Indore: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Friday said he had taken a vow never to contest elections. Talking to reporters in Indore, Ramdev said, "I will never contest an election.... it's my "Bhisma pratigya". But I will keep fighting against the systemic ills." When asked if he was going to play a king-maker like 'Chanakya', the yoga guru said, "If I say about this, a new row would start." Wishing...
12:39 AM, Jul 21, 2012
New Delhi: Hours after the arrest of his close aide Balkrishna, yoga guru Ramdev on Friday alleged that the government was taking such steps to scare him and break his resolve in the fight for bringing back black money stashed abroad. "The government is scared of the August 9 agitation. That is why there was a murderous attempt on me (in Bhopal) and character assassination of Balkrishna. "By doing so,...
09:41 PM, Jul 20, 2012
New Delhi: An aide of Yoga guru Ramdev was on Friday arrested for failing to appearing in a Dehradun court in a fake passport case. Balkrishna had allegedly provided fake documents to procure a passport. The Dehradun court issued a non-bailable warrant against him. He may be sent to judicial custody, say sources. ...
02:14 PM, Jul 20, 2012
Bangalore: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi could become Prime Minister if he brought black money stashed abroad in billions of rupees, yoga guru Baba Ramdev said on Wednesday. "I am sure millions of people would like Rahul Gandhi to be a permanent prime minister if he succeeds in getting back the black money kept in overseas banks and fully eliminates corruption," Ramdev told reporters. Welcoming efforts to assign a bigger...
01:01 AM, Jul 19, 2012
Bangalore: Yoga guru Ramdev on Wednesday said he had recently suggested yoga and ayurveda to Rajesh Khanna to improve his health. "I feel my suggestion had probably helped him, but as his body was so weak, his entire system collapsed," he said in his condolence message. Ramdev said he made the suggestion when Rajesh Khanna telephoned him a few days back. According to the yoga guru, even after his death,...
08:54 PM, Jul 18, 2012
Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare and Yoga expert Ramdev have called for an agitation starting August 9 against FDI in retail. ...
02:43 PM, Jul 17, 2012
Pune: Ahead of their proposed protests in Delhi, Anna Hazare and yoga guru Ramdev on Tuesday launched an attack on the UPA government accusing it of not showing enough resolve in tackling corruption and bringing back black money stashed away abroad. Hazare and Ramdev said they will support each other in the fight. Team Anna is launching an indefinite protest from July 25 in Jantar Mantar while Ramdev's protest starts...
01:01 PM, Jul 17, 2012
Nagpur: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Monday said he would take a call on contesting the 2014 general elections depending upon the success of his agitation scheduled in August in Delhi. "At this juncture I am concentrating on bringing back black money from abroad, for implementing a strong Lokpal Bill. However, if support pours in for Bharat Swabhiman Sangathan, I will think about joining mainstream politics," Ramdev told reporters. He...
09:55 PM, Jul 16, 2012
Bhubaneswar: Yoga guru Ramdev on Saturday claimed that Foreign Direct Investment was a source of black money and demanded that the Centre bring back illegal funds parked abroad. "FDI is a source of black money. About 80 per cent of FDI is black money. Why should not the the real source of FDI be made public?" Ramdev asked at a press conference here. He claimed that the UPA government would...
01:47 AM, Jul 15, 2012
Guwahati: Yoga guru and anti-corruption activist Baba Ramdev on Thursday claimed that "there are no foreign hands" behind the massive rise of Maoist and ultra-left forces in the country. Talking to reporters here during his trip to Assam, Ramdev said: "The main reason for rise of these forces (Maoists) was due to massive corruption in the government and bureaucracy". Alleging that the mineral resources of the country was being "looted"...
07:43 PM, Jul 12, 2012
Ranchi: Yoga guru Ramdev on Wednesday said corruption as the root cause for non-development of Jharkhand. "There is loot of Jal, Jungle and Jameen (water, forest and land) in Jharkhand, blocking the progress of the state. Along with the Centre, the state should also take effective steps to curb corruption," he said. Claiming that Jharkhand had enormous mineral resources that could give the state 50 per cent of USA's GDP...
07:01 AM, Jul 11, 2012
Ranchi: Yoga guru Ramdev on Tuesday slammed the CBI for filing a chargesheet against his aide Acharya Balkrishna in a fake documents case. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was a puppet in the hands of the central government and they filed the chargesheet against Balkrishna as he was associated with me, said Ramdev while talking to reporters here Tuesday. The central government was trying its best to suppress his...
04:47 AM, Jul 11, 2012
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday filed a chargesheet against the yoga guru Ramdev aide Acharya Balkrishna in the fake documents case. Balkrishna has been charged with filing false documents while applying for a passport. The agency has alleged that Balkrishna submitted fake educational certificates and other documents to obtain a passport and accused him of violating provisions of the Passport Act by doing this. The...
05:27 PM, Jul 10, 2012
Patna: Yoga guru Ramdev on Sunday said anyone committed to delivering justice to the people and the country was suitable for the post of Prime Minister, no matter which religion he belonged to. "It does not matter whether the Prime Minister is a Hindu, Muslim or Christian...all I expect from a person occupying the post is that he or she should be committed to deliver justice to the people and...
12:17 AM, Jul 09, 2012
Patna: Yoga guru Ramdev on Sunday charged the Congress with "lowering the dignity" of the President's office by making Pranab Mukherjee the UPA's nominee for the top constitutional post. "The Congress and the UPA government have lowered the dignity of the President's post by nominating Mukherjee as its candidate for the top post," he told reporters in reply to a question. "The President's post is a respectable constitutional post and...
10:14 PM, Jul 08, 2012
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
Jaipur: Yoga guru Ramdev on Monday said the the UPA government at the Centre would face a boycott by the people if it did not take effective steps to curb corruption and bring transparency in economy. Economic transparency was needed for the growth and development of the country, he said. "The country needs an honest Prime Minister and 400 honest Members of Parliament," the yoga guru said. "If this is...
11:07 PM, Jul 02, 2012
Indore: A day after Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee trashed Team Anna's allegations of corruption against him, its key member Arvind Kejriwal said he should face an independent probe to prove his innocence. "We are preparing a counter reply. If you are innocent, why are you shying away from an inquiry. Let there be a probe, let it prove that you are honest," Kejriwal said. Mukherjee had in a letter...
01:47 AM, Jun 20, 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
