Anti Corruption Bill

• I'll agree to whatever Anna says: Hegde on quitting Lokpal panel

  The meeting of civil society members on the Lokpal Bill panel is currently under way. This is the first time the members are meeting after the recent spate of controversies.It comes a couple of days after one panel member, Justice Santosh Hegde, threatened to quit after Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh questioned his effectiveness as Karn...

• Anna's Modi controversy: Digvijay weighs in

  The Congress today sought to widen the scope of the Lokpal Bill suggesting that the Joint Committee to draft the legislation could also go into the issue of corruption in the corporate sector and NGOs as part of a comprehensive package against graft."The anti-corruption law in the US can look into the functioning of the corporate sector and the NGO...

• Anna Hazare ends his fast

  After single-handedly provoking a people's revolution, 72-year-old social activist Anna Hazare, who launched what he calls "India's second freedom struggle," ended his hunger strike today. (Read: Who is Anna Hazare?)It took Mr Hazare almost five days of fasting to accomplish every point of an agenda that seemed preposterously ambitious when the we...

• Anna's health is fine: Doctors

  Septuagenarian social activist Anna Hazare whose fast-unto-death against corruption continued for the fourth day Friday is doing fine, doctors who examined him said."Anna is fine and doing very well," said Pravin Sharma, a doctor at the MGM Medical College at Mumbai and a volunteer. He is among the team of doctors monitoring the 72-year-old Gandhia...

• Anna's latest letter to Sonia Gandhi

  This is the letter sent by social activist Anna Hazare to Sonia Gandhi about his movement for a new tough law against corruption.Mr Hazare is on the fourth day of his hunger strike. The government has been negotiating with a team of activists that support the 72-year-old Gandhian's campaign, India Against Corruption.  Lakhs of Indians are supp...

• Anna's latest letter to PM

  This is the letter sent by social activist Anna Hazare to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh about his movement for a new tough law against corruption.Mr Hazare is on the fourth day of his hunger strike. The government has been negotiating with a team of activists that support the 72-year-old Gandhian's campaign, India Against Corruption.  Lakhs of...

• Will Anna Hazare end fast tonight? Breakthrough achieved, suggest activists

  Will Anna Hazare end his fast tonight? After a meeting between the government and social activists this evening, a breakthrough is likely, says Arvin Kejriwal, who was present at the latest round of negotiations over a new law to combat corruption in the government. (Read: Who is Anna Hazare?)Telecom Minister met this evening with social activists ...