Supreme Court panel to probe role of police, security forces in Manipur 'fake encounters'
A Vaidyanathan | Tuesday January 8, 2013
The Supreme Court has appointed a three-member commission to investigate allegations of fake encounters by security forces in Manipur.
Supreme Court panel to probe alleged fake encounters in Manipur
A Vaidyanathan | Saturday January 5, 2013
The Supreme Court today decided to appoint a commission to investigate alleged fake encounters in Manipur. The commission will have former Supreme Court judge Santosh Hegde, former Chief Election Commissioner JM Lyngdoh and a senior police officer if...
No Anna Hazare on banners? Arvind Kejriwal says will carry photo in his heart
Edited by Prasad Sanyal | Thursday September 20, 2012
The group once referred to as Team Anna officially split into two rival halves on Wednesday with 75-year-old Anna Hazare refusing to support the political ambitions of Arvind Kejriwal, who was considered his closest aide. Mr Kejriwal today described ...
India not yet ready for anti-graft political outfit: Hegde
Press Trust of India | Monday August 20, 2012
Former Supreme Court judge N Santosh Hegde says a political party floated purely on the anti-corruption plank will not succeed in elections at this stage as money power and diversity play a role. Hegde, a former Karnataka Lokayukta, who has distanced...
Baba Ramdev could hit Congress in elections, says Justice Santosh Hegde
Press Trust of India | Tuesday August 14, 2012
Former Karnataka Lokayukta N Santosh Hegde, who was closely associated with now disbanded Team Anna, feels yoga guru Baba Ramdev's agitation on black money and graft issues may re-energise the anti-corruption movement. He also believed it could cause...
Malicious campaign on to drive wedge between Anna and team: Arvind Kejriwal
Press Trust of India | Sunday August 12, 2012
Arvind Kejriwal, a member of the now disbanded Team Anna, has claimed that the decision to turn the anti-corruption movement political was Anna Hazare's. He also alleges that a "malicious" campaign has been working overtime to drive a wedge between t...
Divided over political move, will Team Anna contest polls in Gujarat, Karnataka?
Edited by Prasad Sanyal | Tuesday August 7, 2012
Activist Anna Hazare used a blog on Monday to announce that his group of anti-corruption activists, called Team Anna, stands dissolved. Sources tell NDTV that a few in that core group of activists are shocked at the move. There has been strain alread...
Team Anna shouldn't get into politics: Santosh Hegde
Press Trust of India | Friday August 3, 2012
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.
Should Team Anna form a party? What politicians say
Edited by Janaki Fernandes | Thursday August 2, 2012
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 recentl...
People trying to malign my image: SM Krishna on Team Anna's allegations
NDTV Correspondent | Thursday May 31, 2012
Minister of External Affairs SM Krishna has hit out at Team Anna for accusing him of wrongdoings during his tenure as the Chief Minister of Karnataka. Mr Krishna today said that Justice Santosh Hegde's report had given him a clean chit and that he wi...
PM should allow inquiry into reported coal scam, say Hegde, BJP
NDTV Correspondent | Wednesday May 30, 2012
After the Prime Minister promised to resign if "even an iota of truth" was found in the allegations of corruption levelled against him by Team Anna, he has been urged by Justice Santosh Hegde, who has worked closely with the activists in the past, to...
Team Anna rift: Justice Hegde not on board with allegations against PM
Reported by Radhika Iyer | Tuesday May 29, 2012
Justice Santosh Hegde, one of the most senior and respected members of Team Anna, is upset with the group's recent allegations of corruption against the Prime Minister and 14 senior ministers. Mr Hegde, who has served as the ombudsman or Lokayukta of...
Make keeping money abroad without permission an offence: Hegde
Press Trust of India | Saturday March 17, 2012
Key Team Anna member N Santosh Hegde has said India should make keeping money abroad without permission an offence to force other countries to share information on illegal wealth stashed abroad. Welcoming the Budget proposal on tackling the menace o...
Karnataka, mired in graft, still without Lokayukta
Maya Sharma | Tuesday February 7, 2012
Despite allegations of corruption among some of its most well-known politicians and bureaucrats, Karnataka remains without an ombudsman or Lokayukta. In September last year, Justice Shivraj Patil quit the office barely a month after he was inducted, ...
It's letter versus spirit of law in Karnataka
Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday January 28, 2012
Karnataka is caught in a classic case of letter of law versus spirit of law over appointment of a new Lokayukta for four months and an early solution to the issue is not in sight.
