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 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: 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
New Delhi: Parliamentarians across party lines have once again united in the face of criticism and this time it is yoga guru and anti-corruption activist Baba Ramdev who has earned their wrath for calling the members of Parliament corrupt and characterless. He had said, "There are some politicians who are good. But some others are corrupt and have no character." Reacting to the comments of Ramdev, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)...
12:16 PM, May 02, 2012
Shirdi: Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare embarked on a new innings demanding a strong Lokayukta Bill in Maharashtra. For the next five weeks, Hazare will tour his home state. The insipid response to his December, 2011 agitation in Mumbai, the failure of the Anna factor in the Assembly polls, apparent cracks within Team Anna, even health worries haven't deterred Hazare. Anna Hazare has embarked on a new innings in a state...
11:35 PM, May 01, 2012
Mumbai: Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare, who launched his five-day campaign in Maharashtra for a strong Lokayukta in the state on Tuesday, hit out at Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi. The veteran Gandhian slammed Rahul over his visit to drought-hit regions, and termed it as media publicity. "Rahul Gandhi went for a few hours to tour a drought-affected region, the media hailed him, there was a photo op and that is...
01:56 PM, May 01, 2012
New Delhi: Yoga guru Ramdev on Saturday refused to rule out Hindutva leaders like Sadhvi Ritambara sharing dais during his joint fast with Anna Hazare in June in New Delhi, a demand reportedly put forward by Team Anna. However, he sought to downplay the uneasiness in Team Anna over the alliance with him saying he has not heard any opposing voices in the Hazare camp, which had expressed its unhappiness...
09:59 AM, Apr 29, 2012
Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare on Monday said he will share stage with Baba Ramdev if "we happen to be at the same place". ...
12:07 PM, Apr 23, 2012
New Delhi: As fresh cracks appeared in Team Anna after the expulsion of a Muslim leader, Anna Hazare on Monday said there was no rift in the group over the "leakage" of information or yoga guru Ramdev. In his first reaction after the expulsion of Mufti Shameem Kazmi after he was allegedly found recording the proceedings of Core Committee meeting in Noida in UP, Hazare said that there is no...
10:46 AM, Apr 23, 2012
Noida (UP): High drama was witnessed at the Team Anna Core Committee meeting in Noida on Sunday with the group expelling one of its members Mufti Shameem Kazmi for allegedly recording its proceedings even as he claimed that he quit the movement as it was turning anti-Muslim. Kazmi stormed out of the meeting attended by Anna Hazare on Sunday afternoon and announced his resignation to the media outside the venue,...
05:14 PM, Apr 22, 2012
New Delhi: Within a month of stitching an alliance to fight corruption, Team Anna is now fuming at yoga guru Ramdev for his 'one-upmanship' and 'not taking into confidence' Anna Hazare while announcing the future course of action. Hazare had a meeting with Ramdev on Friday at Gurgaon following which a Press Conference was arranged, which Team Anna claims they were unaware of. At the Press Conference, Hazare and Ramdev...
01:15 PM, Apr 21, 2012
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