This week on '30 Minutes', Divya Iyer highlights Ramdev's journey from yoga guru to a brand against corruption. ...
09:14 PM, Jun 18, 2011
New Delhi: Five days after the controversial murder of a minor girl in Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati finally broke her silence on Wednesday promising stern action. Mayawati said, "What happened in Lakhimpur is regretful... We are taking strict action. The government is ready for a CBI probe if the family of the victim want it. However, I fear that if the CBI took over the case it...
09:25 PM, Jun 15, 2011
New Delhi: Baba Ramdev on Thursday made an attempt to silence his critics by giving details of his business empire. The yoga guru listed capital and expenses of his trusts but remained silent on companies run by his trusts. In the end he ended up hiding more than what he revealed. A smiling Acharya Balkrishna declared the overall worth of Brand Baba Ramdev - an empire estimated to be worth...
09:52 PM, Jun 09, 2011
Haridwar: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev's close aide Acharya Balkrishna surfaced in Haridwar on Tuesday, three days after he went missing following the police crackdown at the Ramlila Maidan on Ramdev's supporters, claiming that he was an Indian and not a citizen of Nepal as was being alleged by a Congress leader. Balkrishna claimed that all allegations made against him are false and he had not appeared in public as he...
07:11 PM, Jun 07, 2011
Baba Ramdev resumed his protest against corruption from Haridwar on Monday. ...
12:15 AM, Jun 07, 2011
CNN-IBN asked citizens across the nation whether Baba Ramdev's fast is a satyagrah or just a political stunt? ...
09:17 PM, Jun 06, 2011
New Delhi: From the Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi to his yagyashala in Patanjali Peeth in Haridwar, in his home turf Uttarakhand, yoga guru Baba Ramdev's movement against corruption was cruelly cut short. But the feisty new age yoga guru is undeterred. The midnight crackdown by the government may have broken up the massive crowd, but not his spirit. Baba Ramdev is in no mood to back off and has...
07:31 AM, Jun 06, 2011
New Delhi: Baba Ramdev's threat of an indefinite hunger strike has left the government jittery. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Cabinet colleagues got into a huddle on Wednesday to try and resolve the crisis. So what is it about Baba Ramdev that makes him seem so influential, not just among politicians and celebrities, but also the aam aadmi. He cracks jokes, recounts stories and yes he also teaches yoga...
08:08 AM, Jun 02, 2011
Greater Noida: The National Council for Women has challenged the Uttar Pradesh Police forensic report that there were no human remains in the mounds of ash found at Bhatta and Parsaul villages. CNN-IBN revisited the villages to find out what the people have to say. The mounds of ash in Bhatta village in Greater Noida became the bone of contention between Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi and the Mayawati government. ...
02:10 PM, May 21, 2011
New Delhi: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi seems to have misled Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the nation on alleged rape and killings at Bhatta-Parsaul. A CNN-IBN report finds that several of Rahul's claims are not backed by evidence. Rahul misquoted: Congress But the Congress stands by Rahul with the party maintaining that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati should order a judicial inquiry into the Bhatta-Parsaul violence. "What happened in...
12:58 PM, May 18, 2011
Noida: The agitating farmers of Bhatta Parsaul are not against land acquisition per se, but claim they've been given a raw deal, because there is a huge gap between the selling price and the cost at which the UP government has acquired their land. Harender Malick's family has been living in Parsaul village for generations. If the government has its way, then Malick's house will also be acquired along with ...
09:07 AM, May 12, 2011
New Delhi: Shobhit Niranjan had an offer to join Mentor Graphics for seven lakhs per annum. US based Symantec wanted to recruit Mohit Mundra for nine lakhs per year. Raman Puri had a comfortable job at Hero Honda and a seat at IIM Lucknow. But the 26-year-olds decided to grind their lucrative careers to a halt and fly into business. That of manufacturing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Raman Puri, founder, Aurora ...
09:54 AM, May 11, 2011
New Delhi: In a shocking story, two sisters, who locked themselves up in their own home in Noida for the last seven months, were finally rescued from their home on Tuesday afternoon by the police. Anuradha and Sonali Behl were carried out of their house seven months after the two sisters locked themselves up in their home. The siblings, both chartered accountants in their 40s had cut-off all connection with...
03:09 PM, Apr 12, 2011
Mumbai/Panaji: Goa's controversial Education Minister, Atanasio Babush Monserrate, was questioned for over six hours by the Customs Department in Mumbai on Saturday. After Monserrate failed to explain why he was carrying about Rs 25 lakh worth unaccounted cash, a case was registered against him under the Customs and the Foreign Exchange Management Act. Monserrate, a member of the Congress party, was caught with the cash last week at the Mumbai...
01:02 PM, Apr 09, 2011
New Delhi: Counting over a billion people is no easy task. But the Census 2011 has done just that, giving India its newest headcount. At 121 crore population, it's the combined population of USA, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Japan. But the good news is that despite a growth rate of 17.64 per cent in the last decade, it is the sharpest decline in population growth rate since independence. But...
09:31 PM, Mar 31, 2011
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