Congress on Thursday vowed to continue with its protests against the UP government's land acquisition policy after Rahul Gandhi was arrested and released following his visit to the epicentre of the s

Anna Hazare on Monday wrote to Congress president Sonia Gandhi on the "smear" campaign launched against civil society members of the joint drafting committee on Lokpal Bill and asked her to advise her "colleagues" not to try to derail the process of drafting of law.

Libyan rebels fired off barrages of rockets from west of the front line town of Ajdabiya on Friday as Nato warplanes few high above, an AFP reporter said.

Egyptian prosecutors arrested ousted President Hosni Mubarak while he was in his bed last night on charges of alleged corruption and abuse of power during his 30-year rule.

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The stench of the bodies, steaming in the Libyan sun just outside the town of Ajdabiya on Monday, made several of the rebels retch.

He started as a florist, drove trucks for the army, but Kisan Baburao Hazare, popularly known as Anna Hazare, was destined to do something else in life. The man, who hails from a humble background, has today emerged as the icon of India's war on corruption.

Gandhian Anna Hazare on Saturday called off his hunger strike bringing to an end his 98-hour protest after government issued a gazette notification constituting a 10-member joint committee of ministers and civil society activists, including him, to draft an effective Lok Pal Bill.

Enthused and excited by Anna Hazare's statement that the youth was the nation's hope, youngsters at Jantar Mantar, where the veteran Gandhian sat on a 97-hour fast, said on Saturday they will carry forward his crusade against corruption. “We want to tell Annaji that he can take a little rest now.

Welcoming the efforts made by anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare, BJP on Saturday pledged its support to the Lokpal Bill once it is introduced in the Monsoon Session of Parliament.

Terming the joining of hands of civil society and government on the Lokpal Bill issue as a step that augurs well for democracy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the government intends to introduce the "historic legislation" in the Monsoon Session of Parliament.