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The world is well and truly on edge as Israel gets set to respond to Iran's massive ballistic missile strikes late last night on Tel Aviv. Those strikes with 180 plus missiles while broadly unsuccessful, put the onus on Tel Aviv to act and they say that they will. On Left Right & Centre, a deep dive into the missile attacks last night by Iran and how Israel defended itself with experts.

Voting has now ended in the assembly elections in Jammu And Kashmir. Voter turnout for Phase 3 was recording 65.48%. The election, held after a decade, is the first in the Union Territory, where restoration of statehood has emerged as the biggest issue. What's at stake for the big alliances? Expert discuss.

Attackagainst Israel which could be imminent at any time at a time when Israel has launched its ground invasion of Lebanon. It's called a limited incursion but the crisis in West Asia is now spiraling potentially out of control. What is next for West Asia? We decode on Left, Right & Centre.

At a time when there have been reports of a potential breakthrough on the cards for India and China along the frontier, a key set of remarks by the Army Chief who says that we have to confront, contest and cooperate. He adds that ties with China are not normal, it is sensitive. He doesn't however rule out a solution on the two outstanding issues in Eastern Ladakh - China's hold of parts of the Depsang Plains to the North and Depsang to the South. LRC discusses Army Chief's new statement.

 

"Terrorism has no place in our world," is what Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu a short while ago as the West Asia conflict escalated. The PM's message comes at a time when Israel continues to strike Beirut in Lebanon, Syria and Yemen. Israel seems bent on the elimination of Hezbollah, the terror group supported by Iran. But while the top leadership of the group has indeed been eliminated, is there a second or third-tier leadership that may take place?

TRAI in August issued a directive to access providers to disconnect all telecom resources of unregistered senders for making spam calls and to blacklist such senders under the Telecom Commercial Communication Customer Preference Regulations. When will we get relief from unwanted calls? Experts discuss.

With Udhayanidhi Stalin's elevation as the Deputy CM of Tamil Nadu, the focus is back on the first families of politics. Watch a power packed debate on the weekend edition of Left, Right and Centre.

With Israel wiping out the top leadership of military group Hezbollah, is a wider West Asia war inevitable now?

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who is battling corruption allegations, received a jolt from the high court when it upheld the Governor's decision to grant sanction for the Chief Minister's prosecution in the alleged MUDA scam. While the BJP has upped the ante and has demanded his resignation, Siddaramaiah has said that the High Court has only cleared the probe and it's a verdict on prosecution. On 'Left Right and Centre' we ask will the probe into the alleged corruption allegation hurt Siddaramaiah and the Congress government in the state or if can he come out of the MUDA mess clean.

On the conflict between Israel and Lebanon, Israel's ambassador to India, Reuven Azar, said that civilians were killed despite our efforts. He added that Israel never wanted a war but it was a matter of security. Mr Azar said that if Hezbollah continues this war and doesn't follow the UN rules, then Israel will not be left with a choice.