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Aug 19, 2011 Anna Hazare: In the footsteps of Gandhi
Aug 19, 2011 City students, teachers intensify protest
Aug 19, 2011 The Jan Lokpal Bill can do this: Anupama Jha, Executive Director, Transparency International India: "Most Lokayuktas are ineffective as they have no independent authority to undertake investigations and have limited resources. Moreover, the Lokayukta's have no authority over other vigilance agencies. The CBI is weak because it does not function independently."
Aug 19, 2011 CPI (ML) blasts UPA government for arresting Anna
Aug 19, 2011 Fasting Anna sets Aug 30 deadline for anti-graft law: "Riding on a groundswell of support, social activist Anna Hazare Friday vowed to continue his fast till a strong anti-graft law is enacted and gave an ultimatum of Aug 30 for parliament nod to the Lokpal Bill"
Aug 19, 2011 Anna out of jail: Is it victory of people's power?: "As Anna Hazare walks out of Tihar jail, on 'Talking Point' Rajdeep Sardesai asks, is it victory of people's power."
Aug 19, 2011 Two more explosive CAG reports ready: "Fresh trouble seems to be brewing for the UPA government, as the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has completed two more high-profile audit reports that could bring attention back to political corruption and misdeeds at the highest levels."
Aug 19, 2011 Emergency echo in Bedi’s slogan
Aug 19, 2011 A lakh voices against corruption
Aug 19, 2011 Anna sets pace for faltering govt: "With social activist Anna Hazare’s indefinite fast finding resonance with popular outrage over corruption, the UPA government on Friday appeared open to discussing his team’s major demand to place the Prime Minister within the ambit of the proposed lokpal’s powers."
Aug 19, 2011 Anna Hazare rides wrath yatra, ups ante on Jan Lokpal Bill: ""Parliament is not supreme, the public is,""
Aug 19, 2011 A Life of Social Activism: "The septuagenarian who has galvanized thousands of Indians to protest against corruption"
Aug 19, 2011 Left, non-NDA parties call all-India protest against graft on Aug 23: "a new judicial accountability law which sets up national judicial commission, electoral law reforms and firm steps to unearth black money and bring back the illegal money stashed abroad were needed. The meeting condemned the arrest of Anna Hazare and his colleagues in order to prevent their hunger strike. "This is an attack on the democratic rights of citizens to conduct peaceful protests."
Aug 19, 2011 Guardian: Corruption in India: 'All your life you pay for things that should be free': ""Of the 40,000 rupees (£520) I earn a month from my restaurant, I pay at least a third in bribes," Vishal, 26, said. But bribery also extends into his personal life. Vishal has two young children and to get the eldest in to the best local school he paid a "donation" of 25,000 rupees (£3,400) in cash to the headmaster. A driving licence needed another bribe. Getting an appointment with a competent public doctor cost a substantial amount. And then there are the traffic police. Every other week Vishal says he is stopped, told he has committed an offence and made to pay 100 rupees (£1.25), the standard fee to avoid "too much bother"."
Aug 19, 2011 Who lost India for Congress?
Aug 19, 2011 Blundering Government searches for escape route from Anna crisis
Aug 19, 2011 Oppn parties to protest on Aug 23 on corruption
Aug 19, 2011 Not to be moved, Anna starts second freedom struggle from Ramlila ground
Aug 19, 2011 Thousands greet corruption fighter as he walks free
Aug 19, 2011 Corruption in India: four stories: "As anti-corruption campaigner Anna Hazare taps into public anger, ordinary Indians explain the role of bribes in their lives"
Aug 19, 2011 Indian activist leaves jail, begins 15-day public fast
Aug 19, 2011 Aurangabad observes partial bandh
Aug 19, 2011 Anna’s August Revolution
Aug 19, 2011 City youth donate blood for corruption-free India
Aug 19, 2011 In India, a triumphal procession of mass dissent
Aug 19, 2011 India: Independence and Corruption
Aug 19, 2011 India all ears, Anna gives his word on Lokpal: Will fast till my last breath
Aug 19, 2011 Nagarjuna, Ramya offer support to Anna
Aug 19, 2011 Anna steps out of Tihar, gets a hero's welcome: "Anna steps out of Tihar, gets a hero's welcome CNN-IBN Addressing his supporters Hazare said that the fight for freedom from corruption has started."
Aug 19, 2011 BBC: India corruption: Anna Hazare leaves jail to begin fast: "Indian anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare has launched a 15-day public hunger strike at a park in Delhi."
Aug 19, 2011 Anna calls for 'revolution' as thousands rally: ""This is the start of a new revolution, of a new freedom struggle," declared the soldier-turned-activist whose arrest Tuesday sparked off nationwide protests and put the government in a political fix."
Aug 19, 2011 Not to be moved, Anna starts second freedom struggle from Ramlila ground
Aug 19, 2011 In Navi Mumbai, a PG med seat costs Rs 1.7cr: "A postgraduate radiology seat in a private medical college in Navi Mumbai has sold for Rs 1.7 crore. The capitation fee is a 40% increase over last year"
Aug 19, 2011 Govt must withdraw its Lokpal Bill draft: Team Anna
Aug 19, 2011 531 women become pregnant after birth control operation in Orissa: "At least 531 women have become pregnant despite undergoing permanent birth control operation in Orissa."
Aug 19, 2011 CBI continues raids of Jagan's properties in Karnataka: "CBI on August 17 registered a case against Jagan, the Lok Sabha MP from Kadapa, on the instructions of Andhra Pradesh High Court under IPC sections pertaining to cheating, criminal conspiracy, criminal breach of trust and also Prevention of Corruption Act."
Aug 19, 2011 15-day fast may go beyond the period: Arvind Kejriwal
Aug 19, 2011 Lakhs join Hazare, target politicians online: ""The players can vent their anger at the corrupt politicians by throwing slippers or rotten tomatoes at them or making them ride a donkey etc.," said Razdan. "The game recently added the 'Kanhee Mozi' (referring to jailed DMK Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi) character too." Taking a dig at infamous politicians accused or convicted in corruption cases, players can punish "Seela Dikhsit", "Yedduappa", "Kalmaddy", "Rajah", "Shared Power" and the recent addition of "Kanhee Mozi" and others."
Aug 19, 2011 People are supreme, not anybody else: Santosh Hegde: "Government can ill-afford to ignore popular sentiment for Anna Hazare's anti-corruption campaign as otherwise it may have to pay a ''heavy price'',"
Aug 19, 2011 Will not budge till we get Jan Lokpal Bill: Hazare
Aug 18, 2011 Songs, prayers as India graft activist due to leave jail
Aug 18, 2011 Rush of creativity and humour in war against corruption: "'waah re Congress tera khel, Kasab ko biryani Anna ko jail,'", "'saari youth yahan hai, Rahul Gandhi kahan hai?' and 'Kabil Sibal kaisa hai, bina poonch ka bhains a hai'.", "Ek admi ne Anna Hazare se pucha ka fan mein jeb kyun nahin hoti? Anna ne jawab diya 'beta kyuki maut kabhi rishwat nahin leti'.""
Aug 18, 2011 'Corruption is authority plus monopoly minus transparency'
Aug 18, 2011 Shehla was threatened by a police officer: Father: "Sultan Masood said the police tried covering up Shehla's murder by initially terming it as suicide."
Aug 18, 2011 Mumbai's dabbawallah lunch box men to strike as part of Indian corruption protest
Aug 18, 2011 Anna Hazare fever spreads to Hong Kong, Singapore; expat Indians join protests
Aug 18, 2011 'It is a mass movement, It is a collective movement'
Aug 18, 2011 Will the Anna wave last?
Aug 18, 2011 Anti-graft protest is a historic moment: Anupam Kher: "Condemning the veteran social activist's arrest, Kher said, "It's the saddest day in Indian democracy.""
Aug 18, 2011 Hazare Arrest: Protests Continue Across Nation
Aug 18, 2011 Indian hunger striker cuts deal
Aug 18, 2011 What is Lokpal Bill?
Aug 18, 2011 CNN: From soldier to savior: India's Hazare another Gandhi?: "Social activist Anna Hazare has galvanized the nation of India and drawn comparison to Mohandas Gandhi for his work to fight government corruption."
Aug 18, 2011 Inspired by Anna, Pakistani to fast against corruption: "Taking a cue from Anna Hazare, a 68-year-old Pakistani businessman is set to go on hunger strike in Islamabad from Sep 12 to declare war on endemic corruption in his country."
Aug 18, 2011 Don't take long to bring in a strong Lokpal Bill: Anna to govt: "he will not stop till the country gets a strong anti-corruption ombudsman."
Aug 18, 2011 Don't take long to bring in a strong Lokpal Bill: Anna to govt: "he will not stop till the country gets a strong anti-corruption ombudsman."
Aug 18, 2011 BJP backs Anna's crusade against corruption: Gadkari: "Gadkari said, "Lagta hai sarkar ka dimag thikane agaya hai...hamari shubhichaye hai unke saath " (It seems good sense has finally prevailed on the government..we wish them good luck)."
Aug 18, 2011 Supports grow as Anna continues his fast in Tihar: "Supporters come out on the streets across India even as the preparation works are in full swing in Ramlila Maidan."
Aug 18, 2011 Anna's supporters learn 'healthy' ways of fasting against corruption
Aug 18, 2011 Indians hunger for end to government corruption
Aug 18, 2011 India’s corruption-weary middle class rallies to support social activist’s fast
Aug 18, 2011 Maneka Gandhi: Indian PM is 'making a mockery of democracy'
Aug 18, 2011 Anna Hazare to launch public fast as government relents
Aug 18, 2011 Students, lawyers, traders join stir against corruption
Aug 18, 2011 India against corruption: Indian-Americans come out in support of Anna Hazare
Aug 18, 2011 NRIs show solidarity for Anna Hazare's cause
Aug 18, 2011 India against corruption: Anna Hazare's support swell in Punjab, Haryana
Aug 18, 2011 It's now or never, say Pune's youth
Aug 18, 2011 Rallying behind Anna
Aug 18, 2011 US not trying to destabilise India through Anna Hazare's anti-corruption movement: State Department
Aug 18, 2011 Anna gives message to supporters through YouTube: "In the video posted by Kiran Bedi, Anna Hazare calls for the support of youth to succeed in his mission."
Aug 18, 2011 Won't back down till Lokpal Bill is passed, says Anna Hazare
Aug 18, 2011 Massive Support for Anna in Jharkhand
Aug 18, 2011 Government cannot crush people's protest: BJP: " BJP Spokesperson Prakash Javdekar said the government is now exposed and people are frustrated."
Aug 18, 2011 Bhopal: Slain RTI activist's father expects no justice: "Sultan said, “We belong to a lower middle class and lack the power to purchase or to influence a top politician or an official. We expect no justice.”"
Aug 18, 2011 Anna Hazare's campaign captures Pakistan media's attention
Aug 18, 2011 CBI raids against Jagan: Ministers in YSR govt a worried lot: "They may be trying to put up a brave face but some members of erstwhile Y S Rajasekhara Reddy's Council of Ministers in Andhra Pradesh are clearly a worried lot with CBI launching a full-scale probe into alleged amassing of wealth by Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy and irregularities in Emaar Properties land deal."
Aug 18, 2011 Whose 'foreign hand' behind Hazare? asks Opposition: "Opposition parties on Thursday demanded that the government clarify what were the ''foreign forces'' it alleged to be behind Anna Hazare's movement against corruption.''Congress statement in not only bad but mad,''"
Aug 18, 2011 Anna Hazare to fast at Ramlila Maidan from tomorrow
Aug 18, 2011 A different law applies to Rahul Gandhi?: "Rahul had violated Section 144 of CrPC in Uttar Pradesh when he visited the villages of Bhatta-Parsaul earlier this year."
Aug 17, 2011 CBI conducts searches at Jagan Reddy's assets across India: "During the by-polls to Kadapa Lok Sabha seat in May this year, Jagan had declared assets of Rs.365 crore, making him the richest MP in the country. In 2009 elections, he was worth Rs77 crore. Textiles minister P Shankar Rao, on whose letter last year the court took up hearing, claims Jagan was worth Rs11 lakh prior to 2004 but now has assets worth Rs43,000 crore"
Aug 17, 2011 Loop fined Rs 384 crore: "The Enforcement Directorate (ED), probing the 2G spectrum scam, on Tuesday issued show-cause notices and slapped a fine of Rs 384 crore on Loop Mobile and Loop Telecom for alleged foreign exchange violations."
Aug 17, 2011 Loop fined Rs 384 crore: "The Enforcement Directorate (ED), probing the 2G spectrum scam, on Tuesday issued show-cause notices and slapped a fine of Rs 384 crore on Loop Mobile and Loop Telecom for alleged foreign exchange violations."
Aug 17, 2011 Anna Hazare will start his protest when Ramlila Maidan is ready: Kejriwal
Aug 17, 2011 India anti-corruption protests are 'new consciousness': "Then the larger scams cause upset because people see their taxes are not being used correctly.""
Aug 17, 2011 India needs Hazare: "voters are left with the disappointing choice of the UPA or the National Democratic Alliance – a coalition of political parties led by the BJP. Both have their fair share corrupt politicians."
Aug 17, 2011 Scam, bam, thank you ma'am: "With Anna Hazare in corruption clean-up mode and almost the entire nation rooting for him, MiD DAY takes a look at some of the biggest scams that have rocked free India"
Aug 17, 2011 No time for reforms?: "As an embattled government fights a barrage of criticism over events leading to anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare's arrest, India's industry is worried that the resulting parliamentary logjam could lead to further delays in reforms."
Aug 17, 2011 Crowd swells to 25,000 as more people join ranks: "From a motley gathering of 250-odd people — largely comprising teenagers and volunteers of India Against Corruption — to a crowd of more than 10,000 from all walks of life, the transformation at India Gate was a matter of just about an hour. The crowd turned out to be nearly 25,000 by the time it reached Parliament Street."
Aug 17, 2011 Lights go out in India for detained anti-corruption campaigners
Aug 17, 2011 Anti-corruption crusader’s arrest a PR nightmare for Indian government: "India’s central government ignited a political crisis when it put the anti-corruption leader Anna Hazare in jail – and then, they couldn’t get him out."
Aug 17, 2011 Aurangabad joins protests over Anna's arrest
Aug 17, 2011 Delhi comes alive with marching throngs
Aug 17, 2011 CBC News: India anti-corruption protesters take to streets: "Thousands of people took to the streets Wednesday in India to support activist Anna Hazare, who plans to stage a public hunger strike as part of a mass anti-corruption protest. Police arrested the 74-year-old anti-corruption campaigner on Tuesday before he could start his public "fast until death.""
Aug 17, 2011 Mumbai's Anna cry rises on Day 2
Aug 17, 2011 Protests against corruption continue
Aug 17, 2011 The irony of anti-corruption in India
Aug 17, 2011 Hazare arrest fiasco: Just who is calling the shots at the Centre?
Aug 17, 2011 India in ferment: "The putrid odour from the various scams is overpowering. A Raja, as telecom minister, and his associates made sure that they beat all previous graft records in the country. The money supposed to have been looted by them is beyond the wildest imagination of most Indians."
Aug 17, 2011 Docs take out candle march against corruption

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