Haridwar: Joining the chorus for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister are saints now. Modi, who shared the stage with yoga guru Baba Ramdev in Haridwar, said no riots have taken place in the state since he became the Chief Minister in 2002.
It was an event almost tailor made for Narendra Modi. Endorsing him, Ramdev said, "Crores of Indians are pinning hopes on Modi. That's why he is getting the blessings of several religious leaders in this function."
In Haridwar, the saints gave Modi a resounding stamp of approval. Modi shared the dais with 30 religious leaders who openly backed him for the country's top job.
For Modi too, it was the perfect opportunity to claim credit for a more peaceful Gujarat. "There have been no riots since I became the Chief Minister in 2002. There used to be frequent riots in Gujarat. But since the past 12 years, there have been none," Modi said....
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10:50 AM, Apr 27, 2013
Haridwar: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi found support in seers as yoga guru Ramdev on Friday backed and rooted for him in Haridwar. Modi, who inaugurated Ramdev's new school Acharya Kulam, said that India has been built by saints and religious leaders, and not by any politician. "I want to announce from this stage that not a single religious leader has ever asked for anything from me. Today I am...
04:48 PM, Apr 26, 2013
Haridwar: Religious leaders in Haridwar on Friday welcomed Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who is in town to inaugurate yoga guru Ramdev's new school 'Acharya Kulam'. Ramdev, giving a fillip to Modi's Prime Ministerial ambitions, was all praise for him and lauded him for being a great administrator. Ramdev also reiterated that crores of Indians are pinning their hopes on him. This comes days after Ramdev had backed Modi as...
02:27 PM, Apr 26, 2013
Haridwar: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and yoga guru Baba Ramdev are set to share the stage at Haridwar. The Gujarat Chief Minister is in Haridwar to inaugurate Ramdev's new school 'Acharya Kulam'. This is a vedic-cum-modern education centre near Patanjali Yog Vidyapith in Haridwar. Many spiritual leaders and followers are also expected to attend the function. This comes days after Ramdev had backed Modi as a Prime Ministerial candidate....
11:05 AM, Apr 26, 2013
Dehradun: Opposition BJP in Uttarakhand on Thursday flayed ruling Congress for its decision to show black flags to Narendra Modi during his visit to Haridwar on Friday, saying it reflects the party's frustration at the growing popularity of the Gujarat Chief Minister and its narrow-mindedness. "At a time when Modi has emerged as the most popular leader in the country and his development model is being praised not only nation-wide,...
03:25 PM, Apr 25, 2013
CBI has registered a case in connection with alleged kidnapping of yoga exponent Ramdev's guru Swami Shankar Dev who mysteriously went missing six years ago while taking a morning walk in Haridwar. CBI sources said a case under Section 365 of Indian Penal code against unknown persons. The section pertains to kidnapping or abducting and wrongful confinement. ...
03:46 AM, Mar 23, 2013
Terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad on Tuesday allegedly threatened to blow up major railway stations and places of religious and tourist interest in Uttarakhand in retaliation to the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, a senior police official said. ...
04:25 AM, Feb 27, 2013
A Haridwar fast-track court set an example for other Indian courts and gave a rape accused a 10-year sentence within 11 days of the court coming to court. ...
07:59 AM, Feb 03, 2013
A fast track court in Bihar sentenced a rape accused on Saturday within four days of the accused being produced before it. The accused had been charged with raping his three-year-old niece and he had allegedly threatened to kill her if she told anyone. ...
11:00 PM, Feb 02, 2013
This Diwali, join CNN-IBN in its hunt for some traditional and special mithais from Haridwar and Delhi. Find out all about Haridwar's sweet secrets and what goes in the making of some of Old Delhi's special sweets. ...
09:14 PM, Nov 13, 2012
New Delhi: The Government has slapped a notice of Rs five crore demand on trusts run by Ramdev in connection with alleged service tax evasion while organising their yoga camps. Claiming that shivirs (camps) undertaken by Patanjali Yoga Peeth and Divya Yoga Trust in Haridwar were commercial activity, the Revenue department has raised a demand of Rs 5.14 crore payable on fees collected from individuals for learning Yoga, officials said....
11:07 AM, Nov 11, 2012
New Delhi: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev and his supporters have vacated the Ambedkar stadium after the yoga guru ended his fast. He is likely to leave for Haridwar late on Tuesday afternoon. Before ending his fast, Baba Ramdev targeted Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and slammed the Congress, claiming the support of all other political parties. Ramdev ended his fast by drinking a glass of lime juice offered to him by...
01:38 PM, Aug 14, 2012
New Delhi: It is a difficult time for the families of victims of the shooting incident at a gurudwara in Wisconsin in US. Four out of the six victims of the Wisconsin gurudwara shootout hailed from Haridwar and Delhi. Their families are in a state of grief. The news of the shooting in the Milwaukee gurdwara left two villages in Haridwar in a state of shock. Three out of the...
10:30 AM, Aug 07, 2012
Dehradun: A 13-year-old girl has lodged FIR against her parents for allegedly throwing her into the Ganga canal at Haridwar, from where she swam to safety, police said on Friday. Seema Kumari stated in her complaint against her father and step-mother on Thursday that they threw her into the Ganga canal on Wednesday night. The girl, who hails from Uttar Pradesh, said she was brought by her parents to Haridwar...
03:57 PM, Aug 03, 2012
Mumbai: The three-year-old whose kidnapping at Mumbai's CST station was caught on CCTV camera returned home on Wednesday. She was rescued and brought home by the police from Haridwar. Her kidnapper is in custody. The kidnapper was nabbed after the CCTV video of the kidnapping was repeatedly flashed across news channels alerting locals in Haridwar. A CCTV footage from the station showed a man walking inside the station premises and...
01:24 PM, Jul 12, 2012
Mumbai: There will be relief for the parents of the little girl whose kidnapping from Mumbai's CST station in June was caught on CCTV. The Mumbai Police is expected to bring back the three-year-old from Haridwar on Monday. The kidnapper was arrested on Friday after the CCTV video was repeatedly broadcast by news channels. The child is safe and will be reunited with her family soon. A CCTV footage from...
08:18 AM, Jul 09, 2012
Mumbai: The Haridwar Police on Saturday claimed to have found the girl who was kidnapped from the Chhatrapati Shivaji Station in Mumbai on June 10. A CCTV footage from the station showed a man walking inside the station premises and taking away the girl, Sangita, while her parents continued to sleep. The footage showed the man first looking around to make sure no one caught him in the act. The...
02:19 PM, Jul 07, 2012
Activists and experts talk about what is harming the Ganga, India's sacred river. ...
10:20 AM, Jun 05, 2012
Haridwar: On World Environment Day, CNN-IBN focuses on 'Saving the Ganga', a 45-day campaign that highlights how the sacred river is dying despite thousands of crores of rupees being spent to save it. At the temple town of Haridwar lies the Samadhi of Swami Nigamananda, a man who gave up his life to save the Ganga. Nigamananda was on a 100-day fast, fighting a lone battle against stone crushers and...
09:35 AM, Jun 05, 2012
