Washington: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi are among 16 Indians who have found a place in the prestigious Foreign Policy magazine's list of the 500 most powerful people on the planet.
Apart from them, Finance Minister P Chidambaram, Defence Minister AK Antony and External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid are also in the list.
Indian spiritual leaders Baba Ramdev and Sri Sri Ravishankar are also in the list along with the BJP leader Sushma Swaraj. The list of '500 most powerful people on the planet' also lists India's top most intelligence official Alok Joshi of Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) and National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon....
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04:45 PM, May 01, 2013
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...
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: 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
A political alternative would be presented to the people of the country within two months to enable a change which serves the interests of the common man, yoga guru Baba Ramdev said on Wednesday. "We will bring about a change in the polity by creating an alternative for the people within two months," Ramdev said in Chandigarh. ...
05:03 PM, Feb 27, 2013
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev's Patanjali Yogpeeth on Monday moved the Himachal Pradesh High Court over the state government's action to take back possession of a chunk of prime land allotted to it in 2010 by the then BJP government. ...
02:20 AM, Feb 26, 2013
The plan of Yoga teacher Ramdev to hold a rally in Solan district on Sunday received a setback after district administration refused to give permission for the February 27 meeting. "We had changed the venue from Sadhupul to Solan and assured that the rally would be completely peaceful, but surprisingly, the MC Solan has declined to give permission for holding the rally at Thodo ground on February 27 as scheduled,"...
03:21 AM, Feb 25, 2013
In swift action against yoga guru Baba Ramdev, the Himachal Pradesh government on Friday took back possession of a chunk of prime land allotted to him in 2010 by the then BJP government for setting up his Patanjali Yogpeeth's branch, an official said. ...
01:39 AM, 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
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Tuesday accused Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde of insulting nationalist organisations by saying they run terror camps. "By saying 'saffron terrorism' or 'Hindu terrorism', the Home Minister (Shinde) is doing unethical work. The terrorists are being portrayed as patriots and the nationalist organisations are being branded as terrorists," the Yoga Guru said after coming out from a court in New Delhi. ...
04:42 AM, Jan 23, 2013
Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has accused Baba Ramdev and Aam Admi Party of instigating anti-gangrape protesters to indulge in violence at Delhi's India Gate. ...
06:08 PM, Dec 26, 2012
The Delhi Police on Monday filed four cases with regard to the violence during the protests over the brutal gangrape of a 23-year-old paramedical student in a moving bus in the national capital recently, on Monday. One of these cases was filed against former Army chief General VK Singh and yoga guru Ramdev. ...
06:01 PM, Dec 24, 2012
Baba Ramdev called the police action against anti-gangrape protestors at Delhi's India Gate on Sunday as brutal and accused the authorities of being high handed. "I condemn police brutality against the peaceful youngsters," said Ramdev. ...
02:29 PM, Dec 23, 2012
Baba Ramdev called the police action against anti-gangrape protestors at Delhi's India Gate on Sunday as brutal and accused the authorities of being high handed. "I condemn police brutality against the peaceful youngsters," said Ramdev. ...
02:29 PM, Dec 23, 2012
A demand notice has been sent by authorities to trusts run by Ramdev for alleged service tax evasion on about Rs 1 crore received from a private TV broadcaster for airing his programme on Yoga. Official sources said a demand notice was sent to Patanjali Yoga Peeth and Divya Yoga Trust in Haridwar seeking details of Rs 96 lakh received by them from the broadcaster and raising demand for payment...
04:39 PM, Nov 28, 2012
New Delhi: Former Pakistan cricketer Javed Miandad wished ailing Shiv Sena Bal Thackeray a speedy recovery on Friday while adding that their friendship was very old. Javed Miandad said that he would pray that Bal Thackeray gets well soon and leads get a long life. In a response to a question Miandad said that sports and politics should not be mixed. Meanwhile, Manohar Joshi said that the Thackeray's condition is...
03:46 PM, Nov 16, 2012
Baba Ramdev met Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray met at his residence in Mumbai on Friday. Thackeray has been ailing for some time. After meeting Thackeray, Ramdev said that he prayed for the quick recovery of the leader. Meanwhile, Mumbai was crawling back to normal on Friday, a day after a shut down of sorts as the Shiv Sena announced that its supremo Bal Thackeray was stable and was responding ...
03:21 PM, Nov 16, 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 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
