Indicating softening of his stand ahead of the crucial round of talks with the government, Baba Ramdev on Friday said a consensus seems to be emerging on all issues barring one or two between the two sides.

Ahead of Yoga Guru Ramdev’s proposed agitation against corruption, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar on Friday said said all possible steps should be taken from everyone to root out corruption.

In a last-ditch effort to dissuade yoga guru Baba Ramdev from going ahead with his proposed fast against black money from Saturday, Union ministers Kapil Sibal and Subodh Kant Sahay met him at a hotel here, activists from Ramdev’s movement said.

With barely 24 hours left for his “satyagraha” against corruption and black money, the government on Friday initiated a fresh round of talks with Baba Ramdev to persuade him to give up his proposed agitation.

Baba Ramdev's proposed agitation against corruption is not finding many takers in the film fraternity.

While Salman Khan has questioned the need for a fast, Shah Rukh has openly branded the planned a

Union ministers Kapil Sibal and Subodh Kant Sahay on Friday failed to reach an agreement with Baba Ramdev even after four hours of talks on the yoga guru’s threat to go on an indefinite fast against corruption.

Stepping up his attack on Baba Ramdev, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh on Friday alleged that RSS was behind the yoga guru’s indefinite fast beginning on Saturday.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday met President Pratibha Patil and discussed his recently concluded visit to Africa and the Yoga guru Baba Ramdev's proposed hunger strike against corruption.

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Civil Society members led by Anna Hazare on Friday fully backed Baba Ramdev’s proposed indefinite fast and said there was no competetion to outshine anyone by any group as they all are working together.

BJP on Thursday came out in support of Baba Ramdev’s campaign against black money and said the Centre’s “reluctance” to release the names of those persons whose unaccounted wealth is stashed in foreign banks is due to “apprehension of loss of face for it”.