But in the end he will have to be analysed and weighed by the sheer weight of runs and the wickets he takes, says CNN-IBN's Editor-in-Chief. ...
10:21 AM, Sep 15, 2012
Congress MP Vijay Darda has been named in the CBI FIR on coal blocks allocation in the capacity of a Director of one of the benefitting companies. Speaking to IBN18 Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai, Darda defended himself and denied the allegations. In its FIR on JLD Yavatmal Energy Limited, which bagged Fatehpur East Coal Block in Chhattisgarh, CBI has named Darda along with his son Devendra and other former and present...
07:56 AM, Sep 05, 2012
CNN-IBN's Editor-in-Chief believes India's Under-19 captain must be allowed to pursue a cricket career while completing his education at St. Stephen's college. ...
11:43 AM, Sep 01, 2012
Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh on Friday clarified his comments against the Comptroller and Auditor General of India saying they were not meant for the Constitutional body, but for the person who currently holds the office. In an interview with IBN 18 Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai, the Congress General Secretary said that one must wait for the CBI reports on the case to come out before jumping to conclusions. Rajdeep Sardesai:...
01:16 PM, Aug 31, 2012
But was he left to fend for himself at the end of his career, asks CNN-IBN's Editor-in-Chief. ...
09:16 AM, Aug 22, 2012
New Delhi: No arrests have been made yet in connection with the suicide of former MDLR airline employee Geetika Sharma, but the Gurgaon police have sent a notice to former Haryana Minister Gopal Kanda to join the investigation. Kanda has admitted that he had funded Geetika's MBA and knew her family. Speaking to IBN18 Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep sardesai, Kanda, however, claimed he had nothing to do with Geetika's suicide. "I don't...
08:18 AM, Aug 08, 2012
In his latest video blog 'Directly Rajdeep Sardesai', the IBN18 Editor-in-Chief hopes to see cricket becoming an Olympic sport. ...
12:06 PM, Jul 21, 2012
IBN18 editor-in-chief Rajdeep Sardesai in his blog questions Sachin Tendulkar's decision to skip the Lanka tour. ...
11:02 PM, Jul 07, 2012
New Delhi: UPA's Presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee on Friday rejected his competitor PA Sangma's demand for a debate. Speaking to IBN18 Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai, Pranab said, "I love Sangma, but where is the question of a debate?" He said since India doesn't follow the US Presidential system where the President is the policy maker, so there was no scope for a debate. "There is no issue to be debated upon....
02:37 PM, Jun 29, 2012
Hello and welcome to DRS - my very own personal space where we discuss matters cricket. This week I thought we would discuss not so much cricket but the wider world of sport, particularly because this has been one of the most depressing weeks when it comes to Indian sport, quite simply because of the soap opera that Indian tennis has been reduced to. One of the great joys over...
02:55 PM, Jun 23, 2012
Former Lok Sabha speaker PA Sangma is confident of winning the Presidential election despite UPA's Presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjee emerging stronger with more support. Sangma, however, feels he will win with the help of conscience votes. Speaking to IBN18 Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai, Sangma said he had never lost any election so far and would win this one too. Following is the full transcript of Rajdeep Sardesai's interview with Purno Agitok...
02:11 PM, Jun 22, 2012
New Delhi: Even as UPA's Presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee emerges as a possible winner in the Presidential race, former Lok Sabha speaker PA Sangma said he was very much in the race and was confident of winning the election. Speaking to IBN18 Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai, Sangma said, "I've never lost any election. In fact my winning margin has increased with every election." When asked if he was just fighting a...
11:01 AM, Jun 22, 2012
New Delhi: Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office V Narayanasamy on Monday said that anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare was being misled by his supporters. Speaking to IBN18 Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai Narayanasamy also alleged that the government was being targetted by some people with the aim of destabilising it. Narayanasamy said, "Anna Hazare is a simple man and he is being misled by some elements, that's what I said....
08:44 AM, Jun 12, 2012
Rajdeep Sardesai says that both Sachin Tendulkar and Viswanathan Anand are the best ambassadors for their sport. ...
08:46 AM, Jun 09, 2012
In his video blog, the IBN18 Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai questions Sourav Ganguly's continuity as a cricketer. ...
04:15 PM, May 11, 2012
New Delhi: President Pratibha Patil has approved the Rajya Sabha nomination recommendation for cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and he will now be a Rajya Sabha MP. Sachin Tendulkar accepted the Rajya Sabha nomination proposed by the Congress and became the first active sportsperson and cricketer to have been nominated to the Rajya Sabha. IBN18 Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai's take on whether the Rajya Sabha is the right pitch for Sachin Tendulkar: Sachin...
09:59 PM, Apr 26, 2012
New Delhi: Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan has heaved a sigh of relief after 25 years as he was a given a clean chit in the Bofors scam by the whistleblower. Sweden's chief investigator Sten Lindstrom, who conducted the investigations said that Amitabh Bachchan's name was planted by Indian investigating agencies. Speaking on Amitabh Bachchan, he said, "They gave me a list of names to pursue including the name of Amitabh...
10:13 PM, Apr 25, 2012
New Delhi: Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vyalar Ravi on Tuesday denied that that he had written a letter to Congress President Sonia Gandhi expressing his desire to resign from the Union Cabinet. "There is no truth in the story. I have not met the Congress president. I am happy with the job I have. Party made me the minister. I have not written any letter," he said. He also made...
06:29 PM, Apr 24, 2012
New Delhi: The controversies surrounding the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal do not appear to be ending. It is now being called the politics of intolerance in the state. However, Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien stood by the party's bizarre new diktat of not mixing socially with the Left. Talking to IBN18 Editor-in-Chief, he reiterated his stand. When asked if he would mix socially with a CPM member, Derek...
08:14 AM, Apr 18, 2012
New Delhi: The Special Investigation Team, appointed by the Supreme Court to probe into the 2002 Gujarat riots case, has given a clean chit to Chief Minister Narendra Modi. While the report has come as a reprieve for Modi, the activists campaigning for justice for riot victims have called it unfortunate. The man facing the heat is former Central Bureau of Investigation chief, R K Raghavan, who headed the SIT...
11:30 PM, Apr 10, 2012
