-The Times of India In a relief to Yoga guru Ramdev, the Delhi High Court on Monday ordered de-freezing of 11 bank accounts of Patanjali Yogpeeth Nyas, sealed by the Income Tax department after the Trust allegedly failed to pay the first installment of Rs 75 lakh of the total tax of Rs 34.68 crore. "We direct the attachment order (of bank accounts) be lifted subject to petitioner (Patanjali Yogpeeth Nyas) paying...
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Rs 34-cr I-T notice to Yoga guru Ramdev trusts
-The Hindustan Times Haridwar: The income-tax department has frozen the bank accounts of the two trusts run by Yoga guru Ramdev and asked the Divya Yog Mandir Trust and Patanjali Yog Mandir Trust to pay up Rs. 34 crore. The trusts, registered as charitable organisations, were enjoying tax exemptions until a few months ago. The benefits have been withdrawn. Divya Pharmacy, run by the mandir trust, manufactured medicines and was earning profit...
More »Godman’s unholy sermon on rape sparks outrage -Mahim Pratap Singh & Bindu Shajan Perappadan
-The Hindu Despite the continuing national outrage over the brutal gang rape of the 23-year-old student in Delhi, a small minority on the fringe has said, in a case of blaming the victim, that women are also responsible for the sexual crimes against them. The latest to join their ranks is self-styled spiritual leader Asaram Bapu with his suggestion that the gang-rape victim should have prayed to god and begged with...
More »Rs 1.71 Cr Spent on Delhi Ministers, MLAs' Foreign Tours
-Outlook Nearly Rs 1.71 crore have been spent on foreign visits of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, her cabinet colleagues and members of the Assembly in the past nine years. According to an RTI reply, Dikshit, her ministers and MLAs undertook around 57 foreign visits including to the US, the UK, Spain, Thailand, Indonesia, Japan, Germany and Switzerland and an amount of Rs 1.71 crore was spent between 2004 and October 2012. As...
More »Ramdev trusts asked to pay Rs. 5 crore
-PTI The government has slapped a notice of Rs. 5 crore demand on trusts run by Ramdev in connection with alleged service tax evasion while organising their Yoga camps. Claiming that shivirs (camps) undertaken by Patanjali Yoga Peeth and Divya Yoga Trust in Haridwar were commercial activity, the revenue department has raised a demand of Rs. 5.14 crore payable on fees collected from individuals for learning Yoga, officials said. "The directorate general...
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