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The Supreme Court has criticised the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) over the infrastructure authority axing trees in the southern ridge's Satbari area of the national capital. On the same day, the National Human Rights Commission said environmental pollution impacts human rights. On Left, Right & Centre, we highlight how the right to breathe clean air should be considered a basic human right.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking a third consecutive term from the BJP bastion of Varanasi. The party has won this seat eight times since 1991. PM Modi filed his nomination on Tuesday. On Left, Right & Centre, we were joined by a few first-time voters, students of Banaras Hindu University and residents to discuss and assess Varanasi's development. We also discussed how PM Modi is eyeing to win the seat for the third consecutive term.

 

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, a day after release from Tihar, hit the ground running with a visit to the Hanuman temple this morning and then addressed a press conference where he attacked the Modi government. Later, he participated in a massive road show in south Delhi for the AAP candidate accompanied by Punjab chief minster Bhagwant Mann. On Left Right & Centre, the question we're asking is can he boost INDIA bloc's chances?

The crisis in Air India Express is now over after 25 cabin crew who were terminated were reinstated. They have been told to return to work immediately. It would still take the airline at least three days to restore normal flight services. The breakthrough came after a concerted effort by the labour commissioner which got the union, the management and workers together, with the government monitoring the situation and pushing for a resolution. On the show tonight, we bring to you the inside story of how this crisis ended.

A real crisis in Air India Express - over 90 flights were cancelled in less than 24 hours, after a large number of senior cabin crew called in sick, failed to turn up and many switched off their phones and thousands of passengers have been impacted. Meanwhile, the government wants the airline to resolve the crisis. In today's show of Left, Right & Centre, we look at the inside story.

Sam Pitroda, veteran Congressman and the party's overseas unit chief stepped down from the post this evening amid a huge political row over his controversial remarks that came amid the massive seven-phase election.

 

The Karnataka sex tape horror saw a major development this evening when JD(S) MLA HD Revanna was taken into custody by the special investigation team from the home of his father, former Prime Minister Deve Gowda. This comes days after a sordid scandal broke out around HD Revanna's son Prajwal. Now three FIRs have been filed - one involving the kidnapping of a woman in which HD Revanna is an accused. With HD Revanna in custody, will his son be arrested soon?

A show of defiance from Prajwal Revanna - the grandson of the former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda - who is a wanted man in Karnataka. He posted on X that truth will prevail but just where is he? The Chief Minister of Karnataka has now written to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking for the passport of Mr Revanna to be cancelled.  One of the victims has filed an FIR and is willing to see the case through to the end. Will others speak up?

A more sinister angle has emerged in the bomb hoax emails sent to nearly 100 schools in Delhi and the National Capital Region with the police now investigating whether there is a terror link to them. With the emails being traced back to a Russian domain using the internet protocol (IP) address, the Delhi Police's Special Cell is looking into a connection with that country as well as Pakistan, sources have said. This morning, there was chaos in the national capital as parents rushed to the schools to pick up their children.

 

With Congress' Arvinder Singh Lovely quitting the Delhi chief post, the rift between the grand old party and its alliance partner AAP is once again out in the open. Will it impact the INDIA bloc's poll prospects in Delhi? Watch a power-packed debate on Left, Right & Centre.