Anti-corruption Activist

Hong Kong's anti-corruption watchdog on Monday charged a singer and prominent pro-democracy activist, Anthony Wong, with "corrupt conduct" at a 2018 election rally, the latest legal action against dissent by authorities in the Chinese-ruled city.

The United States on Tuesday honoured Indian social activist Anjali Bhardwaj with the International Anti-corruption Champions Award.

Maharashtra BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Friday met anti-corruption crusader and social activist Anna Hazare in Ralegan Siddhi in Ahmednagar, some 120 kilometres from here, and said the latter's views and demands on the farm sector will be communicated to the centre.

The Madhya Pradesh government has asked an RTI applicant to provide details like file number and date to get information on appointments of non-government officials in the chief minister's office. The unusual response from the state government has been sent to anti-corruption activist Ajay Dubey who had filed an application seeking details of appoi...

Social activist Anna Hazare was today admitted to a hospital in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar after he complained of weakness, which doctors later found was due to lack of blood supply to his brain. He had broken his 7-day long fast last week, persisting in his demand for appointment of anti-corruption watchdogs.

Social activist Anna Hazare has lost 4.25 kg in the last six days since his fast over appointment of anti-corruption watchdogs began, doctors said today.

MNS chief Raj Thackeray and noted water conservationist Rajendra Singh metsocial activist Anna Hazare, who has been sitting on an indefinite hunger strike over his demand for appointment of anti-corruption watchdogs at the Centre and in Maharashtra.

The Rafale "scam" would not have happened if the Lokpal was in place, social activist Anna Hazare said today, and announced an indefinite hunger strike starting January 30 over his unmet demands for farmers and implementation of the anti-corruption law.

Social activist Anna Hazare said Saturday that he will launch a hunger strike from January 30 next year at his village if the anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal is not appointed.

Two people were arrested on Friday in connection with the murder attempt on a women's rights activist and two other persons in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district, police said.

Noted anti-corruption and women's rights activist of Meghalaya, Agnes Kharshiing, is said to be critical after she was brutally attacked by unidentified persons this afternoon in East Jaintia Hills, about 120 kilometres from state capital Shillong.

A top Ukrainian anti-corruption activist said he suffered chemical burns on Tuesday when an assailant threw green liquid in his face as he took part in a demonstration outside a prosecutor's office in Kiev. Most of Vitaliy Shabunin's face and his left hand were covered in bright green stains similar to marks left by a green solution, known as "zely...

Social activist Anna Hazare is set to go on an indefinite hunger strike against the Centre in Delhi today, nearly seven years after his anti-corruption movement caught the imagination of millions of Indians and shook the then UPA government.

Social activist Anna Hazare said he hoped that another Arvind Kejriwal does not emerge from his movement again.

Social activist Anna Hazare has alleged that the Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre weakened the anti-corruption Lokpal Act.

Hong Kong's anti-corruption watchdog on Monday charged a singer and prominent pro-democracy activist, Anthony Wong, with "corrupt conduct" at a 2018 election rally, the latest legal action against dissent by authorities in the Chinese-ruled city.

The United States on Tuesday honoured Indian social activist Anjali Bhardwaj with the International Anti-corruption Champions Award.

Maharashtra BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Friday met anti-corruption crusader and social activist Anna Hazare in Ralegan Siddhi in Ahmednagar, some 120 kilometres from here, and said the latter's views and demands on the farm sector will be communicated to the centre.

The Madhya Pradesh government has asked an RTI applicant to provide details like file number and date to get information on appointments of non-government officials in the chief minister's office. The unusual response from the state government has been sent to anti-corruption activist Ajay Dubey who had filed an application seeking details of appoi...

Social activist Anna Hazare was today admitted to a hospital in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar after he complained of weakness, which doctors later found was due to lack of blood supply to his brain. He had broken his 7-day long fast last week, persisting in his demand for appointment of anti-corruption watchdogs.

Social activist Anna Hazare has lost 4.25 kg in the last six days since his fast over appointment of anti-corruption watchdogs began, doctors said today.

MNS chief Raj Thackeray and noted water conservationist Rajendra Singh metsocial activist Anna Hazare, who has been sitting on an indefinite hunger strike over his demand for appointment of anti-corruption watchdogs at the Centre and in Maharashtra.

The Rafale "scam" would not have happened if the Lokpal was in place, social activist Anna Hazare said today, and announced an indefinite hunger strike starting January 30 over his unmet demands for farmers and implementation of the anti-corruption law.

Social activist Anna Hazare said Saturday that he will launch a hunger strike from January 30 next year at his village if the anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal is not appointed.

Two people were arrested on Friday in connection with the murder attempt on a women's rights activist and two other persons in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district, police said.

Noted anti-corruption and women's rights activist of Meghalaya, Agnes Kharshiing, is said to be critical after she was brutally attacked by unidentified persons this afternoon in East Jaintia Hills, about 120 kilometres from state capital Shillong.

A top Ukrainian anti-corruption activist said he suffered chemical burns on Tuesday when an assailant threw green liquid in his face as he took part in a demonstration outside a prosecutor's office in Kiev. Most of Vitaliy Shabunin's face and his left hand were covered in bright green stains similar to marks left by a green solution, known as "zely...

Social activist Anna Hazare is set to go on an indefinite hunger strike against the Centre in Delhi today, nearly seven years after his anti-corruption movement caught the imagination of millions of Indians and shook the then UPA government.

Social activist Anna Hazare said he hoped that another Arvind Kejriwal does not emerge from his movement again.

Social activist Anna Hazare has alleged that the Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre weakened the anti-corruption Lokpal Act.