BHOPAL: Expressing concern over repeated droughts in Bundelkhand region, the two-day convention organised by water man Rajendra Singh in Khajuraho urged the Centre to "reconsider" the controvertial ken-Betwa river linking project. In the times of the climate change and global warming, the convention said, when the rivers are threatened and …
The 13-day fast leaves UPA weaker, but doubts arise over whether Anna can rally masses again Anna Hazare, who successfully harnessed popular anger over rampant corruption in the government for his campaign for a strong anti-graft body, formally called off his fast on Sunday morning but declared his intention to …
Amid hectic efforts to break the deadlock on Lokpal issue, social activist, Mr Anna Hazare, today shot off a letter to the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, saying that he would break his fast if Parliament agrees to his three key demands but will continue his protest till the legislation …
Sheila for bringing Chief Ministers under Lokpal's jurisdiction Realising that Anna Hazare's fast for the Jan Lokpal Bill has struck a chord with a large number of Delhiites, both the Delhi Cabinet and the Opposition BJP on Wednesday tried to score brownie points over the issue by demanding a stronger …
Union minister Jairam Ramesh has proposed a new bill that will address cases of corruption at the lowest level of the administration, hoping it will satisfy those opposed to the Lok Pal Bill introduced by the government. Touting it as a Public Services Grievance Redressal Bill, Ramesh said that the …
Congress MP Praveen Singh Aron has moved Anna Hazare's Jan Lokpal Bill before the Parliamentary Standing Committee for consideration to "add more strength" to the official Lokpal Bill. "The Congress itself is keen on having a strong Lokpal Bill. Therefore, if Anna Hazare's Jan Lokpal bill is discussed along with …
New Delhi: Emboldened by the swelling crowds at Ramlila Maidan, Gandhian anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare upped the ante within hours of emerging from Tihar Jail on Friday. He set a threeweek deadline for Parliament to pass the Jan Lokpal Bill, pending which he wouldn’t budge from the grounds. This was …
NEW DELHI: As Anna Hazare continued his protest fast, a parliamentary standing committee on Saturday invited public suggestions on the Lokpal Bill. Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal dismissed it as an attention diverting tactic. The Parliamentary Standing committee on Personnel, Public grievances, Law and Justice, which is to suggest amendments …
"The government is in favour of a strong and effective Lokpal Bill. There is a lot of scope of give and take...we must all work together," the PM said. NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government is committed to the enactment …
Congress confronts a mobilised citizenry capable of influencing its fortunes Given the widespread support received by the campaign for the Jan Lokpal Bill, the Congress has discovered a new threat in civil society – not just to its own existence but, by the hyperbolic extension typical of the ‘Indira is …
Debate should reflect confidence that we can overcome the challenge, says Manmohan With his government pilloried over corruption, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said that he did not have a magic wand’ to deal with corruption, which had become “a big obstacle” in India’s transformation into a major economic …
High on symbolism and evocative speeches, the call for a ‘second freedom struggle’ by Anna Hazare and other proponents of the Lokpal Bill on the 69th anniversary of the Quit India Movement fell several thousands short of a revolution, but it was indisputable by the end of Tuesday that it …
More than 200 survivors of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal on Tuesday set fire to an effigy of ‘Corruption in medical care, rehabilitation and compensation disbursement’ in front of the Union Carbide factory here. Five organisations representing the survivors of the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster on Monday had announced …
Team Anna has taken its eyes off issues that bother the average citizen If the Lokpal Bill presented to Parliament is a dud, Anna Hazare and his team must accept their share of the blame. They took their eyes off citizens and concentrated almost exclusively on big people in important …
Anna Hazare has written an open letter to the MPs making an appeal to them not to allow introduction of an 'anti-poor' Lokpal Bill in the Parliament. In his letter to the parliamentarians, Mr Hazare has written that there are many critical issues affecting poor people which have been left …
Claiming overwhelming support for its version of the Lokpal Bill in a ‘referendum’ conducted by itself, the civil society group led by Anna Hazare on Monday attacked the Prime Minister and questioned whether the government still represented the people of India. The Hazare-led group unveiled the ‘result’ of a ‘referendum’ …
Stormy monsoon session starts today; Lokpal Bill to be introduced in Lok Sabha by August 3 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday said bringing the office of Prime Minister under the ambit of the Lokpal would “not be advisable.” The government took the decision after “taking all factors into account,” …
Government and non-government groups have not always been on the best of terms and this relationship has been redefined over the years with changing social and political scenario. The showdown over the Lokpal bill marks a new low. Read this analysis by Down to Earth. Arguably, this is the hottest …
Just over three months ago, Jantar Mantar became the epicentre of a nationwide frenzy against corruption. Social activist Anna Hazare was on a fast-unto-death over his single-point demand of enacting a stringent Lokpal Bill, which would establish an institution to deal with cases of corruption in high offices. Hazare was …
New Delhi: Gearing up for a fresh confrontation with the government on August 16, Team Anna rejected the Lokpal bill approved by the Cabinet calling it a cruel joke. The activists accused government members of the Lokpal drafting committee of displaying “total illiteracy’’ of constitutional law saying the bill would …
Poor Won’t Get Justice, Says Anna Pune: Social activist Anna Hazare said the Lokpal bill draft approved by the Cabinet on Thursday was so weak and ineffective that the corrupt would not be afraid of the watchdog and the poor would never get justice. Speaking to TOI from his hometown …
