Yoga guru Baba Ramdev celebrated the 20th foundation day of his ashram, Divya Yog Mandir Trust in Haridwar, on Monday by participating in a wrestling match against wrestler Sushil Kumar.
Ramdev's Patanjali is a low-cost, low-margin business that gets away with pretty much what it wants because wily old Ramdev knows how to get around all politicians, says Vir Sanghvi.
Four others MD of Ramdev-promoted Patanjali Ayurved Acharya Balkrishna; Director of National Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (NIMS), Jaipur, B S Tomar; his son Anurag Tomar; and senior scientist Anurag Varshney have also been named in the FIR, he said.
Ramdev is very angry' with the Congress after he was accused of destabilising the state government in the wake of revolt by nine party MLAs.
"Service to humanity is my only objective," he told media persons.
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The Delhi high court on Monday said it would hear on May 10, pleas by internet and social media giants, Facebook, Twitter and Google, challenging an order directing them to remove, block or disable on a global basis links to a video containing defamatory allegations against yoga guru Ramdev.
In many respects, Ramdev is also among the busiest FMCG brand ambassadors.
He will render all possible help to them up to fifth standard.
In the eye of a row over his comment that Rahul Gandhi visits Dalit homes for "honeymoon and picnic", yoga guru Ramdev on Saturday expressed regret to the Dalit community but claimed his remarks were "misrepresented".
Political intolerance is at its peak in the country. Therefore, someone is criticising Modi and some other Jaitley and the BJP.
The Enforcement Directorate has slapped notices against yoga guru Ramdev and his two trusts for alleged violations of foreign exchange laws.
Ramdev has defended the medicine saying it has nothing to do with the birth of a son or daughter
The Shubh Ashirwad ceremony was organised by Nita and Mukesh Ambani, and the gathering saw a distinguished assembly of spiritual leaders.
The inquiry committee, set up by Uttarakhand government to examine the controversial infertility medicine produced by Ramdev's pharmacy, has submitted its report which is "not in favour" of the Yoga guru.
Terming Baba Ramdev's charges against her as "diversionary tactics", Communist Party of India-Marxist leader Brinda Karat Saturday said attempts were being made to deflect attention from the core issue of violation of labour laws.
The high court had passed the restraining order after Ramdev claimed that the book had defamatory content.
Bihar Minister and Janata Dal-United leader Shayam Rajak on Monday filed a complaint case against yoga teacher Ramdev for his uncharitable remarks on Congress Vice-president Rahul Gandhi pertaining to Dalits.
Ramdev said at present, the dairy business is pegged at Rs 3 lakh crore, which will be more than Rs 5 lakh crore by 2022
Deshmukh said on Twitter that it was "highly deplorable" that two senior Union ministers endorsed the drug.
Ramdev made nature-to-goodness products popular, and reaped benefits. Then he seemed to lose focus and the last thing it needs is more distraction, like the passionate founder shooting his mouth off yet again
While Ramdev claimed that Ayurved-based 'Coronil and Swasari' medicine have shown 100 per cent favourable results during clinical trials on COVID-19 infected patients except those on a life support system, the Ayush Ministry sought from the company detailed report on composition, testing and other data of the drugs.
District food safety and standards department approached the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate on Friday, after charges of wrong labelling or misbranding of the five products were corroborated by tests conducted at the state laboratory at Rudrapur, said R S Rawat, district food safety officer.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday came down heavily on yoga guru Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurved for prima facie violation of the undertaking given by it in the court about its products and also about statements claiming their medicinal efficacy. A bench of justices Hima Kohli and A Amanullah issued a notice to Patanjali Ayurved and its managing director asking why contempt proceedings should not be initiated against them.
Yoga guru Ramdev met Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu in Hyderabad on Monday morning to drum up support for his anti-corruption movement.
Vignettes from President Pranab Mukherjee's first At Home last week
Yoga exponent Ramdev has been provided with 'Z' category security by the central government taking into account his "vulnerability to attacks from his opponents".
Ramdev on Monday adopted a vigorous anti-Congress stand in his protest against black money and was arrested during a march to Parliament but late in the night he refused to quit the stadium from where he and his few thousand supporters were released.
Yoga guru Ramdev on Saturday met his aide Balkrishna, who was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation in a fake document case, in a jail in Dehradun, police sources said.
Yoga guru Ramdev's aide Balkrishna was on Friday arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation after a non-bailable warrant was issued against him by a special court in Dehradun in an alleged fake documents case.
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Yoga guru Ramdev was on Saturday booked by Uttar Pradesh police for his controversial remarks targeting Rahul Gandhi that drew flak from various quarters with Congress demanding that he give a public apology as he had insulted Dalits.
Taking advantage of the absence of Nestl's Maggi noodles, Patanjali launched its own atta noodles last month.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has recorded statement of Ramdev in connection with its probe in the alleged kidnapping of his 'guru' Swami Shankar Dev who mysteriously went missing six years ago while taking a morning walk in Haridwar.
Expanding the scope of its hearing in the Patanjali Ayurved case, the Supreme Court on Tuesday took a stern view of misleading advertisements by Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) firms and asked three Union ministries to inform it about the steps they have taken to curb the practice which takes 'public for a ride' and adversely affects their health.
Talking to media persons in Jalna in Maharashtra, Hazare said that he had spoken to Ramdev about his remarks. Ramdev did not mean all the MPs when he made the statement but only a few, Hazare asserted.
The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress on Wednesday exchanged heated words over Baba Ramdev, with Digvijay Singh attacking the yoga guru for 'targeting' his party on the black money issue and questioning the source of funds for his activities.Defending Baba Ramdev, BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu accused the Congress of leveling 'absurd' allegations against the Yoga guru.Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh had asked Baba Ramdev to verify the trail of funds.
Rediff readers suggest interesting names for Baba Ramdev's new denim brand.
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev, who is a known supporter of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has said that he sees a lot of 'Indianness' in Congress president Sonia Gandhi's daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
