Team Anna collected donations of Rs 2.94 crore in the past six months, out of which Rs 1.14 crore were received during Anna Hazare's 12-day hunger strike in Ramlila Maidan.
Police on late on Thursday night broke the five-day-old indefinite hunger strike of YSR Congress chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy against the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, at the Chanchalguda jail in Hyderabad and got him shifted to a government hospital.
Hazare appreciated farmers' protests at the borders of Delhi saying no violence has taken place in the last 10 days of the agitation.
The Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), which trained a batch of Assam's United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) militants in 1991-92, considered the rebel group's chief Paresh Baruah a prize catch and did not want to offend him even after he was unwilling to take the agency's commands on conducting operations in the northeastern state, claims a new book.
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Veteran social activist Anna Hazare on Thursday accused the United Progressive Alliance government of stabbing in his back on the issue of Lokpal Bill and once again threatened hunger strike from October 2 to press for a strong anti-corruption law.
Wadettiwar said he was not opposed to the idea of increasing the overall quota ceiling to accommodate the Maratha community.
One of the agitating truck owners died after an 8-day hunger strike in Keonjhar on Wednesday, sparking tension and law and order problem in the district.
Anti-nuclear movement leader S P Udayakumar on Tuesday gave up his plan to surrender to the police after making a dramatic appearance to do so and was whisked away by his supporters.
The unions say they have been forced to do this because the loss-making state-owned airline's management has not taken the unions in confidence before presenting its revival plan to the government.
The girl, who was allegedly thrashed by Punjab policemen in full public view in the district when she sought action against some persons who teased her, today threatened to go on a hunger strike if the government did not dismiss the officials immediately.
Weekend provided some respite for Team Anna as moderate crowds turned up at their indefinite fast on Saturday, while Anna Hazare geared up to join the hunger strike from on Sunday.
Officials in Delhi said medical superintendents in all hospitals affected by the strike had been directed to maintain essential services.
Hazare has been on a hunger strike since Wednesday demanding appointment of anti-corruption watchdogs at the Centre and in Maharashtra.
Speculation was rife on Sunday about back-room negotiations to resolve differences between Centre and Anna Hazare after a senior Maharashtra government official met the Gandhian in New Delhi but his team ruled out any compromise on its demand for bringing Prime Minister and higher judiciary within Lokpal's ambit.
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While Patel alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party government in the state had denied permission as it was trying to thwart his agitation, the police said it was done keeping in mind the law-and-order situation since such protests had led to violence and arson in the past.
Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar visits Idinthakarai, the site of hunger strikes opposing the controversial Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant at Tirunelveli district in Tamil Nadu, and tells us how the high-voltage agitation met a rather tame end.
Hazare, after his usual visit to Rajghat before any such protest in Delhi, came to the capital's dharna hotspot Jantar Mantar at around 11 am to loud cheers from tricolour-wielding anti-corruption supporters and chants of 'Vande Mataram' and 'Bharat Mata ki Jai'. He is fasting to demand justice for slain IPS officer Narendra Kumar, murdered allegedly by mining mafia in Madhya Pradesh, and a strong law to protect whistleblowers.
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Jarange appealed to Shinde and his deputies to come together and resolve the issue of Maratha quota, an emotive issue which has been dominating the state's political discourse for the last few months.
As professors of Indian Institutes of Technology resorted to the unprecedented step of day-long hunger strike on Thursday over the salary issue, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said he is open to having any kind of dialogue with them to discuss their demands, but ruled out world-class salaries due to lack of resources.
Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik on Monday accused the Delhi police of making a murderous assault on him in the national capital where he had proposed to hold a hunger strike to press for the return of Afzal Guru's mortal remains.
A senior leader, who declined to be identified, said the party was not told about the police action, like it was also not aware of the four ministers, led by Mukherjee, driving down to the Delhi airport on June 1 to meet Baba Ramdev, a move which had come for flak from several party leaders
Social activist Medha Patkar -- who recently concluded her own hunger strike over the issue of removal of slums in Mumbai on Friday said that Yoga guru Baba Ramdev's agitation was "expensive".
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Fasting Telugu Desam Party chief N Chandrababu Naidu was on Saturday forcibly administered intravenous fluids, after his health deteriorated on the sixth day of the indefinite fast against the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has stirred up a hornet's nest with his comments -- laced with crass humour -- ridiculing the acute water scarcity in the state.
Hundreds of Indian-Americans came out in support of social activist Anna Hazare's anti-corruption crusade in New York. Rediff.com's Aseem Chhabra reports.
An Egyptian military court on Wednesday sentenced a blogger to two years in jail on charges of insulting the army.
Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal on Friday took a dig at Team Anna by calling them 'weighty politicians' and saying they had taken the 'anshan' (hunger strike) route to enter politics.
Lending his support to Anna Hazare's movement against corruption, former army chief Gen V K Singh on Friday asked the people to "throw" the corrupt out of power and support the alternative political force sponsored by the activist.
Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh has favoured a dialogue between Team Anna and the government, but said it should not be at "gunpoint" even as he sought an end to their fast first.
Stepping up pressure ahead of the indefinite fast from Wednesday, Anna Hazare on Tuesday issued a new threat of a 'jail bharo' agitation if the government does not concede to their demands in three-four days.
Anna Hazare and his team on Tuesday spoke in different voices on the indefinite fast from Wednesday with the activist asserting that it is for Lokpal Bill while his aides said it is limited to their three demands, including a special probe into allegations against Union ministers.
Zhang Zhan has been convicted of "picking quarrels and provoking trouble" for her reporting in the chaotic initial stages of the outbreak.
Popat Shinde's daughter Jaya Borse said that though the authorities were investigating the activities of her father and his associates, the links of politicians and government officials with her father were being conveniently ignored.
Former Congress member of Parliament Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday started a seven-day fast in Hyderabad demanding that the Andhra Pradesh government release funds for the tuition fees reimbursement scheme.
A five-member delegation of TMC MPs, comprising Derek O'Brien, Satabdi Roy, Prasun Banerjee, Pratima Mondal and Md Nadimul Haque, also met the farmers there to support their protest against the new farm laws.
