Saturday, August 27, 2011

Supporters descend Ramlila Maidan, Anna to break fast at 10

Supporters descend Ramlila Maidan, Anna to break fast at 10

Supporters descend Ramlila Maidan, Anna to break fast at 10

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 08:12 PM PDT

Hundreds of supporters have started descending at the historic Ram Lila Maidan, where anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare will break his 12-day long fast at 10 am today.

Pakistan building new railway station too close to border

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 06:37 PM PDT

Pakistan has started the process of construction of zero line railway station, which is just 10 metres from the international border in Pakistan adjoining Munabao in Barmer district

Team Anna, Cong, TV channels in line of Sharad’s fire

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 04:28 PM PDT

JD (U) leader Sharad Yadav held the Lok Sabha mesmerized as he lampooned the Congress, Team Anna and the 24x7 media coverage of Gandhian Anna Hazare's fast.

Jaitley gets a call from Mrs L M Singhvi

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 04:22 PM PDT

Going into the history of Lokpal, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley on Saturday recalled that it was the then independent MP L M Singhvi, who had coined the term Lokpal way back in 1963.

Resolution fell into place at govt-BJP meet in PM’s office

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 04:18 PM PDT

The unanimous resolution adopted by both Houses of Parliament that finally broke the Anna Hazare logjam fell into place around 4.30 pm on Saturday in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's office in Parliament.

SC issues notice to Centre on marble import policy

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 04:10 PM PDT

The Supreme Court has issued notices to the Centre and the Director General of Foreign Trade on a petition challenging the government's recent marble import policy on the ground that it was discriminatory towards the granite and stone industry.

Essential drugs scarce for 80% patients in India

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 04:08 PM PDT

An average Indian suffering from heart attack or stroke is seven times less likely to receive the inexpensive aspirin - the most commonly used anti-platelet drug - and 20 times less likely to receive statins than an average Canadian.

South Asians more prone to type 2 diabetes

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 03:46 PM PDT

A twitch in the genes of South Asians is making them more prone to type 2 diabetes.

Anna Hazare's next mission: India tour for clean leaders

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 03:00 PM PDT

Even before his ongoing fast could come to an end, Anna Hazare announced his next mission — a nationwide tour to ensure no tainted leaders enter Parliament .

Anna's next mission: Countrywide tour for clean leaders

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 03:00 PM PDT

Even before his ongoing fast could come to an end, Anna Hazare on Saturday announced he would soon launch another campaign to ensure that no tainted leader gets elected to the next Lok Sabha.

Anna Hazare sets house in order

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 01:48 PM PDT

Colours of politics merge as parliamentarians raise their standard of debate several notches to signal the political class's openness to accepting the basic principles of Anna Hazare's Jan Lokpal bill.

Anna Hazare wins it for the people

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 01:03 PM PDT

History was made in Parliament on Saturday when the two Houses bowed to Anna Hazare's campaign for a strong and independent Lokpal.

'It's the start of 2nd freedom struggle’

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 01:00 PM PDT

As Anna Hazare weakly stood up to accept a resolution passed by Parliament and announce the end of his fast on Saturday evening, it was not just Ramlila Maidan in Delhi that was lit up by fireworks.

Arun Jaitley: A fine balance by BJP’s poster boy

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 12:58 PM PDT

Treading a fine balance between accommodating the three demands of Team Anna and asserting the supremacy of Parliament, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley said any solution to the Lokpal imbroglio had to be "consistent with the Constitution".

Pranab Mukherjee: Cong’s Mr Reliable does it yet again

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 12:53 PM PDT

As always, it was left to finance minister Pranab Mukherjee to perform an almost impossible parliamentary feat: insert a sense of political statesmanship in the Lokpal debate that restored the primacy of the government and House, while conceding the demands of Anna Hazare and the popular movement against corruption being waged here for the past 12 days.

Graft gives Brand India a hard time

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 12:49 PM PDT

Corporate honchos say businessmen overseas have been vexed with corruption here for a long time, and this movement addresses their worry too.

Spotlight now on standing committee

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 12:47 PM PDT

After the comprehensive resolution passed by Parliament on Saturday that unanimously agreed with activist Anna Hazare's demands, the action will now move to the standing committee for law and justice

A remarkable display of give and take by all

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 12:45 PM PDT

Parliament's extraordinary gesture on Saturday to accommodate Anna's demands even when the official Lokpal bill had already been moved brought out its capacity to adapt and innovate in response to an extraordinary expression of popular aspirations.

Lalu Prasad links corruption to communalism

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 12:42 PM PDT

Lalu Prasad turned his sarcasm on L K Advani, using the Lokpal debate to deepen the reservations of Muslims about Anna Hazare's agitation by marking the Hindutva icon as the ultimate beneficiary of any instability at the Centre.

Interlocutor Sandeep Dikshit steps out of mother’s shadow

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 12:39 PM PDT

Many say he helped break the ice with Team Anna following the breakdown in talks when Anna was arrested. It was only after a meeting between Kejriwal and Khurshid, arranged by him, which revived talks

On last lap of talks, hardliners kept out

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 12:30 PM PDT

Anna Hazare shut out hardliners from the last lap of talks between the government and civil society, to easen the fortnight-long stand-off.

House shows good sense on big day

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 12:28 PM PDT

After being reviled for its self-serving ways and incorrigible politicking, the political class delivered when it mattered. Displaying an unerring big-day temperament, political parties surpassed themselves as Parliament gave Anna Hazare a massive victory.

How Team Anna pulled a fast one

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 12:22 PM PDT

Hazare's sliding health & the threat of the burgeoning crowd going out of control would have led Team Anna to throw in the towel if the govt had hung in for another day.

At IIT-Bombay, the straight demand equal rights

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 12:15 PM PDT

In a mostly heterosexual world, straight people don't need to fight for their rights. But IIT-Bombay's recent path-breaking initiative to have a support group for queer students has led to this paradox.

Time to match intent with practicability on Lokpal: Yechury

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 12:12 PM PDT

Sensing the public anger, the political class debated the corruption issue in Parliament. Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee set the tone by saying MPs should carefully consider the implication of their views but not fail to seize the moment at hand.
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