Saturday, August 27, 2011

Please Anna, end your fast, says Aamir

Please Anna, end your fast, says Aamir

Please Anna, end your fast, says Aamir

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 09:13 AM PDT

Actor Aamir Khan arrived this afternoon at the Ramlila Maidan where Anna Hazare, 74, is on a hunger strike. The actor said, "Anna has not eaten for 12 days...I am worried about you. In everyone's heart, there is concern for you. This will be a long process, and we need Anna's leadership for our struggle. So I urge him here to please end his fast today."

Lokpal Bill row: Team Anna delivers new speed-breaker, demands vote

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 09:06 AM PDT

The compromise seemed so tantalizingly near that everyone called it - Anna would end his fast this evening. But at 3.30 pm, as the debate on the Lokpal Bill in Parliament continued, Team Anna delivered a googly.

Ramlila Maidan becomes postal address for Anna

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 08:41 AM PDT

Postmen had never ventured here but for the past one week they have been taking rounds of Ramlila Maidan with their mailbags delivering letters to fasting Anna Hazare. And the addresses on these letters read Anna Hazare, Fasting Centre, Ramlila Maidan or just Anna Hazare, Ramlila Ground.

Lokpal debate: Sushma Swaraj says BJP supports Anna Hazare's 3 must-have points

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 08:28 AM PDT

In a powerful speech in the Lok Sabha, Leader of the Opposition Sushma Swaraj expressed her party's support for Anna Hazare, and said the BJP largely agrees with the three pre-conditions that the activist had given to end his hunger strike. She also tore into the statement made by Rahul Gandhi yesterday in Parliament, and targeted the Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Meira Kumar, for allowing the Congress leader to make an unscheduled speech yesterday at virtually no notice.

Will Pranab's statement and PM's letter convince Anna to end his fast?

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 07:12 AM PDT

Lokpal Bill row: Anna Hazare has been fasting for 12 days now, his condition is deteriorating, and every effort is now geared towards ensuring that his hunger strike does not go into a 13th day.

With this speech, Pranab launched Lokpal debate

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 07:11 AM PDT

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is making a statement in Parliament on the Lokpal Bill. Here's the highlights of the speech.

Lokpal debate: Sushma slams Rahul Gandhi's speech in House

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 06:31 AM PDT

Lokpal debate: Sushma slams Rahul Gandhi's speech in House - Rahul Gandhi chose Friday's Zero Hour to make an aggressive and unscheduled speech on corruption and the Lokpal Bill, to cheers from the Treasury benches. The Opposition does not share in that delight, as was evident in the noisy disruptions yesterday.

Lokpal debate: Time has come to raise bar of accountability, says Arun Jaitley

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 06:27 AM PDT

Lokpal debate: Highlights of BJP leader Arun Jaitley's speech during the Lokpal Debate.

Anna Hazare's blood pressure falls, health deteriorates

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 06:05 AM PDT

Doctors attending on Anna Hazare on Saturday expressed worry over the fasting social activist's falling blood pressure and said he should end his fast, which entered day 12, as his health has begun to deteriorate.

Historically speaking: 43 years, eight Lokpal bills, zero consensus

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 05:32 AM PDT

India's effort to have an anti-graft ombudsman in the form of a Lokpal institution may have caught national attention only now. But Parliament has made eight attempts since 1968 to pass a Lokpal bill, a different version each time, all in vain.

Pranab puts Anna's three demands to the House

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 05:00 AM PDT

All eyes were on Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee as he made his statement in Parliament on the Lokpal Bill today, also to see how he would specifically raise the three sticking points that have prevented Anna Hazare's team of anti-corruption crusaders and the government in reaching agreement on a draft Lokpal Bill as the 74-year-old Gandhian fasts for over 12 days now.

Anna Hazare's morning address says fast continues

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 04:53 AM PDT

Ahead of the debate on Lokpal issue in Parliament, fasting Anna Hazare today broke his silence of nearly 38 hours and addressed his supporters declaring that he will continue his protest till his last breath for a strong anti-corruption law.

Anna's new mediators meet with BJP, Congress

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 04:29 AM PDT

As Parliament gets ready to debate the anti-corruption Lokpal bill, Anna Hazare's representatives have met with both the BJP and the Congress. Seventy four-year-old Anna is on the 12th day of his hunger strike. The debate on his version of the legislation, drafted by his team of activists, is aimed at persuading him to end his fast.

Gujarat finally gets a Lokayukta

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 03:27 AM PDT

In a snub to Chief Minister Narendra Modi, Gujarat Governor Kamla Beniwal bypassed his government and appointed retired High Court judge RA Mehta as the state's new Lokayukta. The critical post had been lying vacant for seven years. While the BJP government is upset, the Opposition Congress has welcomed the move.

Modi government fumes over Gujarat Lokayukta's appointment

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 07:03 PM PDT

The Narendra Modi Government on Friday termed Governor Kamla Beniwal's decision to appoint Lokayukta in the state as "one sided" and blamed the opposition Congress' "non-cooperation" for the delay in naming the anti-graft ombudsman. The Gujarat Governor, on Thursday night, appointed Justice (retd) RA Mehta as the Lokayukta, bypassing the state BJP government in the process.

No apology for 'act': Kiran Bedi

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 06:14 PM PDT

Kiran Bedi, a close associate of Anna Hazare, has denied media reports, including one on NDTV.com , that said she apologised for her on-stage theatrics targeting MPs.

3 Rajiv Gandhi assassins to be hanged on September 9

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 01:29 PM PDT

The three men facing death penalty for the 1991 assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi will be hanged on September 9 at Tamil Nadu's Vellore prison, a jail official said on Friday. Prison Superintendent R Arivudainambi on Friday afternoon received the official communication to carry out the execution of Murugan, Santhan and Perarivalan.
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