Left, Right & Centre

On Left, Right and Centre, we discuss our politicians and their thin skin to criticism and humour. Is the answer to an inappropriate comment an arrest? Will they listen to the Supreme Court when it says this is not murder. Will politicians ever understand this?

On Left, Right and Centre, we discuss: Is the Prime Minister realigning the 'Delhi Durbar'?

On Left Right & Centre, we discuss the verdict on the rape and murder of an 8-year-old in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua.

On Left Right & Centre, we ask are the Bengal political killings "stray incidents" or a violent build up to 2021?

Outrage is growing over the arrest of Prashant Kanojia, a Delhi-based freelance Journalist. He has now spent two days in a Lucknow jail for a tweet that he posted along with a video of a woman claiming that she had been video chatting with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. The Uttar Pradesh Police also arrested two others from a Noida-based channel Nation Live. The owner Ishika Singh and Editor Anuj Shukla were arrested for broadcasting the video which Mr Kanojia then tweeted with a comment of his own. The arrests appear to be a clear misuse of the law. The Uttar Pradesh Police FIR books Mr Kanojia for defamation which requires that a magistrate takes note of the case before arrest. No permission was taken before Mr Kanojia's arrest. He was also charged under section 66 of the IT act which relates to destroying computer property . This charge is particularly mystifying as putting out a tweet cannot amount to destruction of computer property. The journalist was also charged under section 505, spreading rumours with intent to promote communal enmity. Tonight on Left, Right and Centre, we discuss the question does criticizing a Chief Minister equate with promoting communal enmity?

While for many of us living in big cities, the big concern is making sure we drink that prescribed eight glasses of water a day but for many of our country even one is a luxury. As Maharashtra faces its worst drought in 47 years, NDTV travels to the drought-hit areas to show the struggles faced by people living there. This is not a problem unique to Maharashtra, over 43% India is facing drought; the situation is grim in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Tamil Nadu etc. A deficient monsoon has also led to over-usage of existing resources leading to 91 major reservoirs across India left with a mere 21 percent of the total storage capacity. Tonight on Left Right and Centre, we discuss the water crisis on our hands, the alarm bells are ringing but its business as usual. Are the governments doing enough?

On Left Right and Centre, we look at the grand mess in the grand old party - Is the Congress imploding?

An exclusive interview with the man who is at the centre of the anti-Hindi imposition controversy - the education policy panel chairman and former ISRO chief K Kasturirangan. He says bringing about social change is far more difficult than rocker science. We follow it up with a debate on how and who is keeping the tension simmering over Hindi in Tamil Nadu.

The India minority reports analytics of the voting pattern shows that the BJP may have won in over 50 seats where there is a sizable Muslim population. Is this now the new paradigm that Muslims should not be seen as a monolith and the phrase Muslim votebank is now a thing of the past?

In an exclusive interview to NDTV, Dr K Kasturirangan, chief of the National Education Policy panel, spoke about the need to have a new education policy in 2019 and the controversy over Hindi. Listen in.