A day after the Himachal Pradesh government took over possession of the land given to Ramdev's trust after cancelling its lease, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday said it would support any agitation by the yoga guru against the move. "Himachal BJP would back any agitation by Ramdev against cancellation of land lease to Patanjali Yogpeeth," state BJP chief Satpal Singh Satti said. ...
09:34 PM, Feb 23, 2013
A day after the state Cabinet gave its nod to cancel the lease of 28 acres of land sanctioned by the previous Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) regime to Ramdev's Patanjali Yogpeeth, the Himachal government on Wednesday started the process of taking over its possession. ...
11:46 PM, Feb 20, 2013
A doctor at Ramdev's Pantanjali Ayurvedic clinic here allegedly molested a woman. According to Noida police, the victim, a media professional, lodged an FIR against the doctor identified as Ashok Bhadoria accusing him of molesting her at the clinic in Sector 32 after which he was arrested. ...
12:49 PM, Jan 27, 2013
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 Ramdevs Patanjali Yogpeeth and Divya Yog Mandir Trust have been charged of running a club under the grab of a trust. The Director General Of Central Excise Intelligence has imposed a service tax of Rs 12 crore on Ramdev's trust after alleging that it was actually running a club. The DGCEI has revealed that Divya Yog Mandir Trust and the Yogpeeth have earned Rs 15...
02:47 PM, Nov 08, 2012
New Delhi: Yoga Guru Ramdev has accused the UPA government of witch hunt after it was announced that his trust Patanjali Yogpeeth's charitable status will be withdrawn. Ramdev claimed that he is being targetted because of his anti-corruption movement against the UPA. "Just because we speak against corruption and blackmoney, the Congress puts dirty allegations on us. We have put all our financial details regarding our trusts on our website....
07:32 AM, Aug 29, 2012
New Delhi: More trouble for yoga guru Ramdev who has been staging protests against corruption as his trust may lose charitable status. This means that donations will no longer be tax free. The Income Tax Department has said that Ramdev's Patanjali Peeth Yog is not doing any charity but is a commercial organisation. The tax depratment found that the trust's income was over Rs 72 crore, even though Patanjali had...
06:27 PM, Aug 28, 2012
New Delhi: The Income Tax department is all set to cancel the charitable status of yoga guru Baba Ramdev's trust Patanjali Yogpeeth. The department found that while the income of the trust was over Rs 72 crore, it had claimed its income is nil. Ramdev's adviser Ved Pratap Vaidik reacting to the news, said, "Ramdev has no personal interest and they are saying he is making business. What health department...
10:36 AM, Aug 28, 2012
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has slapped notices against yoga guru Ramdev and his two trusts for alleged violations of foreign exchange laws. The notices, relating to alleged unaccounted payment of Rs 60 lakh, have been issued to the Divya Yog Mandir Trust and Patanjali Yog Peeth Trust. The notices to Ramdev came just after the ED had slapped a similar notice against Ramdev's close aide Balkrishna for being...
09:44 AM, Aug 25, 2012
New Delhi: The Revenue department has begun a final tax assessment of the trusts associated with yoga guru Ramdev after service and I-T officials recently conducted special probes on these enterprises for alleged tax evasion. Both the revenue collection arms of Finance Ministry's Income Tax and Service Tax departments have recently issued notices to these trusts which are now being contested by Ramdev. Officials of Central Economic Intelligence Bureau (CEIB)...
10:50 AM, Aug 19, 2012
Nainital: Uttarakhand High Court on Friday refused to quash an FIR against yoga guru Ramdev's aide Balkrishna filed by CBI for allegedly using fake educational degrees for procuring a passport but said that the stay on his arrest would continue. Pronouncing its verdict on a petition of Balkrishna seeking quashing of the FIR against him, Justice Tarun Agrawal directed him to cooperate with the CBI in the investigations and barred...
03:49 PM, Dec 02, 2011
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday registered a foreign exchange violation case against Baba Ramdev and his trust. The Directorate has found evidence of Ramdev and his trusts receiving financial aid from the USA, Britain and New Zealand. Ramdev and his trust reportedly received Rs 7 crore from Britain. The ED has formally registered a case under the provisions of Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA). Investigations by the...
11:55 AM, Sep 01, 2011
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has begun a discreet probe into the offshore assets and investments made by yoga guru Baba Ramdev and institutions affiliated to him. The ED is probing whether Ramdev's investments and transactions were carried out flouting foreign exchange laws, sources in the Directorate said. On the scanner of the agency is an island in Scotland which was gifted to Ramdev by a couple who is...
07:48 PM, Jun 27, 2011
New Delhi: The CBI is likely to register a preliminary enquiry (PE) against Balkrishna, a close aide of yoga guru Ramdev, for allegedly using forged documents to acquire multiple passports. CBI sources said the allegations are that Balkrishna had fudged certain documents and has multiple passports, which is a punishable offence under the Indian Passport Act. However, the charges were denied by Ramdev-controlled Patanjali Yogapeeth Trust. "Balkrishna's passport is valid....
03:51 PM, Jun 26, 2011
London: Hundreds of people on Sunday demonstrated in front of the British Parliament in protest against the brutal police crackdown on Ramdev at Ramlila ground in New Delhi earlier this month. "We, the people of Indian origin all over the world are deeply depressed, embarrassed and pained by this vulgar display of naked power," said Sunita Poddar, member of Action Against Corruption and Trustee of the Patanjali Yog Peeth (UK)...
10:46 PM, Jun 19, 2011
Haridwar: Yoga guru Ramdev's 1,100-crore business empire is not just limited to DVDs of his exercise techniques as lifestyle products from multi-grain floor to his brand of cosmetics are also in demand. The products sold online as well as shops under the name of Patanjali Yoga Peeth are offering a whole spectrum of lifestyle improvement products including extracts of herbs, aphrodisiacs, flour, medicines and popular DVDs of yoga especially designed...
09:26 PM, Jun 09, 2011
Haridwar: Baba Ramdev and his trusted lieutenant Acharya Balkrishna declared the money spent on charity but did not revel their assets, claiming that all their businesses are above suspicion and their accounts are audited regularly. Addressing a press conference in Haridwar on Thursday evening Balkrishna claimed that the total capital of different institutions associated with Ramdev is Rs 426.19 crore while the expenditure incurred on them amounted to Rs 751.02...
05:48 PM, Jun 09, 2011
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It seems the government's days of Chakrasana are over. The Congress-led UPA that rushed several senior ministers to meet Ramdev at the airport only a ...
02:32 PM, Jun 07, 2011
New Delhi: Baba Ramdev's close associate Acharya Balkrishna has been missing after the June 4 clash at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi. Sources say the Government will probe the alleged fake passport Balkrishna holds. If the immigration department puts up a complaint, action will be taken against him. The going is getting tough for Ramdev too, as the Government looks to probe his assets. From yoga guru to would be...
01:58 PM, Jun 07, 2011
New Delhi: There was a massive fund collection taking place in New Delhi for Baba Ramdev's protest fast. CNN-IBN, IBN 7 exclusive videos showed funds being collected from followers through cheques. These funds were being collected in camps organised by Patanjali Yog Peeth. It was reported that Ramdev's associates were collecting cheques for amounts ranging from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 11 lakh. Acharya Bal Krishna, Ramdev's associate, said that ...
09:46 PM, Jun 02, 2011
