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'Where Are the Acche Din?' Anna, Back in Delhi, Asks Modi Government
Activist Anna Hazare took his protests against the Modi government's Land Ordinance to Delhi today, where he compared the Centre's actions to that of India's erstwhile colonial rulers.
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Team Anna's political alternative will be an 'andolan', says Kejriwal
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...
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Lokpal bill: Anna Hazare's protest unjustified, says Chidambaram
Anna Hazare's stir for Lokpal Bill: Home Minister P Chidambaram has requested Anna Hazare to call off his indefinite hunger strike, slated to begin from August 16. Mr Chidambaram said, "Now that there is a bill in Parliament, and the Standing Committee has asked Anna Hazare to testify, the protest, at this stage seems to be unjustified.''
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Jantar Mantar as venue for Anna's fast: Delhi Police says no
Delhi Police today made it clear that Jantar Mantar is out of bounds for Anna Hazare's fast for a "strong" Lokpal Bill later this month, saying the venue has "little capacity" and no single organisation can be allowed to "usurp or lay exclusive claim" to it. The Hazare Team, in turn, suggested four other places where they could sit in for prot...
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Jantar Mantar turns into carnival site as Hazare breaks fast
Waving tricolour and singing and dancing to the tunes of drums, people today made Jantar Mantar a carnival site as Gandhian Anna Hazare broke his fast after the government gave into activists' demands on Lokpal Bill.Youth and old, men and women, poor and rich -- all stood shoulder to shoulder at the nerve-centre of the anti-corruption protest shout...
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Who's fasting in Bollywood for Anna Hazare?
Veteran social activist Anna Hazare is on a fast-unto-death against corruption at Jantar Mantar in Delhi. The 72-year-old activist is on a hunger strike demanding the government to draft a new Lokpal Bill, which will give more powers to the ombudsman to check corruption.We might be notorious for being on the list of "most corrupt" countries in the ...
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Anna vs IPL, where will you be?
Even as the much-hyped Indian Premier League gets underway Friday, most people here supporting social activist Anna Hazare in his fight against corruption said they would rather be at Jantar Mantar than in front of a TV watching cricket.Sobhi, a young professional and resident of Malviya Nagar in south Delhi, made her choice clear when she walked a...
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Madhur Bhandarkar meets Hazare
Bollywood director Madhur Bhandarkar Thursday met social activist Anna Hazare at Delhi's Jantar Mantar.
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'Where Are the Acche Din?' Anna, Back in Delhi, Asks Modi Government
Activist Anna Hazare took his protests against the Modi government's Land Ordinance to Delhi today, where he compared the Centre's actions to that of India's erstwhile colonial rulers.
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Team Anna's political alternative will be an 'andolan', says Kejriwal
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...
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Lokpal bill: Anna Hazare's protest unjustified, says Chidambaram
Anna Hazare's stir for Lokpal Bill: Home Minister P Chidambaram has requested Anna Hazare to call off his indefinite hunger strike, slated to begin from August 16. Mr Chidambaram said, "Now that there is a bill in Parliament, and the Standing Committee has asked Anna Hazare to testify, the protest, at this stage seems to be unjustified.''
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Jantar Mantar as venue for Anna's fast: Delhi Police says no
Delhi Police today made it clear that Jantar Mantar is out of bounds for Anna Hazare's fast for a "strong" Lokpal Bill later this month, saying the venue has "little capacity" and no single organisation can be allowed to "usurp or lay exclusive claim" to it. The Hazare Team, in turn, suggested four other places where they could sit in for prot...
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Jantar Mantar turns into carnival site as Hazare breaks fast
Waving tricolour and singing and dancing to the tunes of drums, people today made Jantar Mantar a carnival site as Gandhian Anna Hazare broke his fast after the government gave into activists' demands on Lokpal Bill.Youth and old, men and women, poor and rich -- all stood shoulder to shoulder at the nerve-centre of the anti-corruption protest shout...
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Who's fasting in Bollywood for Anna Hazare?
Veteran social activist Anna Hazare is on a fast-unto-death against corruption at Jantar Mantar in Delhi. The 72-year-old activist is on a hunger strike demanding the government to draft a new Lokpal Bill, which will give more powers to the ombudsman to check corruption.We might be notorious for being on the list of "most corrupt" countries in the ...
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Anna vs IPL, where will you be?
Even as the much-hyped Indian Premier League gets underway Friday, most people here supporting social activist Anna Hazare in his fight against corruption said they would rather be at Jantar Mantar than in front of a TV watching cricket.Sobhi, a young professional and resident of Malviya Nagar in south Delhi, made her choice clear when she walked a...
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Madhur Bhandarkar meets Hazare
Bollywood director Madhur Bhandarkar Thursday met social activist Anna Hazare at Delhi's Jantar Mantar.
