Calling all people to join the protest on December 27 against the government’s delay in passing a strong Lokpal Bill, anti-corruption champion Anna Hazare said that the ability to sacrifice and the mi

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In a surprise move, AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa on Monday expelled her close aide V.K. Sasikala and her husband M. Natarajan besides 10 others from the party's primary membership.

2011 turned out to be a year of “trial” and “turbulence” for leaders of all parties in Karnataka as scams tumbled out of their cupboards and a chief minister had to be ousted from office on corruption charges, a first of its kind in the annals of the state.

The CPI(M) politburo has pulled up the opposition leader, Mr V.S. Achuthanandan, for his open criticism of its stance on the Mullaperiyar dam row.

Addressing a 50,000-strong gathering here on Saturday, Congress president Sonia Gandhi spoke at length about how her party was sensitive towards Goa’s environment — something which the local Congress has been repeatedly criticised about, given the illegal mining scam.

Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare railed against the UPA government’s home minister at a rally in Freedom Park on Saturday where some 30,000 people had gathered to hear the Gandhian speak.

Continuing to pressurize the government on the Lokpal Bill, activist Anna Hazare on Sunday said there should not be any more delay in passing the anti-corruption legislation.

Casting doubts on government's intentions over Lokpal Bill, Anna Hazare on Sunday accused it of repeatedly betraying his team and said he is firm with his agitation plan if an effective anti-graft legislation was not passed in the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament.

With the government changing rules to make sportspersons eligible for the Bharat Ratna, the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) has passed a resolution to support the demand for bestowing the country's highest civilian honour on champion batsman Sachin Tendulkar.