NEWSMAKERS OF THE WEEK
ANNA HAZARE, THE 80YEAR- OLD ANTI- CORRUPTION ACTIVIST, DEMANDS THE APPOINTMENT OF LOKPAL AT THE CENTRE AND LOKAYUKTAS IN THE STATES, AND GIVING BETTER PRICES TO THE FARMERS FOR THEIR YIELD. HE BEGAN HIS FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION IN 2011.
ANNA HAZARE
After the Central government accepted his demands, social activist Anna Hazare ended his six- day fast over Lokpal at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi on Friday. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Union MoS ( agriculture) Gajendra Shekhawat called on Mr Hazare to convey him messages of the Central government agreeing to his demands.
SANDEEP SHARMA
A journalist of a national news channel, whose sting operation had led to exposure of the nexus between sand mafia and police in Bhind in Madhya Pradesh, was mowed down by a dumper on Monday in suspicious circumstances. The journalist, Sandeep Sharma, was hit by an empty dumper from behind when he was riding his bike in Bhind at 8.55 am, killing him on the spot.
AMIT SHAH
BJP president Amit Shah had a slip of tongue where he accused his own party’s chief ministerial candidate B. S. Yeddyurappa’s in Karnataka of running “the most corrupt government.” Mr Shah had named Yeddyurappa’s government as corrupt instead of the incumbent Chief Minister Siddaramaiah of the Congress.
ARNAUD BELTRAME
France bestowed its highest honour on Arnaud Beltrame, the police officer who died after swapping himself for a hostage during a terror attack last week. Lt. Col. Arnaud Beltrame, 44, was one of four victims of a shooting spree in Trebes, in the south of France, last Friday — the attacker, who was also killed, said he was representing the Islamic State terror group.
AMIT MALVIYA
The BJP’s IT cell head Amit Malviya announced the dates for the Karnataka polls on his Twitter handle at 11.08 am, a good amount of time before the Election Commissioner did. Mr Malviya said that the elections would be held on May 12, and the counting would be held on May 18. He, however, got the date of the counting wrong. He, however, blamed it on a news channel, who he claims, flashed it earlier.