Chidambaram On Ramdev

The BJP says it will make the crackdown on Baba Ramdev and his followers in June last year an election issue.

Against the backdrop of the Supreme Court slamming the Delhi Police for its midnight crackdown against supporters of Ramdev, the BJP has held Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Union ministers P Chidambaram and Kapil Sibal "accountable" for the incident.

The Supreme Court will continue the hearing in the case of the alleged police attack on Baba Ramdev's followers at the Ramlila Grounds in June last year. The amicus curiae appointed by the Supreme Court has found that Mr Chidambaram, as Home Minister, ordered the eviction of the yoga icon from his massive sit-in protest.

Home Minister P Chidambaram, whose resignation is being sought by a belligerent BJP, faces new heat. The amicus curiae appointed by the Supreme Court has found that Mr Chidambaram, as Home Minister, was responsible for the violent crackdown by the Delhi police on Baba Ramdev's camp in Delhi in June this year.

The BJP's Sushma Swaraj travelled to Sonepat in Haryana today to attend the cremation of Rajbala. The 51-year-old died in hospital yesterday, nearly four months after she was hit, allegedly by the police, at Baba Ramdev's camp in Delhi. "The Home Minister should answer for Rajbala's death", said the BJP's Nirmala Sitharaman this afternoon.

The Supreme Court will hear today the suo-moto case on the police crackdown on yoga guru Baba Ramdev and his followers, which took place on June 4. This was after the court watched visuals of the crackdown on Friday.

The Government today hit back at Ramdev saying that his was a "political agitation which is fully backed by the RSS and its front organisations" and made it clear that it would not "allow anything that will trigger a conflagration".Home Minister P Chidambaram disclosed that the Government had decided in advance that if Ramdev goes on a fast-unto-de...

The BJP says it will make the crackdown on Baba Ramdev and his followers in June last year an election issue.

Against the backdrop of the Supreme Court slamming the Delhi Police for its midnight crackdown against supporters of Ramdev, the BJP has held Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Union ministers P Chidambaram and Kapil Sibal "accountable" for the incident.

The Supreme Court will continue the hearing in the case of the alleged police attack on Baba Ramdev's followers at the Ramlila Grounds in June last year. The amicus curiae appointed by the Supreme Court has found that Mr Chidambaram, as Home Minister, ordered the eviction of the yoga icon from his massive sit-in protest.

Home Minister P Chidambaram, whose resignation is being sought by a belligerent BJP, faces new heat. The amicus curiae appointed by the Supreme Court has found that Mr Chidambaram, as Home Minister, was responsible for the violent crackdown by the Delhi police on Baba Ramdev's camp in Delhi in June this year.

The BJP's Sushma Swaraj travelled to Sonepat in Haryana today to attend the cremation of Rajbala. The 51-year-old died in hospital yesterday, nearly four months after she was hit, allegedly by the police, at Baba Ramdev's camp in Delhi. "The Home Minister should answer for Rajbala's death", said the BJP's Nirmala Sitharaman this afternoon.

The Supreme Court will hear today the suo-moto case on the police crackdown on yoga guru Baba Ramdev and his followers, which took place on June 4. This was after the court watched visuals of the crackdown on Friday.

The Government today hit back at Ramdev saying that his was a "political agitation which is fully backed by the RSS and its front organisations" and made it clear that it would not "allow anything that will trigger a conflagration".Home Minister P Chidambaram disclosed that the Government had decided in advance that if Ramdev goes on a fast-unto-de...