Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravishankar, who met the 46-year-old yoga exponent for the third day at a Dehradun hospital, said, "Ramdev has broken his fast by taking juice. He ended the fast in the presence of various religious and spiritual leaders".
Yoga guru Ramdev ended his nine-day-old fast on Sunday in the presence of some spiritual leaders.
The government is not engaged in any 'back door' dialogue with yoga guru Ramdev, who went on an indefinite fast on the issue of repatriation of black money, Union Law Minister M Veerappa Moily said. "There is no back door and open door talks with any one. Whether it is Ramdev or anyone," he told reporters. Moily evaded reply when asked whether the government has sought the help of Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravishankar for negotiations with the yoga guru.
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Prime Minister Modi will address three rallies -- at Dehri-on Sone (Rohtas district), Gaya and Bhagalpur -- to seek support for National Democratic Alliance nominees on different assembly constituencies going to vote in the first phase on October 28. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is also slated to launch his campaign in Bihar elections on Friday.
Spiritual Guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living Foundation in Bengaluru is back in the news over an extortion call. Art of Living spokesperson Gireem Govind told rediff.com that the ashram had got calls demanding Rs 42 crore, failing which the organisation would be defamed.
The Home Ministry's recommendation to withdraw elite National Security Guard security cover to some VIPs has evoked mixed reactions from political leaders.
In a major reprieve to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, the Patna high court on Monday stayed the proceedings against him in a subordinate court charging him with "making anti-Bihari statement".
Describing Sunanda Pushkar's decision to give up her stake in Kochi Indian Premier League team as immaterial, Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday demanded that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh immediately sack Union Minister Shashi Tharoor as the matter was now of 'stinking corruption.'
A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, which started the day-to-day proceedings on August 6 after mediation proceedings failed to find an amicable solution to the vexatious dispute, has revised the deadline for wrapping up the proceedings and has fixed it on October 17.
The Bengaluru police are investigating the alleged threat call made to spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravishankar's Art of Living organisation three days ago.Recently, the AoL lodged a complaint alleging that someone had demanded Rs 42 crore from the organisation and threatened to tarnish its reputation if it failed to pay the amount.A day later, non-resident Indian Paul P alleged that AoL grabbed 15 acres of land on Kanakapura Road near Bengaluru where the AoL ashram is situated.
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The apex court had on July 11 sought a report on the mediation process and said that a day-to-day hearing might commence from July 25 if the court decides to conclude the mediation proceedings.
He, however, was quick to add that though "it is an internal matter of the BJP, but so far as country or ideology is concerned, there is no question of tolerating such things."
"Anyone seeking to teach tomorrow's business leaders of India should reject globalisation of hate and racism, not facilitating it," said Rabbi Abraham Cooper, Associate Dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre, a leading Jewish NGO at the United Nations.
The Supreme Court on Friday ordered mediation to settle the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute by a three-member panel comprising of Justice Kalifulla, advocate Sriram Panchu and spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravishankar. The panel has been given eight weeks by the Supreme Court to arrive at a conclusion and four weeks to give a status report. Here's all you need to know about the panel of mediators:
Citing 'fundamental differences', the Bharatiya Janata Party has ruled out any alliance with the Mulayam Singh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party."There are fundamental differences between the BJP and the SP. It was Mulayam Singh Yadav who had got the Ram bhakts fired upon for the first time...Any alliance between SP and BJP is out of question," party spokesperson Ravishankar Prasad said. "Mulayam is one of the pioneers among those who have promoted pseudo secularism in India,"he said
Restriction on entry of women in any temple is "unfair" and managements in the temples doing so should change their mentality, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh said on Sunday, against the backdrop of some cases highlighted through recent agitations in Maharashtra.
With the party heading towards a smiple majority in Karnataka, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday said it would be a "gross constitutional impropriety" if it is not invited to form the next government in the southern state. Party spokesman Ravi Shanker Prasad said as trends continued to pour in favour of BJP with the saffron party crossing the 100 mark in the 224- member assembly.
They were booked under the Prize Chits and Money Circulation Schemes (Banning) Act based on complaints filed by two persons in 2011.
'I was not really aware that this movement was slyly being propped up by the BJP and RSS.'
The Supreme Court constituted three-member mediation committee, tasked with exploring the possibility of an amicable settlement in the decades-old, politically sensitive, Ayodhya's Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case, has submitted its interim report in a sealed cover.
The Legion d'honneur (Legion of Honour) was awarded in recognition of Bachchan's contribution to Indian and international cultural life at a glittering function at the French embassy in New Delhi.
It was after a long time that a senior BJP leader had met Jayalalithaa, whose party had severed ties with it after the 2004 Lok Sabha polls.
The apex court requested the committee to inform it by August 1 about the outcome of the proceedings held till July 31.
Jet Airways' Acting CEO and Chief Financial Officer Ravishankar Gopalakrishnan has resigned, sources said on Tuesday, the latest in the high-profile exit from the private carrier.
Religious leaders did not have a clear cut idea as how best they could get rid of such negative feelings by imbibing spiritual values, he said.
'The missile mounted near Kailash-Mansarovar is called DF-21. It is a medium-range, 2,200 kilometres ballistic missile. Its advantage is that it can cover all cities of north India, including New Delhi'
The BJP has questioned why the party is exonerated when one of its leaders has been indicted.
All the four Indian players were knocked in the first round of the qualifying event at the Chennai Open.
Chief Secretary Kang has said that investigations are in progress.
It is still being determined whether or not assailant is a Naxalite or not.
The Art of Living said on Tuesday its faculty members and volunteers in Pakistan have been receiving threat letters and calls from the Taliban for over two months, accusing them of "conspiring against Islam".
The two leaders heaped praise upon each other for effectively implementing prohibition in their states, reports M I Khan from Patna.
A paper found in the assailant's pocket had VHP written on it.
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