Sunil Kumar, who threatened to throw a shoe at Congress leader Janardhan Dwivedi, has been sent to 14 days of judicial custody. Kumar, the second journalist to throw shoes at Congress leaders, was protesting government’s police crack down on a group of satyagrahis on Ramlila grounds on Saturday night. Kumar is expected to get a […]
Loop Telecom, which has been linked with the Ruia-Essar group of companies, has claimed that it has got a clean chit from the Ministry of Corporate Affairs headed by Murli Deora. The response came in the wake of reports that the CBI is investigating the Ruia family for illegally owning stakes in Loop Telecom. “It […]
Congress spokesperson Digvijay Singh has accused Baba Ramdev of carrying on a fast “sponsored” by the BJP and RSS. “The foot soldiers are of RSS. The BJP and VHP are supporting it. We all know who is sponsoring this.. Who is trying to propagate (this),” he said, in the most direct attack on the Yogi’s […]
A strongly worded statement from commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma points to the fear and distrust gripping the Congress and government about Baba Ramdev and his agitation. In an unusual statement, the normally circumspect Anand Sharma — increasingly assertive of his voice in the party — gave a clear picture of the fear of […]
After coming under sever public scrutiny and criticism for his silence on the issue of the action against Baba Ramdev, Prime Minister Manmohan SIngh defended police action. He said the “action was unfortunate but there was no alternative”. He also said that his government is serious in fighting corruption and there is no “magic wand” […]
The Congress has attacked the Mayawati government and threatened to bring out a ‘chargesheet’ of crimes committed by herself, her ministers and other BSP leaders. In an effort to take the attention away from the Ramdev episode, Congress leader Digvijay Singh — famous for his personal attacks on Congress’ rivals — rued the “corruption” in […]
At least four army men are reported killed in a Maoist raid in Narayanpur district. The attack happened in Bharagati village. They fired indiscriminately killing the four jawan. Maoists fled after the Jawans retaliated from the camp. A month ago, Maoists had killed eight Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans and three Jharkhand police officers […]
Ramdev Baba, the Yogi leading a nationwide demonstration against illicit money, has taken a two hour break seven hours into his ‘fast unto death’ program. He said he is taking the break to talk to the Government, pointing to ongoing efforts by the UPA to get the Baba to stop his agitation. “There will not […]
The Congress Party has decided to counter Baba Ramdev’s own mass ‘reach out’ program with one of its own. After a meeting of the office-bearers of the All India Congress Committee under Sonia Gandhi, senior leader Janardhan Dwivedi repeated the familiar line that RSS and BJP were behind the campaign by Baba Ramdev. “There are […]
Having once brushed up against popular anger over the Baba Ramdev episode, the government seems to be in a mood to get out of its commitments with the other crusader — Anna Hazare and his Lokpal movement. Speaking to reporters on “issues related to Lokpal,” Kapil Sibal, chief troubleshooter for the government, tried to provoke […]
Congress leader Digvijay Singh has clarified that he did not kick the journalist who threatened him and another congress leader with a shoe at a press conference yesterday. “I did not do that.. I went there [to the scuffle] only to investigate,” he said. Asked how a video on Youtube shows him kicking the journalist, […]
The government will make child-birth at government hospitals totally “cashless” from this year, health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has said. Speaking at a forum on HIV and AIDS in New York, Azad also said that India will start the supply of free contraceptives at people’s homes, covering about a sixth of the population, this year. […]
The Congress has just taken its gloves off in its fight with Baba Ramdev — with official spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi attacking the movement for being a proxy for opposition party BJP. “Some parties are remote controlling it, whether it is RSS or BJP,” Singhvi said, questioning the massive infrastructure put in place by the Baba […]
The UP government has denied Baba Ramdev permission to conduct his agitation in the Delhi suburb of Noida. According to early reporters, the Baba — on his way there — was forced to turn back to Haridwar at Muzzaffarnagar, not far from Delhi. The Baba has vowed to continue both his fast and his agitation […]
The Lokpal movement has challenged the imposition of prohibitory orders in central Delhi and Jantar Mantar in a notice given by former law minister and eminent lawyer Shanti Bhushan. Bhushan, one of the brightest legal brains in the country, pointed out that the current imposition of Section 144 — prohibition of assembly — is directly […]
Congress has denied any responsibility for the attack on Baba Ramdev’s protest camp at Ramlila Maidan. “The party did not have anything to do with it.. It was a decision taken by the Delhi Police,” he said, indirectly pointing the finger at P Chidambaram. Delhi Police is controlled by the Union Home ministry under P […]
MF Hussain, the legendary painter who was in exile after threats to his life, died in London a few hours ago, according to media reports from the city. Hussain died in exile from his homeland in India, having become a Qatari citizen in 2006. In the 1990s some of Husain’s works became controversial because of […]
The crowd tells you all. The kind of people you associate with also defines the contour of your movement. Unlike the crowds that donned the movement of Anna Hazare against the corruption couple of months ago, Baba Ramdev’s movement against corruption has assumed communal tinge with the association of the RSS and the BJP and […]
The Supreme Court has taken suo motu notice of Saturday night crackdown on Baba Ramdev’s protests and issued notices to the Delhi Government secretary, Home secretary and the Delhi police commissioner seeking their explanations. The notices have come even before Baba Ramdev had to push ahead with his threat of launching legal challenges to the […]
Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari has compared the recently broken up protest by Baba Ramdev to a “1992 like situation,” a reference to 6 December 1992 when right wing Hindu groups tore down a disputed Mosque in Ayodhya. Tewari, speaking on Times Now channel, said that the agitation by the Yogi was far from peaceful and […]
