'Ameen Sayani was copied by generations. Now everyone is trying to become smaller Ameen Sayanis in their own way.'
For 80 years, news and views aired on BBC Hindi reached audiences in the remotest parts of the country. For millions of its followers, the signature line -'yeh BBC hai (this is BBC)' -- has been like a morning alarm, and the bulletins a vital link between India and the world. That link, which began when there was no mobile phone or internet, is about to break as the radio service will fall silent after January 31. And for many living in smaller towns and in rural areas, life won't be the same again, writes Nivedita Mookerji.
"I am an Indian citizen and for me, the Constitution of India is my religious book," Ansari asserted.
India's Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra says fame or publicity were never the motivation behind winning a gold medal.
Kailash Kher on his music and more.
Anil Kapoor on films and much more.
The Indian CEC has observed that the US electoral system lacks uniformity of the Indian one.
The Congress leader said Bharti had concealed information pertaining to the flag hoisting case against her in Karnataka.
"Now the question is why the Indian government decided to act on a report, which was completely trashed in other parts of the world. This I would reveal in my new book, which I am going to write soon," he said.
The Indian captain said the two-tier Test system was essential because there was an "appreciable gap" among the current 10 Test-playing nations.
"If the big country makes a concession of say one hundred rupees, the smaller one can make a concession of a rupee and a half," the Pakistani prime minister told BBC's listeners.
The former India captain said it would be wrong to ask Parthiv Patel or Yuvraj Singh to open the batting in the third Test.
In an important policy shift, Pakistan has said it was willing to discuss trade issues with India and would give up its insistence to discuss the Kashmir issue first.\n\n\n\n
"India has always said it wanted to talk trade and we have insisted that Kashmir should be discussed first...now we accept India's argument," Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Khursheed\n\nMehmood Kasuri said.
Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri said this while participating in a special phone-in programme of BBC Hindi, Aap Ki Baat BBC Ke Saath, broadcast in London on Sunday night.
The future is uncertain and the past painful. So, Abdul Samad chooses to focus on the present, taking one day at a time, seeking solace in a game of chess in a bustling city.
As many as 500 porn CDs, around Rs 2 lakh cash, pen drive, laptop and a diary were seized from the journalist's residence, police said.
'In Bastar, as in Delhi, being branded 'anti-national' in the eyes of the government now seems to have acquired new meaning,' says Aakar Patel.
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