A petition was filed on Friday in the Allahabad high court by an estranged associate of Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia demanding an inquiry into the funding and functioning of NGOs being run by the two activists as also those by Law Minister Salman Khurshid.
Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Friday virtually defended the attack on Team Anna member and lawyer Prashant Bhushan for his remarks on Kashmir advocating a plebiscite, saying he had paid the price for advocating Pakistan's cause.
Justice Santhosh Hegde, former Lokayukta of Karnataka and Team Anna member, has been booked by the police for falsifying charges against an IPS officer.
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party member and leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj has accused Team Anna for using uncivil language against the parliamentarians.
Indian Against Corruption led by Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal will undertake a survey on Jan Lokpal Bill in Uttar Pradesh seven districts, including Rae Bareli represented by Sonia Gandhi, and constituencies of members of Parliament who are on the standing committee scrutinising the measure.
The Delhi police on Monday told a court that its prosecution branch has not given any legal opinion for lodging a criminal case against key erstwhile Team Anna member and lawyer Prashant Bhushan for allegedly supporting plebiscite in Jammu and Kashmir.
Facing a privilege notice in Parliament for her caustic remarks against politicians, Team Anna member and former Indian Police Service officer Kiran Bedi said on Monday night she is not going to apologise and was prepared for any punishment.
The tabling of CAG reports on coal block allocation, power and Delhi airport on Friday prompted erstwhile Team Anna to target the political class once again as it accused all the parties of being together in corruption and benefitting from the "loot" of natural resources.
The Allahabad high court on Wednesday turned down a writ petition filed by Team Anna member Shanti Bhushan challenging an order of assistant stamp commissioner in Allahabad, which held him guilty of evading stamp duty to the tune of about Rs 1.35 crore on a property.
RTI activist and Team Anna member Akhil Gogoi on Tuesday claimed that the recent molestation of a girl in Guwahati, allegedly instigated by the reporter of a local news channel, may have been part of a greater conspiracy to tarnish the image of Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and destabilise the state government.
Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal was to fly to Dharamsala and reached the IGI airport in New Delhi in the afternoon and according to him, he cleared the security check and was waiting for boarding when he was told that his ticket was cancelled
The government has finally accepted the resignation of Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal from the Indian Revenue Service, almost six years after he quit the job.
As an all-party meeting failed to reach a consensus on Lokpal Bill with parties voicing divergent views, Team Anna member Kiran Bedi on Wednesday night said no one can take any commitment seriously hereafter.
Rubbishing the Congress' accusation that Team Anna was involved with foreign elements, one of its members and former Supreme Court Judge N Santosh Hegde on Tuesday said blaming a foreign hand was a 'famous statement' of the 1970s. "This was a famous statement of the 1970s. Every time a fault was pointed out, (an allegation was made saying) it is the international phenomenon or a foreign hand is involved," said Justice Hegde.
Taiwan's Foxconn signed a letter of intent (LoI) with the Tamil Nadu government on Monday to establish a new mobile component manufacturing facility for Rs 1,600 crore in Kancheepuram with potential to generate 6,000 jobs. On his Twitter handle, Chief Minister M K Stalin said the LoI was signed, in his presence, between the state government and Foxconn Group represented by its chairman Young Liu. State Industries Minister T R B Rajaa, Chief Secretary Shiv Das Meena and senior officials participated.
Indicating that inclusion of Prime Minister under Lokpal may not remain their priority, Team Anna member Kiran Bedi on Wednesday said that bringing the Central Bureau of Investigation under the ombudsman will make anti-corruption efforts more effective than any other measure.
The complaint has been filed by Vibhor Anand, a law student, seeking directions to the police for registration of FIR against Prashant Bhushan for his alleged remarks on status of Kashmir and withdrawal of Army from the region.
Differences continued to remain between Team Anna and Ramdev with activist Arvind Kejriwal on Monday contradicting the yoga guru's claims that a protocol had been set not to take names of politicians or make personal attacks during speeches at the venue.
The Bharatiya Janata Party will on Thursday submit a note of dissent on the draft Lokpal bill to Abhishek Singhvi, chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee going into the Lokpal Bill.
Justice Santosh Hegde on Wednesday said it is "extremely difficult" to believe that allegations raised by Team Anna against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh could exist but demanded an inquiry if there are documents to suggest that some wrongdoing was done.
Indications are that the DMK combine will win more seats than the AIADMK and BJP, but is facing a tough fight in about half a dozen from the rest, predicts N Sathiya Moorthy of the electoral contest in Tamil Nadu.
Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal was on Sunday heckled at a meeting in Nagpur and booed by a group of activists who shouted slogans against him over alleged Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangha links, provoking his supporters to beat them up.
Already in the thick of controversies, Team Anna member Kiran Bedi on Tuesday faced problems from within when one of the founder members of her NGO managing her trips quit the trust claiming his reputation has been tarnished.
Under attack over charging her hosts business class for economy class travel, Team Anna member Kiran Bedi on Monday offered to return the excess money collected but it did not cut much ice with her detractors.
Mufti Shameem Kazmi, a key Team Anna member who was expelled from the group for allegedly recording secretly the proceedings of a core committee meeting, on Tuesday said the charges against him were "fabricated".
Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Monday spoke in support of the attack on Team Anna member Prashant Bhushan by right-wing activists for his Kashmir remark.
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Monday demanded the registration of a case of sedition against leading Supreme Court lawyer and Team Anna member Prashant Bhushan. Ramdev said, "What Bhushan said in reference to Kashmir was highly seditious and cannot be condoned." According to him, "The language used by Bhushan does not behove a prominent member of civil society that was taking up a huge social cause, therefore there was every reason to restrain him".
It has been a tough few days for families of the self-appointed moral brigade, which attacked Supreme Court lawyer and Team Anna member, Prashant Bhushan. Sahim Salim reports.
The government has now agreed to make public the audio recordings of proceedings of the joint drafting committee constituted to draft the Lokpal Bill.
While Team Anna spokesperson Arvind Kejriwal is attending a meditation course at Sohna in Haryana, income tax department officials are losing their peace of mind over more worldly affairs involving their former colleague.
Kejriwal's supporters have bombarded Income Tax offices with cheques and demand drafts, offering to pay his tax dues.
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Arun Jaitley has slammed the United Progressive Alliance government for sending Income Tax notices to two NGOs associated with team Anna member Kiran Bedi saying it was intolerant to criticism.
In order to offer a solution to people distressed due to continuous apathy from the administration, Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal has warned that citizens might soon refrain from payment of their taxes.
Dalit leader Udit Raj, who is campaigning against Team Anna's version of the Lokpal Bill, on Tuesday demanded that corporates, NGOs and media should be brought under the anti-corruption ombudsman to make the law "more effective". "If there is no representation of plurality, I don't think this law will be successful," the National Chairman of All India Confederation of Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe Organisations said.
Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Friday welcomed Anna Hazare's indication of floating a new party to fight the 2014 general elections and said the activist and his team should also contest the polls.
Key Team Anna member Justice (retd) N Santosh Hegde said on Friday that keeping money abroad without permission should be made an offence, as that alone would force countries to part information on such offenders with India.
Team Anna member Swami Agnivesh is deeply hurt by the campaign launched against him by fellow members Arvind Kejriwal and Kiran Bedi, who have publicly run him down.
Four metro stations near the prime minister's official residence here were closed on Thursday as a precautionary measure following a call by Team Anna Hazare to people to hold a protest there.
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The Congress core committee has rejected the demand made by Team Anna to withdraw the Lokpal bill from Parliament and replace it with the Jan Lokpal bill.
