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The Economic Times
| over 1 year ago
The Jan Lokpal campaign was only the beginning and Team Anna now proposes to soon launch a nationwide campaign for electoral reforms according to senior social activist and member of Team Anna's core committee Arvind Kejriwal . The core committee...
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NewKerala
| over 1 year ago
Mausam' cast and crew celebrate film's music success Mumbai, September 09 : Bollywood stars Shahid Kapur and Sonam Kapoor along with actor-turned director Pankaj Kapur and Pritam Chakraborty, the music director of their upcoming film 'Mausam'...
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Daily News & Analysis
| over 1 year ago
Anna Hazare and his team will start a two-day brainstorming session here Saturday over the future course of action for the Jan Lokpal bill and other issues, an aide of the social activist said Friday. Around 45 people from India Against Corruption...
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Daily News & Analysis
| over 1 year ago
Alleging that country's investigating agencies lack independence, key member of Team Anna and former IPS officer Kiran Bedi today called for a single investigating entity, which can "work independently and effectively towards fighting corruption".
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Daily News & Analysis
| over 1 year ago
BJP today said the Government has lost its credibility and that revulsion has set-in among the people against the Congress-led UPA. Giving an assessment of the just-concluded Monsoon Session of Paliament, senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley said, "The...
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Daily News & Analysis
| over 1 year ago
Anti-corruption crusader, Anna Hazare, on Wednesday sent a five-page legal notice to Congress MP and spokesperson, Manish Vishwanath Tewari, seeking a written apology for his derogatory remarks against him. The notice has also sought an explanation...
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Rediff
| over 1 year ago
The CBI has done the BJP an enormous favour by arresting Janardhana Reddy. It gives the party one more chance at redemption, says T V R Shenoy. O ne of the hurdles in the way of becoming an elite public servant is the interview. This, with names and...
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The Economic Times
| over 1 year ago
He dramatically held up his wrists in the Lok Sabha and dared the government to arrest him in the case. "I have decided to take out a yatra against corruption. The name of the yatra, its timing, point of origin and other details will be worked out...
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Asian Tribune
| over 1 year ago
28 editor Congress chief Sonia Gandhi returned home on Thursday after undergoing surgery in the US five weeks ago for an undisclosed condition. "Sonia Gandhi arrived early this morning, she is doing fine," Congress spokesman Janardan Dwivedi said.
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Time of India
| over 1 year ago
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi returned on Thursday after medical treatment abroad, ending five weeks of absence during which the political landscape changed dramatically with the ruling camp besieged by challenges ahead of crucial battles. Sonia Gandhi...
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Daily News & Analysis
| over 1 year ago
Sonia Gandhi's absence was felt during the Anna Hazare agitation as she has always given us a way out, Union Minister Veerappa Moily said today. "We all felt her absence because whenever there is crisis, her presence and direction has always given us...
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Voice of America
| over 1 year ago
No details of her illness have been disclosed, and it remains uncertain when she will resume public life. Gandhi, who heads the Congress Party, is India's most powerful politician. Although she holds no formal position in the government, she is...
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NewKerala
| over 1 year ago
Congress president Sonia Gandhi returned home Thursday after undergoing surgery for an undisclosed ailment in the US but it wasn't clear when she will resume her public life. The 64-year-old flew into the capital at 3 a.m., said party general...
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Daily News & Analysis
| over 1 year ago
The Area Sabha movement is dying a premature death, apparently due to lack of interest from the initiators of the movement. The movement is the brainchild of prominent member of Team Anna and winner of the Magsaysay Award, Arvind Kejriwal. Area Sabha...
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United Press International
| over 1 year ago
Ruling Indian Congress Party leader Sonia Gandhi returned home Thursday after surgery abroad for an undisclosed condition, a party spokesman said...The report quoted sources as saying she would not meet anyone soon. Some news reports have said she...
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The Economic Times
| over 1 year ago
In an apparent criticism of social activist Anna Hazare and his protest for passing Lokpal bill, National Advisory Committee member Aruna Roy on Thursday said "people cannot make a law" and it had to be done by a drafting committee. "Law has to be...
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Daily News & Analysis
| over 1 year ago
Manish Tewari's public expression of regret for his outburst against Anna Hazare has failed to cut much ice with the anti-corruption crusader, who today sent a legal notice to the Congress spokesman seeking a written apology for calling him corrupt...
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Rediff
| over 1 year ago
M any readers applauded Sheela Bhatt 's powerful profile of Team Hazare leader Arvind Kejriwal , which you can read here . In the first of a two-part interview with Sheela Bhatt, Arvind Kejriwal, the Magsaysay Award winner in 2006, explains his...
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Daily News & Analysis
| over 1 year ago
A Congress MP on Wednesday withdrew his privilege notice against associates of Anna Hazare alleging they were using it to gain cheap publicity and justify their statements against parliamentarians. In a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar,...
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The Hindu
| over 1 year ago
September 7, 2011 The Hindu Team Anna (from left) Kiran Bedi, Arvind Kejriwal and Prashant Bhushan at a press conference in New Delhi. File photo: Shanker Chakravarty Team Anna both galvanised people and captivated the news industry, in two closely...
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NewKerala
| over 1 year ago
The spillover of Anna Hazares campaign in New Delhi for a stringent Lokpal bill has reached Goa, with activists demanding the reinroduction of the Lokayukta bill that was withdrawn from the state assembly as the Digambar Kamat-led government said it...
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NewKerala
| over 1 year ago
Social activist Anna Hazare Wednesday challenged terror elements and groups to "come out in the open and fight" rather than target innocents in terror strikes. Speaking to media-persons in his home village Ralegan-Siddhi village Wednesday evening,...
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Asia Times Online
| over 1 year ago
Activists from India's northeast are up in arms against the "discriminatory treatment" being meted out to them by the Indian government, the mainstream media and the "mainland" public. While a 13-day fast by anti-corruption crusader and social...
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Daily News & Analysis
| over 1 year ago
Government should be more cautious After the Anna Hazare episode, the government should have been cautious and should not have seemed to be vindictive. The income-tax notice issued to Arvind Kejriwal now seems to be little suspicious. The department...
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APFA News
| over 1 year ago
September 2011 by editor I happened to be in Delhi through out the Anna Hazare saga. The usual summer heat was not too bad but what was really heating up the city was the protest against graft and corruption led by this unassuming man Anna Hazare...
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Indian Express
| over 1 year ago
Anna Hazares lawyer Milind Pawar has said he will be sending a legal notice to Congress MP and spokesperson Manish Tewari this week, seeking a written apology for his remarks against the social activist. Tewari had alleged that Hazare was steeped in...
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Arab News
| over 1 year ago
Bitten by the sarcastic remarks by senior Congress leader and party general secretary Digvijay Singh, social activist and ant-corruption crusader Anna Hazare lashed out at Singh on Tuesday for alleging in Jammu that Hazare was a mask of the Hindu...
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The Hindu
| over 1 year ago
Anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare on Tuesday said the Union government had planned to crush his agitation, by putting him under house arrest in his village Ralegan Siddhi, right after he came out of Tihar Jail. Mr. Hazare said the Centre had also kept...
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NewKerala
| over 1 year ago
With former Samajwadi Party General Secretary Amar Singh eventually landing at New Delhi's Tihar Jail for his alleged role in the 2008 cash-for-vote scam, veteran social activist Anna Hazare today said a strict law should be formulated with regard to...
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The Hindu
| over 1 year ago
September 6, 2011 The Hindu Social activist Anna Hazare having a word with his team members Prashant Bhushan and Shanti Bhushan during the fast for Jan Lokpal Bill at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi...Subramanium Is the Bill within the legislative...
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Time of India
| over 1 year ago
Anna Hazare said the government had planned to send him to Relegan Siddhi, his native village in Ahmednagar district, after releasing him from Tihar jail on August 16. "After my arrest and release from jail, they had planned to take me directly to...
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Daily News & Analysis
| over 1 year ago
Upping the ante in the context of the cash-for-votes scam, Anna Hazare today made a strange demand--Hang any MP or MLA found indulging in such practice. "If any candidate takes or gives money in Vidhan Sabha or Parliament for asking questions or...
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NewKerala
| over 1 year ago
Social activist Aruna Roy, also a member of the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council, will present her views before the Parlimentary Standing Committee examining the Lokpal bill Wednesday. Roy, who had earlier initiated consultations on the...
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Daily News & Analysis
| over 1 year ago
Congress party leader Sonia Gandhi was expected to return home on Tuesday after receiving surgery in the United States for an undisclosed illness, media reported on Tuesday. The absence for a month of the 64-year-old, the country's most powerful...
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Daily News & Analysis
| over 1 year ago
Veteran anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare will write to state home minister, RR Patil, to drive home the point that he does not want the Z' category security cover provided by the state government. Speaking to DNA on Monday, the Gandhian's personal...
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NewKerala
| over 1 year ago
Continuing his tirade against the UPA government at the Centre, anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare today warned the government against harassing members of civil society deliberately by slapping income-tax notices and accusing them in the name of...
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The Economic Times
| over 1 year ago
The complete eradication of corruption needs transformation from within society and a legislative measure alone cannot do the job, says spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, who played an active role in the recent standoff between the government and...
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NewKerala
| over 1 year ago
The Rajya Sabha today clarified that it had sent the copy of privilege notices of the Members of Parliament to Mr Arvind Kejriwal and Kiran Bedi, members of 'Team Anna' while seeking replies. Asked for comments on the claims of Mr Kejriwal and Ms...
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Moreover Silicon Valley
| over 1 year ago
At the height of the government-Team Anna standoff, TV news channels suddenly started 'breaking news' about how the so-called Congress 'Young Turks' have dived into the crisis-management front. This made many wonder why the Congress leadership was...
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Moreover Silicon Valley
| over 1 year ago
However, some facets have not evoked the depth of attention that they deserve. Certainly, Anna was little-known outside his home state when his protest began at Jantar Mantar; nor is he a particularly charismatic leader or a great orator...So, was it...
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Time of India
| over 1 year ago
Team Anna might be gearing up for an image makeover by taking up the land acquisition bill issue in its next round of campaign. Sources told TOI that core team member Arvind Kejriwal had got in touch with various individuals in the past few weeks...
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pakistantimes
| over 1 year ago
Police in India's southern state of Karnataka on Monday arrested mining baron and former state minister G...An ombudsman said in July that illegal iron-ore mining had cost the public exchequer 160 billion rupees ($3.6 billion) from 2006 to 2010 and...
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The Guardian
| over 1 year ago
Mahesh Kumar A/AP Indian police have detained two powerful mining magnates over allegations that they illegally created a business empire worth billions of dollars, in the first high-profile arrest since anti-corruption campaigner Anna Hazare...
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Daily News & Analysis
| over 1 year ago
Associates of social sctivist Anna Hazare are making preparations for the core committee meeting of Team Anna, scheduled at his village Ralegan Siddhi on September 10 and 11. "We are readying for the meeting. Arvind Kejriwal, Kiran Bedi and Prashant...
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Times of India
| over 1 year ago
Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal has responded to the breach of privilege notice sent to him. In his reply, addressed to Mukul Pande, director in Rajya Sabha secretariat, Kejriwal has sought tapes and transcripts of the speeches made by him which the...
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Rediff
| over 1 year ago
Sheela Bhatt profiles Arvind Kejriwal, a crucial member of Team Anna, who has emerged as one of the key players in the movement for a strong anti-corruption law...Arvind Kejriwal these days is one of the most frequently interviewed leaders of Anna...
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The Hindu
| over 1 year ago
New Delhi, September 5, 2011 The government has sought the advice of the Law Ministry on making public the audio recordings of proceedings of the joint drafting committee on the Lokpal Bill constituted after Anna Hazare's fast in April. The Committee...
