New Delhi: The Congress on Friday made light of the proposed fast by Baba Ramdev and Anna Hazare on Sunday and accused them of "vitiating" the atmosphere by putting out "half baked, out of reference stories". "Fasting is good for health in summers. You should eat less and drink more water in the hot months," Congress spokesperson Renuka Chowdhury said on the proposed fast by the activists on the issue...
08:20 PM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: With Team Anna under attack for levelling allegations against the Prime Minister, Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday asked Anna Hazare to leave the group which is in the grip of "Naxalite minded crazies" and join him and Ramdev in the fight against graft. "Team Anna has always been in the grip of Naxalite minded crazies. It is time Anna Hazare dump most of Team Anna and...
01:46 PM, May 30, 2012
Rewari: The Congress-led UPA government at the Centre will not be able to complete its full term as its condition is like that of a patient surviving on ventilator, says yoga guru Ramdev. Addressing a press conference here yesterday, he alleged the accumulation of black money during the UPA regime had crossed all limits. Ramdev said the white paper on black money presented in Parliament by the UPA government was...
03:47 AM, May 30, 2012
Hisar: The Indian Premier League (IPL) is nothing but an array of corruption and graft, yoga guru Baba Ramdev said in Hisar on Saturday. "Huge black money is being invested in it," he said adding "this is a black game now". "It is a token of debauchery," Ramdev told people at his roadshow in the city. "This vicious circle shall be brought to an end for the sake of the...
11:10 PM, May 19, 2012
Jind: Yoga guru Ramdev on Friday accused the central government of targeting anti-corruption crusaders in the country. "The government has targeted people who have raised their voice against rampant corruption and I am no exception," he told reporters after a two-day yoga camp at Arjun stadium. Ramdev said he has been served several notices since he started the crusade against blackmoney. "I do not fear the notices and would submit...
03:58 AM, May 19, 2012
Jind: Yoga guru Ramdev on Friday accused the central government of targeting anti-corruption crusaders in the country. "The government has targeted people who have raised their voice against rampant corruption and I am no exception," he told reporters after a two-day yoga camp at Arjun stadium in Jind. Ramdev said he has been served several notices since he started the crusade against blackmoney. "I do not fear the notices and...
10:08 PM, May 18, 2012
Jind: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Thursday said people of the country should have voting right in the Presidential poll. "It is unfortunate that only few are entitled to vote in the Presidential poll, the entire nation should have a participation in the process," Ramdev told reporters during a two-day yoga camp at Arjun stadium in Jind. Whether it is a political or a non-political person in the race, the...
02:04 AM, May 18, 2012
New Delhi: Yoga guru Ramdev's trust have challenged the action of the Income Tax department to slap a tax demand of Rs 58 crore on their income through sales of ayurvedic medicines. "Since inception we have been doing charity in terms of providing medical relief and other such activities to the needy. We have challenged the I-T department's notice at the Commissioner of I-T (Appeals) office and we know that...
08:32 PM, May 17, 2012
New Delhi: Making a conscious effort to shed his pro-Hindutva image, yoga guru Ramdev on Saturday shared the dais with Muslim leaders and announced he would launch a struggle to support their demand for amending article 341 that excludes Muslim and Christian Dalits from the ambit of reservation. Ramdev also announced that he would launch protests against the government demanding bringing back black money stashed away in foreign countries and...
03:40 AM, May 13, 2012
New Delhi: Ramdev will address a seminar organised by a Muslim organisation in the capital on Saturday, a move seen as an attempt by the yoga guru to change his pro-Hindutva image. The yoga guru will inaugurate the conference on 'Basic Issues' organised by All India United Muslim Morcha led by former Parliamentarian Ilyas Azmi at India Islamic Cultural Centre. Ramdev's spokesperson said the conference is focused on issues of...
02:58 AM, May 12, 2012
Gwalior: Describing Anna Hazare as his "spiritual friend", yoga guru Ramdev on Friday said he will continue to work with the anti-corruption crusader. "Hazare is my spiritual friend....those speaking against Hazare and his team these days are the ones who are either corrupt or encourage corruption," Ramdev said. Whenever Hazare and his associates became active, such people targeted them, he said. To a question, Ramdev said he stood by his...
12:50 AM, May 05, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition filed by the Ramdev-run Bharat Swabhiman Trust seeking review of its judgement in which it had criticised the yoga guru's disciples for indulging in brick batting with police during the midnight crackdown at the Ramlila Maidan last summer. "We have considered the averments in the review petition. Having regard to the facts and issues involved, in our opinion, no case for...
10:08 PM, May 04, 2012
New Delhi: Terming yoga guru Ramdev's controversial remarks dubbing Parliamentarians as "dacoits, murderers" as an "insuslt of MPs, Parliament, Constitution and the people, Congress on Thursday asked the media to "ignore" such statements. Party spokesperson Rashid Alvi said such remarks by some people are "inappropriate" and "not civilized". "This is not only the insult of MPs but Parliament. Parliament is made of MPs who are elected representatives of people, according...
07:55 PM, May 03, 2012
New Delhi: Social activist Anna Hazare on Wednesday came to the defence of Ramdev over his comments that MPs were devils in the form of humans, saying whatever the Yoga Guru had said "is not wrong". Ramdev stoked a controversy by launching a virulent attack on MPs calling them "satans in the form of humans" who are "dacoits and murderers". "There is one thing that whatever Ramdev has said is...
12:31 AM, May 03, 2012
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