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Indian Yoga Guru, Baba Ramdev, greets supporters during a function in Kolkata on April 5, 2013. Ramdev was in the city to attend a Woman's Empowerment camp organised by his organisation, hundreds of women from all over the sate came to attend the camp. Indian Yoga Guru, Baba Ramdev, gree
Indian Yoga Guru, Baba Ramdev, applauds as a Yoga student demonstrates different postures of Yoga during a function in Kolkata on April 5, 2013. Ramdev was in the city to attend a Woman's Empowerment camp organised by his organisation, hundreds of women from all over the sate came to attend the camp. Indian Yoga Guru, Baba Ramdev, appl
Followers of Indian Yoga Guru, Baba Ramdev, chant spiritual songs as a young boy waves the Indian national flag during a function in Kolkata on April 5, 2013. Ramdev was in the city to attend a Woman's Empowerment camp organised by his organisation, hundreds of women from all over the sate came to attend the camp. Followers of Indian Yoga Guru, Baba
Indian Yoga Guru, Baba Ramdev seek blessing from elderly tribal women after washing their feet during a function in Kolkata on April 5, 2013. Ramdev was in the city to attend a Woman's Empowerment camp organised by his organisation, hundreds of women from all over the sate came to attend the camp. Indian Yoga Guru, Baba Ramdev seek
strongIndore:/strong Yoga guru Baba Ramdev today said the Centre's decision to reduce the age for consensual sex from 18 to 16 years would affect the social order and increase rape cases in the country. Sex at 16 was not right for a person either physically or psychologically, Ramdev said while talking to reporters at Panchkuia near here. If this decision (to lower age of consensual sex) is taken, rape cases will increase, he said. [caption id=attachment_662152 align=alignleft width=380 strongIndore:/strong Yoga guru Baba
strongShimla:/strong Yoga guru Baba Ramdev's Patanjali Yogpeeth on Sunday approached the Himachal Pradesh High Court challenging cancellation of lease of about 28 acres of land by the state government. In its writ petition, the trust has sought possession of the land given to it by the previous BJP government on a 99 year lease. [caption id=attachment_639136 align=alignleft width=380 strongShimla:/strong Yoga guru Baba
Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev (C bottom) attends a program at the Sangam during the Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad on February 4, 2013. The Kumbh Mela in the town of Allahabad will see up to 100 million worshippers gather over 55 days to take a ritual bath in the holy waters, believed to cleanse sins and bestow blessings. Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev (C bot
Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev performs yoga at Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati during the Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad, Monday, Feb. 4, 2013. Millions of Hindu pilgrims are expected to attend the Maha Kumbh festival, which is one of the world's largest religious gatherings that lasts 55 days and falls every 12 years. Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev perfor
Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev (top L on float) throws garlands to devotees during a procession ahead of the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad on January 10, 2013. The Kumbh Mela, which is scheduled to take place in the northern Indian city in January and February 2013, is the world's largest gathering of people for a religious purpose and millions of people gather for this auspicious occasion. Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev (top L
Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev throws flower petals to devotees as he participates in a religious procession towards the Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, as part of the Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad, India, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. Millions of Hindu pilgrims are expected to take part in the large religious congregation of a period of over a month on the banks of Sangam during the Maha Kumbh festival in January 2013, which falls every 12th year. Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev throws
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev has done what Diwali could not do to walnuts. a href=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/commodities/walnut-prices-jump-as-baba-ramdev-prescribes-it-for-knee-joint-arthritis/articleshow/17111994.cmsAccording to a report in theemEconomic Times/em/a,the prices of walnut have risen even though the sale of other nuts is languishing despite it being the Diwali season as people are taking to walnut after Ramdev's advice that walnut is a remedy for knee pain. [caption id=attachment_516063 align=alignleft width=380 Yoga guru Baba Ramdev has done what
Baba Ramdev's plan to tear apart the Congress in his first speech of the fourth leg of his Bharat Swabhiman Yatra was a non-starter for reason he could not have anticipated. The main donor of a religious function in the state's Botad Assembly constituency vetoed the idea of an anti-Congress speech as he turned out to be a supporter of key Gujarat Congressmen Shankersinh Vaghela and Shaktisinh Gohil. It was a religious programme. When I came to know that Baba Ramdev was engaged in an anti-Congress campaign, I requested all the seers present there not to give political colour to the programme. So there was no speech by Baba Ramdev at Botad, a href=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/ramdev-snubbed-on-first-day-of-his-anticong-tour/1024425/0 target=_blankmain donor Vallu Boriya was quoted by emThe Indian Express/em as saying/a.[caption id=attachment_509310 align=alignleft width=380 Baba Ramdev's plan to tear apart th
Baba Ramdev emerged again, this time in Gujarat and reignited his favourite non-Yoga passion -- bashing up the Congress. The Yoga guru on Monday showered encomiums on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, calling him the most-deserving prime ministerial candidate, a href=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Ramdev-to-campaign-against-Cong-in-Gujarat/articleshow/17013253.cms target=_blanka emTimes of India/em report said/a. Although Ramdev made it clear that he is not going to campaign for BJP, he said he will support anyone who can make Congress bite the dust in the forthcoming polls.[caption id=attachment_507820 align=alignleft width=380 Baba Ramdev emerged again, this tim
Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev arrives for a press conference in Ahmedabad on October 29, 2012. Ramdev spoke against Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi, but hesitated any comments for BJP President Nitin Gadkari and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev arrive
Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev gestures while addressing a press conference in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012. According to local news reports, Ramdev Sunday alleged that a senior Congress leader was hatching conspiracy to link him to the death of a Bharat Swabhiman Manch activist and disappearance of his Guru Shankar Dev. Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev gestur
Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev speaks during a press conference to announce the start of fresh agitations against the government, in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012. Ramdev's protest is part of a public push to demand government accountability after a series of corruption scandals. Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev speaks
Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev addresses a press conference in New Delhi on September 1, 2012. Ramdev, who will hold new anti-government protests on the birth of Indian independence icon Mahatma Gandhi this October 2, said that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government had gave away billions of dollars in coal mining rights. Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev addres
India's Congress party activists take out a march against Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev in Kolkata, India, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. The activists alleged that Ramdev was misusing the Indian flag and demanded his arrest and an enquiry into all his assets. India's Congress party activists ta
strongDehra Dun:/strong Baba Ramdev's close aide Balkrishna, who is out on bail, today appeared before a CBI court here in connection with a fake document case. Balkrishna appeared before Special CBI Magistrate Preeto Sharma who fixed 7 September as the next date of hearing, CBI counsel Rajmohan Chand said.[caption id=attachment_432409 align=alignleft width=380 strongDehra Dun:/strong Baba Ramdev
An Indian man sells pins showing a portrait of yoga guru Baba Ramdev at the venue of an anti-corruption protest in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012. Ramdev sipped a glass of fruit juice offered by supporters ending his hunger strike Tuesday but says his battle against endemic corruption in India will continue. An Indian man sells pins showing a
Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev drinks a fruit juice offered by children to break his fast in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012. Ramdev ended his hunger strike Tuesday but said his battle against endemic corruption in India will continue. Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev drinks
An old Indian woman offers food to yoga guru Baba Ramdev to break his fast in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012. Ramdev sipped a glass of fruit juice offered by supporters ending his hunger strike Tuesday but said his battle against endemic corruption in India will continue. An old Indian woman offers food to
Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev breaks his fast at Ambedkar stadium in New Delhi on August 14, 2012. Ramdev, who was arrested and brought to the stadium August 13 as he attempted to lead a procession of thousands of supporters to parliament, broke his six-day fast August 14 and ended a protest demanding the government do more to repatriate illicit money stashed by Indians in foreign accounts. Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev breaks
Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev smiles during an anti-corruption protest in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012. Ramdev sipped a glass of fruit juice offered by supporters ending his hunger strike Tuesday but says his battle against endemic corruption in India will continue. Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev smiles
Baba Ramdev's sleight of hand is all too visible now. It looks like an attempted rath yatra of this decade, albeit atop DTC buses to begin with, for the saffronites, the BJP and the NDA against the congress. The target is 2014 or early elections. Corruption and the mirage of emkala dhan/em stashed abroad is the new Ayodhya. What initially appeared as an opportunistic attempt to occupy the space left by a deflated Anna (and his Team) has now suddenly boomed into an anti-Congress tirade. Ramdev's war cry equates Congress with corruption as he is joined by the BJP, the JD (U), the Janata Party, the Akali Dal, the Biju Janata Dal and even a shrewd Mayawati. By association and by explicit naming of the Congress, Ramdev has absolved the BJP, NDA partners and even Mayawati of corruption. Now corruption and black money is all about the Congress. The BJP and the NDA need a vehicle and ultimately a juggernaut to take this forward. Ramdev, wily nilly, is their charioteer. Even for 2014, the timing is not bad. This is not a movement against corruption, but a battle between the BJP and the Congress. Although it is still not clear whether the BJP and NDA partners joining hands is by default or by design, it certainly is a political battle in which the self-styled Baba has become a proxy for anti-Congressism. [caption id=attachment_417625 align=alignleft width=380 Baba Ramdev's sleight of hand is al
strong9.20am/strong: Baba Ramdev, who has been in the Ambedkar stadium since last evening, is scheduled to break his fast at 11am today. The yoga guru turned activist who courted arrest along with almost 15,000 supporters on Monday, is likely to vacate the stadium by noon, and then depart for Haridwar. He is also scheduled to announce the next stage of his agitation. The Delhi police who had herded Ramdev into the stadium after he courted arrest on Monday, said that he and his supporters were free to leave at around 7.30pm, but he refused to vacate the venue. [caption id=attachment_417145 align=alignleft width=380 strong9.20am/strong: Baba Ramdev, w
Give it to the Baba. He knows how to raise a racket. Last year, he had to beat an unceremonious retreat after the police played spoilsport at Ramlila Maidan. This time, he has proved a point. What point? One might ask, but let the question pass. To his credit, he even managed to get BSP chief Mayawati and Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh to speak against black money and corruption. Of course, he had the whole of the NDA and a few non-NDA, non-UPA parties speaking for him. That's quite a feat. It's interesting to note that the same set of parties were desperately cooking up ways to block the passage of the Lokpal Bill in Parliament a few months ago. They were also crying themselves hoarse over Team Anna's aggressive, arm-twisting ways, asserting with great righteous outrage that laws could be made in Parliament only, not at places like Jantar Mantar. What makes Baba Ramdev so popular among politicians? Well, he certainly is more tactful than members of Team Anna and more of an entertainer. And yes, he poses a threat to none, not even the Congress against whom he declared war today.[caption id=attachment_416795 align=alignleft width=380 Give it to the Baba. He knows how t
A supporter of Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev wears a pin with Ramdev's image on his turban while attending the guru's protest against corruption at the Ramlila grounds in New Delhi August 13, 2012. Ramdev was arrested at a protest against corruption near the parliament on Monday, putting pressure on a Congress Party-led government trying to revive its political fortunes. A supporter of Indian yoga guru Bab
Supporters of Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev hold Indian national flags as they stand on top of buses parked by police to detain them during a protest march against corruption in New Delhi August 13, 2012. Ramdev was arrested at a protest against corruption near the parliament on Monday, putting pressure on a Congress Party-led government trying to revive its political fortunes. Supporters of Indian yoga guru Baba
An Indian family watches yoga guru Baba Ramdev and his supporters march after being detained at an anti-corruption protest in New Delhi, India, Monday, Aug. 13, 2012. Waving Indian flags and shouting slogans, the protesters climbed into a row of police buses parked around the sprawling New Delhi fairground that Ramdev and his supporters had occupied for the past four days. Police said the protesters would be taken to a stadium on the outskirts of the city and would likely be released by Monday evening. An Indian family watches yoga guru