Team Anna Fast

Soon after a team of policewomen dragged a struggling and screaming Irom Sharmila away from the tin shack that is the site of her protest this morning, Manipur's deputy chief minister emphasised that she has not been arrested.

Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is making the final changes to its version of the anti-corruption Lokpal Bill, which will create an ombudsman or Lokayukta for the state of Delhi to investigate venality among elected representatives and bureaucrats. Two-and-a-half years ago Mr Kejriwal, now the Delhi Chief Minister, had teamed up with Gandhi...

A team of Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is on its way to Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's house to deliver lakhs of letters protesting allegedly inflated water and power bills.

Baba Ramdev at Ramlila Ground: Baba Ramdev has pulled thousands of people on the first day of his fast at the Ramlila Ground here.

In a blog that appears to have bewildered his closest aides, activist Anna Hazare has said that Team Anna stands dissolved. Three days after aides like Arvind Kejriwal and Anna ended their latest hunger strike, 75-year-old Anna writes that "The time for fasts has ended. It is time to give people a political alternative." Sources say the announcemen...

As Team Anna gets set to take the political plunge, sources have told NDTV that the BJP and the Sangh Parivar may do a rethink on its own strategy. According to sources, the parties are worried that Team Anna, which has been championing the Lokpal Bill, may steal the anti-corruption plank from them.

Minutes before Team Anna ended its hunger strike on stage at the Jantar Mantar venue of their protest, they announced that they are forming a political party, which will contest the elections, with an aim to take their anti-corruption struggle to Parliament.

On the 10th day of his hunger strike, and just before he ended it, Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal looked frail and sat on a chair as he announced that the anti-corruption activists would float a political party and take their campaign to Parliament. To much applause from the crowds gathered at the Jantar Mantar venue of Anna Hazare's protest, Arv...

Throwing light on its proposed "political alternative", Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal said on Friday that it would not be a party but an "andolan" or movement. "Our aim is not to grab power, but to end the Delhi-centric government and take governance to the villages and the people. Ours will not be a party, but a movement," Kejriwal told the tho...

Former Karnataka Lokayukta and Team Anna member Santosh Hegde said he does not support Anna Hazare and his team floating a political party, but would campaign for candidates who identify themselves with his movement against corruption.

Before ending its hunger fast in Delhi, the group of activists known as Team Anna announced that they are forming a political party which will contest the elections. Anna Hazare, 75, said he will not run for office, but will support his aides. "What do those in power know about corruption and the common man? They sit in air-conditioned offices all ...

Anna Hazare's aides have decided to form a political party and will contest the elections. Anna, 75, says he will not run for office, but will support his aides. "What do those in power know about corruption and the common man? They sit in air-conditioned offices all day," he said.

Surrounded by thousands of supporters at Delhi's Jantar Mantar, activist Anna Hazare, still on a hunger strike and his right wrist full of raakhis, made two important announcements on Thursday. He said his aides want feedback within 48 hours on whether they should form a political party. He also said that their fast will end today at 5 pm.

On Team Anna's 9th day of fast, actor Anupam Kher was at Jantar Mantar with a letter signed by prominent citizens urging them to call off their fast and tackle the issue on a different leverl. The letter signed by people like Gen VK Singh who recently retired as Army Chief and Santosh Hegde, the former Karnataka Lokayukta urged Team Anna to enter ...

Surrounded by thousands of supporters at Delhi's Jantar Mantar, Anna Hazare, still on a hunger strike and his right wrist full of raakhis, said today that he will not enter politics but "will fight from outside." Hinting that his aides may enter active politics, he said "There is nothing wrong with forming a party...we need to provide an alternat...

Soon after a team of policewomen dragged a struggling and screaming Irom Sharmila away from the tin shack that is the site of her protest this morning, Manipur's deputy chief minister emphasised that she has not been arrested.

Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is making the final changes to its version of the anti-corruption Lokpal Bill, which will create an ombudsman or Lokayukta for the state of Delhi to investigate venality among elected representatives and bureaucrats. Two-and-a-half years ago Mr Kejriwal, now the Delhi Chief Minister, had teamed up with Gandhi...

A team of Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is on its way to Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's house to deliver lakhs of letters protesting allegedly inflated water and power bills.

Baba Ramdev at Ramlila Ground: Baba Ramdev has pulled thousands of people on the first day of his fast at the Ramlila Ground here.

In a blog that appears to have bewildered his closest aides, activist Anna Hazare has said that Team Anna stands dissolved. Three days after aides like Arvind Kejriwal and Anna ended their latest hunger strike, 75-year-old Anna writes that "The time for fasts has ended. It is time to give people a political alternative." Sources say the announcemen...

As Team Anna gets set to take the political plunge, sources have told NDTV that the BJP and the Sangh Parivar may do a rethink on its own strategy. According to sources, the parties are worried that Team Anna, which has been championing the Lokpal Bill, may steal the anti-corruption plank from them.

Minutes before Team Anna ended its hunger strike on stage at the Jantar Mantar venue of their protest, they announced that they are forming a political party, which will contest the elections, with an aim to take their anti-corruption struggle to Parliament.

On the 10th day of his hunger strike, and just before he ended it, Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal looked frail and sat on a chair as he announced that the anti-corruption activists would float a political party and take their campaign to Parliament. To much applause from the crowds gathered at the Jantar Mantar venue of Anna Hazare's protest, Arv...

Throwing light on its proposed "political alternative", Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal said on Friday that it would not be a party but an "andolan" or movement. "Our aim is not to grab power, but to end the Delhi-centric government and take governance to the villages and the people. Ours will not be a party, but a movement," Kejriwal told the tho...

Former Karnataka Lokayukta and Team Anna member Santosh Hegde said he does not support Anna Hazare and his team floating a political party, but would campaign for candidates who identify themselves with his movement against corruption.

Before ending its hunger fast in Delhi, the group of activists known as Team Anna announced that they are forming a political party which will contest the elections. Anna Hazare, 75, said he will not run for office, but will support his aides. "What do those in power know about corruption and the common man? They sit in air-conditioned offices all ...

Anna Hazare's aides have decided to form a political party and will contest the elections. Anna, 75, says he will not run for office, but will support his aides. "What do those in power know about corruption and the common man? They sit in air-conditioned offices all day," he said.

Surrounded by thousands of supporters at Delhi's Jantar Mantar, activist Anna Hazare, still on a hunger strike and his right wrist full of raakhis, made two important announcements on Thursday. He said his aides want feedback within 48 hours on whether they should form a political party. He also said that their fast will end today at 5 pm.

On Team Anna's 9th day of fast, actor Anupam Kher was at Jantar Mantar with a letter signed by prominent citizens urging them to call off their fast and tackle the issue on a different leverl. The letter signed by people like Gen VK Singh who recently retired as Army Chief and Santosh Hegde, the former Karnataka Lokayukta urged Team Anna to enter ...

Surrounded by thousands of supporters at Delhi's Jantar Mantar, Anna Hazare, still on a hunger strike and his right wrist full of raakhis, said today that he will not enter politics but "will fight from outside." Hinting that his aides may enter active politics, he said "There is nothing wrong with forming a party...we need to provide an alternat...