NEW DELHI: The government has rejected the demand of Anna Hazare to issue an official notification to constitute the draft committee for Lokpal Bill and also rejected the proposal for an outsider to lead the new committee of government and civil society.
The protesters announced that Kapil Sibal had conveyed about this decision to them and has also said that Pranab Mukherjee will head the commi
Two Right to Information activists in the city have launched an indefinite hunger strike here, marking the first formal support from Tamil Nadu for anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare.
The civil society represented by NGOs is cashing in on this newfound people power with Anna Hazare as the politicians try to gauge in which direction the wind is blowing.
As support swells across the nation to the anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare, who is seeking tough new anti-graft laws and is on an indefinite hunger strike in New Delhi.
Veteran social activist and Gandhian Anna Hazare has written an open letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. In the letter dated April 6, 2011, Hazare has raised many questions and sought the Prime Minister's reply.
Justice Santosh Hegde (former Supreme Court Judge and present Lokayukta of Karnataka), Prashant Bhushan (Supreme Court Lawyer) and Arvind Kejriwal (activist) have together drafted a strong anti-corruption law called Jan Lokpal Bill which requires that investigations into any case should be completed within a year and the trial should get over in the next one year so that a corrupt person g
Pune Social activist Anna Hazare has asked the Lavasa Corporation to give an undertaking to the chief minister stating that water supply to Pune city will not be hurt in the long run by its hill city project, where water from the Varasgaon dam is being diverted.
Hazare, here to attend a hearing in the Pune district and sessions court in a defamation case he had filed against former minister Sur
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