New Delhi: Jaipur literature Festival organiser Sanjoy Roy has claimed that JLF organisers chose to call off controversial author Salman Rushdie's video link even after the Rajasthan police promised protection. While speaking exclusively to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, he admitted that it was the festival organisers who decided to call off the video conference with the author at the last minute despite the assurances of security given by the...
04:46 PM, Jan 29, 2012
In what may be described as a first, a former Army chief has come out in support of General VK Singh in the age row controversy. Former Chief of Army Staff General Shankar Roychowdhury, while speaking to Karan Thapar on Devils Advocate, remarked that the government should have acted with much more understanding in the case. He further said that Defence Minister AK Antony should ideally have overruled his bureaucrats,...
07:03 PM, Jan 22, 2012
New Delhi: Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf revealed on Friday that he was open to an alliance with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan, however, adding that he would not "work under him". Musharraf was speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate when he made the comments. Speaking from Dubai, he said Pakistan needed a third political option when asked whether alliance with Imran Khan was a possibility. Here's the...
07:21 PM, Jan 15, 2012
New Delhi: HDFC Chairman Deepak Parekh has come down heavily on both the Opposition and the coalition government saying that their style of politics is hurting India's growth. Speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, Thapar said, "Disruption in politics is not good and what we saw in Parliament gives you a little negative feeling on democracy." Deepak Parekh: The role of an opposition party anywhere in the world is...
07:36 AM, Jan 07, 2012
New Delhi: Information Technology and Communication Minister Kapil Sibal, speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, clarified that the government did not want to pre-screen any of the content on various Internet platforms. He said that the government had asked Internet platforms to form a set of guidelines according to their standards to protect the sentiments of people in the country. Sibal said that he only asked them to remove...
08:55 AM, Dec 10, 2011
New Delhi: Union Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal on Friday reiterated that the move to monitor the Internet has been taken to keep out content that are vulgar, demeaning and insulting. Speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, Sibal argued that such content could lead to riots and so were unacceptable. "The content on Internet was vulgar, demeaning and insulting. It could lead to riots. The contents hurt the religious sentiments....
01:11 PM, Dec 09, 2011
New Delhi: Commerce Minister Anand Sharma has said that despite her silence, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi supports FDI in retail. Speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, Sharma said that the Congress is united on the issue of FDI in retail. Karan Thapar: Hello and Welcome to Devil's Advocate. How well has the government handled FDI in retail and how will it respond to its critic. Those are the two...
05:55 PM, Dec 04, 2011
Speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate Farooq Abdullah said every successful infiltration from across the border is a collective failure of the system. ...
02:59 PM, Nov 27, 2011
New Delhi: Union Minister and President of the ruling National Conference in Jammu and Kashmir Farooq Abdullah has come out strongly in support of his son and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's demand to partially lift the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from certain areas. Speaking to Karan Thapar, he also criticised the armed forces and intelligence agencies for failing to check insurgency in he state. Farooq Abdullah: The Chief...
07:22 AM, Nov 27, 2011
Islamabad: Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan said that terror groups will have no place in Pakistan if his party comes to power. Speaking exclusively to CNN-IBN, he said that it is time to stop treating terror groups created during the Afghan jehad days as an asset. "As a policy if Tehreek-e-Insaf government comes to power we will insist on there will be no militant groups operating from within Pakistan, because the...
08:08 AM, Nov 13, 2011
Islamabad: Pakistani opposition leader and Tehreek-e-Insaaf chief Imran Khan said he will rein in the Pakistani Army and the ISI if he becomes Prime Minister. Speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, Imran said that if and when he becomes Prime Minister then everything that happens in the country will be his responsibility and hence, the Army will be under him. Karan Thapar: Hello and welcome to a special Devil's...
02:48 PM, Nov 12, 2011
New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh has been continuously targeting anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare and his team. Between September 22 and November 4, he has tweeted at least 23 times about Anna Hazare and Team Anna. However, he has said that he does not regret any of his regrets. Karan Thapar speaks to him on his views about Anna Hazare and his team on Devil's Advocate. Karan Thapar: Hello...
02:30 PM, Nov 06, 2011
New Delhi: Speaking to Karan Thapar, the new Chairman of the Press Council of India Markandey Katju slammed the media saying that he is very disappointed with the way in which the Indian media works. Katju also said that the media is not working for the interest of the people and sometimes divide the people of the country. Karan Thapar: Hello and welcome to Devil's Advocate. How does the new...
01:08 PM, Oct 30, 2011
Speaking to Karan Thapar on this week's Devil's Advocate, the new Prime Minister of the Tibetan government in exile Lobsang Sangay talks about the Tibetan struggle against China and discusses the international community's need to take a moral stand on Tibet, even if it means compromising economic interests with China. Karan Thapar: Hello and Welcome to Devil's Advocate. With China emerging as the second most powerful country in the world,...
02:50 PM, Oct 23, 2011
New Delhi: Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare faced some more opposition as his proposed electoral reforms got a thumbs down from Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi who called them impractical. Speaking exclusively to Karan Thapar, Quraishi said it isn't possible in India. SY Quraishi: Right to recall means about 5 lakh people will have to sign the application to recall, then we will have to verify those signatures, even as we...
07:37 AM, Oct 16, 2011
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