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BJP Leader Meets Anna Hazare With Maharashtra Chief Minister's Letter
Maharashtra minister Girish Mahajan and senior Congress leader Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil on Sunday met social activist Anna Hazare who is on a hunger strike in his native Ralegan Siddhi village in Ahmednagar.
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Rahul Gandhi Expresses Concern Over Health Of Fasting Ganga Activist
Days after Ganga activist GD Agarwal passed away, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday expressed concern over the deteriorating health of another person fasting for the conservation of the river.
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Rahul Gandhi's Promise To Ganga Activist Who Died Fasting For 111 Days
Congress president Rahul Gandhi today praised environmental activist GD Agarwal for his contribution towards saving the Ganga river and vowed to "take his fight forward."
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Opinion: Congress, Weakened By Gandhis, Is Losing The Plot
I say this not as a political activist, but as an experienced journalist - the Congress party is losing the plot very fast and with every passing day, it is digging its own grave. As a member of a rival party, I can rejoice at its demise, but as a thinking individual, I can say that this demise will not auger well for Indian politics. The country n...
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Anna Hazare's Association With Parties has Shattered Activist Image: Union Minister VK Singh
Union Minister General (Retd) VK Singh has criticised social activist Anna Hazare for sharing dais with Congress leader Raj Babbar and AAP's Arvind Kejriwal during his protest against the land bill at Delhi's Jantar Mantar.
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Anna Hazare warns of fast in Delhi from October 2 over Lokpal
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.
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Health of Indian politicians often treated like state secret
In the tempestuous latter half of August - marked, in India, by a prominent activist's public fast, pop-up protests, debates about corruption, and even debates about the debates about corruption - the Congress party seemed to flounder like a dinghy in a maelstrom. Perhaps it was because no one was at the tiller. Earlier in the month, a spokesman ha...
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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.
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We are ready to face bullets for Lokpal Bill: Hazare
Anna Hazare today said he was not afraid of death and dared the government to fire bullets in the event of his going on fast to press for a strong Lokpal bill."Anna is not afraid of death. They can fire bullets and not just use lathis to repress our agitation and the people of this country will decide whether India has a democratic rule or a dictat...
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Congress activists fast against Forbesganj police firing
Several Congress activists today observed a day-long fast in Patna demanding either a judicial probe or a CBI inquiry, to be completed within six months, into the Forbesganj firing incident in Araria district.Partymen led by former MP Ranjit Ranjan and state youth Congress chief Lalan Kumar held a demonstration at Kargil Chowk where they also under...
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32 lakh netizens join Baba Ramdev's campaign against corruption
Ignoring the government's peace overtures, Yoga guru Baba Ramdev is determined to go ahead with what he calls a satyagraha against corruption and black money.He plans to go on an indefinite fast from June 4 demanding that the government bring back black money stashed in tax havens abroad.His followers seem to be emulating social activist Ann...
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With Telangana fast, Congress leaders defy Chief Minister
The Telangana issue is generating a new wave of political strife in Andhra Pradesh - it's pitting Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy against other senior members of his own party, the Congress.Congress MPs, state ministers and MLAs from Telangana have decided to go on a hunger strike unless police cases filed against student protesters are dropped. T...
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BJP Leader Meets Anna Hazare With Maharashtra Chief Minister's Letter
Maharashtra minister Girish Mahajan and senior Congress leader Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil on Sunday met social activist Anna Hazare who is on a hunger strike in his native Ralegan Siddhi village in Ahmednagar.
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Rahul Gandhi Expresses Concern Over Health Of Fasting Ganga Activist
Days after Ganga activist GD Agarwal passed away, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday expressed concern over the deteriorating health of another person fasting for the conservation of the river.
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Rahul Gandhi's Promise To Ganga Activist Who Died Fasting For 111 Days
Congress president Rahul Gandhi today praised environmental activist GD Agarwal for his contribution towards saving the Ganga river and vowed to "take his fight forward."
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Opinion: Congress, Weakened By Gandhis, Is Losing The Plot
I say this not as a political activist, but as an experienced journalist - the Congress party is losing the plot very fast and with every passing day, it is digging its own grave. As a member of a rival party, I can rejoice at its demise, but as a thinking individual, I can say that this demise will not auger well for Indian politics. The country n...
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Anna Hazare's Association With Parties has Shattered Activist Image: Union Minister VK Singh
Union Minister General (Retd) VK Singh has criticised social activist Anna Hazare for sharing dais with Congress leader Raj Babbar and AAP's Arvind Kejriwal during his protest against the land bill at Delhi's Jantar Mantar.
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Anna Hazare warns of fast in Delhi from October 2 over Lokpal
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.
-
Health of Indian politicians often treated like state secret
In the tempestuous latter half of August - marked, in India, by a prominent activist's public fast, pop-up protests, debates about corruption, and even debates about the debates about corruption - the Congress party seemed to flounder like a dinghy in a maelstrom. Perhaps it was because no one was at the tiller. Earlier in the month, a spokesman ha...
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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.
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We are ready to face bullets for Lokpal Bill: Hazare
Anna Hazare today said he was not afraid of death and dared the government to fire bullets in the event of his going on fast to press for a strong Lokpal bill."Anna is not afraid of death. They can fire bullets and not just use lathis to repress our agitation and the people of this country will decide whether India has a democratic rule or a dictat...
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Congress activists fast against Forbesganj police firing
Several Congress activists today observed a day-long fast in Patna demanding either a judicial probe or a CBI inquiry, to be completed within six months, into the Forbesganj firing incident in Araria district.Partymen led by former MP Ranjit Ranjan and state youth Congress chief Lalan Kumar held a demonstration at Kargil Chowk where they also under...
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32 lakh netizens join Baba Ramdev's campaign against corruption
Ignoring the government's peace overtures, Yoga guru Baba Ramdev is determined to go ahead with what he calls a satyagraha against corruption and black money.He plans to go on an indefinite fast from June 4 demanding that the government bring back black money stashed in tax havens abroad.His followers seem to be emulating social activist Ann...
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With Telangana fast, Congress leaders defy Chief Minister
The Telangana issue is generating a new wave of political strife in Andhra Pradesh - it's pitting Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy against other senior members of his own party, the Congress.Congress MPs, state ministers and MLAs from Telangana have decided to go on a hunger strike unless police cases filed against student protesters are dropped. T...
