3 Things

The headlines this evening from the Indian Express.

First, Indian Express' Anonna Dutt joins us to talk about an alleged Cash for Kidney racket, implicating India's Apollo Hospital and what the country's law says about organ transplantation.

Second, we talk to Damini Nath from The Indian Express who dives deeper into an amendment that restores the salary of the Chief Election Commissioner and the Election Commissioners to the equivalent of that of a Supreme Court Judge. (08:45)

Lastly, we give you details on a security breach at the Parliament of India, when two men entered the Lok Sabha and opened smoke canisters. (13:21)

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The headlines this evening from the Indian Express.

First, Indian Express' Anand Mohan joins us to talk about the new Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Mohan Yadav and why this choice surprised the state BJP leadership.

Second, Indian Express' Deep Mukherjee tells us about a tinder date that proved to be fatal for a Jaipur-based engineer Dushyant Sharma. (08:22)

Lastly, we talk about Rahul Gandhi's criticism of Home Minister Amit Shah's comments on Jawaharlal Nehru. (16:27)

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The headlines this evening from the Indian Express.

First, Indian Express' Jayprakash Naidu joins us to talk about the new Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, Vishnu Deo Sai who is also the first tribal CM of the state.

Second, Indian Express' Anonna Dutt tells us about India's target to eliminate Kala Azar which is also known as Black fever. (07:24)

Lastly, we give you an update on the opposition bloc INDIA and its upcoming meeting. (16:58)

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The headlines this evening from the Indian Express.

First, Indian Express' Vikas Pathak tells us about the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee report which was tabled in the lower house of Parliament on Friday leading to the expulsion of TMC MP Mahua Moitra in the cash-for-query case.

Second, Indian Express' Sujit Bisoyi talks about the Income Tax Department raids into the premises of a country-liquor manufacturing and selling firm which is run by the family of Congress MP Dheeraj Sahu. (14:28)

And in the end, we give you an update on the murder case of Karni Sena Chief Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi whose assailants were arrested from Chandigarh by the Delhi Police Crime Branch in a joint operation with the Rajasthan Police. (22:18)

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The headlines this evening from the Indian Express.

We are taking a break from our regular programming today to bring you a special episode of 'The Sandip Roy Show'.

In this episode, host Sandip Roy talks to journalist and author Sugata Srinivasaraju, who explores the politics and predicaments of the senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in the book, "Strange Burdens".

Even though Rahul Gandhi is the guardian of the Nehru-Gandhi holy flame, at times it seems that his real mission is to reinvent his own party. On the other hand, many supporters of his party feel that the real stumbling block to its reinvention is Rahul Gandhi himself, who neither wishes to renounce it nor lead it from the front with gusto.

We hope you enjoy the show and here’s the link for the entire catalogue of 'The Sandip Roy Show'.