-PTI   Anna Hazare’s team today found itself at the wrong end of the graft-and-transparency stick with a former group associate, Swami Agnivesh, raising questions about possible funds diversion by Arvind Kejriwal. Team Anna member Manish Sisodia claimed Agnivesh was acting “out of anger” at being removed from the team after a video clip purportedly showed him asking a person to deal strongly with Hazare. According to Agnivesh, around Rs 80 lakh that supporters...

-PTI   Team Anna member Arvid Kejriwal has been slapped with a fresh notice by the Income Tax Department, asking the former IRS officer to pay over Rs nine lakh in dues by this month-end.  Earlier, the Office of the Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (CCIT) had on August five issued a notice to him in the case.  Sources said a fresh notice has been issued to Kejriwal, who, the department claimed, had violated...

-The Indian Express   On at least 12 occasions, Kiran Bedi appears to have inflated her travel expenses while charging the institutions and NGOs inviting her for seminars, even as she used her own travel discount as a gallantry award winner — keeping the rest of the money for her own purposes. Bedi defends herself, saying that she was travelling less comfortably than she was entitled to, and using the money left...

-The Hindustan Times   A day after he quit Team Anna, activist Rajendra Singh accused Anna Hazare and Arvind Kejriwal of autocratic behaviour and expressed unhappiness over politicisation of the India Against Corruption campaign.  In an exclusive interview to HT, Singh said, "I have left the core team. But I will continue to campaign against corruption in various spheres of life."  Singh, a Magsaysay award winner for his work on water conservation in Rajasthan,...

-IANS   Two resignations and one more in the offing? The core group behind India Against Corruption (IAC) led by Anna Hazare is likely to be whittled down further with Delhi archbishop Vincent M Concessao distancing himself from the movement, sources said on Wednesday. On Tuesday, Magsaysay award winner Rajendra Singh and Gandhian activist P V Rajagopal quit the original 26-member panel citing the political activism of Arvind Kejriwal and other leaders of...