News for 'Jantar Mantar'

No negotiation if fasting activists evicted: Hazare

No negotiation if fasting activists evicted: Hazare

Rediff.com1 Aug 2012

As the health of his aides deteriorated, Anna Hazare on Wednesday warned the government that he will not negotiate with them if the fasting activists are forcefully removed from the Jantar Mantar protest site in New Delhi.

Krishna urges Anna, his team to contest polls

Krishna urges Anna, his team to contest polls

Rediff.com31 Jul 2012

External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Tuesday urged activist Anna Hazare and his associates to contest general elections. "They should contest the elections so that we all know who has the support of the people," he said. Hazare and members of his team have gone on an indefinite fast at Jantar Mantar in Delhi to seek the implementation of the Lokpal Bill.

Men misbehave with women journos at Anna's fast venue

Men misbehave with women journos at Anna's fast venue

Rediff.com27 Jul 2012

Team Anna's indefinite fast against the United Progressive Alliance government entered the third day on Friday with crowds still keeping away from the protest site where some people misbehaved with women media persons.

Watch: NSUI activists create ruckus at Team Anna fast

Watch: NSUI activists create ruckus at Team Anna fast

Rediff.com25 Jul 2012

A group of people, who claimed to be National Students' Union Of India activists, created ruckus at Team Anna's fast venue at Jantar Mantar by shouting solgans against Anna Hazare prompting the volunteers to remove them from the venue.

NSUI activists create ruckus at Team Anna fast venue

NSUI activists create ruckus at Team Anna fast venue

Rediff.com25 Jul 2012

A group of people, who claimed to be National Students' Union Of India activists, created ruckus at Team Anna's fast venue at Jantar Mantar by shouting solgans against Anna Hazare prompting the volunteers to remove them from the venue.

PIX: BJP men protesting against govt lathicharged

PIX: BJP men protesting against govt lathicharged

Rediff.com9 Aug 2011

The clash erupted between thousands of protesters and police after the Yuva Morcha's march from Ramlila Maidan reached Jantar Mantar on Tuesday evening leaving at least 61 people injured, including 23 policemen, a press photographer and two women journalists.

Hazare, Ramdev pull UPA govt by the collar

Hazare, Ramdev pull UPA govt by the collar

Rediff.com17 Jul 2012

Ahead of their proposed protests in New Delhi, Anna Hazare and yoga guru Ramdev on Tuesday launched an attack on the UPA government accusing it of not showing enough resolve in tackling corruption and bringing back black money stashed away abroad.

AI pilots' fast enters 6th day, 2 more hospitalised

AI pilots' fast enters 6th day, 2 more hospitalised

Rediff.com29 Jun 2012

Two more Air India pilots were shifted to hospital today after their condition deteriorated on the sixth day of their indefinite fast in New Delhi and Mumbai.

Telangana students to take battle to New Delhi

Telangana students to take battle to New Delhi

Rediff.com7 Jul 2011

The Joint Action Committee on Telangana has decided to continue its protest at the Jantar Mantar in New Delhi and also meet President Pratibha Patil.

CBI inquiry sought in Nirupama Pathak murder case

CBI inquiry sought in Nirupama Pathak murder case

Rediff.com8 May 2010

Friends, colleagues and teachers of journalist Nirupama Pathak, victim of a suspected honour killing, demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation inquiry into the case on Saturday.

Journalists to protest to demand security policy

Journalists to protest to demand security policy

Rediff.com24 Jun 2011

Journalists across the country will on Saturday hold demonstrations in protest against frequent attacks on scribes and to press their demand that the Centre form a national security policy for them.

UPA is 'playing tricks' over Lokpal Bill: Hazare

UPA is 'playing tricks' over Lokpal Bill: Hazare

Rediff.com16 Jun 2011

Accusing the United Progressive Alliance government of "playing tricks" with the people of the country, Anna Hazare on Thursday questioned the rationale behind sending two versions of the Lokpal Bill to the Cabinet for consideration.

Volunteer at Anna's fast venue tries to commit suicide

Volunteer at Anna's fast venue tries to commit suicide

Rediff.com3 Jun 2012

A "disgruntled" volunteer of Team Anna today attempted self-immolation at the fast site of Anna Hazare and yoga guru Ramdev, alleging that he was mistreated by prominent members of India Against Corruption. The volunteer, donning a Team Anna T-shirt and cap and carrying a mega phone, surfaced at the media enclosure of the protest site at Jantar Mantar around 12:15 pm when a close aide of Ramdev was speaking on black money.

Wrestlers protesting on streets tarnishing India's image: IOA chief P T Usha

Wrestlers protesting on streets tarnishing India's image: IOA chief P T Usha

Rediff.com27 Apr 2023

Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president P T Usha on Thursday said the grapplers protesting on the streets amounts to indiscipline and is tarnishing the country's image.

After Sibal's jibe, Team Anna tones down protests

After Sibal's jibe, Team Anna tones down protests

Rediff.com7 Jun 2011

Followers of activist Anna Hazare on Tuesday declared that they didn't want a confrontation with the Delhi police, in an apparent reaction to Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal's strong statement against the "abusive language" allegedly used by the activists.No defiance of prohibitory orders, no courting arrest by insisting on a fast at Jantar Mantar and no boycott of the joint committee the government formed at the insistence of Hazare to draft the Lokpal Bill, the group decided.

After Ramdev, it's time for Anna vs UPA showdown!

After Ramdev, it's time for Anna vs UPA showdown!

Rediff.com7 Jun 2011

The Delhi police on Tuesday refused permission to activist Anna Hazare to hold a one-day protest at Jantar Mantar on Wednesday.

Ban on fast: Is govt acting constitutionally?

Ban on fast: Is govt acting constitutionally?

Rediff.com7 Jun 2011

The Delhi police have denied permission to social activist Anna Hazare to go ahead with his fast at Jantar Mantar on Wednesday to protest against the clampdown on yoga guru Baba Ramdev and his supporters. The government has been receiving flak from all sections -- its political opponents as well as the common man -- for the police atrocities meted out to Ramdev's supporters and it's morals are being questioned.

Hazare may hold Wednesday's protest at Rajghat

Hazare may hold Wednesday's protest at Rajghat

Rediff.com6 Jun 2011

After learning that Rajghat is not placed under Section 144 social activist Anna Hazare may shift the venue of his Wednesday's hunger strike against police atrocities to the Mahatma Gandhi memorial. This in case permission is denied to him by the Delhi police to hold a protest at Jantar Mantar.

VHP slams ban on Togadia's Kandhamal visit

VHP slams ban on Togadia's Kandhamal visit

Rediff.com20 Mar 2010

Activists of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and the Bajrang Dal staged a demonstration in New Delhi on Saturday against the ban on their leader Praveen Togadia's visit to Orissa's Kandhamal district. The Orissa government has imposed a ban on VHP leader Togadia from entering the communally sensitive Kandhamal district."The state government didn't stop foreign missionaries from going to tribal areas of Kandhamal and other parts of Orissa," said a VHP leader.

Thousands protest price rise; BJP hints at 'scam'

Thousands protest price rise; BJP hints at 'scam'

Rediff.com10 Feb 2010

Chanting anti-government slogans, thousands of BJP workers on Wednesday hit the streets of Delhi to protest against price rise with party chief Nitin Gadkari accusing the UPA of presiding over a Rs 2.8 lakh crore (Rs 2.8 trillion) 'big scandal' by allowing futures trading in commodities.

Notification on panel to draft Lokpal bill issued

Notification on panel to draft Lokpal bill issued

Rediff.com9 Apr 2011

The notification, one of the key demands of the anti-corruption campaign launched by Gandhian Anna Hazare, has been signed by V K Bhasin, Secretary, Legislative Department of the law ministry.

Anna's villagers warn of self immolation

Anna's villagers warn of self immolation

Rediff.com8 Apr 2011

Prasanna D Zore and photographer Sanjay Sawant travel to Ralegan Siddhi, the Maharashtra village where Gandhian Anna Hazare started his long journey in the path of social activism

Union minister offers to resign to support Hazare

Union minister offers to resign to support Hazare

Rediff.com8 Apr 2011

Dinesh Trivedi, Union minister of state for health, had offered to resign in a letter written to Anna Hazare within first few hours of his fast at Jantar Mantar on April 5.

Youth must be wary of 'anti-corruption ayatollahs'

Youth must be wary of 'anti-corruption ayatollahs'

Rediff.com8 Apr 2011

'I am not prepared to accept that he has superior or a monopoly of wisdom on this issue and that we can do nothing better than to accept whatever he says or demands without subjecting it to scrutiny.'

Delhi: Tibetan youth sets himself on fire in protest

Delhi: Tibetan youth sets himself on fire in protest

Rediff.com26 Mar 2012

A Tibetan youth on Monday set himself on fire at a protest meet of the Tibetan Youth Congress at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi.

Hazare threatens fast unto death for Lokpal bill

Hazare threatens fast unto death for Lokpal bill

Rediff.com26 Feb 2011

Veteran social activist Kisan Baburao alias Anna Hazare is going on fast unto death at the Jantar Mantar in New Delhi from March 5 to press for Parliament to enact the 'Jan Lokpal bill' drafted by former Supreme Court Judge Santosh Hegde to effectively tackle corruption in the government.

Are you a 21st century Indian man?

Are you a 21st century Indian man?

Rediff.com2 Jan 2013

Sheela Bhatt's questionnaire for all those boys, teenagers, young chaps, middle-aged-men and aged men to tick before they step out at India Gate or Jantar Mantar to speak up for women.

BJP to hold prayer meet for gang-rape victim

BJP to hold prayer meet for gang-rape victim

Rediff.com31 Dec 2012

Top BJP leaders, including Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj, will offer tribute to the 23-year-old brave heart who died after battling for life for 13 days after being brutally gang-raped by six men in a moving bus.

Gandhians to go on hunger strike over corruption

Gandhians to go on hunger strike over corruption

Rediff.com28 Jan 2011

A group of Gandhians in Delhi will sit on a 'fast unto death' from Sunday, demanding stern government action against corruption. The indefinite hunger strike beginning on the 63rd death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi will see seven Gandhians enlarging their protest canvas from the month-long dharna at Jantar Mantar to another level. The Gandhians had given a one-month ultimatum to the government to appoint a commission to look into charges against public servants.

Rahul Gandhi detained again during march over OROP

Rahul Gandhi detained again during march over OROP

Rediff.com3 Nov 2016

Rahul was leading a candle light march organised by the Delhi Congress unit from Jantar Mantar to India Gate when police personnel restrained him

Police use water canons to disperse BJP protestors

Police use water canons to disperse BJP protestors

Rediff.com18 Jan 2011

Police used water canons to disperse a group of Bharatiya Janata Party protesters when they tried to break barricades to march towards Parliament to protest the hike in petrol prices.

Indians March For Ukraine!

Indians March For Ukraine!

Rediff.com7 Mar 2022

They gave speeches. They sang. They raised slogans. They wore Ukrainian costumes. Ukraine Zindabad!

Team Anna must await passage of Lokpal bill: Govt

Team Anna must await passage of Lokpal bill: Govt

Rediff.com9 Dec 2011

Ahead of Anna Hazare's dharna in New Delhi on Sunday, government on Friday said Team Anna should await the passage of the Lokpal Bill before going ahead with any agitation on the issue.

Hindu Sena organises 'yagna' for Trump

Hindu Sena organises 'yagna' for Trump

Rediff.com24 Feb 2020

A fringe Hindu outfit on Monday organised a 'yagna' ahead of talks between United States President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

I think it might be sabotage: Vijender

I think it might be sabotage: Vijender

Rediff.com7 Aug 2024

'And when I say sabotage I mean people who are not happy to see India rise as a sporting nation. This girl has been through so much, your heart breaks for her. What more could she have done? Which other test?'

Stop betraying Bhopal, NGOs tell government

Stop betraying Bhopal, NGOs tell government

Rediff.com9 Aug 2010

'Stop betraying Bhopal', said five NGOs from Bhopal, during a demonstration at Jantar Mantar, gathered to express their outrage at the unfulfilled task of paying compensation to Bhopal gas tragedy victims.

VK Singh @ Ramdev protest: Govt is a 'property dealer'

VK Singh @ Ramdev protest: Govt is a 'property dealer'

Rediff.com12 Aug 2012

After sharing dais with Anna Hazare, former Army Chief V K Singh on Sunday joined yoga guru Ramdev's protest in New Delhi, dubbing the government as a "property dealer" which takes over farmers' land in the name of development.

Thousands hit streets of Delhi against JNU crackdown

Thousands hit streets of Delhi against JNU crackdown

Rediff.com18 Feb 2016

In an unprecedented show of solidarity, thousands of students along with scholars, academics and the intelligentsia on Thursday hit the streets of New Delhi decrying the arrest of JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar over charges of sedition and demanding his immediate release.

Politics is a quagmire, but people want us in it: Kejriwal

Politics is a quagmire, but people want us in it: Kejriwal

Rediff.com8 Aug 2012

Under fire from a section of erstwhile Team Anna members for deciding to join politics, activist Arvind Kejriwal has said there could not be 100 per cent unanimity on any decision and "very dear" friends who are opposed to it are "small in number".

Hazare disbands Team Anna, says no more talks with govt

Hazare disbands Team Anna, says no more talks with govt

Rediff.com6 Aug 2012

Paving the way for the formation of a political party, Team Anna on Monday disbanded itself and decided not to have any more talks with the government on the Lokpal issue.