Aiyar also revealed that his own suspension from the party happened without Sonia Gandhi being aware of it.

'India by definition is Hindu. The culture of this country is Hindu. Because Hindus form the backbone of this nation,' K.S. Sudarshan had said.

In this 2000 BBC 'Face-to-Face' interview with Karan Thapar, the tabla legend recounts stories from his youth and the key decisions that made his life what it is.

Sudarshan added that the RSS doesn't "accept the concept of minorities," underlining that no special rights are required for the minorities as envisaged in the constitution. 

Ashok Kantha said that the foreign minister’s statement in parliament regarding China on “leaves several core questions unanswered”.

Moussa, vice president of the National Coalition of Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, also says that all the communities of Syria will be regarded as equal.

Developments in Syria are "extraordinarily bewildering, totally unexpected and very astonishing.. I'm very confident this is a deep-seated conspiracy between Israel, Turkey and US," says Talmiz Ahmad, former ambassador to Saudi Arabia.

Sardesai spoke about young independent small media house journalists who have been raided, their phones and laptops taken, often not returned, and harassed.

Dave says that Justice Chandrachud is “playing in the hands of somebody”.

Sobhan said that reports in the Indian papers have exaggerated the treatment of Hindus in Bangladesh.

'You can't question the Election Commission. They are not prepared to answer questions. They are not prepared to even entertain a memorandum from the citizens.'

When polls closed at 5 pm on November 20, the turnout was 58.22%. By 11.30 pm on the same day, after accommodating people presumably waiting in the queue to vote at 5 pm, it increased to 65.02%. Parakala Prabhakar draws attention to the inexplicable math.

Mustafa made clear that any claim to the contrary is not just unfounded and wrong but also malicious.

Gautam Adani failed to inform SEBI of the FBI raid and US investigation but also lied when he denied they happened: Sucheta Dalal, managing editor, Moneylife, to Karan Thapar for The Wire.

Sucheta Dalal says the 54-page US indictment has 'established' that the Adani Group paid bribes.

Shukla, a former senior IAS officer, said the prime minister’s speeches were “not dog whistles but commands to take action along these lines”.

Haokip said that neither he nor the other six BJP Kuki MLAs would vote in support of the Biren Singh government if a vote of confidence is required

Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, the executive director, Centre for Policy Alternatives, analyses the parliamentary mandate Sri Lanka’s president has received.

Pradip Phanjoubam identified two reasons why even after 18 months the crisis in Manipur has not been brought under control.

'How come that [Arnab Goswami's case] was dealt with by the Chief Justice and Umar Khalid's case was not dealt with by the Chief Justice?'