Anna Hazare
The Mamata Banerjee government will not acquire any land from farmers for the next couple of months from now, even if it is required for government projects. The message has already been conveyed to the government departments after the chief minister’s press meet with Anna Hazare in New Delhi. The Trinamool chief plans to champion [...] Continue Reading »
Team Anna members is soon going to have a rally in Lucknow. This rally will oppose paying tax to municipal corporations who do not provide proper basic amenities. As the polls are nearing in UP, the team sense that this threat can work for getting civic amenities like clean drains, good roads and drinking water [...] Continue Reading »
Many property buyers participated with Anna Hazare for a one day fast at Jantar Mantar. The crowd gathered as Noida Extension Flat Owners and Members Association (NEFOMA) was large in number. They fasted due to ongoing land row in the area and corruption going on in giving possession of the flats. The buyers demanded the [...] Continue Reading »
Site 153, LB Road in Thiruvanmiyur stands alone after it became Chennai’s go-to place for those with a patriotic streak. The 16-storey building, which was meant to be a commercial complex and office block, had been lying vacant and unfinished for four years before a week of the indefinite fast by the volunteers of Anna [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of Mayur Vihar took the message of renaming the road ‘Anna Hazare Marg’ to Ramlila Ground on Thursday where organisers announced this on the stage inviting loud cheer from the crowd.While naming of any street is solely the right of civic authorities, residents said that even if the Municipal Corporation of Delhi did not [...] Continue Reading »
Senior citizens of the Deva Darshan apartment in Kilpauk, Chennai attired in khadi and sporting a Gandhi cap – which had the words ‘I am Anna Hazare’ on it – led the march. Children and women followed, raising slogans supporting Hazare. Kids distributed pamphlets that read, “The Government has tabled a dubious Lokpal bill, which [...] Continue Reading »
Members of Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs) from Greater Kailash-I, Safdarjung, Defence Colony and Masjid Moth had gathered in the morning and painted posters for about two-three hours in support of Anna Hazare’s anti-corruption campaign. Later, several people put in their signatures to mark their support to the cause. With the help of alumni members of [...] Continue Reading »
The government version of the Lokpal Bill has draconian provisions to silence the voice that points out corruption. The bill gives enough time to the corrupt to destroy evidence and trap the complainant. Residents’ Welfare Associations (RWAs) from all over the city, including Defence Colony, East of Kailash, Vasant Kunj, Dwarka, Rohini, Rajender Nagar, Gandhi [...] Continue Reading »
A day after Anna Hazare was taken to Tihar jail complex, the NCR witnessed protests, sloganeering, human chains, candlelight vigils and strikes undertaken by people from all professions and strata of society. The effect of Anna Hazare’s mass movement was felt in Gurgaon for the second consecutive day on Wednesday. Over 100 supporters of Anna [...] Continue Reading »
