Anna Fast For Lokpal Bill

Social activist Anna Hazare today said he would fast unto death from March 23 in Delhi if his demand for passing "proper" bills for Lokpal, Lokayukta and electoral reforms were not met.

Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is making the final changes to its version of the anti-corruption Lokpal Bill, which will create an ombudsman or Lokayukta for the state of Delhi to investigate venality among elected representatives and bureaucrats. Two-and-a-half years ago Mr Kejriwal, now the Delhi Chief Minister, had teamed up with Gandhi...

The anti-corruption Lokpal Bill moved a step closer to enactment after it was passed in the Rajya Sabha today after a debate that took place in an atmosphere of rare political consensus. The Bill will be taken up in the Lok Sabha tomorrow, the government announced soon after its ally Samajwadi Party backed down on its threat to block the bill at an...

Rubbishing Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal's contention that the Lokpal Bill under consideration in Parliament was weak, activist Anna Hazare today said "if anyone feels there are shortcomings in the bill after it is passed, they should fast for it."

The anti-corruption Lokpal Bill, for which Anna Hazare is fasting in Maharashtra, will be taken up in the Rajya Sabha on Monday. The Samajwadi Party, which opposes the bill, repeatedly disrupted house today and threatened to support a no-confidence motion on Telangana if the government pushed the Lokpal Bill.

Anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare's indefinite hunger strike pressing for passage in Parliament for Jan Lokpal Bill entered third day today.

Social activist and former IPS officer Kiran Bedi will on Saturday join Anna Hazare in his ongoing indefinite hunger strike for the cause of Jan Lokpal Bill, at Ralegan Siddhi village in Ahmednagar.

Anna Hazare has accused the Centre of "betrayal" and going back on its promise on Jan Lokpal Bill. He is sitting on an indefinite hunger strike in Ralegan Siddhi since December 10 for the passage of the anti-graft law in Parliament.

Anna Hazare on Monday accused the Centre of "betrayal" and going back on its promise on Jan Lokpal Bill and said he will sit on an indefinite hunger strike in Ralegan Sidhi from Tuesday for passage of the anti-graft law in Parliament.

Noted anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare today announced an indefinite fast for Jan Lokpal Bill. Speaking to the media, he said that he will remain on fast until the anti-graft bill was not introduced.

Anna Hazare, 76, will begin an indefinite hunger strike on Tuesday to demand that Parliament urgently clear the anti-corruption Lokpal Bill.

Social activist Anna Hazare will launch indefinite hunger strike for a strong Lokpal Bill, at Yadavbaba temple in Maharashtra from December 10.

Veteran social activist Anna Hazare on Thursday accused the UPA government of stabbing him in the back on the issue of Lokpal Bill and said that a hunger strike will be held from October 2 in Delhi to once again press for a strong anti-corruption law.

For 11 days, Arvind Kejriwal has survived only on water in nearly 38-degree heat in Delhi. The founder of the Aam Aadmi Party has lost seven kilos, according to doctors, since he began his hunger strike to protest against what he describes as the government's complicity with private firms to over-charge Delhi residents for water and power.

Social activist Anna Hazare, on the ninth day of his team's hunger's strike, reiterated that he would not enter politics even though the country needed honest people in Parliament for the Lokpal Bill to be passed.

Social activist Anna Hazare today said he would fast unto death from March 23 in Delhi if his demand for passing "proper" bills for Lokpal, Lokayukta and electoral reforms were not met.

Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is making the final changes to its version of the anti-corruption Lokpal Bill, which will create an ombudsman or Lokayukta for the state of Delhi to investigate venality among elected representatives and bureaucrats. Two-and-a-half years ago Mr Kejriwal, now the Delhi Chief Minister, had teamed up with Gandhi...

The anti-corruption Lokpal Bill moved a step closer to enactment after it was passed in the Rajya Sabha today after a debate that took place in an atmosphere of rare political consensus. The Bill will be taken up in the Lok Sabha tomorrow, the government announced soon after its ally Samajwadi Party backed down on its threat to block the bill at an...

Rubbishing Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal's contention that the Lokpal Bill under consideration in Parliament was weak, activist Anna Hazare today said "if anyone feels there are shortcomings in the bill after it is passed, they should fast for it."

The anti-corruption Lokpal Bill, for which Anna Hazare is fasting in Maharashtra, will be taken up in the Rajya Sabha on Monday. The Samajwadi Party, which opposes the bill, repeatedly disrupted house today and threatened to support a no-confidence motion on Telangana if the government pushed the Lokpal Bill.

Anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare's indefinite hunger strike pressing for passage in Parliament for Jan Lokpal Bill entered third day today.

Social activist and former IPS officer Kiran Bedi will on Saturday join Anna Hazare in his ongoing indefinite hunger strike for the cause of Jan Lokpal Bill, at Ralegan Siddhi village in Ahmednagar.

Anna Hazare has accused the Centre of "betrayal" and going back on its promise on Jan Lokpal Bill. He is sitting on an indefinite hunger strike in Ralegan Siddhi since December 10 for the passage of the anti-graft law in Parliament.

Anna Hazare on Monday accused the Centre of "betrayal" and going back on its promise on Jan Lokpal Bill and said he will sit on an indefinite hunger strike in Ralegan Sidhi from Tuesday for passage of the anti-graft law in Parliament.

Noted anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare today announced an indefinite fast for Jan Lokpal Bill. Speaking to the media, he said that he will remain on fast until the anti-graft bill was not introduced.

Anna Hazare, 76, will begin an indefinite hunger strike on Tuesday to demand that Parliament urgently clear the anti-corruption Lokpal Bill.

Social activist Anna Hazare will launch indefinite hunger strike for a strong Lokpal Bill, at Yadavbaba temple in Maharashtra from December 10.

Veteran social activist Anna Hazare on Thursday accused the UPA government of stabbing him in the back on the issue of Lokpal Bill and said that a hunger strike will be held from October 2 in Delhi to once again press for a strong anti-corruption law.

For 11 days, Arvind Kejriwal has survived only on water in nearly 38-degree heat in Delhi. The founder of the Aam Aadmi Party has lost seven kilos, according to doctors, since he began his hunger strike to protest against what he describes as the government's complicity with private firms to over-charge Delhi residents for water and power.

Social activist Anna Hazare, on the ninth day of his team's hunger's strike, reiterated that he would not enter politics even though the country needed honest people in Parliament for the Lokpal Bill to be passed.