Godhra: Ten years since the train burning incident in Godhra, CNN-IBN visited the town to find examples of communal harmony, Hindu-Muslim friendships and partnership in business, which survived the communal fire. They are enduring examples of harmony in a town, which is struggling to get over the past and communal divide. In a town made infamous by the incident that sparked off the Gujarat riots, Badri minerals stands as a...
11:54 AM, Feb 27, 2012
Ten years can be a lifetime in today's here-and-now world. Ten years after the Gujarat violence, the state claims to have moved on. Relative peace and the engine of enterprise have taken the state into another orbit. Its Chief Minister Narendra Modi is being seen in some quarters as a potential Prime Minister, a role model of good governance. But what of those who were caught in the vortex of...
08:53 PM, Feb 25, 2012
A witness and a prominent reporter of the 2002 carnage, Rajdeep Sardesai revisits Gujarat. Watch a CNN-IBN special show 'Ground Zero Gujarat' on Saturday 8 pm, Sunday 12 pm and Monday 9 pm. ...
02:21 PM, Feb 24, 2012
CNN-IBN exposes hunger deaths in tea gardens of Assam. Iran loads a new generation of nuclear reactors on live television. ...
11:45 PM, Feb 15, 2012
In his video blog Directly Rajdeep Sardesai, the CNN-IBN Editor-in-Chief says the jury is still out on who's better. ...
08:43 AM, Feb 10, 2012
In 1999, we experienced a 'television moment'. We were covering Sonia Gandhi's Amethi campaign when we happened to meet her daughter Priyanka. For the next ...
12:08 AM, Feb 10, 2012
New Delhi: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Ehsan Jafri killing in Gujarat on Wednesday filed a report in the case. While the contents of the report remain under wraps, crime branch sources have claimed that the committee appointed by the Supreme Court hasn't found enough evidence against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. However, the SIT officials haven't offered any confirmation on this. Ehsan Jafri's wife Zakia Jafri has...
10:47 PM, Feb 09, 2012
A 15-year-old Chennai school boy allegedly stabbed his teacher to death inside the classroom. ...
09:30 PM, Feb 09, 2012
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is one of the party's prime ministerial candidate for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. Talking to IBN18 Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai, Gadkari said, "Modi has got the potential for becoming the Prime Minister." Gadkari's statement came a few hours after the Special Investigation Team (SIT) report on Gulbarg Society massacre during the 2002...
05:05 PM, Feb 09, 2012
Catch all the big news of the day on India @ 9 with Rajdeep Sardesai. ...
10:20 PM, Feb 08, 2012
New Delhi: A day after three Karnataka BJP ministers were caught watching an obscene clip in the Assembly, the party has shown them the door. Three ministers, CC Patil, Lakshmana Savadi and Krishna Palemar, who were caught watching porn in the Karnataka Assembly have been barred from attending the Assembly till the probe into the matter is over. But the question is whether we are hypocritical when it comes to...
09:38 PM, Feb 08, 2012
There has been a row over the transfer of an officer on the day when Robert Vadra's cavalcade was stopped in UP. ...
09:56 PM, Feb 07, 2012
New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi put everything at stake in Uttar Pradesh as the first phase of campaigning ended on Monday. Addressing a press conference in Varanasi, Rahul said that UP was not an election, but a mission for him. Ruling out any alliance, he also said that he will stay on in UP irrespective of the result. IBN18 Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai's take on whether Rahul Gandhi has...
10:49 PM, Feb 06, 2012
Former ISRO chairman G Madhavan Nair writes to Prime Minister. Imran Khan says Sachin should have retired after World Cup. ...
11:35 PM, Jan 30, 2012
New Delhi: Booker winning author Salman Rushdie's video conference was cancelled amidst high drama and following protests by Muslim groups at the Jaipur Literature Festival on Tuesday. The cancellation raises questions on not just the state government, but also the organisers and the freedom of expression. IBN18 Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai's take on the row: With their supine approach, the Congress government in Rajasthan and the Centre clearly has been embarrassed...
10:50 PM, Jan 24, 2012
India take on Australia in the fourth and final Test at Adelaide after having lost the first three matches of the series. ...
12:07 AM, Jan 24, 2012
New Delhi: Author Ruchir Joshi on Monday said that he does not regret reading out extracts from Salman Rushdie's banned book 'The Satanic Verses' at the Jaipur Literature Festival. Talking to IBN18 Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai on Talking Point, Joshi said that he was even ready to do it again if required. "There's nothing in the law that prohibits people reading from a banned book," Joshi said. "Rushdie's constitutional rights are...
11:40 PM, Jan 23, 2012
Salman Rusdhie called off his visit to the Jaipur Literature Festival. Kalmadi says he won't resign from the post of IOA president. ...
10:50 PM, Jan 20, 2012
In Talking Point Point, CNN-IBN Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai asks whether the media is justified in castigating Team India? ...
08:26 AM, Jan 14, 2012
