Lokpal Stir

Kisan Baburao Hazare, better known as Anna Hazare today started an indefinite hunger strike with a demand for the government to set up a Lokpal. He began his strike at Ramlila Maidan this morning - the same ground where his stir for an anti-corruption body seven years ago caught the country's imagination. In 2011, he sat on a similar hunger strike ...

Social activist Anna Hazare will launch an agitation over Jan Lokpal and farmers' issues in New Delhi on March 23 next year.

After terming ruling Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) 2015 ombudsman Bill "mahajokepal", former party leader Prashant Bhushan today challenged Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to a public debate on the Jan Lokpal Bill even as he warned of a stir outside Assembly on Monday when the proposed legislation is tabled.

Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare today threatened to intensify his movement for a strong Lokpal Bill if the UPA government failed to introduce it before the General elections next year.

Yoga guru Baba Ramdev has threatened to launch a mass agitation from August 9 if the UPA government did not take effective steps for establishment of a strong Lokpal and bringing back black money stashed abroad.

Decrying the failure of Rajya Sabha to pass the Lokpal bill, Gandhian activist Anna Hazare made a curious suggestion on Thursday to bring a law to empower gram sabhas that will be above Parliament.

A day after being stopped by BJP high command from joining a pro-Anna Hazare campaign held by the party due to graft charges against him, former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today did a volte face, taking a dig at the ongoing stir for Jan Lokpal Bill.

Anna Hazare's stir for Lokpal Bill: Home Minister P Chidambaram has requested Anna Hazare to call off his indefinite hunger strike, slated to begin from August 16. Mr Chidambaram said, "Now that there is a bill in Parliament, and the Standing Committee has asked Anna Hazare to testify, the protest, at this stage seems to be unjustified.''

Kisan Baburao Hazare, better known as Anna Hazare today started an indefinite hunger strike with a demand for the government to set up a Lokpal. He began his strike at Ramlila Maidan this morning - the same ground where his stir for an anti-corruption body seven years ago caught the country's imagination. In 2011, he sat on a similar hunger strike ...

Social activist Anna Hazare will launch an agitation over Jan Lokpal and farmers' issues in New Delhi on March 23 next year.

After terming ruling Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) 2015 ombudsman Bill "mahajokepal", former party leader Prashant Bhushan today challenged Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to a public debate on the Jan Lokpal Bill even as he warned of a stir outside Assembly on Monday when the proposed legislation is tabled.

Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare today threatened to intensify his movement for a strong Lokpal Bill if the UPA government failed to introduce it before the General elections next year.

Yoga guru Baba Ramdev has threatened to launch a mass agitation from August 9 if the UPA government did not take effective steps for establishment of a strong Lokpal and bringing back black money stashed abroad.

Decrying the failure of Rajya Sabha to pass the Lokpal bill, Gandhian activist Anna Hazare made a curious suggestion on Thursday to bring a law to empower gram sabhas that will be above Parliament.

A day after being stopped by BJP high command from joining a pro-Anna Hazare campaign held by the party due to graft charges against him, former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today did a volte face, taking a dig at the ongoing stir for Jan Lokpal Bill.

Anna Hazare's stir for Lokpal Bill: Home Minister P Chidambaram has requested Anna Hazare to call off his indefinite hunger strike, slated to begin from August 16. Mr Chidambaram said, "Now that there is a bill in Parliament, and the Standing Committee has asked Anna Hazare to testify, the protest, at this stage seems to be unjustified.''