Azamgarh: Former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh has said he would not initiate action against news channels if contents of the controversial CDs allegedly containing his telephonic conversations are aired by them. "The said CD is unauthorised and even the government has accepted the fact. Under such circumstances if the contents of the CD are aired by television channels, then I will take no action," Singh told reporters after a...
02:04 PM, May 15, 2011
New Delhi: Supreme Court lifted its gag order on media on publishing taped conversations of Amar Singh on Wednesday. Amar Singh may proceed against the telecom operator for illegally tapping his phone, the Apex court says. There has been suppression of facts by Amar Singh in the case, SC says. The former Samajwadi Party leader had filed a petition seeking restraint order in 2006, tapes can now be telecast and...
10:41 AM, May 11, 2011
BJP leader and PAC Chief Dr MM Joshi speaks to Rajdeep Sardesai about the 2G controversy. ...
06:50 PM, May 04, 2011
London: Singer Beyonce Knowles has been accused of putting 70 people out of work after "abruptly abandoning" plans for a video game "on a whim". According to a complaint filed on Tuesday in New York, the agreement fell apart during a "crucial moment in the project's development" because Beyonce made "an extortionate demand" for more cash. She allegedly "destroyed Gate Five's business, and drove 70 people into unemployment". The bosses...
02:36 PM, Apr 27, 2011
Cyrus Broacha also talks about Amar Singh exclusive interview over Bhushan CD controversy. ...
10:22 AM, Apr 25, 2011
Hello and welcome to Devil's Advocate. How do Anna Hazare's closest supporters view the controversy surrounding the Bhushans? That's the key issue I should discuss today with Swami Agnivesh. Karan Thapar:Swami Agnivesh, let me start with a simple question. Are the Bhushans, the Achilles heel, the weak link in the Anna Hazare's movement? Swami Agnivesh: I would put it the other way around. They are the strongest link, because when...
09:22 AM, Apr 25, 2011
Hello and welcome to Devil's Advocate. How do Anna Hazare's closest supporters view the controversy surrounding the Bhushans? That's the key issue I should discuss today with Swami Agnivesh. Karan Thapar:Swami Agnivesh, let me start with a simple question. Are the Bhushans, the Achilles heel, the weak link in the Anna Hazare's movement? Swami Agnivesh: I would put it the other way around. They are the strongest link, because when ...
09:22 AM, Apr 25, 2011
Social Activist Swami Agnivesh, who is closely associated with the civil society members on the Lokpal Bill drafting committee has said that there was no problem in carrying out a probe into allegations made against the Bhushans, but the allegations should not be linked with their work on the committee. In an interview with Karan Thapar, he also said once the Lokpal law was enacted, there is no problem in ...
07:48 AM, Apr 24, 2011
Hyderabad: Two hi-tech labs have delivered diametrically opposing results on the Shanti Bhushan CD, even as the CD remains at the heart of the controversy. KPC Gandhi is a retired inspector general from Andhra Police. He's also the Chairman of Truth Labs, a private forensic laboratory that insists the Shanti Bhushan CD is doctored. Gandhi's team compared the Shanti Bhushan CD with telephone conversations between Amar Singh and Mulayam Singh ...
08:12 AM, Apr 22, 2011
New Delhi: The battle continues to rage between the political class and the activists over continuation of Shanti Bhushan in the Jan Lokpal Draft Committee, with senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh leading the charge from the front. "Shanti bhushan got his own CD examined by his personal friend to give himself a clean chit," said Singh. He even took on another member of the committee - Justice Santosh Hegde, Karnataka's ...
07:37 AM, Apr 22, 2011
New Delhi: The battle continues to rage between the political class and the activists over continuation of Shanti Bhushan in the Jan Lokpal Draft Committee, with senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh leading the charge from the front. "Shanti bhushan got his own CD examined by his personal friend to give himself a clean chit," said Singh. He even took on another member of the committee - Justice Santosh Hegde, Karnataka's ...
07:37 AM, Apr 22, 2011
On Talking Point, CNN-IBN asks, 'Have the Bhushans lost the moral right to continue on the Lokpal Panel?' ...
10:34 PM, Apr 21, 2011
New Delhi: The Shanti Bhushan-Mulayam Singh Yadav-Amar Singh CD controversy has pitted the social activists against the politicians with both sides trading charges on the issue. While a Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) report submitted to Delhi Police reportedly says that the CD has not been tampered with, a private lab which had examined the CD on Bhushans' behest is maintaining that there was some tampering in the audio. There ...
01:02 PM, Apr 21, 2011
New Delhi: In a new twist to the CD controversy involving Lokpal panel co-chairman Shanti Bhushan, the Delhi Police sources have said that the CD has not been tampered with. The CD was studied by the government-owned Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL). The CFSL report suggests that there is a continuity in the entire conversation. There is no evidence of patchwork and the conversation seems contextual. This basically means the ...
10:18 AM, Apr 21, 2011
Watch the day's top stories on India @ 9 with Rajdeep Sardesai. ...
11:10 PM, Apr 20, 2011
Rajdeep Sardesai spoke to Amar Singh over the CD controversy involving Shanti Bhushan and Mulayan Singh Yadav. ...
11:02 PM, Apr 20, 2011
On Talking Point, Rajdeep Sardesai asks, 'Should the Bhushans resign from the Lokpal Bill Commitee?' ...
10:38 PM, Apr 20, 2011
Bhishans are being accused of alloted land in UP under the discretionary quota at prices way below the market rate. ...
08:18 PM, Apr 20, 2011
New Delhi: Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday, replied to Anna Hazare's letter over Congress supporting smear campaign politics with respect to the CD controversy involving Amar Singh, Mulayam Singh Yadav and Shanti Bhushan. In the letter, Sonia Gandhi writes, "I strongly support the institution of a Lokpal that is consistent with the practices and conventions of our Parliamentary democracy." Below is the full text of Sonia Gandhi's letter to Anna Hazare:...
06:37 PM, Apr 20, 2011
New Delhi: UPA chief Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday, replied to Anna Hazare's letter over Congress supporting smear campaign politics with respect to the CD controversy involving Amar Singh, Mulayam Singh Yadav and Shanti Bhushan. In the letter, Sonia has written that she does not support or encourage politics of smear campaign. "You should have no doubt of my commitment in the fight for probity in public life," Sonia wrote. "I...
05:54 PM, Apr 20, 2011
