By- Staff Reporter | Date- July 06, 2012 Advertisements RTI activist and Team Anna member Akhil Gogoi has been attacked and critically injured by Youth Congress activists in Nalbari district today. Akhil Gogoi, who went to village Punni in Dharmapur constituency of Nalbari district to take stock of the flood situation, was allegedly attacked with […]
It is scary to realize for what reasons the Lokpal could have been used if it became a reality under the current shape. Corporates, NGOs and Media would have become the super powers of a country already taking the path of neo-capitalization. Advertisements By– Priyankan Goswami The Lokpal has failed and so has Anna Hazare’s […]
No Anna or Irom Sharmila, no amount of hunger strikes or street protests will be able to clean our democracy whose virtues are slowly being spilled into the greater drains of capitalism, nepotism and imperialism. By – Priyankan Goswami The version 3.0 of Anna Hazare fasting for Lokpal bill has come to an end, even […]
By- Staff Reporter | Date- December 27, 2011 History was almost made on Tuesday night as the much awaited, debated and eyed Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2011 was passed in the Lok Sabha amidst furious debate. However, the parallel Constitution (116th Amendment) Bill, which would have given the Lokpal constitutional status was rejected in house […]
By- Staff Reporter | Date- December 24, 2011 The judiciary yesterday reminded Anna Hazare and his team that they are not above the Government elected by the people. Voicing for the legislature and democracy with unbeatable logic and furor, the two-judge bench of Bombay High Court shot back at the petitioner who wanted rent on […]
By- Correspondent | Date- October 20, 2011 The core group of India against Corruption (IAC), better known as Team Anna, now appears to be a group against itself. Two members namely Magsaysay Award winner Rajendra Singh and Gandhian P.V. Rajagopal have already quit the core team, stating discontent over the team’s turning political. The Hisar […]
By- Priyankan Goswami Akhil Gogoi, for the people of Assam is now more than a RTI activist or farmers leader. He is now a symbol of rebellion for whom both the young and the old takes to the streets at a single call of him. As termed by ULFA Supremo Paresh Baruah Akhil Gogoi is […]
By- Correspondent| Date- September 1, 2011 The Iron Lady from Manipur, human rights activist Irom Sharmila Chanu has expressed utter shock and clarified that she had never called Anna Hazare‘s movement as “artificial”. This was clarified through a written statement from Sharmila to Just Peace Foundation (JPF), a Manipur based body promoting the Iron Lady’s […]
By- Correspondent | Date- August 30, 2011 One of the key members of Team Anna and Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS), Akhil Gogoi has stated that Anna Hazare would soon be visiting Assam to start their next round of activities. This was stated by Mr. Gogoi while addressing a public gathering at Guwahati after returning […]