Left, Right & Centre

Its been a day of unprecedented protests by the Delhi police outside the Police Headquarters. Hundreds of policemen and policewomen say they feel humiliated and angry after many of their colleagues were beaten up by lawyers on Saturday after a parking incident went out of control at the Tis Hazari Court. The incident was followed by a video of another purported incident at the Saket Court where a policeman on a motorcycle was seen being assaulted by lawyers.

The Supreme Court makes itself clear on increasing air pollution situation across North India. "This is worse than an emergency," said the Supreme Court adding that accountability for farm fires in Punjab be fixed and that those who break the law be punished. The Supreme Court also said ways have to be found to extinguish the farm fires as soon as possible. There was a lot more that the top court said as well, including questioning the rationale for the Odd Even scheme, which began today in Delhi. Tonight, we debate on whether the Supreme Court is our last hope. We are joined by the finest minds on this topic- Dr SN Tripathi of IIT-Kanpur, a key member of the National Clean Air Programme, Navroz Dubash of CPR, Dr K Srinath Reddy, President of the Public Health Foundation, Hiren Jethwa, one of the world's leading scientists on remote sensing of air pollution among others. A real debate with experts on an issue affecting the lives of millions across large parts of India.

Pollution in Delhi and its adjoining areas has reached a critical stage, with thick smog chocking people. The centre is monitoring the situation. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, meanwhile, has blamed stubble burning for pollution in the national capital, saying its people are suffering for no fault of their own. On Left, Right and Centre, we take the views of political leaders, doctors and students on the menace.

A big embarrassment for the ruling BJP in Karnataka at a time when they are marking 100 days in power. An audio recording of chief minister, BS Yediyurappa is being widely circulated - in which he appears to confirm the involvement of the party's national president, in the decision of the rebel Congress and JDS MLAs whose withdrawal of support brought down the earlier coalition government.

Jamyang Tsering Namgyal, Ladakh MP, speaks to NDTV about how beneficial the bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories will be for his parliamentary constituency.

Senior Congress Leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Thursday reacted to the bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir, saying it was the saddest day for the people of the state.

Instead of one state, Jammu and Kashmir, there are now two Union Territories. For the BJP, the bifurcation, the abolition of Article 370 and 35A, is a key step towards integrating the state with the rest of the country. For others, it is a move that demolishes the identity of the region. On the show, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Ladakh MP Jamyang Tsering Namgyal, former Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh, former Kashmir interlocutor and historian Radha Kumar, Lt General Satish Dua among others look at the path ahead. Will there be peace and progress or are we in for troubled times?

A malicious Israeli-made virus that targets WhatsApp has meant that many around the world and in India including journalists, lawyers and activists have had their smartphones targeted, with all information vulnerable and accessible to someone. The question is who is that someone. WhatsApp says the Israeli company supplies this spyware to governments to check terrorism and crime but the government of India says they have nothing to do with the breach. But if that is the case, then how is it that those whose WhatsApp devices were tapped were activists and lawyers linked with the Bhima Koregaon case and, as importantly, how secure is your smartphone and mine?

The Maharashtra conundrum continues even now. Both the BJP and the Shiv Sena seem to be digging in their heels. Amid this tension between the two old allies, is there realistically a chance of a split or will these two come along? and is this nothing more than a hard bargaining strategy?

An international scandal has broken out - Facebook, the parent company of messaging app WhatsApp has filed a legal complaint against a private spy agency NSO, accusing them of compromising WhatsApp accounts of 1400 of its users. These include prominent journalists, politicians, bureaucrats spread across four continents. So then, what's the point of end-to-end encryption. Essentially WhatsApp is safe, till such time someone just hacks into our phone. Is digital security a myth? How to protect yourself from this? We also noticed many apps on android offer services to spy on one another against a charge