Hunger Strike
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Ramdev's Political Foray Has India In A Roil
India | Jun 04, 2011, 05:15 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jun 4: For years, the wildly energetic man with the cascade of black hair has contorted his body through a series of complex yoga poses, drawing millions of people across India to gather
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Prashant Bhushan Objects To Sadhvi Sharing Dais With Ramdev
India | Jun 04, 2011, 05:03 PM ISTKolkata June 4: Member of Lokpal Bill joint drafting committee Prasant Bhushan today said he was 'unhappy' at the presence of Sangh Parivar leader Sadhvi Ritambhara on the dais, where Baba Ramdev is on hunger-strike
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Ramdev's Demands Are 'Unrealistic', Says Omar
National | Jun 04, 2011, 04:19 PM ISTSrinagar, June 4: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said Baba Ramdev's concerns about corruption and black money were legitimate, but his demands for ending the fast were "unrealistic"."Concerns about corruption and black
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Baba-Govt Standoff Worsens As Sibal Leaks Out Letter
India | Jun 04, 2011, 10:00 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jun 4: Yoga guru Swami Ramdev today began an indefinite fast against blackmoney but by the end of the day he was in a tight corner after government released a letter from his
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RSS Behind Ramdev Fast, Says Digvijay
India | Jun 04, 2011, 04:08 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jun 4 : Stepping up his attack on Baba Ramdev, Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh on Friday alleged that RSS was behind the yoga guru's indefinite fast beginning tomorrow.Frowning upon the protest action
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Punishment For Graft To Be Substantially Increased: Govt
India | Jun 03, 2011, 11:07 PM ISTNew Delhi, June 3: In a bid to dissuade Baba Ramdev from going ahead with his fast, government tonight assured him that the maximum punishment for corruption would be “substantially increased” but remained silent on
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Ashok Singhal To Join Ramdev Protest
India | Jun 03, 2011, 11:10 PM ISTNew Delhi, June 3: VHP president Ashok Singhal will join Baba Ramdev tomorrow at his protest even as civil society members today claimed that the yoga guru has assured them that nobody from the Sangh
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No Communal Element Will Be On Dais During Ramdev Fast, Says Kejriwal
India | Jun 03, 2011, 06:29 PM ISTNew Delhi, June 3: Anna Hazare-led civil society supporters today said Baba Ramdev has assured them that no "communal" element would share the dais with him during his proposed anti-corruption fast.Asked whether Hazare and civil
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Golflinks To Claridges, Media Chases Ramdev, Ministers
India | Jun 03, 2011, 06:19 PM ISTNew Delhi, June 3: The media was made to scurry from one 'hotspot' to the other in the national capital chasing the entourage of Baba Ramdev and Union Ministers before the two sides started their
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Baba Ramdev Supporters Throng Site Of Hunger Strike
India | Jun 03, 2011, 01:03 PM ISTNew Delhi, June 3 : It was a sea of saffron at the historic Ramlila Maidan here this morning as a large number of supporters of Baba Ramdev started pouring in from across the country
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Govt Initiates Fresh Round Of Talks With Baba Ramdev
India | Jun 03, 2011, 04:00 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jun 3: With barely 24 hours left for his 'satyagraha' against corruption and black money, the government today initiated a fresh round of talks with Baba Ramdev to persuade him to give up
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No Differences Between Cong, Govt Over Ramdev, Says Khurshid
India | Jun 02, 2011, 09:12 PM ISTMumbai, Jun 2: Union Water Resources Minister Salman Khurshid today said there were no differences between the government and Congress over handling of the proposed fast to be undertaken by yoga guru Baba Ramdev. “There
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Baba Ramdev To Launch Hunger Strike From June 4
India | May 21, 2011, 09:31 PM ISTNew Delhi, May 21: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev will sit on an indefinite hunger strike in the capital from June four demanding a strong Lokpal Bill and bringing back black money stashed in tax havens
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Ramdev Should Drop Plans To Go On Hunger Strike: Digvijay
India | May 16, 2011, 10:49 AM ISTGuna(MP), May 15 : Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh today took a jibe at yoga guru Baba Ramdev saying that he should abandon his plan to go on a hunger-strike against corruption before it causes him
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Lokpal Bill Is A Farce On The Public: Former Judge Rajinder Sachar
India | Apr 06, 2011, 03:32 PM ISTNew Delhi, April 6: Former chief justice of Delhi High Court rajinder Sachar says that the government draft of Lokpal Bill, 2010 is a farce on the public. Writing in The Economic Times, Sachar says,