Left, Right & Centre

The Life Insurance Corporation's public issue offer is finally here, with the long-awaited initial public offering (IPO) to open next week. The LIC chairman calls it LIC 3.0, the government says it has a long-term strategic vision. But though this will be India's biggest public issue, will it be the game changer it is expected to be?

An exclusive interview with the Maharashtra Power Minister Nitin Raut. He tells us about a power crisis in the state, with several key thermal power plants down to less than 2 days of coal supply remaining.

Prashant Kishor and the Congress have broken up, again. After days of discussions that had virtually sealed the poll strategist's entry into the party, two cryptic tweets ended the matter. Ultimately it boils down to this -- PK wanted full control, the Congress gave him a committee. What does the break-up mean for the Grand Old Party's future?

Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani, who was arrested by the police is Assam for a tweet about Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week, was granted bail today by a local court - but, within minutes, he was arrested again in another case registered by the Assam police and kept in their custody. The arrest itself was a clear case of overreach, where the Assam police went all the way to Gujarat to take the legislator into their custody after a BJP leader's complaint. Meanwhile in Maharashtra, the Bombay High Court did not quash an FIR filed against independent MP Navneet Rana and her husband, MLA Ravi Rana. They were arrested and even charged with sedition for announcing that they would recite the Hanuman Chalisa outside Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's residence, triggering protests by Shiv Sainiks. Has the 'my agency' vs 'your agency' battle in politics gone too far now?

 

The Mumbai police has slapped sedition charges against Independent Lok Sabha MP from Amaravati Navneet Kaur Rana and her husband MLA Ravi Rana, claiming that 'their acts created hateful sentiments in the minds of citizens against the Maharashtra government'. This after the couple had announced that they would be reciting the Hanuman Chalisa outside Matoshree, the private residence of chief minister Uddhav Thackeray, triggering massive protests. They later called off the plan - but now, they've been arrested and charged with sedition. Is such a harsh charge not an over-reach by the state authorities?

Delhi's R-value, which indicates the spread of COVID-19, was recorded at 2.1 this week, implying that every infected person is infecting two others in the national capital, according to an analysis by IIT-Madras. NDTV speaks to Dr Naresh Trehan, Chairman and MD, Medanta and Dr N N Mathur from Lady Hardinge Medical College on whether this rise in the R-value and Covid spread is a reason to worry immediately or not.

 

On this episode of Left, Right and Centre - we interview the stakeholders in the bulldozer 'in'justice controversy - from CPM's Brinda Karat who took on those razing properties to the mayor who rolled out the bulldozers, the Delhi BJP Chief who sought bulldozers against 'encroachments' and a man who lost his 'legal' shop in the demolitions. The biggest story of the day, with the biggest newsmakers. 

As Russia launches its fresh assault in the Donbas region of Ukraine, NDTV's Vishnu Som reports from the front line. Our reports from Mykolaiv which saw the launch of a major Ukrainian offensive. Also, chat in Odessa - an actor, a choreographer, an IT professional and a social scientist on how life has changed since the Russian invasion.

Covid cases are suddenly on an uptick once again. Delhi and NCR region has seen a spike in the last few days. Has India lowered its guard against the virus? Another big worry is the rising number of cases among children, which has led to the big dilemma: to shut or not to shut schools?

Hello and welcome to of a special episode of Left, right and centre. We are in Kyiv at the moment, but this special programme has reports from areas well to the north of Kyiv. In fact, we've got a special report coming up on demining operations done by Ukrainian forces in areas which were vacated by the Russians. We catch up with Ukrainian soldiers as they get about their job. Also coming up, we managed to get into the Russian military Centre in Borodyanka that's one of the areas worst hit.