Media & Entertainment News States act on graft, governance – prodded by people’s power September 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Fixed timeframes for the completion of public works, penalty for officials who fail to deliver, wide-ranging powers to anti-graft bodies. Prodded into action by Anna Hazare’s movement, states across India are taking steps to empower the people and nail corruption. The bills and laws are of different names, but largely work on the same premise […] Read more » Anna Hazare Lokpal Bill
Media & Entertainment News Aamir supports Manipur rights activist August 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Bollywood actor Aamir Khan has supported Manipur’s human rights activist Irom Chanu Sharmila’s over a decade-long hunger strike against the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act and violation of human rights by security forces in the northeast, a release said here Monday. “The Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), 1958, should be repealed,” the actor told […] Read more » AamirKhan AFSPA Irom Chanu Sharmila Manipur rights activist
Media & Entertainment News How Anna united people for a common cause August 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment There is hardly any similarity between 50-year-old Raghubir Prasad, a rickshaw puller from Bihar, and 20-year-old Meneka Sharma, a student in Delhi. Yet they have been bound together by a common link called Anna Hazare. Prasad has been literally camping at the Ramlila Maidan here in central Delhi for the past 11 days – ever […] Read more » Anna Hazare Anna united people for a common cause Jan Lokpal bill Ramlila ground
Media & Entertainment News Anna’s blood pressure falls, health deteriorates August 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Doctors attending on Anna Hazare Saturday expressed worry over the fasting social activist’s falling blood pressure and said he should end his fast, which entered day 12, as his health has begun to deteriorate. “Blood pressure that was earlier steady has come down and his heart rate has increased. The cause of worry is the […] Read more » Anna Hazare Anna's blood pressure falls Anna's health deteriorates
Media & Entertainment News Hazare wants three key issues resolved to end fast: Patkar August 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Anna Hazare will not break his fast unless the parliament moves a resolution on the three key issues, activist Medha Patkar said late Friday night after she and other civil society members met Law Minister Salman Khurshid here. ‘Anna Hazare is insistent he will not break the fast without the three key issues being resolved,’ […] Read more » activist Medha Patkar Anna Hazare Bhaiyyu Maharaj Law Minister Salman Khurshid Lokpal bills Prashant Bhushan
Media & Entertainment News Great idea but pass our bill first, Team Anna tells Rahul August 26, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Team Anna on Friday appreciated Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s suggestion that the Lokpal be elevated to constitutional status. They, however, stuck to their demand that the Jan Lokpal bill be passed first within the prescribed time frame. “Lokpal should be given constitutional status. Yes, I support him (Gandhi)…But first let us at least have a […] Read more » anti-graft bill Social activist Medha Patkar
Media & Entertainment News On Day 11, parliament set to discuss Jan Lokpal bill August 26, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The parliament was all set to discuss the Jan Lokpal bill Friday, the 11th day of Anna Hazare’s fast. He has lost seven kg till now, although doctors monitoring him said he was fine. The virtual climbdown by the government came Thursday after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made an emotive appeal to Hazare to end […] Read more » anti-graft bill Jan Lokpal bill parliament to discuss Jan Lokpal bill
Media & Entertainment News Delhi Metro shuts four stations August 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Four Delhi Metro stations in the vicinity of the prime minister’s residence here were shut from 3 p.m. Thursday on the orders of the Delhi Police, an official said. The stations are Udyog Bhawan, Race Course and Jor Bagh on the Huda City Centre-Jahangirpuri corridor and Khan Market station on the Central Secretariat-Badarpur stretch. ‘They […] Read more » Delhi Metro Delhi Metro shuts four stations
Media & Entertainment News Stay on Rs.75 lakh compensation to Mangalore crash victims August 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A division bench of the Kerala High Court Thursday stayed a single bench verdict ordering national carrier Air India to pay Rs.75 lakh ($168,000) each to the families of 158 passengers killed in the Mangalore crash last year. However, a division bench of Justices C.N. Ramachandran Nair and P.S. Gopinathan asked Air India to ensure […] Read more » ICAO International Civil Aviation Organisation Justice C.N. Ramachandran Nair Justice P.S. Gopinathan Kerala High Court Mangalore crash victims Rs.75 lakh compensation
Media & Entertainment News Hazare’s agitation will benefit future generations: Ramdev August 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Hazare’s agitation will benefit future generations: Ramdev Yoga guru Baba Ramdev Wednesday said Anna Hazare’s indefinite fast against corruption would benefit the whole country, especially the future generations. “Hazare’s fast will benefit the whole country and the future generations,” Ramdev said at Ramlila Maidan where he visited the social activist on the ninth day of his fast to demand a stronger Lokpal […] Read more » Hazare's agitation will benefit future generations Ramdev
Media & Entertainment News I won’t give up even if I die: Hazare August 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on I won’t give up even if I die: Hazare Addressing thousands at the Ramlila Maidan Wednesday, a smiling but frail Anna Hazare said he will not give up his fast till the government meets all his demands for a strong anti-graft bill, even if it costs him his life. “Till the government does not accept all my demands, I will not give up,” said […] Read more » Anna Hazare Ramlila Maidan
Media & Entertainment News Jan Lokpal bill sent to standing committee: Narayansamy August 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Jan Lokpal bill sent to standing committee: Narayansamy The Jan Lokpal bill drafted by Team Anna has been sent to the Parliamentary Standing Committee, Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office V. Narayansamy told the Rajya Sabha Wednesday. He made the announcement during a debate on corruption in the upper house of parliament. Activist Anna Hazare, fasting for nine days against the […] Read more » Activist Anna Hazare corruption