The Punjab government, led by the Aam Aadmi Party, conducted a late-night crackdown on farmers protesting at the Punjab-Haryana borders, detaining nearly 500 protesters. Over 3,000 Punjab police personnel and multiple bulldozers were deployed to clear the protest sites at the Shambhu and Kanori borders. The AAP government claims that the protests are damaging the state's economy, while opposition parties accuse the AAP of hypocrisy. This crackdown follows a stalemate in talks between farmers and the Centre, and farmer leaders are now threatening wider protests against the Punjab government.
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00:00Good evening, hello and welcome, you're with the news today, your prime time destination,
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00:17Our big talking point, the United States is about to deport another Indian student.
00:23Also, we'll tell you what next in the farmer protests where bulldozers have been used.
00:29We'll also tell you about a honey trap scandal that's rocked Karnataka politics and a murder
00:35most foul in Meerut.
00:37There's plenty on the show tonight as always, but first, it's time for the nine headlines
00:42at nine.
00:43Elon Musk ex-sues the centre now for using the IT Act to block content on Twitter.
00:50A case is filed in the Karnataka High Court.
00:55The United States deports another Indian student researcher over support allegedly to Hamas.
01:04Post-doctoral student Badar Khan Suri sent back, earlier Ranjani Srinivasan had self-deported.
01:10Over 84 rioters arrested in the Nagpur riots case.
01:18Police claim no religious text on Chadar that was burned.
01:21Over 140 provocative social media posts are identified.
01:28The Punjab government clears the Kisan protest camps at the borders.
01:33Protest tents are bulldozed.
01:35Nearly 700 farmers detained.
01:37Farmer leaders took stage a protest today.
01:4230 Naxals, one security personnel killed in separate encounters in Chhattisgarh.
01:47Home Minister Shah says authorities to adopt a ruthless approach as the crackdown intensifies.
01:55Salary hike bill tabled in the Karnataka Assembly.
01:58Pay increment of nearly 100% for Chief Minister and MLA's plush allowances for MLCs and whips.
02:07Allahabad High Court shocker.
02:11Judge says groping and pulling pyjama strings not rape but aggravated sexual assault.
02:16Outrage over the court order on an attempt to rape a 11-year-old minor.
02:23Another twist in Meerut's murder.
02:25Most foul wife and her lover now confess they bought a knife and cement to seal body parts in a drum.
02:32Satanic graffiti found on walls of accused room suggesting black magic.
02:41Top stars from the Telugu industry including Rana Daggubati, Vijay Devrakonda,
02:47Prakash Raj among 25 celebrities booked for promoting betting apps in Telangana.
02:52FIRs say people losing their hard-earned money leading to their financial collapse.
02:57But the story that we are breaking at the moment.
03:09Elon Musk's ex, which was formerly Twitter, has now gone and filed a lawsuit against the Government of India.
03:17The lawsuit has been filed in Karnataka High Court today
03:23where ex claims the centre has used the IT Act, the Information Technology Act, to block content harming IT.
03:32The petition claims that this is arbitrary censorship by the central government
03:37and wants protection from the High Court for not joining the Sayyog portal.
03:42The Sayyog portal was created to streamline Section 79-3B.
03:48That's the story that's breaking.
03:50So Elon Musk, who's of course been in the news because he's been seen by many as dare one say the major domo
03:57of US President Donald Trump, has gone ahead and filed a case now
04:03or his company ex has filed a case against the central government
04:07claiming that the government is using the IT Act to block content.
04:13Joining me now is Nalini Sharma. She heads our legal team of law today.
04:18Nalini, first tell us what this case is all about.
04:22Well, Rajdeep, there are two main things that the ex social media platform has told Karnataka High Court.
04:29Number one is that the central government is misusing Section 79 of the IT Act to issue takedown orders.
04:36They are not authorized to issue takedown orders under Section 79.
04:39They're only authorized to do so under 69A.
04:42And 79 specifically grants exemption to intermediaries like the social media platforms
04:48from any liability regarding third-party content, which basically means content by the users.
04:54But there is an exception to that and that exception is now being misused by the central government is what ex claims.
05:00Ex also claims that there is a Sayyog portal that has been created by the Ministry of Home Affairs
05:05which essentially allows state governments and agencies to issue takedown orders directly
05:10to the extent that the Sayyog portal also provides them a draft takedown order
05:15that they just use to issue takedown orders regarding any content that they don't agree with.
05:20So these are the two main things that ex has told Karnataka High Court.
05:23The hearing is on the 27th.
05:25What they are asking for is not only for these takedown orders to be declared illegal
05:30but they are also saying that the court should declare that the central government cannot use Section 79
05:36to issue such orders and that there has to be a streamlined process
05:40and there has to be checks and balances under which such public information can be restrained.
05:45What we are given to understand is that this petition comes as an answer
05:49to the takedown orders that were issued by the government
05:52in the aftermath of the stampede that had happened at New Delhi railway station.
05:56And because there were several takedown orders that were issued to Twitter
05:59asking them to take down the videos of the stampede is why this petition has essentially been filed.
06:04It remains to see what happens on the 27th when the matter comes up and what the central government responds.
06:09You know very interesting what you are saying and this is important.
06:12You are saying sources are telling you that this is all because Twitter or ex as it's now called
06:18was asked to take down videos of the tragic stampede that took place in New Delhi railway station.
06:24This was during the Kumbh that was taking place last month.
06:28You are telling me that this is linked to that A.
06:31B. Let's be very clear Nalini.
06:33Even the previous leadership of Twitter or ex Jack Dorsey
06:38they too had taken the government to court saying that they were censoring content.
06:44How is that different from what Elon Musk is doing now?
06:47Well absolutely Rajdeep.
06:49In fact this is not the first time that Twitter and the central government are on opposing ends.
06:54Even before the Karnataka High Court.
06:56Because even the earlier petitions were filed before the Karnataka High Court.
06:59How it's different is that the earlier orders were being issued by the central government
07:04and ex was challenging those orders itself.
07:06But now what ex is stating is that a certain provision of the IT Act 79 3 B
07:12that specifically grants exemption to intermediaries from any liability of third party content
07:17is actually being misused by the central government.
07:20So it's one step ahead of what Jack Dorsey led Twitter was telling the Karnataka High Court earlier.
07:25Elon Musk is making a more offensive approach against the Indian government
07:32before the Karnataka High Court.
07:34Saying that the court should declare that the government cannot misuse a law like this
07:38and issue orders to that effect.
07:40Very interesting Nalini because here is Elon Musk wanting to come into India
07:45bring Tesla into India, Starlink into India.
07:48And the same Elon Musk company ex which is already in the news for all its various AI apps
07:54now wants or has taken the government of India to court saying you are censoring our content.
07:59Nalini Sharma of Law Today joining us with all those details.
08:03Remember you can get all the details on Law Today our legal website.
08:08Let me turn to the other big story that's happening with the United States Connect.
08:13Now another Indian student is facing deportation from the United States.
08:18Badar Khan Suri is a researcher in Georgetown University in Washington.
08:23He was arrested by the Department of Homeland Security on Monday
08:27on the charge that he was supporting Hamas.
08:29Suri claims that there is completely wrong and has gone ahead and challenged the order in court
08:36saying his basic rights are being violated.
08:39It comes on the back of another student who only last week self-deported
08:43because she too was seen to be supporting the Palestinian cause.
08:48Is the Donald Trump government now taking on young Indian students
08:52who allegedly are involved in supporting Palestinian causes on the campus?
08:57And what does that mean for America's claim to be the home of life and liberty?
09:03Take a look.
09:05The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has detained an Indian student
09:11for alleged violation of visa terms.
09:13Badar Khan Suri, a Ph.D., was studying and teaching at the Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
09:20Trishia McLaughlin, Assistant Secretary, DHS, confirmed that the arrest in a post on X
09:27saying Suri has close connections to a known or suspected terrorist
09:33who is a senior advisor to Hamas.
09:36The official did not give any proof to back the charge.
09:39The American media quoted Suri's lawyer, Hassan Ahmed,
09:43to say the student picked up from his home in Rosslyn, Virginia on Monday night
09:48is awaiting his court date in immigration court.
09:52The lawyer said the case is possibly based on who Suri's father-in-law is.
09:58Suri is married to a Palestinian-American whose father, Ahmad Yusuf, is a former advisor to Ismail Haniyeh,
10:06the Hamas leader assassinated by Israel last year in Iran.
10:11Earlier, Ranjani Srinivasan, a Columbia Ph.D. candidate, had self-deported after her visa was cancelled.
10:20The DHS accused her of supporting Hamas and instigating violence on campus.
10:29Ranjani Srinivasan was arrested last year from Columbia campus
10:34on the day pro-Palestinian protesters occupied Hamilton Hall.
10:38However, her case was later dismissed by a court.
10:44The crackdown on foreign students started with the attempt to deport Mehmood Khalil,
10:50a Columbia University graduate who took part in pro-Palestinian protest.
10:58We have sparked similar Gaza solidarity encampments across the nation and even across the globe.
11:05Khalil has challenged the move by Donald Trump administration in a federal court.
11:11As we try to make clear in court today,
11:15what happened to Mehmood Khalil is nothing short of extraordinary and shocking and outrageous.
11:21It should outrage anybody who believes that speech should be free in the United States of America.
11:25Mr. Khalil is a lawful permanent resident.
11:28He was coming home with his U.S. citizen wife who is eight months pregnant.
11:32And he was taken by U.S. government agents in retaliation, essentially, for exercising his First Amendment rights.
11:44Last week, scores of people, that included Jews,
11:47staged a sit-in at the Trump Tower in New York to protest the arrest of Khalil.
11:54I'm here to support the students and the illegal way in which they're being treated,
12:00particularly the international students.
12:02And also, because I don't want anti-Semitism to be legalized, to promote these Drakeonians.
12:09Trump was the one who claimed that he's saving freedom of speech,
12:13that he's, he called that protecting freedom of speech.
12:17It's a violation of freedom of speech. It's a dictatorship.
12:20The Trump administration's crackdown on students who took part in pro-Palestine protests
12:26has spread fear among the Indian community in the U.S.
12:32America, the land of free speech, today seems to be punishing students for expressing their views.
12:40Bureau Report, India Today.
12:44I want to go first across to our Diplomatic Affairs Editor, Geeta Mohan, for the very latest on that.
12:50Geeta, this is the second instance where we are seeing an Indian student being deported.
12:55In this case, actually being arrested and then pending deportation.
12:59The earlier was self-deported.
13:01How is the MEA, the Ministry of External Affairs, looking at these cases involving Indian citizens?
13:08Well, Rajni, for one, the first case where she self-deported was because the agencies had gone looking for her.
13:16She got to know about it and therefore went on the app, self-deported, and left the country.
13:22In this case, he was not aware he was home, he was picked up, is in detention, and he has family there.
13:30He's married to an American of Palestinian origin.
13:34He has a child with the – he also has a child.
13:38And so for him it is a very complicated case, should he be asked to come back to India.
13:44He is an Indian national.
13:46And certainly there are many others who are now fearing the very same thing,
13:50that if they wrote something which is pro-Palestinian, which the agencies could consider supporting the Hamas,
13:58then they would – they fear revocation of visas, even green cards.
14:04So there is a real fear there in terms of how the Ministry of External Affairs has reacted.
14:09We sought reaction to this one particular incident.
14:12We haven't got a formal reaction from the ministry yet.
14:17But we do know that they're looking at it very closely, monitoring the situation.
14:22There could be a case where a lot of students could be sent back.
14:26There are two very – two important aspects to it.
14:29One is them being sent back because of revocation of visas,
14:33given that they could or would have participated in some sort of pro-Palestinian protest, a movement.
14:40On the other hand, freezing of funds, also another worry.
14:43So panic in the United States of America.
14:46But no official word right now from the MEA, although we do know that they're monitoring the situation.
14:51The embassy is aware.
14:53What does monitoring the situation mean, Geeta?
14:55Sorry to be very direct. The Ministry of External Affairs has been very reluctant to take on the Trump administration on any of these issues.
15:04It almost seems as if – you know, these are Indian citizens, I repeat.
15:08So it seems that the Ministry of External Affairs simply doesn't want to get tangled with the Department of Homeland Security,
15:14almost seeming that this is an internal matter of the United States.
15:18Well, two very important things over here.
15:21And that's why the Indian administration is treading a very, very thin line over here, Rajdeep.
15:27One is that on illegal nationals, they had a position.
15:31India itself has been battling it, does not want to get into a space where they're questioning the other government,
15:38and has said that if Indians have entered America illegally, they can be sent back, they're welcome to.
15:45In this case, it's even more serious, because over here they're not just entering a country illegally,
15:51have done nothing wrong over here.
15:53Over here they're considered being part of or supporting a terrorist organization.
16:00Look at the charges that are being leveled against Suri.
16:04They're very serious charges.
16:06Has he been charged with being pro-Palestinian or engaging in pro-Palestinian activities?
16:15He's been charged with, or those are the charges that could be leveled against him should he be taken to court,
16:22of indulging in terrorist activities, being involved with terrorist organizations.
16:28In fact, he's been called an advisor to a Hamas leader and his wife, who's of Palestinian origin,
16:36her father, his father-in-law, connected to or part of the Hamas.
16:42So, very serious allegations over here.
16:45And that certainly is the reason why the Indian administration right now,
16:49trying to read the room and see how difficult is it going to be for India to navigate the space
16:56where they're calling them anti-national or anti-America or even terrorists.
17:03Okay. Geeta Mohan joining me there at the moment.
17:06I can tell you that we're getting to hear from sources in Georgetown University, where Badar was,
17:14that the legal team has requested no letters of protest for the next few days, but we will respond when it is appropriate.
17:21Karan Tukral is an advocate at the Supreme Court, joins me at the moment. He handles immigration cases well.
17:27Karan, what are the legal options in a case like this, if the Department of Homeland Security
17:33picks up an Indian student, says he, in this instance, has links to Hamas,
17:37does he really have any strong options?
17:40He has to contest the case. I mean, this is very serious allegations which has been put up against him.
17:46And his wife was an American citizen. What has happened is, I mean, he has to put forward the evidence before him,
17:54that he has to show that he has no links with the Hamas actually organization. I mean, whether it is in India or in the US.
18:02If this would have happened in India, this would have been treated very seriously over here also.
18:07I mean, if a person is having a link with a terrorist organization, this has to be dealt by the court, not by the government.
18:14In your sense, all these Indian students who may have participated in protests that took place over the last couple of years,
18:21on Gaza, on Palestine, do they all become vulnerable now?
18:24No, they become definitely vulnerable. But at the end of the day, evidence has to be put forth.
18:30I mean, there has to be very substantive evidence, which can be put forth in the court,
18:36which shows that there is a link between these students, who are basically in a very general way protesting,
18:42and those students or those individuals, which had any link with this organization.
18:48I'm going to leave it there. We'll wait and see how this plays out. But I appreciate you joining me, Karan,
18:53to tell me that this is a tough struggle that in this particular instance, this young man will now have to face.
19:01He will have to prove in court of law, essentially, that he has no links with Hamas.
19:06Let's turn back to domestic politics. Karnataka, whether Natakas continue.
19:10And today, Karnataka's politics rocked by yet another scandal inside the assembly.
19:16A minister, listen to this carefully, K.N. Rajanna,
19:19accepted in the Karnataka assembly that he was the victim of a honey trap attempt.
19:24He also claimed that at least 48 people have been honey trapped, and their obscene videos are being made.
19:31State Home Minister G. Parmeshwar has ordered a high level probe.
19:35Rajanna also added that the issue is not only limited to Karnataka, but national level leaders are being honey trapped.
19:43The BJP describes the matter as very serious and has sought a thorough inquiry. First, let's listen in
19:49to what the reactions on the latest honey trap scandal in Karnataka are.
20:05Sir, one more important issue, what Rajanna minister has said is, more than 45, 48 people
20:12have been honey trapped in Karnataka, and this is a very serious issue.
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21:00I want to go to our Bangalore Bureau Chief, Nagarjun Dwarkanath, for the very latest.
21:04Nagarjun, it's very interesting that here is a minister who allegedly has been honey trapped.
21:08So is the claim.
21:10Is the minister who reportedly also was taking on DK Shivkumar, the strongman.
21:16Is there a link that is being seen?
21:18A minister now claiming that he has been honey trapped, and not just him,
21:22but 48 leaders have been honey trapped?
21:26Well, things are murky right now because there is also personal life involved in this.
21:30It is not just Rajanna.
21:32Many within the assembly also were surprised that if their name is in the 48 list.
21:37In a lighter note, what happened was when Rajanna said 48 people,
21:41many of the legislators walked up to Rajanna to check if their name is on the list,
21:45if he has any information that if they have been honey trapped,
21:48and if their name is in the 48 as well.
21:51But what is happening is, yes, it's a power struggle.
21:53Many in the Congress government feel that it's one of their own who is trying to do this,
21:58and they are yet to come out with a name.
22:00We are yet to know who is the man behind this whole honey trap.
22:04Today, the BJP also stood up and said that we support Rajanna.
22:08Unitedly, we have to fight this, that we can't defame people
22:11and put them in shame in public through honey trap.
22:15If you have to fight, fight with ideology and work,
22:17and not through honey trap is what the BJP also said.
22:20When the Home Minister was in the house, he stood up and said that
22:22there would be a high-level investigation that would be taking place.
22:25Everyone in the house is welcome, but the big question is that
22:28who is the man behind the whole honey trap?
22:30But are these videos already in the public domain?
22:34Are these videos with the Minister? Do these videos exist or not?
22:38These are all whispers in the power corridors, but what I can confirm from a couple of sources
22:43is that there has been no video of Minister Rajanna, but it was an attempt that was done,
22:48and Rajanna caught it immediately that it was an attempt carried out on him to honey trap him.
22:53Usually, what happens in honey trap cases, Rajdeep,
22:57that people end up calling initially on video calls and screen record,
23:02and then leak these videos and blackmail the individuals.
23:05That's how it's done, and Rajanna has caught this is what we are told.
23:09Initially, it was in the last three months, but now it has come to the fore light.
23:14Very interesting at the moment.
23:16Karnataka politics seems to be regularly caught in tapes, videotapes of some kind or the other,
23:22and that puts all the politicians across party lines on the defensive.
23:27Nagarjun Dwarkanath joining me on that story from Karnataka.
23:30Appreciate your joining me. Let me turn from there to Mumbai,
23:33where nearly five years after the death of celebrity manager Disha Salyan,
23:38her father Satish Salyan has now approached the Bombay High Court seeking a registration of an FIR
23:43against Shiv Sinha, UBT leader Aditya Thackeray and others.
23:46There was a ruckus in the Maharashtra Assembly on Thursday over the petition.
23:49Many Mahayati coalition members entering the well of the house demanding the arrest of Aditya Thackeray.
23:54On the other hand, Aditya Thackeray claiming that this petition and the manner in which it has been brought
23:59clearly suggests that this is an attempt in some way to politically target him.
24:06Remember, the petition is claiming that Disha Salyan, who had worked closely with Sushant Singh Rajput,
24:11the actor who committed suicide, was raped, allegedly committed suicide, was raped and murdered,
24:16and there was a politically orchestrated cover-up to protect certain persons.
24:21But why has this case come up suddenly after five long years? Listen in to the two sides.
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29:25Narendra Gandhi joined protests outside parliament
29:27over the Punjab government's crackdown
29:29on the farmers.
29:33The farmers are now threatening wider protests
29:35against Bhagwant Maan,
29:37crying betrayal.
29:39But so far, the Chief Minister
29:41remains silent on the late night
29:43crackdown.
29:45With Kamaljeet Sandhu,
29:47Aseem Bassi, Aman Bhardwaj,
29:49Bureau Report, India Today.
29:55Let me ask you some of the big questions
29:57that story evokes.
29:59Has the farmer protest lost its focus?
30:01Will there be any attempt
30:03to meet the farmer's demands
30:05or is it now too late?
30:07What next really for these farmer protests
30:09that have blocked the politics of this country
30:11in Punjab and beyond for several years now?
30:13I'm joined by Yogendra Yadav,
30:15co-founder of Swaraj India.
30:17Remember, he was one of the driving forces
30:19when these first protests took place in 2020.
30:21I'm also joined by Sunny Singh Aluwalia,
30:23the spokesperson of the Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab.
30:25I want to turn to you, Yogendra Yadav,
30:27first, the images that we saw yesterday
30:29were of the farmer protests
30:31being disrupted, bulldozers being used,
30:33the protest sites
30:35being broken apart.
30:37What's your sense of it?
30:39Is it that now the farmers
30:41have lost public goodwill
30:43and therefore a government can get away by doing
30:45what they could not have countenanced
30:47three or four years ago when
30:49the Modi government tried it, there was an outcry.
30:51Now we don't see that same kind of
30:53anger and outrage?
30:59Not really, Rajdeep.
31:01The history of farmers' movement tells us that
31:03farmers' movement does reach
31:05a point where it looks as if
31:07what you're describing is true,
31:09but then it revives again.
31:11Let us not forget that this particular agitation
31:13which has been going on now for 14 months
31:15is not a
31:17united agitation by the
31:19entire Sanyukta Kisan Morcha.
31:21It was only one section of
31:23Sanyukta Kisan Morcha which called itself
31:25Sanyukta Kisan Morcha Non-Political.
31:27They had launched it
31:29and an overwhelming majority
31:31of farmers' unions of the Sanyukta Kisan
31:33Morcha had actually stayed away from it.
31:35So it's not the entire farmers' movement.
31:37But it's very heartening to note
31:39that in reaction to this,
31:41both the unions have come together.
31:43Sanyukta Kisan Morcha has issued a statement
31:45this evening saying,
31:47we may not be there,
31:49but we will not tolerate this.
31:51There is no doubt Rajdeep that
31:53this was causing enormous inconvenience
31:55to public. I've been there, I've crossed it.
31:57I know what people are telling your reporters.
31:59It's true. There was enormous inconvenience.
32:01While we notice the inconvenience,
32:03we forget why is it that the
32:05inconvenience was being caused.
32:07It was being caused because
32:09the central government and dare I say
32:11even the state government did not show
32:13the political will to address it.
32:15So there are three questions here.
32:17One to the central government.
32:19Why were you not so serious
32:21even for 13 months?
32:23Why did you have to wait for fast unto death
32:25by Dalai Lama to begin
32:27to even notice and start a negotiation?
32:29And why are you not serious
32:31about negotiations?
32:33Six weeks every time.
32:35The question to Aam Aadmi Party
32:37would be, you took
32:39one stand. You said farmers
32:41were completely justified in doing
32:43what they were doing. And overnight
32:45you changed your stand. Did the chief minister
32:47even make an appeal?
32:49What you are saying today,
32:51was it said by the government even two days ago?
32:53Did the chief minister appeal to the farmers
32:55to please move away?
32:57Did he hold negotiations with the farmers?
32:59And did the Punjab government
33:01do what Punjab government could have done?
33:03Remember on the 5th of March
33:05the Sayyidat Kisan Morcha
33:07wanted to go to Chandigarh
33:09and demand of the Aam Aadmi Party
33:11things that Punjab government could have done.
33:13They did not allow even that.
33:15And the question for farmers' movement is
33:17can the farmers' movement
33:19repeat the same strategy,
33:21the same tactics, the same mode
33:23of protest every time?
33:25And the even bigger question is
33:27can farmers' struggle
33:29achieve its objective
33:31when it is not united?
33:33That to me is the largest question
33:35that we face today.
33:37I am going to come to that largest question in a moment.
33:39I hope the farmers can achieve their objectives.
33:41But Sunny Singh Aluwalia,
33:43spokesperson Aam Aadmi Party,
33:45as Yogendra Yadav is
33:47mentioning,
33:49when the Modi government did not implement
33:51for example the legal guarantee on minimum
33:53support price, you among others
33:55criticized the Modi government.
33:57Now the shoe is on your foot.
33:59And it is your government which is being accused of not doing enough
34:01to reach out to the farmers.
34:03Instead, you have used the bulldozers
34:05to break their agitation.
34:07Definitely Rajdeep sir,
34:09as Yadav sir has already said,
34:11there are many other unions in Punjab.
34:13There are many organizations
34:15out of which some of the seniors are
34:17Balbir Singh Rajewal sahib and
34:19the Ugrahan group. They have clearly
34:21mentioned that we are not going to stop
34:23any of the national highways
34:25going in or going out of the Punjab.
34:27So one thing is very clear,
34:29they are divided on this.
34:31Their stand is clear that
34:33their fight is between the centre
34:35and the farmers. It is not between the state
34:37and the farmers. Yes, the Sardar Bhagwan
34:39Singh Maan from the very first day
34:41said that we are with the farmers.
34:43We stand with the farmers. We are the party which
34:45came out of the agitation only.
34:47We are not against any agitation.
34:49But he walked out of a meeting with the farmers
34:51sir, with due regard. The same Bhagwan Maan
34:53who said that we are with the farmers,
34:55walked out with a meeting with the farmers
34:57a few weeks ago in the chief minister's secretariat.
34:59So when you are in power,
35:01then you don't reach out to them.
35:03You use the farmers to come to power.
35:05But at the same time Rajdeep sir,
35:07we have requested many times
35:09to just open one side
35:11of the border. We are requesting them.
35:13The chief minister has been requesting them again
35:15and again. And if after the
35:17again request, they said we want to block
35:19one more road which is coming towards the
35:21Chandigarh and we want to enter Chandigarh
35:23for the same protest. The fight
35:25is between the centre. They are not letting us
35:27the farmer bills. They are not letting us
35:29giving up the MSP. They are
35:31using the farmer bills in some other way
35:33by making a new agriculture policy
35:35which is against the farmers.
35:37We are standing. We are because
35:39we are also the son of farmers. Our chief minister
35:41is a son of farmer. He knows what is
35:43right and what is wrong. But at the same time
35:45we are against the highways. We want to make
35:47Punjab a Rangla Punjab and
35:49we are requesting the same to the farmers
35:51again and again. But by saying that
35:53we have done this overnight, it is not true.
35:55We have been requesting them.
35:57You know, given what you are hearing Yogendra Yadav,
35:59this reveals the predicament of any government
36:01in dealing with the farmers also particularly
36:03because as was just suggested by Mr.
36:05Aluwalia, many of the farmers unions are themselves
36:07divided. How do you then achieve
36:09the objective if your objective is a legal
36:11guarantee for MSP which increasingly
36:13looks difficult to achieve. Having
36:15taken that maximalist position
36:17are the farmers unions now
36:19being given a bit of a reality check
36:21in Punjab last night
36:23and dare I say by the centre
36:25also.
36:29I wouldn't
36:31agree with that Rajdeep. I think
36:33the experience of farmer's
36:35struggle tells us that farmers
36:37have to fight three or four times
36:39to achieve one big demand
36:41and MSP is not going to be a small demand.
36:43I keep saying,
36:45farmers have to fight for four times
36:47for one single demand,
36:49MSP demand. Farmers are taking
36:51big strides and you would see
36:53even bigger agitations in times to come.
36:55My unease with what Aam Aadmi Party
36:57has done, my disappointment and sadness
36:59is number one
37:01because there is an element of
37:03clock and dagger in what was done last night.
37:05I mean, remember, Mr.
37:07Chaudhary has said,
37:09we have to fight for four times
37:11for one single demand.
37:13I mean, remember,
37:15Mr. Jagjit Singh Dhalewal, etc.
37:17had gone for a meeting with them
37:19for a negotiation.
37:21When you go out to Chandigarh
37:23for negotiation, on the way
37:25back you are nabbed, you are arrested.
37:27These are kind of games which
37:29governments who are anti-farmers
37:31play and obviously the Punjab
37:33farmers now feel that the Bhagavan
37:35government is doing exactly what anti-farmers
37:37government do. That's one.
37:39Number two,
37:41Punjab government could
37:43have done a number of things for Punjab
37:45farmers, for which the Sanyukta Kisan
37:47Morcha, including the leaders that
37:49my friend from Aam Aadmi Party mentioned,
37:51they wanted to go to Chandigarh and present
37:53to the Chief Minister those demands.
37:55Why were they not allowed? These were not
37:57demands from central government.
37:59As far as MSP is concerned,
38:01I do think that the effect of this
38:03particular incident would be
38:05that various factions of Sanyukta
38:07Kisan Morcha will come together
38:09to launch even a bigger
38:11struggle. Rajdeep, I can tell you on this show,
38:13the country is
38:15preparing for an
38:17even bigger farmers movement
38:19than what we witnessed two years ago in Delhi.
38:21You know, you are saying that but the
38:23truth of the matter is there are those who believe
38:25that the farmers movement has lost its momentum,
38:27that this is now confined to a pocket
38:29of Punjab and even the tactics being
38:31used are, as you said,
38:33you admitted at the outset, are
38:35leaving a lot of people inconvenienced
38:37and therefore there isn't the same
38:39level of sympathy or empathy for the farmers
38:41that there was four years ago.
38:47I mean, you can't repeat the same tactics,
38:49the same format of struggle
38:51every time and obviously there is a room
38:53for farmers movement to think their strategy,
38:55tactics. After all,
38:57there is a large public sympathy for farmers
38:59and farmers should not do anything which
39:01would lose them the sympathy. So,
39:03yes, all these tactics need to be worked
39:05out but here we are discussing
39:07the manner in which the state government
39:09has responded and which I think
39:11leaves a lot to be desired. I would have
39:13expected this from a BJP government,
39:15not from an Aam Aadmi Party government
39:17and that's a question so many people
39:19would be asking in Punjab.
39:21Farmers do need to ask this question,
39:23how do we create a struggle
39:25for MSP which is
39:27not confined only to the few states
39:29of North India because after all,
39:31the real beneficiaries of MSP
39:33will be farmers in Bihar,
39:35in Eastern UP, in other parts
39:37of the country. How to involve
39:39them and how to do a larger
39:41united struggle, that remains
39:43the principal challenge but
39:45at the moment, right now, we should not
39:47assume that this challenge cannot be
39:49met in future.
39:51I want to Mr. Aluwalia, a final word.
39:53Are you again willing to reach out to the farmers
39:55or have you taken this approach ki ab bauth
39:57ho gaya? We've gone far enough,
39:59we are now going to try and break this struggle.
40:01Is that the approach now of the Maan government?
40:03No, no, Rajdeep sir, one thing
40:05is very clear, we are always open to
40:07talks to the farmers, it is not at all a
40:09problem. When the chief minister is ready
40:11to talk at every time, when our ministers
40:13are sitting with them, then what is the fun of
40:15holding a dharna on the roads when we are
40:17directly talking to you, why you want to hold
40:19a dharna, why you want to hold a protest
40:21when the government is with you, why you are against the government?
40:23The demands which they have asked to us,
40:25increasing the sugarcane price,
40:27increasing the uninterrupted electricity,
40:29increasing the compensation, everything
40:31has been agreed by the Punjab
40:33chief minister, then what is the use of putting
40:35a dharna against the state which is standing
40:37with you? Why the farmers are dwelling
40:39on these issues? Okay, let me
40:41leave it there, clearly you are questioning
40:43the methods, but there is a larger
40:45question whether the Punjab government has
40:47bitten more than they can chew, the same government
40:49which came to power in a way promising
40:51to meet all the farmers' demands, now
40:53suddenly finds itself being accused
40:55of breaking the farmers' movement.
40:57Yogendra Yadav, Mr. Aluwalia,
40:59appreciate you joining us on that big
41:01developing story, let me turn
41:03from there to another story, you've all heard
41:05of the washing machine
41:07and the cases against politicians
41:09by the enforcement directorate,
41:11how are these cases proceeding? An interesting
41:13reply by the central government in
41:15parliament was revealing yesterday,
41:17between 2015 and 2025
41:19the ED filed 193 cases
41:21against politicians, including
41:23MPs and MLAs, but there have been
41:25only two, repeat, two convictions.
41:27Here is the catch,
41:29there have been no acquittals either
41:31which some believe means that the process
41:33in India is the punishment.
41:35Our National Bureau Chief Munish Pandey
41:37who tracks the ED joins me, Munish
41:39when I look at those statistics,
41:41195 cases, only
41:43193 cases, only two convictions,
41:45what does the ED have
41:47to say?
41:51Okay, let me
41:53go straight to Munish Pandey
41:55who is joining me at the moment, Munish
41:57what is the ED's response?
41:59Well Rajdeep,
42:01there are some facts which the ED wants
42:03to put before everyone,
42:05they are investigating as of now
42:077000 cases, out of which there are
42:09193 cases against
42:11politicians. Out of these
42:13193 cases, ED has
42:15secured conviction in two cases
42:17whereas in other
42:19191 cases, the cases are still
42:21under trial or
42:23they are still under investigation.
42:25But why this delay? Now ED claims
42:27that being the
42:29Enforcement Directorate, there is a law
42:31that till the time they don't
42:33have a conviction or acquittal
42:35in a predicate offence case which
42:37may be in case of Central Bureau of Investigation
42:39or the
42:41State Police cases, till the time
42:43conviction or acquittal is not secured in the
42:45primary case, till that time
42:47the Enforcement Directorate can't go
42:49ahead with securing conviction or
42:51acquittal. So they at this point of time
42:53are claiming that since the time
42:55because the judiciary
42:57is slow, because the predicate offence
42:59cases are still
43:01under trial, that is why they have not
43:03been able to secure convictions
43:05or acquittal in those cases.
43:07As far as total record of...
43:09Sorry to intervene, but the matter
43:11is going on for years. I mean
43:13that is the process, is the punishment.
43:15ED is now blaming the judiciary?
43:18Well, at this point of time
43:20Rajdeep, I spoke to several
43:22officials regarding this. They are saying that
43:24till the time they don't have a
43:26conviction in the primary case
43:28you know, they can't go ahead
43:30and have a trial finished
43:32by the court. As far as total conviction
43:34rate is concerned, in total
43:36the ED has, you know,
43:38in 47 cases the trial has
43:40finished and out of 47 cases
43:42in 44 cases ED has
43:44secured conviction which means that
43:46conviction rate is more than
43:4893%. But as far as political cases
43:50are concerned, yes, it is true that
43:52in 193 cases they have a conviction
43:54in 2 cases and in 190
43:56cases trial is still going on.
43:58Munish Pandey, giving us
44:00a sense of making sense of those numbers
44:02for us, thank you very much. Okay, let
44:04me turn to the story that I
44:06believe is a story that
44:08will be a real shocker.
44:10Love, lies, drugs
44:12and a gruesome murder.
44:14A woman and her lover
44:16murdered the woman's husband,
44:18chopped off his body,
44:20hid it in a drum with
44:22cement and sand. This
44:24happened in Meerut and now reportedly
44:26there's a confession.
44:28Take a look at this shocker
44:30from Meerut.
44:38A murder that sent
44:40shockwaves across the
44:42nation.
44:44A wife Muskaan and her lover
44:46Sahil murdered the husband
44:48Saurabh, chopped
44:50his body into pieces
44:52and hide it inside a
44:54drum and cover it with cement
44:56in Uttar Pradesh's
44:58Meerut.
45:02All because the husband Saurabh
45:04stopped Muskaan from consuming
45:06drugs with her illicit
45:08lover. After butchering
45:10Saurabh, Muskaan and Sahil
45:12went on a vacation.
45:14Distraught, Muskaan's
45:16parents say she does not
45:18deserve to live and must
45:20be hanged.
45:40Muskaan's parents believe
45:42her paramour Sahil got her
45:44addicted to drugs when their
45:46affair began.
45:50Now images have emerged
45:52of the accused Sahil's room
45:54that's filled with bizarre
45:56graffiti and some of it
45:58resembling satanic symbols
46:00as well.
46:06Sahil's room was also filled
46:08with alcohol bottles.
46:38Muskaan and Sahil confessed
46:40to stabbing Saurabh to death.
46:42On the night of March 4th,
46:44Muskaan laced Saurabh's
46:46food with sedatives
46:48after luring him on
46:50pretext of celebrating
46:52her birthday.
46:54The duo stabbed Saurabh in
46:56the chest with a butcher's
46:58knife and stabbed him
47:00in the chest with a butcher's
47:02knife.
47:04The duo stabbed Saurabh in
47:06the chest with a butcher's knife
47:08and then slit his throat.
47:12They cut off his hands,
47:14hid it in a large plastic drum,
47:16cement and sand.
47:20Despite a two-hour
47:22effort, police were unable
47:24to open the drum due to
47:26the hardened cement and had
47:28it sent to the mortuary
47:30where the drum was eventually cut
47:32open to recover the body.
47:56The victim and Muskaan's husband
47:58Saurabh had told his family
48:00he had worked in the Merchant Navy
48:02but he was actually employed
48:04at a bakery in London.
48:06The incident occurred in
48:08Meerut after he recently
48:10returned from London.
48:12With Himanshu Mishra,
48:14Bureau Report, India Today.
48:16Let's turn to tonight's Get Real
48:18India story. Now, Kota was once
48:20India's top coaching hub
48:22but today it faces a sharp
48:24decline in student enrollment
48:26that's impacting an entire business
48:28around these coaching centers.
48:30This is because of rising concern
48:32over student suicides
48:34and competition from other cities.
48:36What is the decline that's taken place
48:38in Kota? It's tonight's
48:40Get Real India story.
48:50Once called the
48:52coaching hub of the country,
48:54Kota's coaching economy
48:56is under immense pressure.
49:00The fall in number of students
49:02taking coaching in Kota for various
49:04competitive examinations
49:06especially for engineering
49:08and medical is significant.
49:12In 2023-24,
49:141,75,351 students
49:18took coaching for NEET,
49:20JEE in Kota.
49:22In 2024-25,
49:24this has come down
49:26to 1,22,616 students.
49:30A drop of 30%
49:32in a year.
49:54Kota has a legacy of
49:56almost 30 plus years
49:58of quality education.
50:00All over India,
50:02the system has been followed.
50:04So, definitely we will bounce back.
50:06The real situation
50:08is more grim.
50:10The spate of suicides
50:12in Kota has clearly not helped
50:14the economy.
50:16Kota's economy is
50:18struggling.
50:20The spate of suicides
50:22in Kota has clearly not helped
50:24the cause of the numerous
50:26stakeholders deeply invested
50:28in the coaching industry.
50:30In 2023,
50:3227 students
50:34died by suicide in Kota.
50:36Next year
50:38saw 16 suicide deaths.
50:40In 2025,
50:42so far,
50:446 students have died by suicide
50:46in Kota.
50:49In the last 12 years itself,
50:51more than 150 students
50:53have died by suicide in Kota district.
51:18According to me,
51:2040-50% of students died by suicide
51:22in Kota last year.
51:24The main reason is that
51:26many institutes
51:28have opened in many cities.
51:30There are 2-3 reasons.
51:32First, the institutes in every city
51:34are open and everyone knows about it.
51:36But there is also an online coaching.
51:38People are thinking that
51:40they can join a library
51:42or self-study online.
51:44For long,
51:46Kota's coaching industry
51:48had become a money-minting business
51:50that provides many
51:52indirect jobs as well.
51:56Various stakeholders
51:58from developers to builders,
52:00PG hostel owners
52:02and coaching institute owners
52:04are hoping that old times
52:06will return.
52:08Earlier, we used to sell good stuff.
52:10Earlier, we used to sell for 10,000 per day.
52:12Now, we sell for 2,000 per day.
52:14So, our business is down.
52:1850% of our business has gone down.
52:20We have more business than before.
52:22What are the reasons?
52:24There are less students in Kota.
52:26Last year, the number of students
52:28was very less.
52:32With Devankar Wadhawan in Kota,
52:34Bureau Report, India Today.
52:36Kota's factory,
52:38coaching factory troubles.
52:40Let me leave you though
52:42with our final good news
52:44today's story.
52:46It's a new breakthrough in cancer research.
52:48Researchers in West Bengal
52:50have discovered mushrooms
52:52with compounds that they claim
52:54have the property of killing cancer cells.
52:56The study has now been published
52:58and peer-reviewed in an international journal.
53:00I leave you with our good news
53:02today's story.
53:04Stay well, stay safe.
53:06Good night, Shubhratri.
53:08Jai Hind. Namaskar.
53:34We have discovered one F12 product.
53:36Within the F12 product,
53:38there are six compounds.
53:40And the mushroom you mentioned
53:42is known as
53:44Asterias Asiaticus.
53:46This mushroom grows
53:48generally,
53:50mycorrhizalically,
53:52under some specific tree
53:54and soil.
53:56And from that,
53:58those who are eating this mushroom
54:00those who are eating this mushroom
54:04are suffered by less cancer
54:06and survive very much.
54:10Dr. Ghosh, who is a professor
54:12at the Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda
54:14Centenary College in Rihara,
54:16detected the presence of F12,
54:18a mixture of six key compounds
54:20in Asterias Asiaticus mushroom.
54:22According to Dr. Ghosh,
54:24these compounds have the potential
54:26to prevent or treat
54:28three types of cancer
54:30cervical, breast and lungs.
54:34Our product F12
54:36is very important.
54:38And if anyone
54:42takes mushroom
54:4450 gram per day,
54:46it will protect the cancer.
54:50It acts as
54:52therapeutic treatment
54:54or treatment of the cancer.
54:56And it has
54:58no toxicity.
55:00While the study spells
55:02hope, there is still a long way
55:04to go.
55:26If it is proved,
55:28it will be a very good
55:30additional weapon
55:32for the treatment of cancer.
55:34In fact, there are some fungus
55:36where it was found
55:38that the extract taken from them
55:40is also working in cancer cell lines.
55:42But because
55:44it has not yet come to human trials,
55:46the research that we have
55:48in which F12 compound has come,
55:50I would like to say that a lot of work has been done.
55:52We also have other compounds.
55:54A trial of each compound
55:56should be done, a study should be done
55:58so that we can
56:00eradicate this disease from the roots.
56:24Which will not only eliminate
56:26the fear of cancer,
56:28but the entire fear,
56:30whatever goes in the minds
56:32of those patients who have suffered
56:34from this
56:36humongous disease.
56:38With camera person Shamsundar Ghosh,
56:40this is Surya Agni Roy for India Today, Kolkata.