Lucknow: Terming FDI (foreign direct investment) as a mode for converting black money to white money, Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Friday asked the government to frame a transparent and effective policy to check this. "FDI is the key to black money...a lot of black has come to the country in the form of FDI...in case the names of those brining it are known, almost 80 to 90 per cent...
08:15 PM, Jul 06, 2012
Amritsar: Yoga guru Ramdev on Thursday called Manmohan Singh a "feeble" Prime Minister and asked his followers in Punjab to participate in his protest against the UPA to be held in Delhi on August 9. The yoga guru held a meeting with his disciples in Punjab in the city and asked them to join his stir next month accusing the UPA of failing to repatriate Indian black money kept in...
10:34 PM, Jul 05, 2012
Chennai: Does an erstwhile Pandya king really hold a Swiss bank account? The Madras High Court has directed the Union finance ministry to unlock the mystery and file a report within three weeks. A division bench on Monday gave the direction while passing further interim orders on a writ petition from R Padmini Rani, wife of S K N Raveendranath of Tirunelveli, who claimed she was legal heir of Varaguna...
11:00 AM, Jul 05, 2012
New Delhi: Amid a global crackdown against alleged black money in secret accounts of Swiss banks, their bankers are selling a new safe-haven idea to their rich clients from India and other countries -- the high-value 1,000 franc notes to be stored in safe deposit boxes. These boxes -- kept inside the premises of Swiss banks -- are also said to be being used to stash gold, diamond, paintings and...
11:41 AM, Jul 02, 2012
New Delhi: As G20 countries worked on steps to tackle black money, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said it is a problem but no "magic solutions" were available to deal with menace. "The problem is there but there are no magic solutions available. I think it is going to be a slow process," Singh told reporters accompanying him on his return home after his eight-day foreign tour. The Prime Minister's...
08:57 PM, Jun 24, 2012
New Delhi: Indians' money in Swiss banks may have risen for the first time in five years, but they account for a meagre 0.14 per cent of total foreign wealth deposited there -- putting India at 55th place globally for such funds. The total overseas funds in Switzerland's banking system stood at 1.53 trillion Swiss francs (about Rs 90 trillion) at the end of 2011, which included 2.18 billion Swiss...
12:02 PM, Jun 17, 2012
New Delhi: Switzerland on Thursday said the quantum of money held by Indians in Swiss banks stood at 2.18 billion Swiss francs (about Rs 12,740 crore) at the end of 2011, rising for the first time in the past five years. The total funds held by Indian individuals and entities include 2.025 billion Swiss francs held directly by them and 158 million held through 'fiduciaries' or wealth managers, shows the...
07:11 PM, Jun 14, 2012
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday extended support to yoga guru Ramdev's campaign against black money, but said the movement should be pursued in Gandhian style. "We will support your movement over black money and against corruption, if goes on peacefully in Gandhian style," Patnaik told Ramdev in presence of media after an hour-long discussion between the two. The yoga guru, who praised Patnaik for taking several steps...
08:20 PM, Jun 13, 2012
Bhubaneswar: A day after enlisting support of Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav for his campaign against black money, yoga guru Ramdev arrived in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday in an effort to get the backing of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on the issue. "I am here to meet Naveen Patnaik and discuss the issue of corruption. I hope he will extend support to our campaign on the issue of...
01:28 PM, Jun 13, 2012
New Delhi: Anti-graft activist and self-styled spiritual leader Ramdev is on a mission to build support for his campaign to bring back billions of rupees stashed in overseas tax havens by wealthy Indians. Ramdev has met political leaders cutting across party lines and many of them have shown interest, including BJP president Nitin Gadkari who even bent down to touch the feet of the yoga teacher when he called on...
10:28 AM, Jun 13, 2012
New Delhi: Anti-graft activist and self-styled spiritual leader Ramdev is on a mission to build support for his campaign to bring back billions of rupees stashed in overseas tax havens by wealthy Indians. Ramdev has met political leaders cutting across party lines and many of them have shown interest, including BJP president Nitin Gadkari who even bent down to touch the feet of the yoga teacher when he called on...
04:46 PM, Jun 12, 2012
New Delhi: Congress ally and Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav met yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Tuesday as the latter continues drumming up political support for his anti-black money campaign. "Government through its agencies is conspiring to malign me," claimed Ramdev. Ramdev claimed that his campaign is being targeted by various government departments such as the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The meeting with Mulayam comes a day after Ramdev met...
12:26 PM, Jun 12, 2012
New Delhi: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev continued drumming up political support for his anti-black money campaign. The yoga guru met Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav in the capital on Tuesday. This meeting with Mulayam Singh Yadav comes a day after he met TDP leader Chandrababu Naidu and promised a nationwide agitation from August 9. Chandrababu has pledged support to Ramdev as well as Anna Hazare in the fight against...
10:35 AM, Jun 12, 2012
New Delhi: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev, continuing with his 'meeting' spree is expected to call on Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Tuesday. The yoga guru is on a mission to get political parties to support his campaign against black money. Ramdev met Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu in Hyderabad on Monday morning to drum up support for his movement. Chandrababu has pledged support to Ramdev as...
09:07 AM, Jun 12, 2012
New Delhi: Anna Hazare has postponed a press conference he was to address on Monday morning saying he needed time to collect "more information", a day after Team Anna member Kiran Bedi advised his close aide to "fully brief" the activist on allegations against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. "Today's Anna's press conference is postponed. Timing and date will (be) inform(ed) later. We are collecting information, for this we need more...
01:03 PM, Jun 11, 2012
Hyderabad: Terming the government's white paper on black money as a "lie paper", yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Monday said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of working under pressure and was not even able to smile. Addressing a joint press conference with Telugu Desam Party (TDP) party chief Chandrababu Naidu, Baba Ramdev said the prime minister was under pressure. "He is always under pressure. That's why he is not even able...
12:34 PM, Jun 11, 2012
Hyderabad: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Monday announced that he will launch a nationwide agitation against black money and corrution on August 9. Ramdev met Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu in Hyderabad on Monday morning to drum up support for his anti-corruption movement. This was the second meeting between the two in recent months on corruption and black money. Chandrababu has pledged support to Ramdev as well as...
11:30 AM, Jun 11, 2012
Khargram: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said all the money kept by Indians abroad is not black money and noted that India has signed treaties with 37 countries to know the details of such illegal wealth. "Not all money kept abroad is black money ... It might have been deposited by businessmen or business houses. The process will take time to know the exact amount," he told a meeting...
04:41 AM, Jun 11, 2012
Thane: Continuing his flip-flop, social activist Anna Hazare made a U-turn and gave a clean chit to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on corruption charges against him. Addressing a rally in Thane on Thursday night as part of his tour to create awareness about a strong Lokpal, the anti-corruption crusader softened his stand on the Prime Minister and instead appeared to blame Sonia Gandhi, without naming her. "Manmohan Singh is an...
12:49 PM, Jun 08, 2012
Thane: Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare on Thursday said there was no need for him to meet NCP chief Sharad Pawar after yoga guru Baba Ramdev had met the Union Minister two days ago and discussed the black money issue. Asked by reporters whether he would meet Pawar to enlist the support for his anti-graft campaign, Hazare said there was no need for this. "If now I try to meet Pawar,...
10:16 PM, Jun 07, 2012
