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‘Anna Ganapati’ idols a hot favourite this year!: The sounds of the first ‘aarti’ and ‘sthapan puja’ welcoming Lord Ganesh resounded through Mumbai as the 10-day Ganpati festival began amid tight security. Millions of Mumbaikars – ranging from slumdwellers to billionaires – remained awake throughout August 31 night, making last minute preparations for the Ganesh [...]
In a major relief for three convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, the Madras High Court on Tuesday stayed their hanging which was scheduled on September 9. Hearing their mercy petition the High Court gave interim relief for eight weeks to Murugan alias Sriharan, Santhan and Perarivalan alias Arivu. The Centre and the Tamil [...]
Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare on Sunday said that the fight against corruption will continue till the time there is a change in the system. Anna thanked people for their support after breaking his fast with coconut water and honey. Anna also saluted people and said that it was the people power that made Parliament take [...]
Team Anna on Saturday said they have received a communication from the government that a resolution carrying their demands on the Lokpal Bill will be put to a voice vote, a move which they termed as a “very happy” development. Fresh trouble emerged on Saturday afternoon after the government decided only to convey sense of [...]
Anna Hazare will break his fast on Sunday morning at 10 AM. He has been on fast at the Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi demanding a strong Lokpal for the last 12 days and has lost 7.5 kg. Hazare’s close associate Kiran Bedi tweeted that he never breaks his fast after sunset. She tweeted: “Anna [...]
Amid mounting concern about Anna Hazare’s health as his fast continued for the tenth day, doctors tonight said the Gandhian’s condition was “stable” but there is reason to worry. “Till now his condition is stable. But there is reason to worry as today is 10th day of his fast,” Dr Naresh Trehan told reporters at [...]
One is a telecom engineer, another is an event manager, the third one is contractor and the fourth quit his government job to become a social activist. On a fast here in support of Anna Hazare’s demand for a strong Lokpal bill, their condition is slowly deteriorating, one of the quartet said Thursday. “Today, the [...]
The Lokpal will be a three-member body with a chairperson who is or was a chief justice or Supreme Court judge, and two members who are or have been high courts judges or chief justices. Implementation of the Lokpal bill will hopefully reduce corruption in India. The basic idea of the Lokpal is borrowed from [...]
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in an effort to resolve the Lokpal logjam, has written a letter to Anna Hazare. Full text of the Prime Minister’s letter to Anna Hazare follows: Over the last few days, I have watched with increasing concern the state of your health. Despite the differences between the Government and your team, [...]