Anna Effect

The scope and budget of cheap ration schemes rose since Independence but the effect it should have had on the poor remained limited due to ineffective delivery systems and selfish elements, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday.

As countries across the globe struggle to counter climate change and its effects, 300 school students in Chennai launched an initiative to plant 300 saplings and raise a micro-forest at the city's Anna University.

The results are supported by celebrity endorsement data, which show unhealthy food endorsements increase children's unhealthy food intake, but healthy food endorsements have little or no effect on healthy food intake: researcher Anna Coate.

Activist Anna Hazare began an indefinite fast today in his village in Maharashtra, demanding the urgent introduction of a new anti-corruption law. In Delhi, the government said that it is committed to pushing through the legislation - the Lokpall Bill - in this session of Parliament which ends on December 20.

Vidya Balan was last seen in Kahaani which released in March last year but the actress says she did not realise she was away from the big screen for 15-long months.

Targeting the now disbanded Team Anna, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray today said that their single-point agenda was to abuse politicians. "At first they managed to fool the country. India has seen the effects of their success in fooling people," the 86-year-old Sena patriarch said in an editorial in the party mouthpiece 'Saamana'.

The actress says she took a "massive slamming" earlier in her career which has had a permanent negative effect on her self-confidence.

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.

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.

Before embarking on an indefinite fast from December 27 for an effective Lokpal Bill, anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare decided to return to Ralegansiddhi and complete some pending work before he returns to Delhi in a few days.

Despite Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's assurance over bringing a strong and effective Lokpal Bill in the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament, there seems to be no let-up on the pressure exerted by veteran anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare. After a successfully rally in Bangalore yesterday, the 74-year-old activist, addressing supporters in Che...

Anna Hazare has told the government exactly what he has planned if an effective anti-corruption Lokpal Bill is not passed before this Parliament session ends on December 22. He said he will begin an indefinite fast on December 27, will ask people to participate in "a jail bharo" (go to jail) movement from January 1 and commission demonstrations out...

As Anna Hazare sat on a daylong fast demanding an effective Lokpal Bill at Jantar Mantar yesterday, the domino effect of the Delhi dharna could be seen in across the country, particularly in the corruption crusader's village, Ralegansiddhi, and the city.

As Parliament reconvenes today, it has a tough task at hand. On Sunday, Anna Hazare held a day-long token fast, as he described it, against the government's intent to deliver a weak Lokpal Bill to combat corruption. And the Opposition parties rallied along with the social activist on stage and vowed to fight for a strong and effective Lokpal in Par...

The parliamentary panel looking into the Lokpal Bill today arrived at a "broad consensus" on making the body a constitutional authority. Towards that end, an agreement was also reached for the need for a constitutional amendment to effect the process.

The scope and budget of cheap ration schemes rose since Independence but the effect it should have had on the poor remained limited due to ineffective delivery systems and selfish elements, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday.

As countries across the globe struggle to counter climate change and its effects, 300 school students in Chennai launched an initiative to plant 300 saplings and raise a micro-forest at the city's Anna University.

The results are supported by celebrity endorsement data, which show unhealthy food endorsements increase children's unhealthy food intake, but healthy food endorsements have little or no effect on healthy food intake: researcher Anna Coate.

Activist Anna Hazare began an indefinite fast today in his village in Maharashtra, demanding the urgent introduction of a new anti-corruption law. In Delhi, the government said that it is committed to pushing through the legislation - the Lokpall Bill - in this session of Parliament which ends on December 20.

Vidya Balan was last seen in Kahaani which released in March last year but the actress says she did not realise she was away from the big screen for 15-long months.

Targeting the now disbanded Team Anna, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray today said that their single-point agenda was to abuse politicians. "At first they managed to fool the country. India has seen the effects of their success in fooling people," the 86-year-old Sena patriarch said in an editorial in the party mouthpiece 'Saamana'.

The actress says she took a "massive slamming" earlier in her career which has had a permanent negative effect on her self-confidence.

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.

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.

Before embarking on an indefinite fast from December 27 for an effective Lokpal Bill, anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare decided to return to Ralegansiddhi and complete some pending work before he returns to Delhi in a few days.

Despite Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's assurance over bringing a strong and effective Lokpal Bill in the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament, there seems to be no let-up on the pressure exerted by veteran anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare. After a successfully rally in Bangalore yesterday, the 74-year-old activist, addressing supporters in Che...

Anna Hazare has told the government exactly what he has planned if an effective anti-corruption Lokpal Bill is not passed before this Parliament session ends on December 22. He said he will begin an indefinite fast on December 27, will ask people to participate in "a jail bharo" (go to jail) movement from January 1 and commission demonstrations out...

As Anna Hazare sat on a daylong fast demanding an effective Lokpal Bill at Jantar Mantar yesterday, the domino effect of the Delhi dharna could be seen in across the country, particularly in the corruption crusader's village, Ralegansiddhi, and the city.

As Parliament reconvenes today, it has a tough task at hand. On Sunday, Anna Hazare held a day-long token fast, as he described it, against the government's intent to deliver a weak Lokpal Bill to combat corruption. And the Opposition parties rallied along with the social activist on stage and vowed to fight for a strong and effective Lokpal in Par...

The parliamentary panel looking into the Lokpal Bill today arrived at a "broad consensus" on making the body a constitutional authority. Towards that end, an agreement was also reached for the need for a constitutional amendment to effect the process.