Anna Hazare

...India to move to a presidential form of government. For all its shortcomings, one of the reasons why the septuagenarian Anna Hazare attracted such a wave of support last year for a movement to pass the anti-corruption Jan Lokpal Bill was that his team appeared...

...ministers, Praful Patel is representing the Bhandara-Gondia parliamentary constituency," said anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare in a press conference held at the Circuit House on Tuesday. The Gandhian alleged that apart from the ministers, 163 members of...

...Activist Anna Hazare on Wednesday said he had never sought RSS' support and Sangh supremo Mohan Bhagwat should not have declared support to his anti-corruption movement. "I do not personally know RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, I have never met him," he said in reply...

...15 youths demonstrating outside the venue of Anna Hazare's public meeting here were detained on Wednesday night by police, even as the Maharashtra state Youth Congress president Vishwajeet Kadam reportedly "justified" the protest. The youths were demonstrating...

...albeit in the form that it prefers it, to Rajya Sabha. Many of their amendments closely reflect those proposed by the Anna Hazare campaign, the anti-corruption movement that is anathema to the government. CPI leader Gurudas Dasgupta (CPI) said, "It is extremely...

...One could say that the last time Anna Hazare visited Nagpur was probably in another lifetime, as the experience was totally different. In March 2011, Anna's visit did find some space in the local media but the crowd response was negligible. His NGO, Bhrashtachar...

...it is impossible to have two cars driving side by side. On Wednesday, the same lane could not even accommodate two wheelers. Anna Hazare's rally saw a crowd of almost 10,000 thronging the ground, leaving residents and shop owners in the vicinity a harried...

...crusader Anna Hazare, who is on tour for strong Lokayukta across Maharashtra, today escaped unhurt as some unknown miscreants allegedly pelted stones at one of the vehicles in the convoy here. The veteran activist was in Nagpur to address a rally organised...

...youths damaged the vehicle at Chitnis Park NAGPUR: One of the vehicles in Anna Hazare's convoy was attacked by a group unidentified people at Chitnis Park. The vehicle was carrying books published by Anna's NGO that were to be sold at the venue. None of the...

...As Anna Hazare arrived in the summer heat of Nagpur on Wednesday, he announced that his next big campaign would be against the Maharashtra government's failure to tackle the water crisis. Speaking to reporters, the anti-graft crusader said, "After I finish...