Crusader Campaign

Congress president Rahul Gandhi, in his first televised interview this election season, told NDTV that his party is very clear that they are winning the elections. Mr Gandhi, while campaigning in Rajasthan's capital Jaipur, also slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said the idea that PM Modi is a crusader against corruption has been destroyed.

Sachin Tendulkar on Friday urged two-wheeler riders to wear helmets whenever they are commuting.

Mamata Banerjee has called for a new "Quit India Movement". On the anniversary of the 9 August 1942 crusade by India's freedom fighters against the British, she will launch a campaign with the slogan "BJP Bharat Chhoro" or "BJP Quit India".

Manipur will witness its second and final phase of assembly elections today. As many as 22 constituencies spread across six districts will go to the polls today and 98 candidates will test their fate in this phase. The districts that will witness the election today include Chandel, Imphal East, Senapati, Tamenglong, Thoubal, Ukhrul. Human rights cr...

Whether human right crusader Irom Sharmila Chanu's political party Peoples' Resurgence and Justice Alliance (PRJA) makes a mark in electoral battle will be known when the poll results will be out on March 11. But PRJA has already notched up one small victory over the BJP, and its face for Manipur polls - Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The BJP - that...

Manipur's famous human rights crusader Irom Chanu Sharmila is busy these days campaigning in Thoubal - the assembly constituency that three-time Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh of the Congress represents. Ms Sharmila, 44, who recently launched her political party Peoples' Resurgence And Justice Alliance (PRAJA), is contesting against the 68-year-o...

For the second time this week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said he has become an "eyesore" for those affected by his crusade to end black-marketing and corruption, asserting this campaign has turned them against him.

Islamic State warned in a new video today that countries taking part in air strikes against Syria would suffer the same fate as France, and threatened to attack in Washington.

Her defiance against an age-old custom developed into a campaign that caught the imagination of the nation.

Tycoon Henry Nguyen mopped floors, flipped burgers and even cleaned toilets over a 10-year campaign to convince McDonald's Corp to let him bring Big Macs and Happy Meals to communist Vietnam.

India's leading anti-corruption crusader on Saturday stole the campaign slogan used by the ruling Congress party as the name for his new political movement as he readied to do electoral battle.

Crusader Anna Hazare has invited Army Chief General V K Singh to join his campaign against corruption after his retirement. "He has fought many a wars; he should join us in this war against corruption. He if decides to back us, he will be most welcome," said Mr Hazare in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra

After a brief bout of illness, anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare is back in action. The 74-year-old will be on a day-long fast today at the Jantar Mantar in New Delhi as he resumes his campaign for the passage of the Lokpal Bill in the ongoing session of the Parliament.

As the Congress gears up for assembly elections in five states including Uttar Pradesh, Kiran Bedi today said that anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare would not campaign in the states going to polls since his health did not permit him to do so.

Team Anna's plans to campaign against the Congress in the five poll-bound states this year have hit a roadblock with Anna Hazare in hospital. The anti-corruption crusader has been hospitalised for what doctors say as 'chest congestion' since last Saturday, and has been advised bed rest for a month.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi, in his first televised interview this election season, told NDTV that his party is very clear that they are winning the elections. Mr Gandhi, while campaigning in Rajasthan's capital Jaipur, also slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said the idea that PM Modi is a crusader against corruption has been destroyed.

Sachin Tendulkar on Friday urged two-wheeler riders to wear helmets whenever they are commuting.

Mamata Banerjee has called for a new "Quit India Movement". On the anniversary of the 9 August 1942 crusade by India's freedom fighters against the British, she will launch a campaign with the slogan "BJP Bharat Chhoro" or "BJP Quit India".

Manipur will witness its second and final phase of assembly elections today. As many as 22 constituencies spread across six districts will go to the polls today and 98 candidates will test their fate in this phase. The districts that will witness the election today include Chandel, Imphal East, Senapati, Tamenglong, Thoubal, Ukhrul. Human rights cr...

Whether human right crusader Irom Sharmila Chanu's political party Peoples' Resurgence and Justice Alliance (PRJA) makes a mark in electoral battle will be known when the poll results will be out on March 11. But PRJA has already notched up one small victory over the BJP, and its face for Manipur polls - Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The BJP - that...

Manipur's famous human rights crusader Irom Chanu Sharmila is busy these days campaigning in Thoubal - the assembly constituency that three-time Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh of the Congress represents. Ms Sharmila, 44, who recently launched her political party Peoples' Resurgence And Justice Alliance (PRAJA), is contesting against the 68-year-o...

For the second time this week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said he has become an "eyesore" for those affected by his crusade to end black-marketing and corruption, asserting this campaign has turned them against him.

Islamic State warned in a new video today that countries taking part in air strikes against Syria would suffer the same fate as France, and threatened to attack in Washington.

Her defiance against an age-old custom developed into a campaign that caught the imagination of the nation.

Tycoon Henry Nguyen mopped floors, flipped burgers and even cleaned toilets over a 10-year campaign to convince McDonald's Corp to let him bring Big Macs and Happy Meals to communist Vietnam.

India's leading anti-corruption crusader on Saturday stole the campaign slogan used by the ruling Congress party as the name for his new political movement as he readied to do electoral battle.

Crusader Anna Hazare has invited Army Chief General V K Singh to join his campaign against corruption after his retirement. "He has fought many a wars; he should join us in this war against corruption. He if decides to back us, he will be most welcome," said Mr Hazare in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra

After a brief bout of illness, anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare is back in action. The 74-year-old will be on a day-long fast today at the Jantar Mantar in New Delhi as he resumes his campaign for the passage of the Lokpal Bill in the ongoing session of the Parliament.

As the Congress gears up for assembly elections in five states including Uttar Pradesh, Kiran Bedi today said that anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare would not campaign in the states going to polls since his health did not permit him to do so.

Team Anna's plans to campaign against the Congress in the five poll-bound states this year have hit a roadblock with Anna Hazare in hospital. The anti-corruption crusader has been hospitalised for what doctors say as 'chest congestion' since last Saturday, and has been advised bed rest for a month.