging Mozilla’s Firefox and nibbling at Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, the current leader. Chrome accounted for 22 percent of the British web market, compared to 45 [...]