Everything you need to know about Ralegan Siddhi: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Ralegan Siddhi: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Ralegan Siddhi, June 16 (ANI): Veteran social activist Anna Hazare has said that rival leaders of India such as Narendra Modi of Bharatiya Janata Party and Rahul Gandhi of Congress party should shed their partisan interests and work for the larger interest of the country to rid it off corruption.
Mumbai, March 30 (IANS) Anna Hazare will embark on a year-long, all-India tour from Sunday to campaign for a stronger Lokpal bill, electoral reforms and other issues he has been raising for the past few years, an aide said here.
Mumbai, Feb 10 (IANS) Legendary Indian athlete P.T. Usha here Sunday selected six youngsters as India's "Speedstars", the country's fastest running sensations at a first-ever field talent hunt involving 76 finalists from 12 Indian cities.
Ralegan-Siddhi (Maharashtra), Jan 10 (IANS) Social activist Anna Hazare Thursday demanded that India should "teach Pakistan a lesson" like it did in 1965 for the brutal killing of two Indian soldiers by Pakistani troops in Jammu and Kashmir.
Ralegan Sidhi (Maharashtra), Dec. 29 (ANI): Social activist and anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare on Saturday defended the countrywide public outrage against cases of sexual assault on women after the Delhi gang rape incident, and said that the government must introduce tough laws to ensure the punishment of the culprits.
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) The time has come to dismiss parliament, anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare said Tuesday while announcing a nationwide tour against the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government and graft.
Kolkata, Dec 10 (IANS) Aditi Ashok will be hoping to round off the season on a winning note as she gears up to tee off at the Usha All India Ladies Amateur Championships golf from Dec 10.
Lucknow, Nov 8 (IANS) Shah Rukh Khan's forthcoming "Jab Tak Hai Jaan" and the Delhi Metro take precedence over Kashmir and the tension on the border, for this happy dozen from Pakistan, students from schools in Karachi and Rawalpindi.
Ralegan Siddhi, Nov 1 (IANS) Veteran activist Anna Hazare Thursday said India Against Corruption leader Arvind Kejriwal may never want to be wealthy, but he is not above being lured by power.
Social crusader Anna Hazare Tuesday in a television interview said that he would not protect his estranged aid India Against Corruption (IAC) activist Arvind Kejriwal on the alleged graft charges labeled by Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh...................
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) Anna Hazare Tuesday refused to defend India Against Corruption (IAC) activist Arvind Kejriwal on the allegations made by Congress leader Digvijay Singh but said will support his former associate if he fights election against a corrupt person.
Veteran social crusader Anna Hazare, who is on rehabilitation after cataract surgery, will launch an 18-month long nationwide tour for a citizens' movement against corruption from January 2013, an aide said from Anna's native village Ralegan Sidhi on Thursday...................
Ralegan-Siddhi (Maharashtra), Oct 18 (IANS) Veteran social crusader Anna Hazare will launch an 18 month nationwide tour for a citizens' movement against corruption from January 2013, an aide said here Thursday.
Ralegan-Siddhi (Maharashtra), Oct 17 (IANS) Social activist Anna Hazare Wednesday chose to keep silent on the expose on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari by India Against Corruption (IAC) leader Arvind Kejriwal and RTI activist Anjali Damania.
At the height of the Bofors howitzer scandal a quarter of a century ago, well-known lawyer Ram Jethmalani used to ask 10 questions a day to then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi. As is known, the Congress lost the general election following the scam and no one from the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty has been a prime minister since then.
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) The bookshelf this week is pragmatic with matters of business, money and battle against corruption winning over lighter reads... Browse with IANS.
Ahead of his nationwide campaign for Jan Lokpal bill (Ombudsman Bill), veteran social crusader Anna Hazare will undergo an eye surgery in Pune, informed Anna to media on Sunday at his village Ralegan Siddhi, Maharashtra................
Ralegan Siddhi, Oct 8 (ANI): Ahead of his nationwide campaign for Ombudsman Bill, veteran social activist Anna Hazare will undergo an eye surgery in Pune.
Ralegan Siddhi (Maharashtra), Oct 6 (ANI): Veteran social activist Anna Hazare on Saturday lashed out at the UPA Government for not being serious on the issue of corruption, and challenged it to order a judicial inquiry on Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra in the wake of an allegation by RTI crusader Arvind Kejriwal that he was hugely favoured by realty major DLF.
New Delhi, Oct. 3 (ANI): Gopal Rai, a breakaway associate of anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare, has said Arvind Kejriwal's newly formed political party would abide by the principles of the veteran activist.
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) Ahead of forming a political party after splitting with Anna Hazare, activist Arvind Kejriwal and his India Against Corruption (IAC) team Sunday hit the streets against the power tariff hike by the Delhi government.
New Delhi/Ralegan Siddhi, Sep.23 (ANI): A close aide of social activist Anna Hazare, Suresh Pathare, has decided to part ways with the latter, citing personal reasons.
Vadodara, Sep 18 (ANI): Former police officer Kiran Bedi on Tuesday rubbished media reports that she was joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), saying these are all rumours.
Pune, Sep 18 (ANI): Veteran social activist Anna Hazare on Tuesday made his stand absolutely clear that he was not in favour of forming a political party, saying if his associate and RTI activist Arvind Kejriwal decides to float a political party, it would mean taking a different path with the same goal of corruption free India.
Ralegan Siddhi/Ghaziabad, Sep 17 (ANI): Asserting that it was time to fight a joint movement against corruption, veteran social activist Anna Hazare on Monday rubbished reports of a rift between him and RTI crusader Arvind Kejriwal, saying this was all hype created by the media.
Ralegan-Siddhi (Maharashtra), Sep 17 (IANS) Unhappy with the manner in which the anti-corruption movement has been floundering for the past few months, its chief proponent Anna Hazare has decided to take some drastic steps to put it back on track, an official said here Monday.
Ralegan Siddhi (Maharashtra), Sept 12 (ANI): Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, who walked out of Mumbai's Arthur Road Jail on bail today, has found support from anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare.
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) Anna Hazare, in a meeting with his team members in Ralegan Siddhi Saturday, expressed concern over the selection of candidates for an independent political party that was proposed by his team Aug 2 at Jantar Mantar here.
Ralegan (Maharashtra), Sept 8 (ANI): Amid talks of formation of new political party by his aides, anti graft crusader Anna Hazare on Saturday said he would never contest elections.
Ralegan Siddhi, Sep 2 (ANI): Veteran social activist Anna Hazare will continue his fight against corruption through his previous organization "Bhrashtachar Virodhi Jan Aandolan".
Mumbai, Aug 30 (IANS) The music launch of Kareena Kapoor's most ambitious project "Heroine" at the Siddhi Vinayak temple here Thursday turned chaotic when crowd became uncontrollable.
Ralegan Siddhi (Maharashtra), Aug 26 (IANS) The Congress and other political parties have their hands "blackened" with corruption, Anna Hazare said Sunday and added that only people with honesty and integrity should be sent to parliament.
It's a Third Front with a difference. While the earlier versions were non-Congressnon-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) combinations, the group conjured up by Baba Ramdev at Delhi's Ramlila grounds included e.the BJP. However, its similarities with the basic concept of the Third Front were, first, a pronounced anti-Congress thrust and, secondly, the presence under the yoga guru's umbrella of parties like the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), the Samajwadi Party, the Bahujan Samaje Party (BSP), the Communist Party of India (CPI), the Akali Dal, the Shiv Sena, et al.
Mumbai, Aug 10 (IANS) Film producer and TV czarina Ekta Kapoor says TV channels' refusal to give a few months break to shows forces her to incorporate leaps in her shows.
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) Social activist Anna Hazare Sunday said it was during his five-day fast at Jantar Mantar last week that he realised the need to give a political alternative to the people.
Ralegan-Siddhi (Maharashtra), July 29 (IANS) Residents of Anna Hazare's native village Ralegan-Siddhi in Maharashtra stood solidly behind the activist who Sunday launched an indefinite hunger strike in Delhi in support of the anti-graft Jan Lokpal bill.
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Anna Hazare Friday said he is neither joining politics nor launching a political party but will support "honest" and "good candidates" nominated by people in the 2014 general elections.
'We will not hold any further talks with the government', said social activist Anna Hazare Wednesday to media person on his hometown on the question of his private meeting with Union Law Minister Salman Khursheed held few days ago.........
Ralegan Siddhi (Maharashtra), July 18 (IANS) Alleging that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government is trying to divide his Team Anna, activist Anna Hazare Wednesday said he will not hold any further talks and continue with indefinite protest from July 25 for a strong Lokpal bill.
Ralegan Siddhi (Maharashtra), July 18 (IANS) Alleging that the UPA government is trying to divide Team Anna, social activist Anna Hazare Wednesday said they will hold no further talks with it and will continue with their indefinite protest from July 25 for a strong Lokpal bill.
Ahmednagar, June 15 (IANS) Social activist Anna Hazare Friday celebrated his 75th birthday with hundreds of children at a rehabilitation centre in Ahmednagar, around 40 km from his hometown Ralegan Siddhi.
Ralegan Siddhi, June 13 (ANI): Veteran anti-graft activist Anna Hazare has slammed the central government for alleging that his movement is foreign-funded, saying that if the government perceived him as anti-national, it had the means to arrest him.
Mumbai, June 12 (IANS) Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray Tuesday trained his guns on the toll collection policy of the Congress-led state government and alleged that there was lack of transparency in the process.
Ralegan Siddhi, June 12 (IANS) Social activist Anna Hazare Tuesday said all allegations against him and his team are baseless and false and he was disappointed with the statements by Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) V. Narayanasamy.
Ralegan Siddhi, June 12 (IANS) Social activist Anna Hazare Tuesday Tuesday said all allegations against him and his team are baseless and false and he was disappointed with the statements by Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) V. Narayanasamy.
New Delhi/Ralegan Siddhi, May 21 (IANS) The lokpal bill hit another road block Monday when it was sent to a select committee of Rajya Sabha amid high drama, soon after being taken up by the upper house after a more than four-month gap. Anna Hazare, however, attacked the government for its delaying tactics and announced another stir from June 25.
Ralegan Siddhi (Maharashtra), May 1 (ANI): Social activist Anna Hazare on Tuesday described Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as an honest man, but one who was unable to freely take decisions, and is being remote controlled.
Ralegan Siddhi (Maharashtra), May 1 (ANI): Social activist Anna Hazare on Tuesday described Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as an honest man, but one who was unable to freely take decisions, and is being remote controlled.
Ralegan-Siddhi (Maharashtra), April 30 (IANS) Social activist Anna Hazare is all set to launch his five-week long tour of Maharashtra from Tuesday to create awareness for a strong Lokayukta bill, an aide has said.
Ralegan Siddhi, Apr 30 (AN): Veteran social activist Anna Hazare has said the four-year prison sentence given to former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Bangaru Laxman on charges of bribery is to feeble to strike fear in the hearts of all corrupt politicians.
Mumbai, April 26 (IANS) The central government is in favour of enacting a model law of Lokayukta so that all states can adopt their own act according to it, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said Thursday.
Mumbai, April 26 (IANS) As a precursor to the proposed state tour for a strong Lokayukta bill, social activist Anna Hazare started his two-day consultations with all political parties to evolve a consensus on the issue, an official said here Thursday.
Anti Corruption crusader Anna Hazare, while speaking on Sunday's drama that there is any rift in his team following the Ramdev and Mufti Shameem Kazmi episode. He was responding to media at Delhi airport before going the his native village Ralegan Siddhi in Maharastra.
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Denying a rift in his team, social activist Anna Hazare Monday said he will not tour with yoga guru Baba Ramdev but share the stage wherever needed in the course of their nationwide campaign against graft.
Ralegan Siddhi (Maharashtra), April 17 (IANS) Anna Hazare will from May 1 start his month-long tour in the state to spread awareness about a strong Lokayukta bill, an aide said here Tuesday.
Mumbai, April 8 (IANS) Social crusader Anna Hazare travelled from his native village Ralegan-Siddhi Mumbai for inaugurating an exhibition of photographs taken by the driver of a TV OB (outside broadcast) van.
Ralegan Siddhi/Bhopal, Apr 6 (ANI): Taking a dig at the Central Government over failing to deal with corruption, social activist Anna Hazare said the former is scared of losing its ground in the current democratic setup.
Ralegan Siddhi, Apr 2 (ANI): Re-emphasizing his determination to wipe out corruption nationally, anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare has said his battle will continue.
Ralegan Siddhi, Mar 28 (ANI): As parliamentarians across the political spectrum slammed Team Anna for using derogatory remarks against Members of Parliament, veteran social activist Ann Hazare on Wednesday said only 'pure people' have a right to sit in Parliament.
Ralegan Siddhi, Feb 27 (ANI): Veteran social activist Anna Hazare on Monday stepped out in defence of Arvind Kejriwal who has been receiving flak from the political plethora over his comment on Members of Parliament, and said that his key aide will never use abusive language, but would give a befitting reply to those indulging in wrong doings.
Ralegan Siddhi, Feb 27 (ANI): Veteran social activist Anna Hazare on Monday stepped out in defence of Arvind Kejriwal who has been receiving flak from the political plethora over his comment on Members of Parliament, and said that his key aide will never use abusive language, but would give a befitting reply to those indulging in wrong doings.
Ralegan Siddhi (Maharashtra), Feb.22 (ANI): Social activist Anna Hazare is expected in New Delhi today to a strategy to revive the anti-graft movement with his core team members.
Ralegan Siddhi (Maharashtra), Feb.22 (ANI): Social activist Anna Hazare is expected in New Delhi today to chalk out a fresh strategy to revive the anti-graft movement with his core team members.
Ralegan Siddhi (Maharashtra), Feb.22 (ANI): Social activist Anna Hazare is expected in New Delhi today to a strategy to revive the anti-graft movement with his core team members.
Ralegan Siddhi, Jan 29 (ANI): Veteran social activist and anti-graft crusader, Anna Hazare arrived here today from his native village Ralegan Siddhi in Maharashtra, for medical check-up at the Medanta hospital in Gurgaon (Haryana).
Ralegan Siddhi, Jan 29 (ANI): Veteran social activist and anti-graft crusader, Anna Hazare arrived here today from his native village Ralegan Siddhi in Maharashtra, for medical check-up at the Medanta hospital in Gurgaon (Haryana).
Dehradun, Jan 27 (ANI): Union Law and Justice Minister Salman Khurshid on Friday said only the most distinguished persons who are held in high prestige, deserve the country's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna.
Dehradun, Jan 27 (ANI): Union Law and Justice Minister Salman Khurshid on Friday said only the most distinguished persons who are held in high prestige, deserve the country's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna.
Ralegan Siddhi, Jan 26 (ANI): Veteran social activist Anna Hazare on the occasion of the 63rd Republic Day on Thursday vowed to continue his fight against corruption to ensure that a strong and effective Lokpal Bill is passed in Parliament.
Ahmedabad, Jan 25 (ANI): Followers of Mahatma Gandhi on Wednesday expressed their anguish over veteran social activist Anna Hazare's remark that a person has no option but to slap the corrupt when he runs out of tolerance and patience.
Rampur, Jan 25 (ANI): Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan on Wednesday said civil society activists are enemies of democracy, and charged them with promoting lawlessness and misusing crowds to get their demands fulfilled.
Dehradun, Jan 25 (ANI): Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Rajnath Singh on Wednesday criticized veteran social activist Anna Hazare for saying that a person has no option but to slap the corrupt when he runs out of tolerance and patience.
Lucknow, Jan 25 (ANI): Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh on Wednesday hit out at Anna Hazare over his latest slapping remark, and underscored that he always considered the veteran social activist as 'Gandhivaadi', but his comments of favouring violence reflects he is getting influenced by the Sangh Parivar and opposition who have a history of supporting violence.
Kaushambi, (Uttar Pradesh) Jan 20 (ANI): The election campaign of veteran social activist and anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare and his team hit a roadblock in Uttarakhand on Friday after the team was denied permission to organise a rally in an open ground in Haridwar.
Kaushambi, (Uttar Pradesh) Jan 20 (ANI): The election campaign of veteran social activist and anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare and his team hit a roadblock in Uttarakhand on Friday after the team was denied permission to organise a rally in an open ground in Haridwar.
Ralegan Siddhi (Maharashtra), Jan.14 (ANI): Veteran social activist Anna Hazare on Saturday condemned the attack on yoga guru Baba Ramdev.
Ralegan Siddhi (Maharashtra), Jan.14 (ANI): Veteran social activist Anna Hazare on Saturday condemned the attack on yoga guru Baba Ramdev.
Ralegan Siddhi, Jan 11 (ANI): Close associates of veteran social activist Anna Hazare has said that in the next stage of their movement for the Lokpal Bill, they under the banner of India Against Corruption, would not campaign against any particular political party.
Pune, Jan 10 (ANI)): Team Anna members on Tuesday said that they would brief Anna Hazare on the discussions that took place in the Core Committee meeting, and added that a final decision with regard to the future course of action would be taken by the veteran social activist.
The member of Team Anna - Arvind Kejriwal, Kiran Bedi, Prashant Bhushan and other - today sat on a meeting at the home of Arvind Kejriwal in Kaushambi.....
Pune, Jan 2 (ANI): Veteran social activist Anna Hazare, who was admitted to Sancheti Institute for Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation in Pune for chest congestion and viral fever, has been advised complete rest for one month.
New Delhi, Jan 2 (ANI): Talking a dig at supporters of anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare, who showed black flags to Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in Punjab, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav has mockingly said since they have shown the black flags, all the bad luck of the Prime Minister has gone away.
Pune, Jan 1 (ANI): Veteran social activist and anti-gaft crusader, Anna Hazare was hospitalised at the Sancheti Institute for Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation in Pune city on Saturday for chest congestion and viral fever.
Ralegaon Siddhi, Dec 31 (ANI): Pune based physician Dr. Kanti Lal Sancheti today told the mediapersons after examining veteran social activist Anna Hazare that he will be hospitalized in Pune tomorrow.
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh), Dec 31 (ANI): Accusing Congress President Sonia Gandhi of tabling a weak Lokpal Bill in the Parliament, Kumar Vishwas, a close aide of veteran social activist Anna Hazare, today said the UPA Government is acting deaf and dumb and not feeling the pulse of the nation. We do not have any hope from the government, as the government is not paying heed to the biggest mass protest, then country will also have to think whose voice does government listen to. UPA chief Sonia Gandhi had already indicated before the Lokpal was tabled in the Parliament that they will not listen to anyone and will go forward with a weak bill because they have a misconception that with the onset of election the country is divided on the basis of caste and appeasement and is confused between the promises made during election," Vishwas told the media here.
New Delhi, Dec 31 (ANI): Former senior police officer and civil society activist Kiran Bedi on Saturday said the core meeting of the her team members, which was to be held at Anna Hazare's native village Ralegan Siddhi on January 2 and 3, has been postponed due to the ill health of the veteran social activist.
New Delhi, Dec 29 (ANI): Veteran social activist Anna Hazare's key aide Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said that the Lokpal Bill tabled in Parliament marked the common man's defeat in the fight against corruption.
Mumbai, Dec 27 (ANI): Asserting that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) should be free from the clutches of Central Government, former senior police officer and civil society activist Kiran Bedi on Tuesday said that it is now the supremacy of the national interest over the vested interest.
Mumbai, Dec 27 (ANI): Veteran social activist Anna Hazare on Tuesday began his three-day fast against the weak Lokpal Bill tabled by the government in Parliament.
Mumbai, Dec 27 (ANI): Veteran social activist Anna Hazare will begin his three-day hunger strike against the weak Lokpal Bill tabled by the government in Parliament.
Ralegan Siddhi, Dec 26 (ANI): Veteran social activist Anna Hazare, who is currently ailing from viral fever, has reiterated his decision to hold his upcoming protest despite his ill health.
New Delhi/Ralegan Siddhi, Dec 26 (ANI): Former senior police officer and civil society activist Kiran Bedi on Monday emphasised on the need to have an independent Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) with an aim to root out corruption from the country.
Ralegan Siddhi/ Mumbai (Maharashtra), Dec 26 (ANI): Anna Hazare's physician Dr. Devlat Pote today informed that the veteran social activist was fit to begin his three-day fast from Tuesday in Mumbai.
Ralegan Siddhi, Dec 26 (ANI): Residents of Ralegan Siddhi, native village of veteran social activist Anna Hazare in Maharashtra extended support to anti-graft crusader in his fight against corruption.
Dhar (Madhya Pradesh), Dec 25 (ANI): At least three children lost their lives and over 25 others got injured when a bus carrying them fell in a gorge in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar District on Sunday.
Ghaziabad/Ralegan Siddhi, Dec 23 (ANI): veteran social activist and anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare and his aides have decided to go ahead with their plan to observe a hunger-strike stir against endemic graft at Mumbai's MMRDA grounds.
Ralegan Siddhi (Maharashtra), Dec 23 (ANI): With objections now being raised over Anna Hazare's hunger strike at Mumbai's Azad Maidan, the anti-graft crusader on Friday said he would fast in prison for a strong Lokpal Bill if denied permission to fast in any part of the financial capital.
New Delhi, Dec 23 (ANI): Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh on Friday hit out at veteran social activist Anna Hazare for protesting against the government Lokpal Bill, saying it had now become clear that the latter was working towards a fulfilment of his political ambitions.
New Delhi, Dec 23 (ANI): Hitting out at veteran social activist Anna Hazare and his aides for opposing the Centre's Lokpal Bill draft, Union Law and Justice Minister Salman Khurshid has said it would not be fair for civil society activists to blame the government if the anti-graft bill is delayed.
Ralegan Siddhi, Dec 22 (ANI): Criticising the Central Government on the "useless" Lokpal Bill, social activist Anna Hazare today challenged Congress president Sonia Gandhi to a public debate on it to convince people that the proposed legislation should be strong.
