Anna Fast Crowds

• How Team Anna says its party will differ: 5 facts

  On the 10th day of his hunger strike, and just before he ended it, Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal looked frail and sat on a chair as he announced that the anti-corruption activists would float a political party and take their campaign to Parliament. To much applause from the crowds gathered at the Jantar Mantar venue of Anna Hazare's protest, Arv...

• On overcast day, Anna draws large crowds, aides deny Narendra Modi controversy

  Delhi woke up to a Monday without any electricity. Metro trains weren't running, so commuters hit the roads, where traffic lights weren't working because of a massive power outage across North India. At 9 am, attendance was sparse at activist Anna Hazare's protest camp in the capital.

• Anna Hazare's fast for Lokpal Bill draws big crowd; contradictions with team remain

  Amidst talks of his movement losing its steam, Anna Hazare, ignoring appeals from his aides and doctors, began his indefinite fast on Sunday in his demand for the Lokpal Bill. And the 75-year old activist was greeted by a much larger crowd than what has been witnessed in the past four days. Around six to eight thousand people turned up at Jantar Ma...

• Weekend sees better turnout at Team Anna fast; Hazare to join hunger strike today

  The weekend provided some much-needed respite for Team Anna as moderate crowds turned up at their indefinite fast on Saturday. Meanwhile, Anna Hazare is all geared up to join the hunger strike today.

• Thin crowd at Team Anna fast, men misbehave with women journalists

  Team Anna's indefinite fast against the UPA government entered the third day today with crowds still keeping away from the protest site where some people misbehaved with women media persons. Some people even started shouting in protest.

• Poor turnout at fast venue but Anna remains undeterred

  He could not pull the numbers he had in his August protest in Delhi, but Anna Hazare's speech did not seem to hold any misgivings as he thanked the people for giving him energy and warned the government that if a strong and effective Lokpal Bill was not made law, he would campaign against it in five election-bound states.

• Anna's supporters crowd Delhi-Gurgaon expressway

  The Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway is blocked with Anna Hazare's supporters. From Ramlila Maidan, Anna left for hospital and has reached the Medanta Medicity hospital in Gurgaon. Doctors expect him to be in hospital for a couple of days.

• Huge crowds at Camp Anna; Prime Minister calls high-level meet

  Anna Hazare has lost five kilos since his hunger strike began last Monday; by noon today, a national holiday for Janmashtami, there were 25,000 people gathered at his base camp at Ramlila Maidan; and supporters of the anti-corruption activist say they have not received any formal proposal from the government for a discussion.

• Heavy rain, big crowd at Ramlila Maidan

  At Ramlila Maidan, about 2,000 people have braved heavy rain to gather in the open and wait for Anna Hazare to reach and launch the next phase of his continuing fast and protest. More people are arriving by the moment.

• Denied permission for August 16 fast, a defiant Anna Hazare meditates at Rajghat

  A defiant Anna Hazare looks absolutely ready to go ahead with his proposed indefinite fast on August 16. Mr Hazare made an unscheduled stop at Rajghat to meditate just hours after he was denied permission for his protest fast at a Delhi park for Tuesday. A big crowd gathered around him as he sat near Mahatma Gandhi's samadhi to meditate, taking the...