Has the controversy over the Army Chief's date of birth ended in the government's favour or is it an outcome that suits both the sides equally? ...
08:49 PM, Feb 10, 2012
The BJP has been facing serious problems in Karnataka and Gujarat. Experts discuss whether the party is in trouble. ...
09:04 PM, Feb 09, 2012
New Delhi: Father of Indian telecom revolution Sam Pitroda said that we should not blame any government for the cancellation of the 122 2G licences by the Supreme Court as it was part of a process. He also said that the court order will not make any difference to the Indian growth story in telecom and IT. Speaking exclusively to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, he said the country is...
08:19 PM, Feb 05, 2012
Was the media responsible in handling the Salman Rushdie controversy? Or was it one sided? ...
11:57 PM, Jan 27, 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: 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
On this special episode Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid interviews Karan Thapar. ...
10:49 PM, Dec 26, 2011
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: Pakistani opposition leader and Tehreek-e-Insaaf chief Imran Khan said that that terror groups will have no place in Pakistan if his party comes to power. Speaking exclusively to Karan Thapar on Devil's advocate, Imran added that for Indo-Pak ties to improve, the Kashmir issue should be put on the back burner for a while. Here's the transcript from the interview: Karan Thapar: Hello and welcome to the second part...
02:53 PM, Nov 13, 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
New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh has been continuously targeting anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare and his team. Between September 22 and November 4, he has tweeted at least 23 times about Anna Hazare and Team Anna. However, he has said that he does not regret any of his regrets. Karan Thapar speaks to him on his views about Anna Hazare and his team on Devil's Advocate. Karan Thapar: Hello...
02:30 PM, Nov 06, 2011
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