New Delhi: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Monday denied reports of differences with Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal and said they were together in the fight against corruption and black money. "There is no difference with Team Anna," Ramdev said. A day after his fast with Anna Hazare, Ramdev also met BJP President Nitin Gadkari. Ramdev has sought support for his movement of demanding the government to bring back the...
01:20 PM, Jun 04, 2012
New Delhi: A day after his fast with Anna Hazare, yoga guru Baba Ramdev met BJP President Nitin Gadkari on Monday. Ramdev has sought support for his movement of demanding the government to bring back the black money stashed abroad. Gadkari extended the BJP's support to Ramdev saying, "Baba Ramdev's fight aganist black money is very important. We as the BJP party support Baba Ramdev in this andolan. This is...
12:37 PM, Jun 04, 2012
New Delhi: Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal on Monday downplayed the controversy over his sudden exit from the fast venue at Jantar Mantar on Sunday, claiming that he had no problems with yoga guru Ramdev. This comes after speculation that he was upset with Ramdev for openly criticising him for naming parliamentarians. Defending himself, Kejriwal said that it was necessary to name people in a political fight but it was...
11:04 AM, Jun 04, 2012
New Delhi: At a time when the government is battling an economic and political crisis, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Gadkari will meet yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Monday. Ramdev is expected to present a letter to the BJP President, asking him to support the movement demanding the government to bring back the black money allegedly stashed abroad. He is also likely to request Gadkari to help enact a...
07:34 AM, Jun 04, 2012
New Delhi: As Arvind Kejriwal made an abrupt exit from the joint fast venue after Ramdev objected to personal remarks against politicians, the yoga guru on Sunday said he wanted to run his movement with dignity and not to divert focus from the issue by targeting individuals. "Hum shaleenta se aandolan ko aage badhana chahte hai. Hum kisi ka nam lekar aandolan ko muddo se bhatkana nahi chahte hai. (We...
04:54 AM, Jun 04, 2012
Bangalore: Former Karnataka Lokayukta and Team Anna member Santosh Hegde on Sunday said no government will like to bring in a strong Lokpal Bill in the country as the government does not have the intent. "The government should bring in a strong Lokpal bill, but I don't think any government will want to bring a strong Lokpal bill. The government does not have the intent", Hegde told reporters as he...
03:10 AM, Jun 04, 2012
New Delhi: Rebutting allegations that he left the fast venue after Ramdev virtually snubbed him, Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said that he had to leave as he was unwell and he has the "greatest respect" for the yoga guru. "I had to leave fast venue because I am very unwell. I told this to Anna and swamiji. It is wrong to say that I left in protest,"...
01:51 AM, Jun 04, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday hit out at Ramdev and Team Anna for attacking the UPA government over corruption saying that their "mindset" is exposed as they did not name anyone from the BJP, despite the "glaring" graft charges against a number of oppposition party leaders. "They have taken so many names against whom they claim to have evidence of corruption. But they have not taken any name from...
12:58 AM, Jun 04, 2012
New Delhi: Yoga guru Ramdev will on Monday meet BJP president Nitin Gadkari to seek his party's support for his campaign against black money. "Ramdev will tomorrow meet Gadkari during which he will present a letter to the BJP chief seeking his party's support to bring the black money stashed abroad and for enactment of a strong Lokpal legislation," a spokesman for the yoga guru said on Sunday night. Earlier,...
12:29 AM, Jun 04, 2012
The joint day-long fast at Parliament Street in New Delhi was billed as a show of unity between Team Anna and Baba Ramdev but the cracks became evident when Arvind Kejriwal walked out of the venue after the yoga guru objected to his taking names of the MPs during his speech. ...
09:34 PM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday hit out at Baba Ramdev and Team Anna for attacking the UPA Government over corruption saying that their "mindset" is exposed as they did not name anyone from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), despite the "glaring" corruption charges against a number of Oppposition party leaders. "They have taken so many names against whom they claim to have evidence of corruption. But they have not...
08:54 PM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: Stepping up his anti-graft offensive, Anna Hazare on Sunday made a strong pitch for 'Right to Reject' and said people with criminal cases pending against them should be kept out of Parliament using the clause. "Arvind (Kejriwal) has just said people with cases against them are sitting in Parliament...to stop this, we must use Right to Reject," Hazare said addressing the gathering at Jantar Mantar during the joint...
08:42 PM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday rebutted reports that there is a rift within the team over joining hands with Baba Ramdev in their movement against corruption. Kejriwal was seen storming out of the Parliament Street fast venue in New Delhi on Sunday after Ramdev objected to his naming MPs in his speech. The RTI activist, however, denied the allegations that he was offended by Ramdev's remarks...
07:42 PM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: The experiment by Baba Ramdev and Team Anna to join hands against corruption failed to elicit huge response with very few people turning up at the fast venue at Parliament Street in New Delhi on Sunday. Ramdev's prediction that thousands of supporters will gather in other cities hasn't also quiet materialised. Some support was, however, witnessed in cities like Lucknow, Patna and Bangalore. There also seems to be...
07:00 PM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: The experiment to join hands and fight corruption between Baba Ramdev and Team Anna seems to have failed, with Arvind Kejriwal storming out of the agitation venue a short while earlier. Baba Ramdev has taken objection to Kejriwal naming MPs in his speech. Ramdev said the fight against graft was not against individuals. "Arvind Kejriwal should not have taken names. It could create controversy. Please don't see it...
02:41 PM, Jun 03, 2012
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