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SC rejects lawyer's plea for direction to Lokpal selection committee
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 7 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected lawyer Prashant Bhushan’s plea for a direction to the Lokpal selection committee to make public the proposed names of the chairperson and members of the anti-corruption panel.
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SC slams states who failed to appoint state Lokayuktas yet
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 11 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday slammed those states which had not appointed state Lokayuktas yet in the appointment of Lokpal Lokayuktas petition.
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Lokpal Search Committee invites applications for chairperson, members
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 6 (ANI): The Search Committee for Lokpal, headed by Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai, on Wednesday invited applications for the appointment of chairperson and members of Lokpal.
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Anna Hazare ends hunger strike, Lokpal search committee meeting next week
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Ralegan Siddhi (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 5 (ANI): Social activist and anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare ended his hunger strike on Tuesday after seven days following assurances from the government on the Lokpal and Lokayukta issues.
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Anna Hazare ends hunger strike
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Ralegan Siddhi (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 5 (ANI): Social activist and anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare ended his hunger strike on Tuesday after seven days following assurances from the government on the Lokpal and Lokayukta issues.
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Hazare on Day 7 of hunger strike, loses over 5 kg weight
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Ralegan Siddhi (Maharashtra) [India] Feb 5 (ANI): As the hunger strike enters the seventh day on Tuesday, Anna Hazare has lost five kilograms since the strike began and his condition is critical, doctors said.
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Raj Thackeray met Anna Hazare
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Ralegan Siddhi (Maharashtra) [India] Feb 4 (ANI): Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray here on Monday met social activist Anna Hazare, who is on the fifth-day of his indefinite hunger strike to demand setting up of a Lokpal at the Centre and Lokayuktas in states.
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Will return Padma Bhushan, warns Anna Hazare
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Ralegan Siddhi (Maharashtra), Feb 4 (ANI): Social activist and anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare said he will return his Padma Bhushan award to the President if the Centre doesn’t concede to his demand for Lokpal and Lokayukta.
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Shiv Sena extends support to Anna Hazare
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 3 (ANI): Shiv Sena on Sunday extended support to veteran social activist Anna Hazare, who is on the fourth day of indefinite hunger strike at his village Ralegan-Siddhi, demanding for setting up of a Lokpal at the Centre and Lokayuktas in states.
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Anna to file defamation suit against NCP spokesperson Nawab Malik
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Ralegan Siddhi (Maharashtra), [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare on Thursday asked his supporters to file a defamation suit against Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) spokesperson Nawab Malik after he accused Hazare of taking money to sit for a hunger strike.
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Anna Hazare launches fast to demand Lokpal, Lokayuktas
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Ralegan Siddhi (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 30 (ANI): Social activist Anna Hazare on Wednesday announced the beginning of his fast to demand the setting up of a Lokpal at the Centre and Lokayuktas in states as the Narendra Modi government "had failed" to set up the anti-corruption
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Anna Hazare to fast for Lokpal, Lokayukta again from January 30
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Ralegan Siddhi (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 29 (ANI): Anti-Corruption crusader Anna Hazare informed that he will launch an agitation from his village in Maharashtra on Wednesday against the Central government for failing to implement the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013.
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