Left, Right & Centre

The BJP is getting a majority in Uttar Pradesh according to an average of all exit polls. Has Prime Minister Narendra Modi's extensive campaigning made the difference? BJP's Om Mathur, in an exclusive interview to NDTV, says the BJP will form government in UP with two-thirds majority and will not need anyone else to form government in the state. Meanwhile, for the first time Akhilesh Yadav indicates he is open to an alliance with Mayawati.

Tonight we focus on the anti-terror operation in Lucknow which ended at 3 am after a 12-hour-long gunbattle. The UP police are now saying there is no direct ISIS link but the MP Chief Minister and the NIA are saying the complete opposite. Is India ready to deal with a threat from ISIS?

Right wing ideologue Swami Aseemananad is acquitted in the Ajmer blasts case, but three are convicted. Are saffron terror cases collapsing?

Did you know that India accounts for the second highest death rate of children under five due to pollution and poor sanitation? That's an alarming new report by the WHO and it comes as NDTV exposes how a deadly fuel, which has been banned in Delhi for causing cancer, still continues to be used. Is there zero political will to fight pollution?

Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad today launched an operation to flush out a suspected terrorist who is hiding in a house on the outskirts of Lucknow. They suspect he along with others is involved in an IED train blast in Madhya Pradesh this morning. The ATS operation came hours before the final phase of polling in Assembly election covering 40 seats in eastern Uttar Pradesh. Speaking to NDTV ADG law and order Daljit Chaudhary said all suspects were misguided youth who were radicalised by social media and they were clearly linked to the Ujjain train blast.

Graduate Scholar at Harvard University Prateek Kanwal wrote at open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi after his dig at Harvard economists at a rally in Maharajganj. In an emphatic interview to NDTV, Prateek Kanwal says it is unbecoming of the PM's stature to mock economists and adds that the government's demonetisation policy was flawed and that the government must be willing to engage with opposing ideologies.

The mega election campaign for UP is finally over, with the last phase of voting scheduled for Wednesday. The stakes are so high that the Prime Minister, in an unprecedented move, has been camping in his Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi for three days. What is at stake for PM Modi, for Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, his ally partner Rahul Gandhi and BSP chief Mayawati?

And concerns grow in the Indian community over hate crimes in the US, but what can the government of India do?

With some leading economists expressing doubts over India's latest GDP figures, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the numbers are good despite the notes ban, because there were more banking transactions. But the opposition has now jumped in, saying the 7 per cent growth for the last quarter is fudged. Is the GDP data credible? We debate on Left, Right and Centre.

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju today said he was not aware of rape threats to Delhi University student Gurmehar Kaur when he posted a tweet criticizing her post. Mr Rijiju also said he stood by his view that the 20-year-old is being used as a "pawn". On Tuesday, Mr Rijiju drew sharp reactions when he tweeted, "Who's polluting this young girl's mind? A strong Arm Force prevents a war. India never attacked anyone but a weak India was always invaded."