Amid raging protests by parties cutting across the political spectrum for a partial rollback on the petrol price hike, Chief Economic Advisor Kaushik Basu has said that a rollback of any kind will hurt India's fiscal deficit target badly, leading to price increase in general. In an interview with Karan Thapar on 'Devil's Advocate', the Chief Economic Advisor said that oil price regulations had to be made in such a...
08:10 PM, May 26, 2012
As agitating Air India pilots refuse to relent, Aviation Minister Ajit Singh said that privatisation could be the only way to save the national carrier. Speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, he hinted looking at that option once the airline becomes viable. Karan Thapar: Hello and welcome to Devil's Advocate. With the Air India polite strike continues, we ask how did the airline get into this unholy mess. That's...
10:43 PM, May 13, 2012
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik says one has to be firm against crimes, especially over abduction by Maoists. Speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, Patnaik said that his state police officers know how to handle the hostage crisis and are able to combat the situations well. The BJD Chief says he also has an open mind towards the NCTC issue. Here is the transcript of the entire interview: Karan...
11:06 PM, May 05, 2012
London: British Prime Minister David Cameron said he would be "very sad" if India boycotted the London Olympics following the row over sponsorship of the event by Dow Chemicals, linked to the Bhopal Gas tragedy of 1984. "It would be a very sad day," he told Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate programme on CNN-IBN when asked about a possible boycott by India of the London Olympics. Here is the full...
06:06 PM, Mar 11, 2012
New Delhi: It was a day of candid revelations on Saturday as former captain of the Indian cricket team, Bishan Singh Bedi spoke his mind and said it was time for both Mahendra Singh Dhoni and maestro Sachin Tendulkar to have a relook at their career graph. Speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, Bedi said that it was time for Indian Test cricket to get a new captain. Here...
08:59 AM, Feb 26, 2012
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
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