19:13
Another day of Baba and Hazare interspersed with bits of other news thrown in. For instance, former telecom minister A Raja will depose before the JPC soon not as an accused in the 2G scam and because he was a minister. The JPC chairman P Chacko also says Tata and Ambani will not be called in...
18:58
Another volley from BJP after Home minister P Chidambaram's press conference. The BJP today criticised Chidambaram for alleging that the RSS was behind Ramdev's agitation and announced a three-day anti-corruption campaign starting tomorrow. Anybody who speaks against corruption is linked to...
18:40
Meanwhile, from the Daily Mail, a report that says that the sun has woken up from sleep to its busiest sunspot cycle in years and threatens to disrupt Earth communications and power Read and see the spectacular pictures
18:38
At 7 pm Anna Hazare is expected to hold a press conference, a summation of what happened today.
18:27
Anna Hazare says if the government calls their fast blackmail, they will continue with blackmail and says it is the duty of every citizen tokeep a check on the people they have elected.
18:20
At Rajghat, Anna Hazare is on the verge of ending his one-day fast. The fast began at 10 am today. Moving moment as the National Anthem is played at Rajghat. (Brace yourself for comments on this from the government).
18:15
Chidambaram says the Delhi police will explain the action taken by them in the Supreme Court. Remember, the SC has issued a showcause notice to the Delhi police over the crackdown.
18:11
PC says Baba has shown his true colours by calling for raising a private army.
18:09
PC asks people to appreciate the constraints the Delhi police had to ensure law and order at the Ramlila Grounds.
18:06
Home minister P Chidambaram holds a press conferenceover theBaba Ramdev-RSS connect andthe government's decision to crackdownatthe Ramlila Grounds. Says Ramdev violated norms by not removing himself from the Ramlila Grounds. Says the Delhi police used minimum force. Reads out numbers of...
18:00
OK, Anil Ambani has finally met RComm's Gautam Doshi in Tihar jail today. Next stop is at AIIMS to meet Pipara. The visit's a first for both Tihar and Ambani.
17:50
We think Anna Hazare's Man Friday is an amazing speaker. If you can, do hear him on TV. Lucid, erudite, and despite the incendiary issues on hand, is always, always calm. Decimates the government's opposition to Team Hazare's demands in the Lokpal Bill drafting, point by lucid point. He says...
17:42
Unfortunately Baba Ramdev in Haridwar faces ridicule and further distancing from civil society with his remark today that he would raising a private army of 11,000 against government-sponsored 'terrorism'. And of course, it's a juicy hunk of meat thrown at the Congress, which said today that...
17:37
A salute for all those among us who decided to join Anna Hazare's movement at Rajghat -- it means they missed work and are sitting it out in blistering Delhi heat -- 43 C apparently.
17:31
Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Egyptian businessman Mahmoud Abdel-Salam Omar could soon become the poster boys for an effort to protect hotel housekeepers in New York. A Bill introduced by two lawmakers would require hotels and motels across New York to train staffers on how to...
17:20
RComm chief Anil Ambani has requested and received permission to meet Gautam Doshi in Tihar jail, an accused in the 2G scam. He will also meet Surendra Pipara in AIIMS. The meeting comes over a month after the two were jailed. However, Pipara was hospitalised following his incarceration.
17:13
Festivity and fasting at Anna Hazare's meet. A young group in white kurta pyjama and Gandhi topis sing a rap version of Hum Honge Kamyab to a sole guitarist and a chap playing a dholak. Emcee Arvind Kejriwal takes the stage after the singing and clapping is done.
17:05
Alright, the Nashik blast that killed four people is the result of a gas cylinder explosion. Police say going by the intensity of the explosion, it's likely that more than one cylinder exploded.
17:03
It's little wonder that former British PM Margaret Thatcher is called the Iron Lady. She has reportedly snubbed America's glamorous politician Sarah Palin by refusing her request for a one-to-one meeting in London. The 47-year-old former Alaskan governor, known to be a great admirer of Baroness...
16:53
Chandrasekhar is the same person who had written an open letter to Tata Sons chairman Ratan Tata saying the group had benefited from an out-of-turn allocation of 2G spectrum. Read and refresh (your mind)
16:51
Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar in a letter to Defence minister AK Antony has urged him to consider better treatment of armed services personnel and their families. Citing the UK military covenant -- an agreement under which the state pledges a duty of care towards its military personnel in...
16:44
BJP president Nitin Gadkari asks if the government would have had the courage to order a crackdown if a Maulvi had organised a meet like Baba Ramdev.
16:29
While we'll give you details of the blast soon, senior Congress leader Jayanthi Natarajan has a go at Baba Ramdev saying, ad nauseum, that he is a RSS stooge and the RSS is the brain behind his movement. She says the entry of Sadhvi Rithambara at Ramdev's fast was a shocker.
16:26
Just in: Four people have been killed in a blast at Saptashringi building at Nashik. While the ATS has reached the spot to inspect the cause, the police suspect that it may have been caused by a gas cylinder explosion. Two floors of the building were completely damaged at 3.10 pm and theimpact...
16:22
DMK supremo M Karunanidhi reacts after the Delhi High Court refuses bail to his daughter Kanimozhi. Says, How canI accept the court's verdict on Kani? I don't accept anything.
16:15
Comments and allegations fly back and forth between the government and civil society (and that includes both Anna Hazare and Baba Ramdev) So take a break and read this... Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver have already started settlement talks, even though the couple hasn't formally...
16:07
Bit of a yawn now that the worst is over, but here's news on Libya. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi vowed yesterday that we will not surrender, even as NATO airstrikes bombarded his compound in Tripoli,cnn.com reports. I am now speaking as planes and bombs fall around me, Gaddafi said in a live...
15:47
Home minister PChidambaram today criticised civil society members for challenging Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to a television debate on corruption. When someone challenges the Finance Minister to a debate in television, he misses the fact that debate takes place in Parliament and...
15:37
Here are the government's reasons for the crackdown on BabaRamdev at the Ramlila grounds on Saturday midnight. A bit by bit account
15:31
For the naysayers, satyagraha does work to an extent. The government today formed a panel on black money which will recover taxes from untraceable assessees.
15:22
In fact, the mere mention of Kapil Sibal created unrest among protesters who raised slogans against the minister. Hazare then had to intervene to calm them down, saying they were protesting outside Rajghat and therefore had to go by the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi. On the question of division...
15:20
At Rajghat, rights activist Arvind Kejriwal today launched a scathing attack on HRD Minister Kapil Sibal, asking him what was wrong in civil society members calling ministers liars, cheats and conspirators. He also demanded that all political leaders should declare their assets and liabilities...
15:05
Sushma says the government sees the RSS everywhere -- the government said the journalist who attempted the shoe attack on Janardhan Dwivediwas an RSSman, but later backtracked. She says Baba Ramdev has lost 5.5 kilos in five days and was concerned about his health. Doctors have apparently...
15:02
Sushma Swaraj has indeed met Baba Ramdev in Haridwar, so the rumours of Baba joining Hazare in Rajghat appear unfounded, so far. Addressing a presser in Haridwar, Sushma Swaraj slams the PM and the government in equal measure for the crackdown on Ramdev. Says when the government went to meet...
14:43
Sahim says rumours are rife that Baba Ramdev who has been missing from Haridwar for the past five hours is headed to Rajghat to join Anna Hazare's fast. This explains the tightened security at the venue with two DCP level officers at the barricades monitoring visitors. There's no way Baba...
14:40
Rediff.com's Sahim Salim says the the who's who of the Delhi police are in Rajghat from joint commissioners of police to deputies, all personally monitoring entrances. Cars of Bharat Swabhiman were being towed away after reports suggest Ramdev has been missingfromHaridwar for over five hours....
14:32
BJP senior leader Sushma Swaraj and Uttarakhand CM Ramesh Pokhriyal meets Baba Ramdev at Haridwar for the way ahead.
14:14
Anna Hazare says he will go on fast on August 16 if the government tries to sabotage the Lokpal Bill. Meanwhile, at Rajghat today, Hazare said, I want to tell the government that we are not two but one. You should wipe it out of your mind that you are the masters. You are not the masters, the...
14:07
Leon Panetta, the man tapped to be the next US defense secretary, said he supports a responsible military withdrawal in Afghanistan beginning next month, sidestepping questions on whether he backs the significant drawdown President Barack Obama has pledged. Panetta, the current CIA director,...
13:55
For a moment, let's leave Anna Hazare and Baba Ramdev to their fasts for a story that's caught our interest. A signed letter by Adolf Hitler, which contains what is believed to be the earliest written expression of his views on Jews and anti-Semitism, was unveiled at a press conference in New...
13:51
Anna Hazare says the government should remember that it does not own the country, that it is a servant (sevak) of the people.
13:35
Our home minister P Chidambaram has finally condescended to pay a visit to Rajbala, the woman who was so badly beaten by the Delhi police that she will remain a quadraplegic. Rajabala was at Baba Ramdev's fast at Ramlila Maidan when the police lathi-charged her and 74 others, on Saturday. Master...
13:29
Apparently Karunanidhi's box of tissues gets depletedevery time Kani's bail plea comes up for hearing. Incidentally, Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar's bail plea has also been rejected. Kani's bail was cancelled since the High Court believed she was in a position to influence witnesses.
13:24
Back in Tihar Jail, DMK MP Kanimozhi will have to continue to call it home. In fact, she must better attuned to her circumstances since she's been in jail for 19 days already. Her bail plea was cancelled today. Shanmuga Sundaram, Kanimozhi's lawyer says they will approach the Supreme court.
13:20
It is the presence of precisely these politicians that have undermined Baba Ramdev's efforts. Today, senior VHP leader Ashok Singhal met Baba Ramdev extending his support and asked the government to immediately accept all his demands. There has to be a strict anti-corruption law. There has to...
13:08
Meanwhile, in Haridwar, Baba Ramdev's health has started deteriorating as his fast for tougher anti-graft laws and bringing back blackmoney from foreign nations, entered the fifth day today. Doctors attending to the yoga guru have advised liquid intake and requested him to end his fast soon. He...
13:01
Sahim also tells us that Manish Sisodiya, who's the coordinator of today's protest says police have stopped people at the main gate, possibly because the numbers have become unmanageable.
12:59
Rediff.com's Sahim Salim who doesn't seem to have given up his hot spot at Rajghat says Anna Hazare claims a minister he exposed gave a supari of Rs 30 lakh for killing him, but stops short of naming the minister. Also see our 12:35 pm post.
12:39
The newly-elected Tamil Nadu assembly on Wednesday passed a resolution seeking economic sanctions against Sri Lanka on the issue of Tamils. Further details awaited
12:35
Rediff.com's Sahim Salim reports from Rajghat, venue of Anna Hazare's protest fast today: Addressing the people Hazare said he has been fighting using ahimsa for 25 years. I have sent back 400 corrupt officials and taken the wicket of six cabinet ministers. If I had accepted violence, the...
12:28
Rediff.com's Sahim Salim reports from Rajghat: Anna Hazare, who is on a hunger strike in Rajghat today to protest against the police action against Baba Ramdev and followers on Saturday night, said the lathicharge on the protestors was a blot on human rights, and described it as strangulation of...
12:25
After striking a conciliatory tone, Baba Ramdev today again took up the issue of police crackdown on his supporters, saying he would set up a 11,000-strong force to deal with police and anti-social elements attempting to disrupt his anti-corruption movement. I appeal that 20 young men from...
12:10
Another update from rediff.com's Sahiim Salim from Rajghat: Estimates suggest a turnout of over 2500 at Anna Hazare's fast today to protest against the police action against Baba Ramdev and his followers over the weekend. Today's turnout is impressive because for one, it is a weekday and like the...
12:01
Rediff.com's Sahim Salim reports from Rajghat, venue of Anna Hazare's protest fast: There's a poet on the stage requesting the policemen: 'We have to accommodate more people coming here, so please move the barricades a little backwards. If you are from this country, come on, you are at Rajghat,...
11:54
Chief of Enforcement Directorate Arun Mathur and officials of the finance ministry will brief the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the ongoing investigations into the 2G scam today. Mathur, along with other senior officials of the Directorate and representatives of the department of revenue in...
11:48
Rediff.com's Sahim Salim reports from Rajghat, venue of Anna Hazare's protest today, that probably taking a cue from the criticism they faced in their April protest, this time round there is no saffron presence at the hunger strike. And for all those who have been panning BJP leader Sushma...
11:44
The bail plea of Kanimozhi, DMK MP and daughter of former Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi, and Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumarin the 2G scam has been rejected by the Delhi high court. In its order, the court said there was prima facie evidence to show her complicity in the case....
11:15
Today is D-Day for DMK MP Kanimozhi, daughter of former Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi. The Delhi high court is scheduled to pronounce its ruling on her bail plea, along with that Sharad Kumar, MD of Kalaignar TV. On May 30 the court had reserved order on their bail pleas. The two are...
10:50
Twenty-three people were charred to death when the bus they were travelling in skidded off a bridge and caught fire near Kaveripakkam, about 40 km from Vellore in Tamil Nadu, the police said today. The bus, on its way to Tiruppur from Chennai, fell down the bridge last night after the driver...
10:48
While the prosecution and defence presented closing arguments in the 26/11 trial of Tahawwur Hussain Rana, the Pakistani-Canadian doctor chose to remain silent and did not take to the stand. Rana, a co-accused with David Coleman Headley in the Mumbai terror attacks, did not testify at his trial,...
10:45
Good morning and welcome to another day of protest fast, this time by Anna Hazare who had gone on fast in April as well. PTI reports that people have been gathering at Rajghat in New Delhi since the morning to take part in the day-long hunger strike called by Hazare to protest against the police...
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