Baba Ramdev Fast

• Mayawati upset about Baba Ramdev sharing stage

  Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati said on Tuesday that her party was supportive of the black money issue raised by yoga guru Baba Ramdev. However, she did not agree with the way he allowed NDA leaders to make speeches from his platform against other political parties.

• Has Mumbai rejected Anna?

  Low turnout for anti-graft activist's rally at Parel, similar to the thin attendance at MMRDA grounds last December

• After day-long fast with Baba Ramdev, Team Anna to meet to decide future plans

  Team Anna's core committee will meet today to chalk out future plans in its fight against corruption. The meeting comes a day after social activist Anna Hazare and his team shared the stage with yoga guru Baba Ramdev in Delhi's Parliament Street for a one-day fast against corruption, the return of black money stashed abroad and a stronger Lokpal Bi...

• I will fight till the end: Highlights of Anna Hazare's speech

  Gandhian activist Anna Hazare and Yoga guru Baba Ramdev are holding a day-long fast in Delhi today as a mark of their protest against corruption and black money. Here are the highlights of what Anna Hazare said:

• Baba Ramdev says PM must keep cabinet clean as he sits on fast with Anna Hazare

  Around 5000 people, undeterred by the scorching heat, reached Parliament Street in the heart of the national capital on Sunday morning to show their support for social activist Anna Hazare and yoga guru Baba Ramdev, who are holding a one-day fast in their demands for stronger action against corruption, the return of black money stashed away by Indi...

• Anna Hazare, Baba Ramdev to fast on June 3

  Anna Hazare and Baba Ramdev smiled a lot as they shared stage in Delhi today to announce that they would fast together on June 3 to bring back focus on the Jan Lokpal and the issue of black money. They have applied for permission to hold the fast in Jantar Mantar in Delhi; a venue where Anna has held quite a few protests since last year.

• Baba Ramdev announces launch of campaign against black money

  Yoga guru Ramdev on Sunday announced a fresh agitation against black money and corruption with a one-day dharna at New Delhi on June 3, marking the first anniversary of police crackdown on Ramlila grounds.

• Congress hits out at Anna, Ramdev for misusing right to protest

  Under intense attack from civil society activists, the Congress in a counter-offensive of sorts, today launched a nationwide campaign to expose the allegedly communal forces behind Anna Hazare and Baba Ramdev's campaign against corruption and black money.Kickstarting the campaign, senior party leader and Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee hit ...

• Will Sanju Baba play Baba Ramdev?

  Bollywood director Mani Shankar, who is very close to Baba Ramdev, is so galvanised by the yoga guru's fast-unto-death that he has decided to make a film on him. The movie that will also include the Saturday-night incident when Ramdev's fast at the Ramlila grounds in Delhi was disrupted, will be entitled Baba.Mani is now closely monitoring Ramdev's...

• Digvijaya Singh says Ramdev's fast a 'five-star satyagraha'

  Congress leader Digvijaya Singh slammed yoga guru Baba Ramdev's fast against corruption by calling it a "five star satyagraha"."The Baba travels in a private jet, stays in a five-star luxury hotel, is having satyagraha in fancy tents with all modern facilities and has the money for such arrangements before going on a fast. This is surely a five-sta...

• There was a conspiracy but it has failed, says Baba Ramdev

  Ahead of his 'satyagraha' against corruption here, Baba Ramdev today alleged there was a conspiracy against him to ensure that he does not go ahead with his protest fast but asserted that it had "failed".During his discourse at the Ramlila grounds, the yoga guru refused to reveal what the conspiracy was but said he will reveal it at the "right time...

• Music, humour and yoga at Ramlila Maidan

  Devotional and patriotic songs today reverberated across the Ramlila Grounds, the site of yoga guru Baba Ramdev's hunger strike against black money, as his discourse was laced with humour and demonstration of 'asanas'.A music-filled morning greeted the thousands of people who poured into the sprawling site to see and listen to Ramdev.At 4:50 am, Ra...

• Ramdev on fast, Sadhvi Rithambara's presence sparks row

  Baba Ramdev began his indefinite hunger strike at the Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi today. The yoga icon describes his fast as a "satyagraha against corruption and black money." The government yesterday failed to persuade him to call off his plans and sources now say there will be no further formal talks with him as 90 per cent of his demands have be...

• Baba Ramdev begins fast against corruption

  Baba Ramdev began his hunger strike at the Ramlila Maidan in Delhi at sharp 7 am today. He describes his fast as "a satyagraha against corruption." Around 8,000 supporters joined the yoga icon in his fast. Many more are expected to gather there through the day. VHP's Sadhvi Rithambara also shared the stage with him. (Read: Who is Baba Ramdev?)Yest...

• Baba Ramdev: 'No question of calling off fast'

  Yoga guru Baba Ramdev has said he will go ahead with his hunger strike against corruption from June 4 despite the government's appeal asking him to reconsider his plan."My hunger strike will go ahead. There is no question of calling off the protest plan till my demands are met and till talks reach a satisfactory conclusion," Baba Ramdev told NDTV s...