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  Odisha BJP leader ends fast after five days

  Politics | August 29, 2013 11:02 IST

  Bhubaneswar: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ashok Sahu, who went on a hunger strike demanding action in the murder of a Hindu leader in Odisha five years ago, Thursday broke his five-day fast."I broke

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  Anna threatens fast unto death, if govt uses force to take Kejriwal to hospital

  Politics | September 19, 2012 12:42 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 1: Social activist Anna Hazare today threatened to carry on his fast unto death, if the police used force to take his associate Arvind Kejriwal to hospital to forcefeed him.  A team

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  Modi threatened to sit on fast unto death if he was not made CM, reveals Keshubhai

  Politics | July 26, 2012 13:17 IST

  Ahmedabad, July 26: Former Gujarat chief minister Keshubhai Patel has revealed that  Narendra Modi had threatened to sit on fast unto death outside L K Advani's bungalow in October, 2001 if he was not made

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  Anna Hazare Not On Fast-Unto-Death, Says Kiran Bedi

  India | August 18, 2011 20:20 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 18: Anna Hazare is on an indefinite hunger strike and not a fast-unto-death, his associate Kiran Bedi said on Thursday. "As long as he can fast, he'll continue the fast. But the

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  Swami Ramdev To Sit On Fast Unto Death In Delhi From June 4

  India | May 04, 2011 18:56 IST

  Mumbai, May 4: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev today said he would undertake a fast unto death in New Delhi on June 4 to demand recovery of black money deposited by Indians in Swiss banks, disclosure

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  Gandhians, Activists Write To Hazare Over His Modi Praise

  India | April 12, 2011 7:49 IST

  Ahmedabad, Apr 11 :  Veteran Gandhians and activists have written to Anna Hazare, saying that claims of rural development made by Gujarat under Chief Minister Narendra Modi were false and the noted anti-corruption crusader needs

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  BJP Says It Will Give Suggestions On Lokpal Bill In Parliament

  India | April 10, 2011 22:40 IST

  New Delhi, Apr 10 :  Asserting that it considers Lok Pal Bill an effective medium to fight corruption in the country, the BJP today said it would give its suggestions and views on the proposed

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  Anna Overruled Objection Over Father-Son Inclusion: Shanti

  India | April 10, 2011 22:36 IST

  New Delhi, April 10 : In the backdrop of the controversy over the father-son duo being part of the Lokpal drafting committee, noted lawyer Shanti Bhushan today said his son Prashant had raised the issue

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  Pass Lok Bill By Aug 15 Or Face Agitation, Says Hazare

  India | April 10, 2011 21:27 IST

  New Delhi, Apr 10 : Gandhian Anna Hazare today threatened to revert to agitation if an effective Lokpal legislation is not enacted by August 15 and dismissed criticism that he had resorted to “blackmail”, saying

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  Anna Hazare Praises Narendra Modi, Nitish

  India | April 10, 2011 21:18 IST

  New Delhi, Apr 10:  Chief ministers  Narendra Modi and Nitish Kumar were praised by anti-corruption activist  Anna Hazare on Sunday  for their efforts on rural development, with the Gandhian saying that their counterparts in other

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  Ramdev Backtracks, Says No Problem With Bhushans On The Panel

  India | April 10, 2011 21:08 IST

  Haridwar, Apr 10 : After raising the issue of nepotism in the newly-appointed joint committee on Lokpal Bill, yoga guru Baba Ramdev today backtracked saying that he had no problem with inclusion of father-son duo

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  Anna Hazare's Letters To PM, Sonia Gandhi

  India | April 08, 2011 13:43 IST

  New Delhi, Apr 8 : Following are the text of letters sent by Gandhian activist Anna Hazare today to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi:Letter to Dr. Manmohan Singh : We

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  BJP Demands Spl Parliament Session To Pass Lokpal Bill

  India | April 08, 2011 10:28 IST

  Dharamsala, Apr 7 :  BJP National Vice President Shanta Kumar has written to Party president Nitin Gadkari and senior leader L K Advani to ask the government to convene a special session of the Parliament

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  Musical Night At Anna Protest Site

  India | April 08, 2011 10:36 IST

  New Delhi, Apr 7 :  Veteran Gandhian Anna Hazare, who is observing a fast-unto-death here demanding a tough anti-corruption law, was today treated to a musical night.A music band rendered revolutionary and patriotic songs at

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  Lokpal Bill Is A Farce On The Public: Former Judge Rajinder Sachar

  India | April 06, 2011 15:32 IST

  New Delhi, April 6: Former chief justice of Delhi High Court rajinder Sachar says that the government draft of Lokpal Bill, 2010 is a farce on the public.  Writing in The Economic Times, Sachar says,