Anti Corruption Protests

The Shiv Sena on Monday wondered if RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat would be branded "anti-national" or "anti-Hindu" for his comment that the country needed a protest against corruption.

A Chinese anti-corruption protester stood trial on Wednesday in Beijing, his lawyer said, as authorities press a crackdown on a rights movement that has campaigned for greater government transparency.

Lokpal Bill row: On Day 10 of his hunger strike, Anna Hazare declared this evening at his protest camp in Delhi what could persuade him to end his fast against corruption.

Lokpal Bill row: Hours after the Prime Minister paid sincere tribute to Anna Hazare and offered a new compromise, the glimmer of a truce appeared at Ramlila Maidan, where Anna's anti-corruption protest drew its usual huge crowds.

Asked about the protest at an event, SRK said: "I think we all support the cause. I think there should be no corruption in the country."

Lokpal Bill row: Anna Hazare relents: Anna Hazare has relented and accepted a police offer of staging a 14-day protest hunger-strike at the Ramlila Grounds in Delhi. Mr Hazare is expected to be at the venue at 3 pm today, tweeted his close associate Kiran Bedi.

Lokpal Bill row: Anna Hazare is expected to leave Tihar Jail soon, flanked by core members of his team, and head to the venue where he will continue his fast as planned, surrounded by thousands of supporters.

Lokpal Bill row: Anna Hazare likely to leave Tihar Jail soon - Team Anna is huddled inside Tihar Jail amid reports that Anna Hazare may leave soon and head to Delhi's Jai Prakash Narain Park where he wants to continue his fast as planned.

Lokpal Bill tabled, Anna sets a copy on fire: In Parliament today, the government's version of the anti-corruption Lokpal Bill was tabled amid some noisy protests from the BJP benches. In Pune, Gandhian Anna Hazare and his team of activists burnt a copy of the Bill.

Anna Hazare appealed today to the country and to his supporters to stick together for the "India Against Corruption" campaign. Last week, Mr Hazare's four-day-hunger strike forced inspired lakhs of Indians around the world to shake off their inertia and demand a tough new law against corruption.This week, Mr Hazare is being criticized by some of hi...

After single-handedly provoking a people's revolution, 72-year-old social activist Anna Hazare, who launched what he calls "India's second freedom struggle," ended his hunger strike today. (Read: Who is Anna Hazare?)It took Mr Hazare almost five days of fasting to accomplish every point of an agenda that seemed preposterously ambitious when the we...

The Shiv Sena on Monday wondered if RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat would be branded "anti-national" or "anti-Hindu" for his comment that the country needed a protest against corruption.

A Chinese anti-corruption protester stood trial on Wednesday in Beijing, his lawyer said, as authorities press a crackdown on a rights movement that has campaigned for greater government transparency.

Lokpal Bill row: On Day 10 of his hunger strike, Anna Hazare declared this evening at his protest camp in Delhi what could persuade him to end his fast against corruption.

Lokpal Bill row: Hours after the Prime Minister paid sincere tribute to Anna Hazare and offered a new compromise, the glimmer of a truce appeared at Ramlila Maidan, where Anna's anti-corruption protest drew its usual huge crowds.

Asked about the protest at an event, SRK said: "I think we all support the cause. I think there should be no corruption in the country."

Lokpal Bill row: Anna Hazare relents: Anna Hazare has relented and accepted a police offer of staging a 14-day protest hunger-strike at the Ramlila Grounds in Delhi. Mr Hazare is expected to be at the venue at 3 pm today, tweeted his close associate Kiran Bedi.

Lokpal Bill row: Anna Hazare is expected to leave Tihar Jail soon, flanked by core members of his team, and head to the venue where he will continue his fast as planned, surrounded by thousands of supporters.

Lokpal Bill row: Anna Hazare likely to leave Tihar Jail soon - Team Anna is huddled inside Tihar Jail amid reports that Anna Hazare may leave soon and head to Delhi's Jai Prakash Narain Park where he wants to continue his fast as planned.

Lokpal Bill tabled, Anna sets a copy on fire: In Parliament today, the government's version of the anti-corruption Lokpal Bill was tabled amid some noisy protests from the BJP benches. In Pune, Gandhian Anna Hazare and his team of activists burnt a copy of the Bill.

Anna Hazare appealed today to the country and to his supporters to stick together for the "India Against Corruption" campaign. Last week, Mr Hazare's four-day-hunger strike forced inspired lakhs of Indians around the world to shake off their inertia and demand a tough new law against corruption.This week, Mr Hazare is being criticized by some of hi...

After single-handedly provoking a people's revolution, 72-year-old social activist Anna Hazare, who launched what he calls "India's second freedom struggle," ended his hunger strike today. (Read: Who is Anna Hazare?)It took Mr Hazare almost five days of fasting to accomplish every point of an agenda that seemed preposterously ambitious when the we...