Anna Hazare Mahatma

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  Anna Hazare Plans 'Pad-Yatra' Against Land Bill

  Anti-Corruption crusader Anna Hazare today held discussions with his associates over his planned pad-yatra (foot-march) from Sevagram here to Delhi to oppose the land bill.

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  Opinion: Kejriwal vs Bedi. When Ambition Took Over

  Rana Ayyub on how it all began - and why the candidates are more similar than different.

• Delhi: Ramlila Maidan makes history again

  The sprawling Ramlila Maidan, where Arvind Kejriwal Saturday took oath as Delhi's chief minister, has seen numerous rallies including those addressed by Mahatma Gandhi.

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  Satyagraha story about father and son, says director Prakash Jha

  Filmmaker Prakash Jha, known for his political dramas, says his upcoming film Satyagraha is not about any movement but a story about a father and son relationship.

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  Satyagraha to begin with Mahatma Gandhi's quote?

  Prakash Jha's political drama Satyagraha, said to be about the uprising of the middle-class against a corrupt system, is likely to have a quote from Mahatma Gandhi's autobiography as its prologue.

• Arvind Kejriwal's fast enters Day 11, undeterred by thin audience

  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.

• Ratan Tata 4th most trusted personality in India; Nokia most trusted brand: survey

  Owing to his nationwide campaign against corruption, social activist Anna Hazare has emerged for the second consecutive time the most-trusted personality in India, while former Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata is the fourth, a new survey has found.

• Foreign companies not needed to revive economy: Anna Hazare to PM

  Criticising Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for inviting foreign companies to the country to prop up the economy, social activist Anna Hazare today reminded him of Mahatma Gandhi's idea of first improving the rural economy.

• Spectacles stolen from Mahatma Gandhi's statue in Anna Hazare's village

  A day before Gandhi Jayanti, spectacles from the statue of Mahatma Gandhi were stolen this morning in Ralegan Siddhi. This is the same statute from where Anna embarked on his crusade against corruption a year ago.

• Cannot be called Mahatma, please, says Anna to his village

  Deprecating any comparisons with Mahatma Gandhi, anti-graft campaigner Anna Hazare has rejected a resolution passed by the Gram Sabha of his native Ralegan Siddhi village conferring on him the title 'Mahatma'.

• Sikkim farmer loses 14 kg after fasting in support of Anna

  Sikkim farmer Yong Tshering Lepcha, lost 14 kg while fasting for a week in support of Anna Hazare at the Fish Pond area, opposite Paljor Stadium, in Gangtok. Lepcha ended his hunger strike on Sunday, after which he marched to MG Marg in the heart of the state capital and garlanded the bust of Mahatma Gandhi.

• Anna runs surrounded by cops at Rajghat

  The anti-corruption activist was greeted by nearly 700 people when he arrived to pray at Mahatma Gandhi's memorial en route to Ramlila Maidan, where he later launched a mass-protest.

• Anna Hazare's route to Ramlila Maidan: Police issues traffic advisory

  Anna Hazare: Anna Hazare emerged from Tihar Jail at around noon today and made his way to the Ramlila Maidan in Central Delhi to launch his 15-day protest against corruption. Hundreds of supporters gathered outside Tihar Jail. Anna's close associate, Kiran Bedi, said he will move first to Mayapuri. He will then stop at Amar Jyoti at India Gate and...

• 'The difference between Gandhi and Anna's fasts'

  Mahatma Gandhi's great grandson, Tushar feels there is a difference in the way the Father of the Nation and social activist Anna Hazare have used fasting as a form of protest. "Hazare's fast is different because Bapu's fast was to reform an adversary into a friend, while Anna's fast is against an enemy. It is like a "me versus you" kind of thing," ...

• Anna Hazare goes to Rajghat on eve of fast, to meditate

  Anna Hazare went to Rajghat, on Monday, and sat in the lawns in front of Mahatma Gandhi's samadhi. The impromptu visit to Rajghat on Independence Day was unscheduled, and the visitors were surprised to see the veteran social activist in their midst, sitting in front of the samadhi amid light rain. The authorities too were taken by surprise.