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) will soon question Ramdev's close aide Balkrishna in connection with a money laundering case registered against him even as yet another enterprise of the yoga guru has come under the scanner of the agency. While the ED is set to question Balkrishna on the foreign trips and investments he had made using his passport, it has begun scrutiny of funds inflow and remittances made...
01:59 PM, Aug 26, 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 Enforcement Directorate (ED) has sent a to Baba Ramdev's aide Balkrishna under Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA). The ED had registered a case against Balkrishna under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act on Wednesday. According to the ED's initial investigations Balkrishna was involved in a Jharkhand-based company and is alleged to have violated FEMA guidelines. He allegedly travelled to over 25 countries on a fake passport including...
05:29 PM, Aug 23, 2012
New Delhi: Amidst mounting trouble for yoga guru Ramdev, the Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday registered a money laundering case against his close aide Balkrishna even as the agency is all set to close in on the two in its probe against their trusts. The agency registered the case acting on the CBI FIR, which had charged Balkrishna with violations of the Passport Act. Sources said the ED suspects that Balkrishna,...
09:55 PM, Aug 22, 2012
Ranchi: Opining that there was a difference between agitations of yoga guru Ramdev and Team Anna, Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker Karia Munda on Tuesday said some members of the Team Anna had a mindset of defaming the Parliament. "There is a difference between the two agitations as some members of the Team Anna had a mindset of defaming Parliament. No one can dictate Parliament," Munda said while replying to media...
02:21 AM, Aug 22, 2012
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev had held a five-day long agitation in New Delhi against black money. ...
02:17 PM, Aug 20, 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
Dehradun: Yoga guru Ramdev's aide Balkrishna, who spent nearly a month behind bars in a fake document case, was on Friday released from Suddhowala jail, a day after being granted bail by the High Court. Balkrishna was given a rousing welcome outside the jail and was taken to Haridwar where slogan shouting followers of Ramdev greeted him. Addressing a gathering, Balkrishna claimed that he was being framed in the case....
07:24 PM, Aug 17, 2012
Nainital: The Uttarakhand High Court on Thursday granted bail to yoga guru Ramdev's close aide Balkrishna, nearly a month after he was arrested by the CBI in a fake document case. Hearing the bail application, a single judge bench of Justice Tarun Agrawal granted bail to Balkrishna. The court also ordered Balkrishna to furnish two personal sureties of Rs 10 lakh, Balkrishna's counsel Rajendra Dobhal said. Balkrishna had moved the...
02:44 PM, Aug 16, 2012
New Delhi: Yoga guru Ramdev on Wednesday criticised Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for not announcing any measures to bring back black money stashed abroad in his Independence Day speech at Red Fort. "We were expecting that the Prime Minister in his speech will say something on corruption but he finished the subject by speaking on Lokpal in just two lines. He did not mention when and how the Lokpall will...
10:37 AM, Aug 15, 2012
New Delhi: Armed security personnel on Wednesday manned Delhi's streets, keeping a hawk-eyed vigil to pre-empt any possible terrorist strike on Independence Day. An elaborate ground-to-air security apparatus was put in place in the city, especially near Red Fort where Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will hoist the tri-colour. Manmohan Singh will be hoisting the national flag at Red fort at 7:15 am. The celebrations will also be carried out in...
06:28 AM, Aug 15, 2012
Dehra Dun: Yoga guru Ramdev on Tuesday alleged that a conspiracy was being hatched to kill his close aide Balkrishna, who is currently lodged in a jail in Dehra Dun, and put the blame on him. Soon after his arrival Dehra Dun from New Delhi after ending his fast, Ramdev drove straight to Suddhowala jail to meet Balkrishna, whose judicial remand was on Monday extended by a CBI court for...
01:01 AM, Aug 15, 2012
Pranab Mukherjee said anger against corruption is legitimate but it cannot become an excuse for an assault on democratic institutions. ...
11:09 PM, Aug 14, 2012
Baba Ramdev ended his fast on Tuesday but threatened that he would continue his protest against Congress-led UPA. ...
10:52 PM, Aug 14, 2012
New Delhi: Though yoga guru Baba Ramdev ended his fast on Tuesday and left the national capital for Haridwar, he threatened that his protest against the Congress-led UPA government would continue and even announced that he would ask his supporters to vote for a particular party in the 2014 General Elections. Much to the relief of the government, Ramdev finally ended his fast on Tuesday. However, as he was leaving...
10:20 PM, Aug 14, 2012
India is ready to mark the 66th Independence Day with Baba Ramdev and Anna Hazare's campaigns in the background and the economy faltering. ...
09:05 PM, Aug 14, 2012
The Congress hit back by saying that the government had given all details in the Winter Session of how it is tackling the black money issue. ...
06:14 PM, Aug 14, 2012
New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday refused to comment on the reported links between Ramdev and Sangh fountainhead RSS on the black money issue, saying he had more serious things to do. Asked to comment on Ramdev and RSS reportedly coming together, Gandhi said, "I have far more serious things to do." He was speaking to reporters outside Parliament House. There have been reports that RSS is...
02:26 PM, Aug 14, 2012
New Delhi: Ramdev's promise of 'no political agenda' behind his movement against black money and corruption seems to have taken a back seat now with his announcement of supporting a political party in the 2014 General Elections and vowing to defeat the Congress. Before breaking his fast at Ambedkar Stadium on Tuesday, Ramdev, who successfully managed to get thousands of people during his protest march, said that he would inform...
02:12 PM, Aug 14, 2012
