Lokpal bill to be tabled in winter session: Bansal
The union government is confident of tabling the Lokpal bill in the ongoing winter session of parliament, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said Thursday.
"I believe that it would be
Hazare 2011's top newsmaker on Yahoo India
Anna Hazare, whose agitation for a strong authority to curb corruption has struck a responsive chord among thousands of Indians, has been named Yahoo India's top newsmaker of 2011.
He is followed by
Anna Hazare, team to take out rally in city on Dec 17
Social activist Anna Hazare and members of his core team will participate in a rally here on December 17, as part of their demand to 'save the Lokayukta institution in Karnataka'.
Team members Arvind
Anna Hazare begins daylong fast against Lokpal panel report
Anna Hazare on Sunday morning began his daylong token fast from Jantar Mantar in the national capital to protest the 'weak' government version of the Lokpal bill.
Stating that he will not say much, H
Govt not granting CBI freedom fearing info lying with it: Bedi
Accusing the government of cheating people on the Lokpal issue, Team Anna member Kiran Bedi on Sunday claimed that it was not willing to part with control over CBI as it did not want the 'hidden fi
Hazare's methods are not Gandhian: Tushar
As Anna Hazare sat on a one-day fast demanding a strong Lokpal, Mahatma Gandhi's great grandson Tushar Gandhi on Sunday attacked the activist saying his methods are 'not Gandhian' as they are becom
Manpreet arrested for staging protest in Hazare's support
Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal's nephew and Peoples Party of Punjab (PPP) chief Manpreet Singh Badal and his supporters were taken into custody on Sunday while on their way to a day-long dharna in
Hazare gets political backing at Jantar Mantar fast
Political leaders on Sunday came out strongly in support of Anna Hazare's Lokpal bill at the venue of a daylong fast by the anti-corruption crusader in the heart of the capital.
Thousands flocked to
Anna threatens to court arrest if Lokpal not passed
Social activist Anna Hazare on a day-long fast here on Sunday threatened to intensify his anti-corruption protests by courting arrest if the government fails to pass a law for a strong Lokpal in India
Hazare's appeal to oppn parties to join stir for strong Lokpal
Anna Hazare on Sunday appealed to opposition parties to join his agitation for a strong Lokpal if they do not have the numbers to correct the government in Parliament as he sat on a one-day fast pr