K'taka polls: Modi should have been projected as a Hindutva leader, says Sena

NDA ally Shiv Sena has done its own post-mortem of the Karnataka debacle - it says the BJP should have projected Narendra Modi as an outright Hindutva leader instead of trying to project a secular image. ...
03:55 PM, May 12, 2013

100 years of Indian cinema: All about 'Raja Harishchandra'

As the Indian cinema celebrates the completion of its 100 years, filmmaker Karan Johar talks about first full length silent film 'Raja Harishchandra', which was released in 1913. The film was directed by the father of Indian cinema Dada Saheb Phalke, but there's more to the maverick filmmaker. ...
12:04 PM, May 03, 2013

Should Pak Hindu refugees be given Indian citizenship?

Rising extremism in Pakistan is forcing Hindu families to flee the country and seek refuge in India. Their visas have expired, but the refugees are too scared to return. The Ministry of External Affairs has given them an extension of one month, but the question is whether that is enough. ...
11:44 PM, Apr 09, 2013

BJP remains defiant despite meeting with Kamal Nath over Shinde's terror remarks

Even as Union Ministers Kamal Nath and Sushil Kumar Shinde met Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj to break the deadlock over the "Hindu terror" remark, Swaraj said, "If the BJP is indeed a terror outfit, then why have I been made the Leader of the Opposition? Why aren't we being investigated like terrorists are? We demand that Shinde withdraw his statement". ...
04:00 PM, Feb 20, 2013

Right wing terror: Myth or reality?

CNN-IBN investigates Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde's claim linking the RSS and the BJP to terror. ...
11:51 PM, Feb 07, 2013

News 360: Modi pitches to the youth at SRCC, is hailed by the students

The Gujarat chief minister addressed the students of Delhi University at Shri Ram College of Commerce, calling them India's biggest resource and saluted them for making India global power. ...
10:02 PM, Feb 06, 2013

Ram Mandir our agenda for Dharam Sansad: VHP leader

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad's steering committee will meet for the second day on Wednesday in Allahabad. The meeting will conclude with a Dharam Sansad on Thursday. BJP President Rajnath Singh is also expected in Allahabad on Wednesday. ...
12:28 PM, Feb 06, 2013

Has nudity in art always been a part of Indian culture?

The VHP's women wing has demanded a ban on the show saying that it showed women in poor light. ...
11:57 PM, Feb 05, 2013

People want Narendra Modi as PM: VHP's Ashok Singhal

Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Ashok Singhal on Sunday backed Narendra Modi and said that BJP should consider the people's demand for making him the party's PM candidate. ...
08:00 PM, Feb 03, 2013

The Last Word: Does Shinde choose the wrong words when he speaks?

BJP president Rajnath Singh, who led the charge against Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, saw Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj by his side demanding apology from the Congress on Home Minister's remarks on 'Hindu terror' and the RSS. ...
10:47 PM, Jan 25, 2013

Should terror be identified with a religion?

Sources in the NIA further said that no senior RSS or BJP functionary had been chargesheeted in any terror case. ...
11:49 PM, Jan 21, 2013

BJP, RSS mount campaign to sack Shinde for terror remark

The Union Home Minister insisted that his statement was made responsibly, adding that there was evidence to support what he said. ...
11:40 PM, Jan 21, 2013

FTN: Are Babri demolition images forever etched in public memory?

Exactly twenty years back, on December 6, 1992, the Babri Masjid was demolished by a frenzied crowd of Hindu right wing forces. In the communal clashes that followed, thousands were killed across the country. ...
11:59 PM, Dec 06, 2012

Hindustan Times Leadership Summit Day 2: Highlights

We get you the highlights of the power-packed day as the renowed thinkers and opinion makers discuss some of the big issues. ...
11:39 PM, Nov 18, 2012

Hindustan Times Leadership Summit Day 1: Highlights

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

Successful businessmen make successful politicians: Thailand ex-PM

Some advice came in for Indian politicians from billionaire and ousted Thailand Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, especially in the context of Nitin Gadkari. While speaking at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, he said successful businessmen make good politicians, but the two professions cannot be mixed. ...
02:11 PM, Nov 16, 2012

US Presidential poll: Tulsi Gabbard may become 1st Hindu in Cong

War veteran and Hawaii native Tulsi Gabbard is expected to be inducted into the US Congress. She will be the first Hindu-American diplomat to be inducted into the US Congress. Speaking to CNN-IBN, she said she was happy and said she would work to improvise the US-India ties. ...
10:42 AM, Nov 05, 2012

171 Pak Hindus reach Jodhpur; demand refugee status

A group of 171 Hindus, the biggest so far from Pakistan, reached Jodhpur in Rajasthan two days ago, looking for refugee status. They are here at the moment on pilgrims visa. ...
03:55 PM, Sep 11, 2012

30 Minutes: Pakistani Hindus nobody's countrymen

More than 250 Pakistani Hindus recently moved to India after promising Pakistani authorities there that they will return after their pilgrimage. ...
04:28 PM, Sep 03, 2012

Tonight @ 8:30 pm: 30 Minutes: Nobody's Countrymen

This week on 30 Minutes, CNN-IBN speaks to Pakistan's Hindu families who come to India and wish to stay back, but still don't get a home. ...
12:42 PM, Sep 01, 2012