Rajdeep Sardesai

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Every Union home minister of the country has had to live literally in the shadow of the first occupant of the post. In the stairway ...
12:29 AM, Feb 22, 2013

Had information that blasts may take place: Shinde Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Thursday confirmed that 11 people died in two blasts at Dilsukh Nagar in Hyderabad. "Two blasts have occurred in Hyderabad. At one spot, eight people were killed and in the other explosion three persons died," he told reporters in Delhi. ...  
09:11 PM, Feb 21, 2013

Oppn set to corner UPA even as row over Shinde ends A day ahead of the Budget Session of Parliament begins, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Wednesday issued a regret statement for his Hindu terror remark. Many are seeing this as a climbdown by the government and a victory of sorts for the Bharatiya Janata Party. ...  
07:52 AM, Feb 21, 2013

Budget Session of Parliament to begin today The Budget Session of Parliament beginning on Thursday looks set to be stormy with Opposition vowing to strongly raise issues like corruption and inflation even though government expressed readiness to discuss all issues and order any kind of probe into the chopper scam. ...  
07:44 AM, Feb 21, 2013

BJP welcomes Shinde's statement expressing regret The BJP on Wednesday welcomed Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde's statement expressing regret over his Hindu terror remarks but maintained that had he done so earlier it would not have "gladdened the hearts" of terrorists based in Pakistan. ...  
12:55 AM, Feb 21, 2013

India @ 9 with Rajdeep Sardesai

Bharat Bandh takes a violent turn in Noida and hits normal life across India. Shinde expresses regret over his Hindu terror remark. ...
11:58 PM, Feb 20, 2013

I did not want to link terror to any religion: Shinde Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Thursday expressed regret over his 'Hindu terror' remark and said he had no intention to link terror to any religion. ...  
08:36 PM, Feb 20, 2013

LS Speaker holds all-party meet ahead of Budget Session Ahead of the Budget Session beginning Thursday, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar today held an all-party meeting to ensure smooth functioning of Parliament where opposition is set to target government on issues like corruption in defence deals. ...  
02:46 PM, Feb 20, 2013

LS Speaker to urge for smooth Budget Session during all-party meet Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar has called for an all-party meet on Wednesday to urge all political parties to allow Parliament to proceed as planned during the Budget session starting on February 21. ...  
09:58 AM, Feb 20, 2013

BJP to disrupt Parliament over 'Hindu terror' remarks The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has stepped up its momentum against Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and will not allow Parliament to function till the minister apologises in the House. The BJP is also planning to go hammer and tongs at the government and wants the it to clarify Shinde's statement that suggested the main Opposition party is training terrorists. ...  
03:35 PM, Feb 19, 2013

Shinde should clarify on Jaitley surveillance issue: BJP Condemning the "unauthorised surveillance" on its leader Arun Jaitley, BJP on Saturday said it will not take things "lying down" and asked Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde to clarify on who ordered the collection of his call details. ...  
03:59 AM, Feb 17, 2013

Cong insulted tricolour with saffron terror comment: BJP
by IANS
Contending that the Congress raised the pitch about "saffron terror" and "Hindu terror" to divert attention from its failures and corruption, the BJP on Saturday charged Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde and other party leaders with having insulted the national flag. ...  
02:21 AM, Feb 17, 2013

BJP to demand apology from Shinde in Parliament Bharatiya Janata Party leader Murli Manohar Joshi on Saturday said his party would raise the saffron terror remark of Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde in Parliament and demand an apology from ministers and MPs who used it. ...  
07:58 PM, Feb 16, 2013

Samjhauta Express blast accused go on fast in jail Three accused in the Samjhauta Express blast case, lodged in the Ambala Central Jail, on Wednesday went on a hunger strike to protest Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde's recent "saffron terror" remarks. ...  
10:56 PM, Feb 13, 2013

Shinde may make statement on Hindu terror remarks Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde is likely to defuse the row over his controversial Hindu terror remarks by making a statement in Parliament that he had no intention to hurt anybody. Shinde, who is also Leader of the Lok Sabha, has already stated that he and the Congress believe terrorism has no colour. ...  
10:40 PM, Feb 13, 2013

PM upset over delay in informing Afzal Guru's family Amid widespread criticism, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has expressed his displeasure to Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde over the delay in informing Afzal Guru's family about his hanging. ...  
07:41 PM, Feb 13, 2013

Sports Ministry to ask IOC to rethink wrestling's future The Ministry will take up the issue with IOC to reconsider its decision and retain wrestling in the category of core sports in Olympic Games. ...  
06:54 PM, Feb 13, 2013

Commercial interests clearly rule the IOC and not just sports: Digvijay Singh Deo CNN-IBN's Deputy editor (sports) Digvijay Singh Deo joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on wrestling being dropped as an Olympic sport. ...  
05:07 PM, Feb 13, 2013

Court to hear case against Shinde for 'Hindu terror' remarks The defamation case against Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde will be heard in Delhi's Saket court on Wednesday regarding his remarks on "Saffron terror" last month. The petition to the court had said that Shinde's remarks had given 'oxygen to anti-India elements'. ...  
07:30 AM, Feb 13, 2013

IOC decision to drop wrestling from 2020 Olympics creates stir

The International Olympic Committee dropped wrestling from the 2020 Olympics on Tuesday. ...
08:47 PM, Feb 12, 2013