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Gurgaon: Anna Hazare was discharged from a hospital in Gurgaon this evening where he was admitted on Sunday after he broke his 12-day fast demanding a strong Lokpal.
"Yes, he is out," Dr Yatin Mehta, who was attending on 74-year-old Hazare, told PTI when asked if the Gandhian was discharged from Medanta Medicity where he had been under treatment for the past four days.
The activist left from the back door to avoid the media which was present in strength outside the hospital premises.
Mr Hazare took solid diet for the first time today since being admitted in the hospital, Dr Naresh Trehan, CEO and chairman of Medanta Medicity, earlier said, adding, "His condition is near normal.
"He has started taking dal-roti and khichidi (porridge)," he said.
Read More »Siliconindia.com - Aug 26, 2011
Anna's fight against corruption has not only been limited to media and its people, but also the tech world is cashing on this big event by venturing into apps and games on Anna. Anna Hazare, the social activist who once contemplated suicide is ...
Deccan Herald - Prakash Kumar - 16 hours ago
Underlining that Anna was not the only one fighting corruption in the country but there are many more who are making similar effort in their own way, the CPI leader said Anna's movement had aroused the mass because the ruling coalition gave them the ...
Deccan Herald - Pranab Mukherjee - 17 hours ago
We will amend government bill, not withdraw it. The Congress does not have the absolute majority required to pass the bill. Following discussion, the bill would be referred to a standing committee. On the lines of the Lokayukta, the central government ...
MSN India - 2 hours ago
He drove a truck for the army during the 1965 India-Pakistan war, but when Anna Hazare broke his fast on day 13 Sunday after the Indian parliament agreed to his three demands for a stronger anti-graft legislation the school dropout had won for the ...
Siliconindia.com - 6 hours ago
By PTI, Saturday, 27 August 2011, 23:16 Hrs New Delhi: Anna Hazare ended his fast on the 13th day by drinking cocunut water and honey. He will now spend some time an the Ramlila Maidan and then go straight to the hospital. A Team Anna member said the ...
Siliconindia.com - Aug 26, 2011
By SiliconIndia, Friday, 26 August 2011, 05:44 Hrs On day 11 of Anna fast the parliament saw Rahul Gandhi speak up where he proposed an idea to construct Lokpal like the Election Commission. Although he appreciated Anna?s efforts towards corruption he ...
Deccan Herald - 56 minutes ago
From Ramlila Maidan to Ralegan Siddi-- Anna Hazare's village, celebrations at full blast replaced days of protests as the Gandhian broke his fast today with his supporters marking ''people's victory'' with dancing, waving of tri-colour and handing out ...
Deccan Herald - 6 hours ago
Anna Hazare has become a powerful brand for people-driven change. But a brand is not built in isolation. It took, amongst others, the father-son due of a former law minister and an activist lawyer, a former police officer and an income tax ...
Read More »Star of Mysore - Anna Ends Fast - 3 hours ago
28 (OSR)- Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare ended his 13-day long fast at the Ramlila Maidan here around 10.18 am today by drinking coconut water and honey, offered to him by two five-year-old Dalit girls Simran and Ikra. The event was witnessed by ...
Deccan Herald - 17 hours ago
The opposition BJP on Saturday sought to make a distinction between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi while attacking the ruling United Progressive Alliance on the issue of government's response to Anna Hazare's ...
Deccan Herald - 7 hours ago
It is a victory of the people, Anna Hazare said Sunday as he broke his fast on the 13th day and thanked his supporters for the "success" of his nationwide anti-corruption campaign. "I thank all of you for today. It's your success," the 74-year-old ...
Deccan Herald - 18 hours ago
Aamir Khan, who on Saturday came to the Ramlila Maidan, expressed concern over Anna Hazare's health and appealed him to call off his 12-day long fast. Stating that the anti-corruption crusade would be needed in the future battles against graft, ...
MSN India - Aug 26, 2011
Anna Hazare's fast enters the 12th day. Will it be the last? That will largely depend on what happens in Parliament today. As we have done for the last 11 days, we bring you events and issues as they break. 09:50 am: Team Anna aides comprising ...
MSN India - 16 hours ago
Kolkata, Aug 27 (PTI) Anna Hazare supporters tonight celebrated the "victory" of the Gandhian by sprinkling ''gulal'' on each other and raising slogans welcoming Parliament''s acceptance of his three conditions for Lokpal Bill. ...
Deccan Herald - Aug 26, 2011
From “Main bhi corrupt” (I am also corrupt) to “Main bhi Anna” (I am also Anna), India seems to have changed hats in the last fortnight. There might be pros and cons to the Anna Hazare movement and intellectual murmurs of discontent but it does look ...
Read More »MSN India - 2 hours ago
New Delhi, Aug 28 (PTI) "House bows to Anna whip", "Parliament yields to Anna", "Anna wins it for the people" are some of the screaming headlines in newspapers today. But has he really achieved? Opinion is divided among politicians, journalists and ...
Star of Mysore - Anna Ends Fast - 3 hours ago
New Delhi, Aug. 28 (OSR)- Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare ended his 13-day long fast at the Ramlila Maidan here around 10.18 am today by drinking coconut water and honey, offered to him by two five-year-old Dalit girls Simran and Ikra. ...
Deccan Herald - 3 hours ago
Anti-graft activist Anna Hazare is fine and doing well despite his 288-hour-long fast. However, his heart beat is above normal, the principal doctor attending on him said Sunday. “The heart rate is 94 which is more than a normal (around 80). ...
MSN India - 3 hours ago
Gurgaon: Anna Hazare was on Sunday admitted in Medanta Medicity hospital here for a check-up soon after he ended his 12-day fast on the Lokpal issue and doctors said that he will be under strict observation though there was no reason for worry. ...
Deccan Herald - 3 hours ago
Team Anna today hoped that the government will convene a special session of Parliament to pass the Lokpal Bill in a month's time. Team member and senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan said the government has told them that it would include all the three ...
Deccan Herald - 4 hours ago
Eight-year-old Ikrah and Simran took centrestage at the Ramlila Maidan today when they gave a glass of tender coconut water to Anna Hazare for ending his fast on the Lokpal issue after 12 days. Ikrah, a fourth standard student in a local school in ...
MSN India - 4 hours ago
New Delhi: The media got a big thank you from Anna Hazare and his team Sunday for their support to the anti-corruption campaign with the 24X7 coverage of the protest. The 74-year-old activist who broke his fast on the 13th day said: "I want to thank ...
Read More »Business Standard - Aug 27, 2011
PTI / New Delhi August 27, 2011, 18:44 IST In a development that could help end the impasse on the Lok Pal issue, government and opposition today reached an agreement under which Parliament will adopt a resolution incorporating the three demands of ...
Times Now.tv - Aug 27, 2011
The Opposition on Saturday (August 27) sought to drive a wedge between the Prime Minister and Rahul Gandhi saying the young leader's remarks on Anna Hazare's fast has "poured cold water" on the statesmanship of Manmohan Singh. ...
Daily News & Analysis - Aug 27, 2011
Place: New Delhi | Agency: PTI Aamir Khan today came to the Ramlila Maidan, expressed concern for Anna Hazare's health and regaled the massive crowd with a song. Anna Hazare's campaign has seen a lot of support pouring in from Bollywood and it was the ...
Firstpost - Aug 27, 2011
New Delhi: ”I am not the biggest hero, Anna (Hazare) is the real hero,” said superstar Aamir Khan on Saturday as he pledged support to the activist's fight for a strong anti-corruption law. Khan's remarks at Ramlila Maidan came as a key Hazare aide ...
GlamSham - Aug 27, 2011
As the government dilly-dallied on accepting Anna's demands and confusion prevailed, Bollywood actor Aamir Khan on Saturday appeared on the stage of Anna Hazare's fast protest and supported the Jan Lokpal Bill formulated by the Anna group. ...
Daily News & Analysis - Aug 27, 2011
Place: New Delhi | Agency: PTI The BJP which largely supported the contentious issues raised by Anna Hazare-led civil society in Parliament today struck a discordant note on a suggestion that the Lokpal be given phone-tapping authority. ...
Business Standard - Aug 27, 2011
PTI / New Delhi August 27, 2011, 17:40 IST Amid Team Anna's claims that BJP is not prepared to vote on a resolution on the Lok Pal issue, the party today clarified it would vote in both Houses of Parliament in favour of all the three sticking points if ...
Read More »Hindustan Times - 20 hours ago
If the Anna Hazare-Government of India saga was a television soap opera, there would really be no point in having a recap of 'what has happened till now' before the latest episode is aired. First of all, what happened before seems to have little ...
Hindustan Times - 20 hours ago
After 12 days of fasting for an anti-corruption law that galvanized tens of thousands across India, Anna Hazare announced on Saturday night that he will call off his protest at 10 am on Sunday. Looking weak but sounding jubilant, Hazare, 74, ...
Hindustan Times - 20 hours ago
Union minister and former Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh on Saturday conveyed the "sense of the house", including in-principle agreement on the three key demands of Anna Hazare on the Lokpal Bill, to the fasting activist. ...
Hindustan Times - 21 hours ago
After 12 days that had India on the edge, Anna Hazare was poised to end his fast tomorrow morning, capping a day of highs and lows that saw a historic Parliament debate a possible anti-corruption legislation that ended with the broad acceptance of key ...
Hindustan Times - 22 hours ago
A TV grab shows union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee speaking on Lokpal debate in Lok Sabha in...... Sources have told Hindustan Times that the government has with the help of the oppositon thrashed out a three line resolution that is likely to be ...
Hindustan Times - Aug 27, 2011
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj Saturday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would vote in favour of the three demands of Team Anna in parliament. As Hazare's team alleged betrayal after it came to be known that there will be no ...
Aljazeera.net (blog) - Prerna Suri - 17 minutes ago
"We the people of India ...." is how India's preamble reads. It's giving force and voice to a nation and not just a polity. But in recent decades this line by India's founding fathers has somehow lost it's relevance. ...
Wall Street Journal (blog) - Prashant Agrawal - 5 hours ago
Thank you for uniting and inspiring a nation. There may have been only tens of thousands at the Ramlila grounds but it's undeniable that you caught the attention of the nation. Not just the middle class, but all classes. ...
Voice of America (blog) - 20 hours ago
An Indian activist says he will end his nearly two-week hunger strike after parliament agreed to his demands for tougher anti-corruption legislation. Anna Hazare said Saturday he will end his fast on Sunday morning. His announcement came after ...
Wall Street Journal (blog) - Preetika Rana - Aug 26, 2011
Supporters of Anna Hazare raised slogans during their protest against corruption in New Delhi on Wednesday. Anna Hazare's hunger strike continued as his team and the government tried to reach an agreement on legislation for a proposed ...
Reuters Blogs (blog) - Aug 26, 2011
A few months ago, Kiran Bedi visited the Thomson Reuters office in Bangalore as a guest speaker to mark International Women's week and also to address us on corporate ethics and governance. It was also the day when some of us heard of a man called Anna ...
Read More »Hindustan Times - 3 hours ago
PTI Just wearing Gandhi caps with “Mein Bhi Anna (I am Anna)” will not make you Anna Hazare. This was the message by the Gandhian to his thousands of supporters at Ramlila Maidan as he prescribed a five-point agenda for them to emulate. with “Mein bhi ...
Hindustan Times - 4 hours ago
Hours before Anna Hazare broke a 13-day hunger strike that shook the nation, all roads led to the Ramlila ground. And as he sipped coconut water, tens of thousands gave him a standing, boisterous ovation that would make any politician go green with ...
Hindustan Times - 6 hours ago
PTI Indian-Americans in New York celebrated the Parliament's endorsement of social activist Anna Hazare's three key demands on the Lokpal Bill, saying it demonstrated the power of the people and of the Indian democracy. Volunteers of the 'India Against ...
Hindustan Times - 9 hours ago
PTI It's three in the morning and as celebratory mood in the Ramlila Ground prevails after Anna Hazare announced that his fast will end, a corner is buzzing with activity with a group of doctors attending to patients who are trickling in at a ...
Hindustan Times - 10 hours ago
After 12 days of drama, diatribe and dialogue, social activist Anna Hazare announced the withdrawal of his fast that started on August 16, as thousands cheered at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan, and many more hailed the 'victory' across the country. ...
Hindustan Times - 16 hours ago
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said one piece of legislation, however strong and empowered it may be, cannot completely eradicate corruption. Therefore, there was need for a change in the system "where individual discrimination will be ...
Hindustan Times - 17 hours ago
It was a star-studded moment at the Ramlila Maidan with Aamir Khan, Rajkumar Hirani and Sonu Nigam making an appearance on the 12th day of Anna Hazare's protest. The crowd broke into a collective cheer as the celebrities made an appearance on stage. ...
Hindustan Times - 17 hours ago
Finally, it has arrived. The day when there are mass demonstrations for change. As a social activist working in rural areas and in urban slums, I had fantasised about the time when citizens would demonstrate their power and demand a better India. ...
Hindustan Times - 17 hours ago
At 5.41 pm Saturday, the conference room behind the Ramlila Maidan stage buzzed with excitement. A core group member of Team Anna, Sneha Kothawade, kept an eagle eye on the television set while typing out a press release on her laptop titled 'Anna ...
Hindustan Times - 17 hours ago
During his nine days' stay at the Ramlila Maidan, Anna Hazare has received as many as 7000 letters and postcards from various parts of the country. A team of volunteers were assigned the job to collect the letters and pass it on to Anna. ...
Hindustan Times - 18 hours ago
Union minister of state for commerce Jyotiraditya Scindia backed Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi's call for a strong Lokpal to be constitutional body, accountable to Parliament, such as Election Commission. proposal. ...
Read More »Deccan Herald - 5 hours ago
Supporters Sunday thronged Gurgaon's Medanta hospital where Anna Hazare was brought for medical supervision after he ended his fast on the 13th day. Hundreds of people were gathered outside the multi-specialty hospital here to catch a glimpse of the ...
MSN India - 29 minutes ago
Mumbai, Aug 28 (PTI) Bollywood stars today greeted Anna Hazare''s "triumph" in his fight over the Lokpal bill with a "jai ho", hailing his achievement as a "golden day" and a "new beginning" for the country. Shortly after the 74-year-old Gandhian broke ...
MSN India - 4 hours ago
London, Aug 28 (PTI) Anna Hazare''s crusade against corruption has attracted a great deal of attention in the British media and among the NRI community which today welcomed the end of his fast. British parliamentarian Lord Swraj Paul said he was ...
MSN India - 2 hours ago
From collecting mounds of garbage, removing slush caused by rains to cleaning toilets, a group of volunteers -- mostly students from premier medical and engineering colleges -- kept Ramlila Maidan, the nerve centre of Anna Hazare's movement, ...
Deccan Herald - 1 hour ago
Even though the mood is jubiliant amongst Anna Hazare's supporters here, India Against Corruption (IAC) is working out the next course of the anti-graft campaign, an activist said Sunday. Hazare supporters distributed sweets to people in the upmarket ...
Deccan Herald - 8 hours ago
A roaring crowd greeted Gandhian Anna Hazare this morning at Ramlila Maidan as he emerged on the dais to break his fast. Clad in his trademark white dhoti-kurta and Gandhi cap, Hazare came to the stage at 9:30 AM from his tent and waved to the crowds ...
Deccan Herald - 3 hours ago
Anti-graft activist Anna Hazare is fine and doing well despite his 288-hour-long fast. However, his heart beat is above normal, the principal doctor attending on him said Sunday. “The heart rate is 94 which is more than a normal (around 80). ...
MSN India - 2 hours ago
Hours before Anna Hazare broke a 13-day hunger strike that shook the nation, all roads led to the Ramlila ground. And as he sipped coconut water, tens of thousands gave him a standing, boisterous ovation that would make any politician go green with ...
Deccan Herald - 7 hours ago
After securing Parliament's nod on key elements of Jan Lokpal bill, Anna Hazare today ended his 12-day-old fast declaring that electoral reforms will be next on his agenda. The 74-year-old Gandhian accepted a glass of tender coconut water mixed with ...
Read More »Times of India - Aug 27, 2011
GUWAHATI: Chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Friday said he has never taken bribe but admit to giving it many times - sometimes for "chai-pani" and by being a sycophant on ocassions - to get his work done. A candid Gogoi, who is holding the chief minister's ...
Times of India - Aug 27, 2011
GUWAHATI: Over 5000 youths, including students, hit the city streets on Friday to protest against the Centre's delay in solving the impasse over the Jan Lokpal Bill. Donning T-Shirts, caps and badges having photographs of Anna Hazare, ...
Times of India - Aug 26, 2011
MAPUSA: Seeking to capitalize on the pro-Anna Hazare mood, the state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has demanded for a special assembly session to discuss and pass the Goa Lokayukta Bill. Speaking at a public meeting at Mapusa on Friday evening, ...
IBNLive.com - Aug 26, 2011
PTI Guwahati: Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Friday said that the chief minister would be brought under the ambit of the Lokayukta Bill in Assam and appealed to Gandhian Anna Hazare to end his fast. "We will amend the Lokayukta Bill and also include the ...
Calcutta Telegraph - 14 hours ago
Guwahati, Aug. 27: The All Assam Students' Union (AASU), along with several other organisations, took out a rally in the city today to extend support to Anna Hazare's ongoing fast to pass the Jan Lokpal Bill in Parliament. Nearly 6000 students from ...
Assam Times - Dibya Jyoti Borthakur - Aug 27, 2011
In continuing support for Anna Hazare in his fight for a strong Lokpal Bill , people from various walks of life , including students from different schools and colleges of Raha, under the banner of the All Assam Students' Union, ( AASU ) Raha unit ...
Assam Tribune - Aug 26, 2011
GUWAHATI, Aug 25 – Why is there corruption? Because selfish people practise bribery to get their interests served, said Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi at a press conference here today. He suggested that the people should vow not to give bribe for getting ...
Hindustan Times - 1 hour ago
PTI From Ramlila Maidan to Ralegan Siddi -- Anna Hazare's village -- celebrations at full blast replaced days of protests as the Gandhian broke his fast on Sunday, with his supporters marking "people's victory" with dancing, waving of the tri colour ...
Hindustan Times - 2 hours ago
PTI It was celebrations at full blast in Ramlila Maidan on Sunday immediately after Anna Hazare broke his fast, as thousands of supporters broke into impromptu dancing, singing and waving of the tri-colour, while sweets and flowers were handed out. ...
Hindustan Times - 2 hours ago
PTI Eight-year-old Ikrah and Simran took centrestage at the Ramlila Maidan on Sunday when they gave a glass of tender coconut water to Anna Hazare for ending his fast on the Lokpal issue after 12 days. Ikrah, a fourth standard student in a local school ...
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