I-T department sends notice to Kiran Bedi The Income Tax department has sent notices for scrutiny to two NGOs associated with former IPS officer and Team Anna member Kiran Bedi. The I-T notices, according to sources, pertain to certain exemptions enjoyed by the NGOs under various provisions of the Income Tax Act. Bedi did not respond to calls and SMSes made to her. According to sources, the notices have been sent by the Exemptions unit of the I-T department located [...]

Kiran Bedi refuses to apologise for remarks against MPs Anna Hazare associate Kiran Bedi  has made it clear she will not apologies for her remarks against MP’s made during the Lokpal campaign at the Ramlila Maidan last week. “Sorry no apology for being demonstratively a voice of public anguish. Prepared for any punishment,” Bedi tweeted. Bedi and Om Puri face privilege motions for mocking at and passing caustic comments against MPs. The notices were filed in both houses of Parliament [...]

Dear Mrs Gandhi I trust that you’ve sufficiently recovered from whatever medical condition it was that took you away at short notice – about which neither the party that you head nor the government that you command by proxy offered more than a modicum of information. Once you touch down in Delhi, you will probably slip back into the cocoon of security and the bubble of comfort that your party and your government have laid out for you. That would [...]

India makes do with ‘sense of victory’ from ‘sense of House’ resolution What a difference a day makes. Yesterday what Anna himself called a “half-victory” has now been upgraded to a full-fledged slam-dunk triumph of “people power.” Arvind Kejriwal, playing the opening act to Anna Hazare’s much awaited sip of coconut water and honey, made it clear that victory was a big tent with plenty of room for everyone (except perhaps Swami Agnivesh). India is celebrating a sense of victory. [...]