The supreme court on Friday said it will direct the special court, set up exclusively for trying various 2G spectrum scam accused, including former telecom minister A Raja, to hold day-to-day trial without any adjournment. A bench of justi
Amidst fending off corruption charges, BSY finds time to voice support for Hazare Bangalore Battling allegations of corruption, Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa on Friday extended support to social
AP joins Hazare`s protests Hyderabad Rallies and fasts were organised across Andhra Pradesh in support of veteran social activist Anna Hazare`s fast-unto-death in New Delhi for a stronger anti-corruption L
In an embarrassment to the BJP government in Gujarat, the supreme court on Friday ordered a CBI probe into the alleged fake encounter killing of Tulsiram Prajapati, stated to be an eyewitness in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case allegedly invo
Transparency International India and Gandhi Seva and Satyagrah Brigade on Friday requested Anna Hazare to withdraw his fast and accept the government`s proposition for dialogue and consultation on the Lokpal Bill, thereby ensuring that the civil s
Social activist Anna Hazare`s hunger strike in New Delhi demanding changes in the anti-corruption Lokpal Bill has impressed the pilots of national carrier, Air India. The pilots union Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA) is gaining inspirat
With over 1,44,919 (as on April, 8 at 13:21 hrs) people who like the, “India against corruption” community page on Facebook, the internet is abuzz with the campaign initiated by Anna Hazare, Kiran Bedi, Arvind Kejriwal and others again
The information commissioners reached a consensus to declare their assets voluntarily on the CIC website during a meeting last month where it was also agreed to update this information on annual basis. "We have taken a decision
The parliamentary committee on personal, public grievances, law and justice on Wednesday pitched for an effective legal mechanism to provide women their share in the matrimonial property, acquired during the subsistence of marriage before the divo
After 97 hours of fasting, social activist Anna Hazare drank water offered by a child on Saturday morning in a symbolic breaking of the fast after the government issued a gazetted notification on the formation of a joint committee on the Lokpal Bi
Members of the civil society demanding the enactment of the anti-graft law achieved a breakthrough of sorts on Thursday. The government has agreed to their demand of forming a joint committee on Jan Lokpal bill with half the members of the civil s
NAC member and prominent RTI activist Aruna Roy has backed a beefed-up Lokpal Bill, according to a letter released by the Mazdoor Kisan Shakthi Sangathan. In the letter, Roy, Nikhil Dey and Shankar Singh endorse Anna Hazare`s campaign to f
Congress on Wednesday struck out at the BJP top brass over the Kushabhau Thakre Trust land controversy, saying that senior leaders like L K Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and venkaiah Naidu were "willing accomplices" in a "criminal con
A day after CBI registered a case into the death of Sadiq Batcha, a close aide of former Telecom Minister A Raja, arrested in connection with the 2G scam, the agency today conducted an investigation at the deceased`s house. A team of offic
Anna Hazare has written to the prime minister on Wednesday clarifying that the insinuation that he was instigated by "others" to go on the fast amounted to slander. Terming the current form of the Lokpal bill as "very weak", he
Maharashtra Government plans to construct coastal roads and has sought permission of the Union Environment Ministry to allow them under CRZ guidelines, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan told the assembly tonight. Replying to a debate
As a soulful, melodious voice reaches a crescendo singing “Ganapati Bappa Morya”, a small gathering breaks into a dance. The setting seems perfect for a cultural event, but at New Delhi`s Jantar Man
The Congress on Monday contended that the opposition`s demand for JPC on 2G was just an "attempt to score brownie points" as BJP MP Murli Manohar Joshi-led parliamentary accounts committee (PAC) was conducting a parallel probe. A
Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar has offered to quit the group of ministers (GoM) on the Lokpal Bill after social activist Anna Hazare question the appropriateness of the minister`s partcipation in the GoM in the light of various corruption
Common man speaks: Ajay Tyagi from Ghaziabad at the rally at Jantar Mantar “The corrupt, no m
