Ramlila Grounds Protest

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  Farmers' March To Parliament Affects Traffic In Central Delhi

  Traffic in central and Lutyens' Delhi went into a tizzy on Friday as thousands of farmers, who have been camping at the Ramlila ground since Thursday, began their march to Parliament amid heavy policy deployment, to press for their various demands including debt relief and remunerative prices for their produce.

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  Over A Lakh Protesting Farmers Take Out Kisan Mukti March In Delhi

  More than one lakh farmers started a mega protest march on Thursday from Brijwasan on the outskirts of Delhi to Ramlila grounds, demanding special parliament session to discuss the agrarian crisis. The two-day 'Kisan Mukti March' has been organized by the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC).

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  Day After Students' March, ABVP's Counter-Protest

  BJP-linked student body Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad will hold a protest march today from New Delhi's Ramlila ground to Jantar Mantar today over the JNU controversy.

• Live Updates: Activist Anna Hazare Launches Protest Against Centre's Land Ordinance in Delhi

  Social activist Anna Hazare is holding a two-day protest at the Ramlila ground against the Centre's Land Ordinance.

• Baba Ramdev's protest: Star power, aloo-puri and 20,000 attendees

  On the first day of his protest camp at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan, 20,000 gathered to support Baba Ramdev, establishing the yoga guru's star power. Many of the people in the audience travelled thousands of miles by bus or train. Indian flags were waved by young children. There are big posters of the charismatic yoga guru all over. He will fast for t...

• Supreme Court on Ramdev rally crackdown: Top 10 developments

  The Supreme Court has pulled up both the police and Baba Ramdev for the midnight chaos in June last year at the Yoga teacher's rally at Delhi's Ramlila grounds, which ended in a police crackdown on his followers and the death of one.

• Ramlila crackdown: Supreme Court pulls up police; says Ramdev guilty of negligence

  Coming down heavily on the State and Delhi Police, the Supreme Court today ordered prosecution of police personnel involved in the midnight crackdown on yoga guru Ramdev and his supporters in June last year, saying it was a strike at the foundation of democracy.

• Poor turnout at fast venue but Anna remains undeterred

  He could not pull the numbers he had in his August protest in Delhi, but Anna Hazare's speech did not seem to hold any misgivings as he thanked the people for giving him energy and warned the government that if a strong and effective Lokpal Bill was not made law, he would campaign against it in five election-bound states.

• What Bombay Court told Team Anna

  If Ramlila Ground is available, why do not you hold fast there: Bombay High Court tells Team Anna. Anna Hazare and his team of activists can't find a suitable venue for their protest in Mumbai, which starts on December 27.

• Is RSS working hard for affiliation with Anna?

  Since the government agreed to Anna Hazare's three must-have powers for the new Lokpal or anti-corruption agency, the activist ended his fast and Team Anna has been publicly praising the Prime Minister. The Manmohan Government's relief is not shared by the Congress. The grand old party is worried about the manner in which the Rashtriya Swayamsevak ...

• Security arrangements increased at Ramlila Maidan

  Amid growing security concerns, Central and Delhi Police forces have made elaborate arrangements to ensure the safety of hundreds of people supporting Anna Hazare at the Ramlila Maidan. About 500 police personnel have been guarding the ground round-the-clock, besides regular checks by bomb disposal squad and sniffer dogs to avoid any untoward inci...

• Camp Anna packed, Government hunts for truce

  35,000 people that gathered this evening at Anna Hazare's mass-protest against corruption were given a simple message by the activist's aides: come again, and bring others. "Let us all pray for Anna," said Kiran Bedi, "and come and hear what we have to say." That invitation is being widely accepted by Delhi, which has shown no hesitation in backing...

• Huge crowds at Camp Anna; Prime Minister calls high-level meet

  Anna Hazare has lost five kilos since his hunger strike began last Monday; by noon today, a national holiday for Janmashtami, there were 25,000 people gathered at his base camp at Ramlila Maidan; and supporters of the anti-corruption activist say they have not received any formal proposal from the government for a discussion.

• Anna Hazare's protest site not free from VIP culture

  Anna Hazare's movement might have been branded as that of corruption versus the common man, but even his protest site has not been free from the VIP culture.The Ramlila Maidan was a picture of chaos, with crowds swelling over the past few days, and even more people turning up to join the protest on Sunday. However, for VIPs, as everywhere, there is...

• Anna's fast: Devotional songs, slogans echo at Ramlila Maidan

  Devotional songs and anti-corruption slogans reverberated in Ramlila ground as social activist Anna Hazare's fast entered its fifth day on Saturday.