Breaking his silence on the police action at Ramdev`s protest congregation, prime minister Manmohan Singh said on Monday that it was "unfortunate" but unavoidable even as the political battle on the issue heated up with the BJP knocking
Thousands of protesters on fast in solidarity with Baba Ramdev, who were assaulted and chased away from Ramlila Maidan Saturday midnight, headed towards the Jantar Mantar to assemble again only to be stopped by Delhi Police a few hundred metres aw
After Delhi Police brutally assaulted the peaceful protestors at the Ramlila Maidan here to dismantle Baba Ramdev’s fast against black money, there were murmurs of regret among the lower ranks of the force that what happened was unfortunate.
The morning after Delhi Police dismantled the venue of Baba Ramdev’s fast in a midnight swoop, the Ramlila Maidan bore a deserted and distressing look. While the heavy police contingent guarding the entry to the ground didn’t a
Here is the press release that the government put out on Friday night. The so-called Action Taken Report has nothing more than promises of action. Action Taken by Government on Demands Raised by Baba Ramdev
Sunita was suffering from breast cancer. She went to a reputed hospital and was advised surgery. She paid Rs 1.5 lakh but the doctors performed surgery at the wrong place and cancer was not cured. Yet they did not return the money. For Sunita gett
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday convened a meeting of senior ministers to further discuss the demands of Baba Ramdev who is on a hunger strike demanding immediate measures to get back the black money stashed away abroad.
Baba Ramdev`s protest fast against corruption has drawn people from all sections of society, from all parts of the country. The presence of women in large numbers marks the protest significant. There are separate sitting arrangements for women.
Taking suo motu cognisance of forceful eviction of yoga guru Baba Ramdev and his followers from the Ramlila grounds here, the supreme court on Monday sought the centre`s response on the incident. A vacation bench of justices B S Cha
Mohammed Altaf Butt Chishti is one of the thousands who have come to support Baba Ramdev’s movement against corruption and black money. But he is no common man, like most others. He is a former terrorist from the restive Kashmir valley
Even after utilising sources of renewable energy like biogas, India cannot do without coal, hydel and nuclear energy to meet its energy demands, environment minister Jairam Ramesh said while addressing a curtain raiser for World Environment Day (W
Here is the full text of the press release that the government put out on Friday night. The so-called Action Taken Report has nothing more than promises of action. Action Taken by Government on Demands Raised by Baba Ramdev
Baba Ramdev`s fast began on Saturday morning, a day after after the centre`s bid to meet the yoga guru`s demands halfway failed. Even as two senior ministers, Kapil Sibal and Subodh Kant Sahay, held five-hour-long talks with the yoga guru on Frida
Photo by Parveen Kumar Vedbudhiyari, 73, from Rohtak "
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev began his fast against corruption at the Ramlila Maidan in Delhi on Saturday morning, inviting political parties of the country to extend support. However, he clarified that the support could only be from the `outside`, in ke
Congress state in charge for Gujarat Mohan Prakash and others from the state unit of the party met president Pratibha Patil and submitted a memorandum alleging large scale corruption by the state`s BJP government headed by Narendra Modi Pr
How deep in the red is national carrier Air India has been revealed by the chief of the ailing airline in a letter to its pilots. For the
Apparently targeting the Maran brothers, the Jayalalithaa government in Tamil Nadu today announced its decision to nationalise private cable TV operations and revive the state-run Arasu Cable TV Corporation. In his customary address spelli
Ahead of their crucial meeting with Baba Ramdev on his proposed hunger strike from tomorrow, several cabinet ministers on Thursday cancelled their scheduled visits, including finance minister Pranab Mukherjee who is leading the government team hol
Anti-trust watchdog Competition Commission of India (CCI)suspects that cartels in the agriculture, steel and paper sectors could have manipulated the market to cause food price rise. It has suo motu commissioned studies to ascertain the reasons fo
