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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, [...]
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday appealed to Anna Hazare to break his fast in a bid to break the deadlock over the Lokpal issue. Singh wrote a letter to Hazare and offered personal guarantee, saying that all the contentious issue raised by him and his supporters will be looked into and resolved at the [...]
To Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s endorsement Monday of a ‘reasoned’ debate on the Lokpal Bill, an adamant Anna Hazare has now made it clear that no one less than the PM’s own representative will do for negotiations. Anna’s close aide Kiran Bedi posted on Twitter the Gandhian wants the government to come forward to talk [...]
Anna Hazare went into a huddle this morning with his key team members to discuss the future course of the agitation even as he looked fit on sixth day of his fast for a strong Lokpal. The meeting was attended by his close associates Arvind Kejriwal, Kiran Bedi, Shanti Bhushan and Manish Sisodia. Activist Medha [...]
Anna Hazare is set to leave Tihar Jail and hold his fast at the Ramlila ground in central Delhi, his aide Arvind Kejriwal said Thursday, two days after the civil society leader was jailed and subsequently released. “Anna’s health is fine. The jail doctors are looking after him and Dr Naresh Trehan’s team is monitoring [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Anna Hazare arrested, taken to unknown location
Social activist Anna Hazare was arrested by the Delhi Police ahead of his proposed fast against corruption on Tuesday. Arvind Kejriwal, Kiran Bedi, Shanti Bhushan and Manish Sisodia have also been put under preventive arrest by the Delhi police. Hazare has been arrested under Section 107/51. He will now have to appear before a magistrate [...]
August 16, 2011 | More
Congress calls Anna corrupt?
New Delhi: The Justice PB Sawant Commission report so often quoted by Anna Hazare’s adversaries, both political and otherwise, resurfaced 48 hours before Anna Hazare’s proposed fast for Jan Lokpal Bill. Ahead of his indefinite fast on the Lokpal issue, the social activist lashed out at the Congress for calling him corrupt according to the [...]
August 15, 2011 | More