August 16 Fast

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  Irom Sharmila To End Fast After 16 Years, Wants To Marry, Fight Elections

  Irom Sharmila, the iconic activist whose life was defined by a fast she began 16 years ago in protest against army atrocities, has decided to move on. She will call off her fast on August 9, say her aides, as she wants to marry and fight elections.

• Supreme Court declines to hear plea against Anna's arrest on August 16

  The Supreme Court today declined to entertain a PIL against the arrest of Anna Hazare by the Delhi Police, hours before he was to begin his fast demanding a strong Lokpal.

• Anna Hazare detained ahead of his fast

  Anna Hazare latest news: At a packed press conference at Delh's Constitutional Club on Monday, social activist Anna Hazare declared, "I am starting my fast tomorrow. It is just the start of a struggle for change. We have to fight a long battle. It's going to be a fight to bring about change in India."

• I am starting my fast tomorrow, says Anna Hazare

  At a press conference, social activist Anna Hazare said, ''I am starting my fast tomorrow. It is just the start of a struggle for change. We have to fight a long battle. It's going to be a fight to bring about change in India.''

• 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...

• Delhi Police refuses permission for fast, Team Anna defiant

  After he refused to toe its line, the Delhi Police has rejected permission for Anna Hazare's proposed indefinite fast on August 16.The move came after the 74-year-old Gandhian refused to give a "full and proper" undertaking on 22 conditions laid down by the police for the fast.Two of these conditions include capping the number of days for the prote...

• Anna: Government defaming me; Sawant report doesn't say I am corrupt

  It was a defiant Anna Hazare that faced the cameras on Sunday evening. Taking on the government, who had charged him with allegations of corruption, Hazare stated his innocence and challenged the government to prove otherwise. ''There is nothing more undemocratic than what Anna is doing. The Lokpal Bill is the property of the Parliament not that o...

• Lokpal Bill: PM snubs Anna, says 'approach statutory authorities'

  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has written back to social activist Anna Hazare asking him to approach the statutory authorities with his grievances. Yesterday, miffed over the Delhi Police putting restrictions on his August 16 fast over Lokpal Bill, Anna had written a letter to the Prime Minister asking for help.

• Anna Hazare's letter to PM on August 16 fast

  Rejecting Delhi Police's conditional permission for his proposed fast on August 16 fast over the Lokpal Bill, social activist Anna Hazare has once again written a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. "If you can't help us, we will court arrest on Aug 16," Mr Hazare has said in his letter.Here is the full text of the letter: (function() { var s...

• Anna Hazare calls for a lights out protest on August 15

  Anna Hazare has appealed to the nation to turn off the lights for an hour on August 15, in a gesture meant to give momentum to their indefinite hunger strike from August 16.

• In Anna Hazare's support, no tiffin on Aug 16, say Mumbai's dabbawalas

  Extending support to social activist Anna Hazare over the Lokpal Bill issue, Mumbai's famous dabbawalas (lunch-box carriers) have said there would be no service on August 16 - the day he proposes to start his hunger strike.

• Mumbai dabbawalas to back Hazare's fast on August 16

  Mumbai's famed dabbawalas or tiffin-box carriers have decided to support the anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare, again, in his second fast for the Lokpal bill on Aug 16, an official said on Friday.

• Anna Hazare: Issue is more important than the venue for the fast

  Veteran social activist Anna Hazare has climbed down from his earlier position that he will only fast at Jantar Mantar. Mr Hazare, who was planning an indefinite fast from August 16, said the issue was more important than the venue of protest.

• Delhi police says Anna can't fast at Jantar Mantar

  Social activist Anna Hazare has declared his intention to fast on August 16, in opposition what he calls the government's watered down version of the Lokpal Bill. But Hazare and his team have encountered another obstacle: the Delhi police.

• Delhi police says Anna can't hold fast at Jantar Mantar

  Anna Hazare seems to be set for another confrontation. The veteran activist is preparing to go on an indefinite fast from August 16, a day after the government rejected his version of the Lokpal Bill.