Indian activist Anna Hazare, whose hunger strike in August attracted public support, held a one-day fast demanding government to tackle corruption.

Sipping coconut water and honey, a self-styled Gandhian anti-corruption reformer ended a hunger strike on its 13th day on Sunday.

The veteran activist, on hunger strike over his country’s corruption, has thousands of followers — though others harbour serious misgivings.

Thousands have gathered to support an anti-corruption social activist who has galvanized India against the government through a hunger strike.

Protests swelled across India in support of a campaigner fasting to the death in jail against government corruption.

Protests have swelled across India in support of anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare, and the government seems unable to end the standoff.

Indian police arrested an anti-corruption hunger-striker and detained 1 400 of his supporters on Tuesday in a crackdown that provoked outrage in