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An Indian activist began his fifth hunger strike in 16 months on Sunday to push for strong anti-graft legislation, but failed to draw the massive crowds that marked the start of his campaign.A year ago, tens of thousands of middle-class Indians crowded into a New Delhi fairground — braving both pouring rain and a sweltering sun — and pledged support for Anna Hazare as he went without food and water for 12 days to pressure the government to create a wide-ranging anti-corruption watchdog.But on Sunday afternoon, the frail 75-year-old activist managed to only attract only a few thousand people. Three of his aides have been fasting at the site since last Wednesday.The activists hope the hunger strike will force Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government to take up an anti-graft bill when Parliament resumes Aug. 8.Hazare and his supporters are also demanding an investigation into corruption allegations against 14 Cabinet ministers.Hazare, a former army truck driver and social activist from ...
A renowned Indian anti-corruption crusader struck a deal with police early Thursday to hold a 15-day public hunger strike against graft, ending a bizarre standoff at...
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh lashed out at India's most prominent anti-corruption crusader Wednesday, accusing the fasting activist of trying to circumvent democrac...
A renowned Indian anti-corruption crusader plans to embark on a 15-day public hunger strike that will pit him and his thousands of supporters against the scandal-pla...
An Indian reform activist whose protest galvanized the nation's anger against corruption ended his 12-day hunger strike Sunday after forcing Parliament to throw its ...
Since launching his own political party this month, a fiery former tax officer has become the bane of some of India's most powerful politicians, publicly accusing th...
A popular Indian yoga guru fasted for a fourth day Sunday and threatened to expand his anti-graft protest nationwide if the government doesn't act decisively to brin...
A political cartoonist who was jailed on sedition charges for drawings that mocked corruption in the Indian government has been released on bail.Aseem Trivedi walked...
A political cartoonist whose drawings mock Indian government corruption has been jailed in a sedition investigation that was widely condemned Monday as evidence of p...
A political cartoonist who was jailed on sedition charges for drawings that mocked corruption in the Indian government was released on bail Wednesday.Supporters chee...
An activist's threat to fast to death unless the government amends an anti-corruption bill has sparked debate about whether the traditional Indian form of protest ha...
An anti-corruption activist arrested Tuesday for planning a public hunger strike began his fast behind bars as his supporters held protests across the country, with ...
A television star and yoga guru leading tens of thousands of people protesting Indian corruption said he would resume a hunger strike Monday in a northern Hindu pilg...
India's most prominent anti-corruption crusader began a public hunger strike and mass protest Friday, adopting the tactics of liberation hero Mohandas K. Gandhi to p...
Two Indian anti-corruption campaigners drew thousands of cheering supporters to a protest Sunday to press the government to act against graft and bring back billions...
A popular yoga guru and thousands of his supporters were detained by police for several hours Monday after they tried to march to India's Parliament to intensify an ...
Indian activist Anna Hazare leaves jail to start 15-day public fast against corruption.
Indian police detained scores of anti-corruption activists who tried to march Sunday to the homes of top political leaders to protest a scandal over the government's...
Hundreds of people shouted slogans and waved Indian flags near Parliament on Wednesday in solidarity with three activists who began a hunger strike to pressure the g...
For the last 12 years, a businessman in the northern Indian city of Kanpur has been paying a 5,000 rupee ($113) bribe to government officials to get his income tax r...
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