Gujarat CM Narendra Modi has sought the blessings of saints, ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. Modi inaugurated Yoga guru Baba Ramdev's Acharyakulam School in Haridwar, in presence of influential spiritual leaders like Morari Bapu and Rameshji Oza. Indica...
Gujarat CM Narendra Modi has sought the blessings of saints, ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. Modi inaugurated Yoga guru Baba Ramdev's Acharyakulam School in Haridwar, in presence of influential spiritual leaders like Morari Bapu and Rameshji Oza. Swami ...
Gujarat CM Narendra Modi has got the backing of Swami Ramdev, for being the Prime Ministerial candidate for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. Modi inaugurated the Yoga guru's Acharyakulam School in Haridwar in presence of influential spiritual leaders like Morari ...
After his visit to Sivagiri Madhom in Varkaa, Kerala, yesterday, Gujarat Chief Minister is now headed for Haridwar to seek blessings and is also set to meet yoga guru Baba Ramdev.
Baba Ramdev, in an interview, has said that he would back Narendra Modi as the next Prime Ministerial candidate. He said that Modi is the only leader who can take big decisions and also has the courage to be a leader. He also compared Modi to Hanuman.
Baba Ramdev addressed the media regarding his missing guru Shankardev. He said that since he was outside the country at the time it happened he can not comment on the issue. But he said that all the while he kept requesting the officials in Uttrakhand to launc...
Shankar Dev, Baba Ramdev's guru, has been missing since July 14, 2007. The Uttarkhand police, who were investigating the case, have handed over the case to CBI. Baba Ramdev expresses happiness over this development and said that the government was taking the c...
Baba Ramdev's guru Shankar Dev has been missing since 2007. The case was earlier handled by the Uttrakhand police. But since the police were unable to deliver any satisfactory answers, the case has been handed over to the CBI special team. This case has been s...
This is a year-end special on the personalities that mattered during the year 2012. They include the likes of Baba Ramdev, Arvind Kejriwal, Akhilesh Yadav and Narendra Modi.
The anger among the citizens continues to grow. 10 metro stations were shut down on Saturday. Today 5 stations, Pragati Maidan, Mandi House, Barakhamba, Rajiv Chowk and Patel Chowk were reopened. The areas surrounding the India Gate continue to remain out of b...
Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal warned the Delhi Police on Tuesday against implicating 'the innocent' for the attack on Constable Subash Chand Tomar during the protests against the brutal gangrape of the 23-year-old victim. Kejriwal said that eight of h...
For rioting, inciting and provoking the mob at Jantar Mantar, cases have been registered against Baba Ramdev and former Army chief VK Singh. The protesters led by Ramdev and Singh clashed with the police after they were refused permission to march towards Indi...
In scenes similar to those from that from India Gate, police lathicharged at supporters of Ramdev at Jantar Mantar. Ramdev and retired army chief General VK Singh had been protesting along with other agitators at Jantar Mantar on Sunday. The reason for the lat...
Taking up the issue of black money again, Yoga guru Baba Ramdev flays government over its failure to bring back the unaccounted money stashed overseas. He claims that 10-16 lakh crore black money goes out of the country every year and says that the Parliament,...
Congress MP Sanjay Nirupam and yoga guru Baba Ramdev debate on one of the biggest problems of the country - black money. While Ramdev says that black money is hampering the economic growth of the country, MP Nirupam counters with how Ramdev himself has stolen ...
Comparing the hanging of 26/11 Mumbai attacks convict Ajmal Kasab with that of Bhagat Singh's execution, Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev says that the government has made Kasab a hero. He accuses the government for burying Kasab in India saying he was buried in India li...
Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev, who has visited ailing Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray, confirms that Bal Thackeray's condition is stable and that he is responding to medication. He says that the prayers of thousands of Bal Thackeray's supporters will facilitate his sp...
Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev, who has visited ailing Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray, confirms that Bal Thackeray's condition is stable and that he is responding to medication. He says that Bal Thackeray is a courageous man who is waging a personal battle and he will...
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev visits the ailing Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray. Ramdev said that the Sainiks and his followers will continue praying for Thackeray's well-being. Thackeray, 86, was admitted to Lilavati hospital after he complained of breathing troubles. ...
VIPs continue to visit ailing Shiv Sena supremo leader Bal Thackeray at his residence in Mumbai. Baba Ramdev, Suresh and Vivek Oberoi and Manohar Joshi visited Bal Thackeray today morning.
Doctors have announced that there is a slight improvement in Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray's health condition. They checked on him at Matoshree and said that he was responding to medical treatment. In the meanwhile, Yoga guru Baba Ramdev met Bal Thackeray an...
The Income Tax department has slapped a notice of Rs 5 crore against Baba Ramdev. It says that the Divya yoga trust and Patanjali yoga peet evaded tax by claiming they were charitable activities. Ramdev reacts by dismissing the notice and calls it politically ...
A Court in Delhi has dismissed the plea to register cases of sedition against Arvind Kejriwal and Baba Ramdev. The case is related to the alleged indecent comments made by Kejriwal and Baba Ramdev against the members of Parliament.
Delhi will give its decision in the sedition case filed separately against Aarvind Kejriwal, Baba Ramdev and Prashant Bhushan in a Delhi court. Kejriwal and Ramdev have been accused based on the comments made by them against the Members of Parliament.
Baba Ramdev comes on air to dismiss the proofs submitted by Law Minister Salman Khurshid. Ramdev was answering the press conference of Khurshid and his wife Louise and where they has showed proofs like photographs of camps conducted, and also presented what K...
Baba Ramdev now targets both Robert Vadra and his wife Priyanka Gandhi. He says the investigations into the allegations made by Arvind Kejriwal against Robert Vadra should also include his wife Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. He was not using her name, but called her '...
After Arvind Kejriwal accused Robert Vadra of corruption and illegal real estate deals with DLF, Baba Ramdev joins in and calls Robert Vadra the 'national son-in-law'. He goes on to accuse Priyanka Gandhi's husband of enjoying unwarranted luxuries, like not be...
Baba Ramdev says the properties owned by Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra are much bigger than those revealed by Arvind Kejriwal in his press conference today. He said Vadra benefited from largess of the Congress-ruled states. He calls Vadra as the 'nati...
Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev says that India will become a superpower when the farmers of the country begin to stand up. He alleges that the government is busy looting public rather than focusing on the problems faced by ordinary people.
Centrestage | Controversy is not new to Baba Ramdev, and yet another one hits the Yoga guru. Many of Patanjali Ayurveda Ltd products were allegedly misbranded and the trust has been slapped a fine of Rs 90 lakh for misbranding six food items. However, Baba Ra...
The local administration in Uttarakhand has issued a notice to the trust run by Baba Ramdev to answer the irregularities in labelling and the place of origin in six of their products. The samples of these six products were sent to a lab, and notice was issued ...
Products sold by Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurveda Ltd have failed the quality test by Uttarakhand Food Department. Following this, notices have been issued to the company on charges of adulteration and misinformation. But Patanjali Ayurveda has rubbi...
Many of the food products sold by Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev's trust have failed to pass the quality test conducted by Uttarakhand Food Department. Samples of salt, spices, jam and mustard oil collected from Ramdev’s Divya Yog Ashram in Haridwar have been found t...
IAC activist Arvind Kejriwal along with friends Manish Sisodia and Kumar Viswas gears up to hold his first-ever protest without the support of Anna Hazare. He will be protesting in Jantar Mantar against the cap on LPG cylinders and the diesel price hike.
Arvind Kejriwal and friend Manish Sisodia protest against the cap on LPG cylinders in front of Jantar Mantar. They are also protesting against the hike in diesel prices.
Arvind Kejriwal denies reports that he had offered to give Anna Hazare Rs 2 crore, the money that was raised for the anti-graft stir. Anna Hazare had allegedly denied accepting the money. Kejriwal said that he had not offered any money and that there was only ...
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev, vehemently denies allegations that he tried to engineered a rift between Anna Hazare and Arvind Kejriwal. He says that he never influenced Anna Hazare or tried to poison his ears about Kejriwal. Ramdev also refused to divulge the details...
Following the split from Anna Hazare, Arvind Kejriwal is all set to hold his first ever protest against the cap on LPG cylinders. Manish Sisodia will also take part in the protest to be held at Jantar Mantar. Will Kejriwal still be able to strike a chord minus...
Arvind Kejriwal announces that Anna Hazare's decision was very shocking and completely unprecedented. He also adds that Hazare has a stature of being a guru to all of them and will always remain so. Kejriwal said that there were many volunteers who turned up f...
Activist Anna Hazare meets Baba Ramdev giving rise to speculation of a new apolitical group being formed. This comes shortly after the official split with former Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal. Anna forbade Kejriwal from using his name during his political c...
Social activist Anna Hazare split ways with Arvind Kejriwal over starting a political party. While Kejriwal wants to start a political party, Anna wants to remain apolitical. Anna Hazare after announcing his split from Kejriwal, also warned him against using h...
Stating that his path is different from Arvind Kejriwal's, Anna Hazare announces a split from his long time friend. He was also hustled into a meeting with Baba Ramdev soon after the split was announced. Will Hazare and Ramdev soon forge a new anti-corruption ...
Baba Ramdev speaks to the press in Delhi following the IT department's probe into the funds received by his trust. He claims these are false accusations and that the Govt is trying to make it look like his selfless service to the country is looting. He alleges...
Baba Ramdev addresses a press conference in Delhi. He says the UPA Government is one of the most corrupt governments ever with many scams to its credit like 2G, Commonwealth and Coalgate. He claims that by questioning the funding of his trust the Congress are...
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh refuses to resign; Congress leader Digvijay Singh hits out at Vinod Rai over CAG report; Samajwadi leader Mulayam Singh Yadav stages a protest against Coalgate; MNS chief Raj Thackeray attacks singer Asha Bhonsle for inviting Paki...
Arvin Kejriwal calls off strike, calling India Against Corruption's protest aginst Coalgate a success. Kejriwal and a growing number of protestors marched to Delhi's high security zones. The police tried to hold them back with tear gas, water cannons and even ...
Arvind Kejriwal has called off the Coalgate protest, saying the protest has been a success. The police seem to have come down too hard on the India Against Corruption protestors, which may have contributed to its success. In a situation remniscent to Baba Ramd...
The IAC dharna which began with less than 25 people is now out of hand in Delhi. Police are using tear gas, water cannons and lathicharge in many parts of Delhi including outside 7 RCR, PM Manmohan Singh's residence, to disperse protestors. The crowds are swe...
The police have been unable to stop protesters from marching towards Rashtrapathi Bhavan. Tughlaq Road saw clashes between the police and the India Against Corruption supporters. Protesters are steadily streaming into the high security and VIP areas of the cap...
The India Against Corruption's demonstration at Jantar Mantar is in full swing. BJP MP Kirti Azad dismisses the IAC protest saying they don't know what they are doing. Activist Kumar Vishwas wants to continue the protest until the Coalgate scam is resolved. Th...
There is heavy police presence in parts of the capital where India Against Corruption supporters are expected to gather to protest Coalgate. Barricades are set up at Akbar Road which leads to Congress President Sonia Gandhi's residence 10 Janpath. Aurangzeb Ro...
Acharya Balkrishna, a close associate of Baba Ramdev, has been accused of violating foreign exchange laws, by not informing the RBI of a investment of Rs 4.36 lakh into the companies owned by them. The ED is on a political witch hunt say Balakrishna.
Newshour | A 1,300 page audit report on Baba Ramdev's Patanjali Yoga Peeth reveals tax evasion and other financial fraud, that might soon come back to bite Baba Ramdev. After tall claims about how the Government is a 'gold medalist' in corruption, Baba Ramdev ...
The UPA government has now set its various departments after the Rs 11,000 cr business empire of Baba Ramdev and various trusts associated with him. The departments that are after Ramdev for various economic offences are Central Economic Intelligence Bureau, D...
The Revenue department has begun a final tax assessment of the various trusts associated with anti-graft activist Baba Ramdev. Ramdev is facing tax evasion notices just a few days after he concluded his highly dramatized agitation against corruption and black ...
Acharya Balakrishna, an associate of Baba Ramdev, has got bail. He was arrested by the CBI in case of fraudulent documents attached to his application for securing a passport.
Anti-graft activist Baba Ramdev takes on President Pranab Mukherjee for his remark that anger and discontent over corruption and mal-governance should not lead to an assault on democratic institutions. Ramdev has said that the comment by the President was unco...
Newshour | Baba Ramdev launches a scathing attack on the Congress and says that they are gold medalists when it comes to corruption. Congress also minces no words and says that Ramdev also has evaded tax in past. Has the Government managed to make Baba Ramdev ...
News Night | Ram Jethmalani's comments on Rahul Gandhi stashing black money in a foreign country angers the Congress. Rahul Gandhi however chose to brush off the verbal tirade and said that he has no time for dealing with such issues. BJP however have disowned...
Baba Ramdev escalates the fight with Congress, calling it a gold medalist in corruption. This could be perceived as an anti-Congress campaign ahead of the 2014 general elections.
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev after breaking his five day fast against black money returns to Haridwar. Remaining unapologetic over the furore he caused last night by deciding to camp at the Ambedkar stadium, he says that it was necessary for him to have done that bec...
On being asked whether the RSS-Ramdev pact affects Congress' chances, Rahul Gandhi retorts saying that he is really not interested in the issue. He also goes on to add that he has other important issues on hand that need to be addressed.
Reacting to the anti-graft agitation by Yoga guru Baba Ramdev, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has said that the government should act soon to bring back the black money stashed abroad.
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev has called off his latest round of protests against corruption and black money. The anti-corruption activist is set to head to Haridwar after vacting the Ambedkar Stadium.
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev has ended his fast but has said that the agitation against corruption and black money will be continued. The anti-graft activist is set to head to Haridwar.
Ramdev is still on fast though it is past 11 AM. BJP's Ram Jethmalani speaks to the crowds. He says Ramdev will decide when to leave the stadium, it is not for the government to decide. Ramdev continues to deliver speeches. He says the agitation has defeated t...
Amidst worries of security issues, Baba Ramdev is asked to leave the Ambedkar Stadium. With Independence Day celebrations scheduled tomorrow, the police have to sanitise the entire area but Ramdev and the crowds are hampering its efforts. Ramdev says he will ...
Baba Ramdev announces that he will break his six-day long fast at 11 AM today. He says he will head back to Haridwar, though earlier today there was a conflicting report that he would stay at the Ambedkar Stadium and celebrate Independence Day and hoist the fl...
Anti-graft activist Baba Ramdev has said that although he would end his fast, the agitation will continue across the nation. After breaking his week-long fast, the Yoga guru may head to Haridwar. Meanwhile there are rumors that the supporters of Ramdev have as...
Ramdev and supporters stay put at the Ambedkar Stadium in Delhi. Ramdev says he will break his fast at 11 am today and will discuss his next plan of action. Delhi police still cautious in their approach to the agitation.
Anti-graft activist Baba Ramdev has said that although he would end his fast, the agitation will continue across the nation. Buoyed by the support he has received, Ramdev has said that although the Congress led UPA government has not responded to him, he has a...
Anti-graft activist Baba Ramdev has refused to give in to the pressures of the government. Defiant Ramdev has refused to move out of the Ambedkar Stadium despite security concerns ahead of the Independence Day celebrations.
There seems to be no end to the troubles faced by the government as anti-graft activist Baba Ramdev is increasingly gaining political support. Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and BSP supremo Mayawati have reached out to the Yoga guru, extending their...
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev refuses to leave the Ambedkar stadium and says that he will stay there tonight. The police have asked the guru to leave the premises for the second time. According to sources, the presence will not be tolerated for too long, especially wi...
Newshour | Baba Ramdev defends his Ambedkar stadium impromptu fast and says that he does not want to put the police in a fix. He says the police only wanted to arrest him and his supporters and did not even allow a peaceful march. He says that the police broug...
Newshour | While Baba Ramdev is exercising his fundamental right to protest, the moral premises on which he claims to be fighting on seem flawed. The so called 'social movement' has moved to a political platform. Does this change affect the movement's credibil...
Newshour | Yoga guru Baba Ramdev refuses to leave the Ambedkar stadium and says that he will stay there tonight. This newfound courage could be because of the NDA support that Ramdev has managed to garner. Has the BJP effectively given up the Opposition space ...
First the cops had to change the detention venue due to the unmanageable crowd. Then, they were forced to set the protesters free because Ramdev demanded that they be fed. Finally, the Yoga guru vexes the police even more by refusing to leave the Ambedkar stad...
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev refuses to leave Ambedkar stadium putting the Delhi police in a fix. He says that he will break fast only after his supporters start eating. The police had earlier set the supporters free after Ramdev demanded that they be fed.
Centrestage | High drama ensues inside the Ambedkar stadium with Baba Ramdev refusing to leave the premises. Is Baba Ramdev pushing his luck too far? Or is this newfound courage a political nexus of some sorts?
News Night | While the Congress earns Baba Ramdev's wrath, sources say that his anti-Congress stance is a very well-thought out one. Ramdev's alignment with the NDA and the visibility of several BJP leaders during his fast cements the fact that they could be s...
News Night | Delhi police announce that the detention is over and that all supporters can leave, but Baba Ramdev refuses to do so. Is he pushing it too far? Should he just leave the stadium now that his point has been made quite strongly?
Baba Ramdev demands that all his detained supporters be fed by the Delhi police. This bizarre request put the police in a fix, forcing them to lift Section 65 and allow the supporters to leave. However, the Yoga guru and his supporters refuse to leave the venu...
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev elated with the success of his hunger strike says that all those who wrote off his protest should see the crowd that has gathered. He also says that the Congress' time is up and that they should pull their socks up.
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev has been riding the anti-graft wave for a while now, however the guru himself is not completely honest with his earnings. Documented proof shows that Ramdev's Patanjali Yoga Peeth has been allegedly built on illegal land. Also, the guru s...
The Delhi police keep Baba Ramdev under arrest inside a Delhi Transport Corporation bus. The bus, owing to heavy crowds, is slowly inching its way to the Rajiv Gandhi stadium in Bawana, where the guru and his supporters will be kept under preventive custody. T...
While Baba Ramdev's bus is slowly inching its way through the heavy crowds to the Rajiv Gandhi stadium in Bawana, the Yoga guru is wasting no time. In a daredevil stunt, he climbed atop the bus through its window and started addressing his supporters. He says ...
BJP spokesperson Ravishankar Prasad condemns Congress' attitude towards Baba Ramdev's agitation. He says that running away from the issue or shooting the messenger will not solve the country's problems. He also says that if the names of the leaders holding for...
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev unfazed with his march being stopped, says that the movement is still strong. The fight against black money and corruption has just started, says the guru. Ramdev also points to the hundreds of supporters gathered and says that the sheer ...
BJP spokesperson Ravishankar Prasad claims that the Congress is not serious about bringing black money and this is highly condemnable. He also says that the BJP has completely lent its moral support to Baba Ramdev's relentless agitation.
Even though the Delhi police managed to take Baba Ramdev into preventive custody inside a Delhi Transport Corporation bus, the vehicle has not been able to move even an inch forward due to the heavy crowd. The supporters block the police from moving the bus cr...
Congress leader Rajiv Shukla comes down heavily on the political parties that have tendered their support to Baba Ramdev's movement. Shukla says that the UPA Government was capable of bringing back black money worth Rs 48,000 crore back to the country, whereas...
In a democratic setup, everyone has the right to opinion, says Bihar CM Nitish Kumar. He becomes the latest to join the bandwagon of Baba Ramdev supporters and says that every individual has the right to launch a peaceful movement.
After being taken into custody, Baba Ramdev says that the agitation has jolted the Government. He says that he will tour the country and unmask the Government's real face. Several political leaders including Sharad Yadav, Naveen Patnaik, and Nitin Gadkari have...
In a democratic setup, everyone has the right to opinion, says Bihar CM Nitish Kumar. He becomes the latest to join the bandwagon of Baba Ramdev supporters and says that every individual has the right to launch a peaceful movement.
Delhi police cut short Baba Ramdev's yatra to the Parliament at the Ranjit Singh flyover. The Yoga guru and several of his supporters courted arrest and are now being taken to the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium at Bawana. This stadium will serve as a makeshift jail.
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev courts arrest along with hundreds of his supporters. After being taken into preventive custody inside a Delhi Transport Corporation bus at the Ranjit Singh flyover, he appeals to his supporters to keep the protest non-violent.