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Impressed by Baba Ramdev's capability to inculcate a spirit of zeal and zest in people's lives, the Bihar government has decided to appoint Baba Ramdev as the brand ambassador of the state.

"I have requested Swami Ramdev to become the brand ambassador of Bihar and he has not turned down my request," Nitish said.
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Yoga guru Swami Ramdev today praised Railway Minister Lalu Prasad for his statement in the wake of the controversy caused by CPI-M leader Brinda Karat's allegation that the aurvedic medicines manufactured at his pharmacy contained animal and human bones.
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Claiming that he had cured many cancer patients through yoga, Swami Ramdev today said he would come out very soon with a therapy combining herbal medicine and yoga to "tackle" AIDS.

''I may sound unrealistic. But, wait and see. I will soon come out with a treatment for AIDS through yoga and ayurveda,'' he said during a session with Bihar legislators here.
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Over 100 legislators of the Bihar assembly and legislative council from all the parties had a neOver 100 legislators of the Bihar assembly and legislative council from all the parties had a nearly two-hour session with Yoga Guru Swami Ramdev today.
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He’s revered by the masses. And now, yogic healer Swami Ramdev is finding audience in the corporate circles.

A leading industry chamber, Assocham, is hosting Ramdev to address major players from the world of biotechnology and nanotechnology on the importance of ayurveda in the modern world, sources revealed.

The spiritual guru, sources said, has been invited to address a session on Nano-Bio Ayurveda and talk about the benefits of yoga and ayurveda in improving quality of life.
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Making a scathing attack on the allopathic system of medicine, Yoga guru Swami Ramdev today alleged that almost 90 per cent of laboratory tests 'unnecessarily' recommended in big hospitals and leading clinics were meant for 'earning quick bucks' and asserted that in near future Yoga will push the allopathy to the background.
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Widely popular tele-guru Baba Ramdev has said that he has no plans to join politics, though he would like to guide politicians in the right direction.

"Neither in the past was I associated with politics, nor today I have any association with politics and I will never join politics. It is out of question for me to jump into politics," Baba Ramdev told reporters here on Monday.
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With yoga Guru Swami Ramdev in Bihar, fitness fever seems to have gripped top politicians with several of them attending his camp as trainees.

Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, Speaker Udai Narayan Chaudhary, and Urban Development Minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey, who attended the yoga camp on the opening day yesterday, sang paeans to the Baba's simple ways of teaching the traditional art of keeping fit.
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Embattled Baba Ramdev has heaved a sigh of relief after the Utaranchal Government gave him a clean chit stating that no animal parts were found in the medicines prepared by his Haridwar-based pharmacy.

Buoyed by the investigation report, Baba Ramdev, who is popularising yoga all over the country, demanded an apology from CPM leader Brinda Karat, who had caused a stir by alleging that his Haridwar-based pharmacy was using animal parts and human skulls in its ayurvedic medicines.
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At the Yoga Vigyan Shivir that got underway in Lucknow on Sunday, Baba Ramdev has taken on his detractors. The baba, who was in news recently over allegations about the efficacy of his medicines and methods, invited a team from the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) to conduct a detailed before and after test on 300 yoga subjects.
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This may not be music to Left parties’ ears. Leaders across the political spectrum, namely Union Minister Subodh Kant Sahay, Jharkhand’s leader of the Opposition and JMM veteran Sudhir Mahto, on Saturday played to the gallery along with Chief Minister Arjun Munda, and heaped praises on yoga guru Baba Ramdev at a function held in the sprawling Morahabadi ground here.
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He may be under fire from CPM politburo member Brinda Karat for allegedly mixing animal bone powder in ayurvedic preparations manufactured at his ashram, but yoga guru Swami Ramdev is the secret of RJD supremo Lalu Prasad’s newfound agility.

“Like master blaster Sachin Tendulkar who flaunts a cereal product as secret of his energy, I am now feeling fresh and energetic,” an effervescent Prasad says while extolling the yoga icon for his contribution to society.
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Sadhus and sants from Haridwar and other religious centres have warned Left parties not to interfere in matters of faith.

Swami Madhavashram, who claims to be the Shankaracharya of Badrinath, has warned the Left parties not to interfere in Sanatan Dharam. “Ayurveda is part of our Sanatan Dharam. No political party has any right to interfere in it,” said Swami Madhavashram. He was reacting to the controversy over Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev’s medicines.
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A face-off between yoga guru Swami Ramdev and CPM leader Brinda Karat has snowballed into a national row over the latter’s accusations that his ayurvedic medicines were spiked with human and animal remains. The latest to join the fray, which is acquiring political overtones, is Railway Minister Laloo Prasad who threw his weight behind guru.
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Swami Ramdev is in the eye of a controversy.

Communist Party of India-Marxist MP Brinda Karat claims the yoga guru's medicines contain animal extracts. The swami alleges Karat is an agent for multinational companies and that she is after him because he opposes MNC products.
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He’s somebody who has simply showed the nation how to breathe for good health! So when an interview was scheduled with Swami Ramdev Maharaj at his host Mahavir Ranka’s house, I didn’t know what to expect of the meeting.

My first impression of Ramdevji (or swamiji as he is called) him was that he was a simple human being. Dressed in saffron robes and sporting wooden padukas, he welcomed us and answered all questions patiently. ...

Imagine the collective ujjain of 25 crore people in synchronisation. Breathe in... hold, 2, 3, 4... breathe out—the opening regime of pranayama. One out of four Indian lungs inhaling and exhaling the elixir of life; 10 crore of them in their drawing rooms, same time, same place, every day between 5 a.m. and 7 a.m., when the saffron-clothed, sandal-clad Guru Ramdev of Haridwar, Uttaranchal, comes on air on Aastha TV.
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You have contributed much in reviving yoga and Ayurveda among the common people.

While doing tapasya in the Himalayas, I was worried about the growing consumerism and materialism, which were not only alienating the masses from their basic values but also bringing them closer to three primary ailments—hurry, worry and curry. This led to auxiliary ailments like hypertension and diabetes.
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Arjun Soni is relatively young, eats right and weighs right, has a decent bank balance and two well-settled children. So when a routine medical check revealed two badly blocked arteries due to severe stress, the Soni family was caught off guard.
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