New Delhi: Yoga guru Ramdev on Saturday deferred by a day a "big" announcement on the next course of his agitation on blackmoney and Lokpal Bill as former Army chief General VK Singh will join him in the protest on Sunday. Ramdev was to come up with his plans for the next phase of his agitation this evening on the third day of his fast. He did not specify whether...
08:21 PM, Aug 11, 2012
New Delhi: As Ramdev's fast entered the third day on Saturday, the yoga guru threatened to intensify his stir if his demands on blackmoney and the Lokpal bill are not met by the deadline set by him and decided to knock on the doors of the President to put pressure on the government. Ramdev had set a three-day ultimatum, which ends on Saturday evening, to the government to address the...
03:01 PM, Aug 11, 2012
New Delhi: Baba Ramdev's symbolic three-day fast at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi comes to an end on Saturday. However, on Friday Ramdev claimed that he would not leave his agitation until the government responded to his demands. Thousands of people have been camping at the Ramlila Maidan for the last two days and more crowds are expected on Saturday. On the second day of his fast, the yoga guru on...
08:46 AM, Aug 11, 2012
New Delhi: Undisclosed income of Rs 49,325 crore has been detected in the country in the last three years while tax evasion of Rs 600 crore has been found on inputs from abroad under multi-pronged efforts to check blackmoney menace, government said on Friday. The information has been contained in a 13-page fact-sheet released by the Finance Ministry in an apparent bid to blunt the campaign by yoga guru Ramdev,...
04:29 AM, Aug 11, 2012
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11:28 PM, Aug 10, 2012
New Delhi: Taunting the UPA government on the issue of corruption on the second day of his 3-day token fast, yoga guru Ramdev on Friday said if the Olympics gave a medal for corruption, India could have won gold. Calling on all of India to support his agitation against black money and graft, Ramdev said, "India could have won gold if there was a competition for corruption in the Olympics....
05:43 PM, Aug 10, 2012
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has said yoga guru Ramdev had the right to voice his opinion on any issue in a democratic set up. The yoga guru had been pro-active in raising several issues of national importance such as blackmoney, Kumar said on Thursday. Every individual in the country had the right to voice his/her opinion or campaign on any issue within the country's democratic set up. "Baba...
01:36 PM, Aug 10, 2012
Day two of Ramdev's three-day fast in New Delhi saw huge crowds at the venue, Ramlila Maidan. ...
12:15 PM, Aug 10, 2012
New Delhi: 12.10 pm: Ramdev raises farmer suicides issue, saying the Land Acquisition Act needed to be abolished. 12.05 pm: "I have no comments for those who cannot understand our mission after making it this clear," says Ramdev. 12.01 pm: Ramdev says that Rajbala, one of his female followers who was beaten up by the police last year was a martyr as she "gave her life for our cause". "She...
09:43 AM, Aug 10, 2012
New Delhi: It is Day 2 of yoga guru Baba Ramdev's fast at the Ramlila Maidan and more supporters are expected to pour in. He is expected to address the crowds again on Friday. Ramdev began the day with yoga. On Thursday, Ramdev asked the government to legislate a strong anti-corruption ombudsman, set up an independent appointment process for the CBI chief, election commissioners, CVC and CAG and ensure the...
08:33 AM, Aug 10, 2012
Indore: A complaint was filed in a local court on Thursday against social activist Anna Hazare and his team for allegedly "cheating the people in the name of launching an agitation" for a strong Lokpal Bill. The complaint was filed by advocate Inderjeet Singh Bhatia against Anna and his team in the court of Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) Suman Shrivastava. The court will hear the complaint on August 14,...
08:23 AM, Aug 10, 2012
Ghaziabad: The BJP on Thursday said it is ready to provide active support to Yoga guru Ramdev's campaign against black money stashed abroad if he asks for it. "BJP has provided moral support to both Anna Hazare's and Ramdev's campaigns in the past and is even ready to lend active support to the yoga guru's stir if he approaches the party for it," former BJP president Rajnath Singh said. Any...
07:44 AM, Aug 10, 2012
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11:58 PM, Aug 09, 2012
Yoga guru Ramdev returned to Ramlila Maidan demanding immediate action to enact a strong Lokpal and steps to bring back black money stashed away in foreign banks. ...
11:33 PM, Aug 09, 2012
Baba Ramdev took centrestage at the Ramlila ground once again, 14 months after he was bundled out by police from the same venue. ...
10:57 PM, Aug 09, 2012
Yoga guru Ramdev on Thursday returned to Ramlila Maidan demanding immediate action to enact a strong Lokpal and steps to bring back black money stashed away in foreign banks. ...
10:52 PM, Aug 09, 2012
Ghaziabad: BJP on Thursday said it is ready to provide active support to Yoga guru Ramdev's campaign against black money stashed abroad if he asks for it. "BJP has provided moral support to both Anna Hazare's and Ramdev's campaigns in the past and is even ready to lend active support to the yoga guru's stir if he approaches the party for it," former BJP president Rajnath Singh told reporters. Any...
10:05 PM, Aug 09, 2012
New Delhi: Bundled out in the middle of night in June 2011 after a police crackdown, Yoga guru Ramdev on Thursday returned to Ramlila Maidan demanding immediate action to enact a strong Lokpal and steps to bring back black money stashed away in foreign banks, calling it a decisive battle against the government. With his three-day fast against black money, Ramdev also seems to be shifting the Lokpal Bill battle...
06:01 PM, Aug 09, 2012
New Delhi: Phone snatchers had a field day at Ramlila Maidan, the venue of yoga guru Ramdev's fast, as over 50 mobile phones were reported missing from the ground. Four to five people, who allegedly stole the phones, were caught by the volunteers who were asked by Ramdev not to punish them. "Give lighter punishments to these small thieves. Catch bigger thieves," the yoga guru said, referring to people stashing...
04:40 PM, Aug 09, 2012
