The war of words between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party hit a new low on Sunday as senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar referred to Narendra Modi as a scorpion and a snake after the Gujarat Chief Minister called equated the Congress party with termites. ...
01:07 PM, Mar 04, 2013
Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar on Sunday compared Congress's newly appointed Vice President Rahul Gandhi to his father and former prime minister, Rajiv Gandhi. "It was a resurrection of Rajiv Gandhi, I heard his voice and tone," Aiyar said after Rahul made an emotional speech at Congress's Chintan Shivir in Jaipur. ...
06:22 PM, Jan 20, 2013
The war of words between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party hit a new low on Saturday as two leaders from the parties traded barbs, referring to each other as 'dogs' and 'pets'. ...
01:43 PM, Jan 19, 2013
What options does India have when Pakistan has denied any role in killing the soldiers? CNN-IBN's chief diplomatic correspondent Paarull joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. ...
04:50 PM, Jan 10, 2013
Congress' Mani Shankar Aiyar and BJP's Ravishankar Prasad on Thursday sought to tear into Arvind Kejriwal alleging that he is into "expose" to further his political ambitions which is not "productive". ...
02:06 AM, Dec 07, 2012
After raising strong objections to reported comments of Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar comparing MPs shouting slogans in the Well of Parliament with animals, three BJP MPs on Friday gave a notice in the Rajya Sabha for alleged breach of privilege by him. ...
11:16 PM, Nov 30, 2012
Congress MP Rajiv Shukla apologised in the Rajya Sabha on behalf of party leader Mani Shankar Aiyar for his animal remark. Mani Shankar Aiyar sparked controversy by comparing Opposition MPs with animals. During a discussion on Parliament deadlock over FDI on IBN7, Aiyar said, "There is a decent and respectable way to express one's point of view. This behaviour of the MPs reminds me of animals screaming in a well."...
01:05 PM, Nov 30, 2012
Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar is stirring controversy by comparing Opposition MPs with animals. During a discussion on Parliament deadlock over FDI on IBN7, Aiyar said, "There is a decent and respectable way to express one's point of view. This behaviour of the MPs reminds me of animals screaming in a well." ...
08:04 AM, Nov 30, 2012
On this special show, Suhasini Haidar gets you all the highlights from the Day 1 of Hindustan Times Leadership Summit 2012. The first day of the summit saw politician Mani Shankar Aiyar, former Indian cricket team captain Kapil Dev, Bollywood actors Shah Rukh Khan and Katrina Kaif opening up to the audience and answering to their questions. Former IB director AK Doval and former Thailand prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra also ...
11:52 PM, Nov 16, 2012
New Delhi: Personal attacks on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi have sharpened as Congress leaders from outside the state targeted the CM in their campaign. While Mani Shankar Aiyar called him a 'Lahu Purush' (bloodman) over the 2002 Gujarat riots, another leader said he is a mouse. For the first time this election campaign, Congress leaders singled out Narendra Modi for attack. At Porbander, Mani Shankar Aiyar likened Modi to...
08:21 AM, Nov 11, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress too, it seems, has come into the attack mode. On Saturday, while campaigning for the party in Gujarat, that goes to polls in December, Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar took a dig at Chief Minister Narendra Modi, calling him 'Lahu Purush' over the 2002 riots. This is the first time during this campaign that a Congress leader has targeted Modi over the 2002 riots. "Gujarat has...
07:16 PM, Nov 10, 2012
New Delhi: Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar on Wednesday rubbished Arvind Kejriwal’s allegations of a nexus between industrialist and politician, saying corporate houses don’t decide the appointment of ministers in the government. "PM has the right to chose his ministers, whatever portfolio has to be allotted. It’s the prerogative of the PM. I was given the oil ministry temporarily. I was minister for oil for 20 months. I don’t think...
07:40 PM, Oct 31, 2012
New Delhi: India is set to renew its pitch for universal nuclear disarmament at a conference here Tuesday, an idea first thrown up by the late Rajiv Gandhi. External Affairs Minister SM Krishna will inaugurate the National Outreach Conference on Global Nuclear Disarmament, an initiative of the prime minister's informal group on global disarmament chaired by Mani Shankar Aiyar of the Congress. The conference, organised by the Indian Council of...
02:21 PM, Aug 19, 2012
New Delhi: It is a cartoon controversy that has almost no one laughing. After a furore by MP's over BR Ambedkar's caricature, the government has banned all cartoons in textbooks. The question is whether politicians take themselves too seriously. RJD chief Lalu Prasad's was the loudest voice in Parliament demanding a ban on cartoons in textbooks, following a 60-year-old cartoon on BR Ambedakr that united leaders across party ranks. But...
10:17 AM, May 17, 2012
Kumbakonam: Former Union Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar on Saturday said Vice-President Hamid Ansari and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee are able candidates for the President's post. "Hamid Ansari is a good friend of mine and a knowledgeable person. Pranab Mukherjee is a walking encyclopedia. Whoever occupies the post will follow law and precedents," Aiyar said. When asked to name his preferred candidate, he refused to take sides and said both are...
05:21 PM, May 05, 2012
Congress president Sonia Gandhi may be planning a major revamp by shifting ministers out of the Cabinet for party work. ...
08:51 PM, Apr 24, 2012
New Delhi: After forcing a partial roll back in rail fare hike, key UPA ally Trinamool Congress on Monday attacked the government for not providing a bail out package to debt-ridden states like West Bengal. The attack came during the discussion in the Rajya Sabha on the Union Budget 2012-13 which saw Opposition targeting the government for raising certain taxes and seeking a relook. "When we look at the Budget,...
04:57 AM, Mar 27, 2012
New Delhi: Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar said that Rahul Gandhi has made Uttar Pradesh his 'special turf' and the party's heavy reliance on him in the Assembly polls there would prove to be a 'risk worth taking'. He said that it will not be the end of the road for Rahul Gandhi if the Congress does not perform well in the Assembly elections in the politically-crucial state of Uttar...
06:15 PM, Feb 12, 2012
Kochi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday said Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, was not 'sufficiently and vigorously prosecuted' as both Pakistani Government and Judiciary had taken the line of 'least resistance'. "I think he has not been sufficiently and vigorously prosecuted and the reason for that is that both government of Pakistan and the judiciary have taken the line of least...
06:21 PM, Feb 03, 2012
Islamabad: Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed appeared to lose his cool on a TV talk show on Thursday when parliamentarian Mani Shankar Aiyar questioned his contention that Indians did not accept Pakistan, and said he should be arrested and brought before a terrorism court. The host of the show suddenly introduced Saeed, the alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, on a phone link while Aiyar was in...
08:05 AM, Feb 03, 2012
