First Bashirhat violence and now doctor's strike Mamata Banerjee's West Bengal is out of control. Junior doctors have been striking for 48 hours in the state, hospitals aren't treating and patients are left stranded.

In The Big Story podcast and we talk about the doctor's strike in Kolkata that has spread over Bengal and also reached the Northern mainland. Why are the doctors on strike? What do they want from WB Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee? Tune in for more!

Can our right to liberty be infringed upon because of a social media post? That’s been the question about freelance journalist Prashant Kanojia’s arrest over a social media post where he had shared a video of a woman telling reporters that she wishes to marry Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

On 11 June, the Supreme Court ordered Kanojia’s immediate release after his wife filed a petition against his judicial custody. But most importantly the SC didn't appreciate how Kanojia was put into judicial custody over his facebook post. In The Big Story podcast we try to analyse what the Supreme Court's judgment said about Kanojia's arrest and how it might help in prevention of future arrests over social media posts in India. Tune in!

Click here (https://audioboom.com/posts/7283804-freelance-journalist-kanojia-s-arrest-was-illegal-here-s-why) to listen to Part 1 of this podcast.

This may have been upsetting to a lot of cricket fans in India but India's 2011 World Cup hero Yuvraj Singh announced his retirement from all forms of cricket on 10 June. Fans already know about his 19 year long career. They know about his six sixes in an over, him being the player of the tournament in the 2011 World Cup and the number of wickets he picked and the number of runs he made.

But in The Big Story podcast we take a look at the things that Yuvraj revealed about himself through interviews and documentaries and what his family had to say about his decision to retire. Tune in!

The verdict of the Kathua gangrape and murder of an 8 yr old girl has been delivered where 6 out of the 7 accused convicted of kidnapping, gangrape, murder and criminal conspiracy.

In The Big Story we talk about Kathua gangrape and murder verdict. What the family of the victim say about the verdict? Who are the convicts, how did the case play out and how did it take a communal turn? For all this tune in to the podcast!

Arrest, sacking, shooting! It's not been a great weekend for journalists. Hello, you're tuned in to The Big Story. Over the last 48 hours, a few unrelated incidents got reported all of which have to do with attack on journalists - literally and otherwise. And in this podcast, we'll talk about all those incidents.

The first case is the somewhat illegal arrest of freelance journalist Prashant Kanojia. He was arrested over a facebook post that allegedly tried to "malign" UP CM Yogi Adityanath. The head and the editor of a private news channel Nation Live were also sacked over the same video that got Kanojia arrested because they allowed the video to be aired on their channel.

And in an unrelated incident, bike-borne assailants fired at vehicle carrying two ABP News journalists who were travelling towards the murder site of a trader in Delhi's Prasadnagar.

Tune in to The Big Story podcast!

Three students have committed suicides over failing NEET medical exam in Tamil Nadu and now #BanNEET is trending on Twitter. If you’re wondering why Tamil Nadu is against this medical entrance examinations and why has it become a political issue in the state - that’s exactly what this podcast is about. Tune in!

Amid the slowing economic growth, some unanimous decisions were made at by India's Monetary Policy Committee headed by RBI Governor Shashikanta Das.

The RBI cut the repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.75 percent on Thursday, 6 June — which is the third time in six months. The stance has been changed from "neutral" to "accommodative" and the GDP growth forecast for FY20 has been adjusted to 7 percent from 7.2 percent in earlier projection.

In The Big Story podcast we take a look at the key takeaways and experts opinions on how the decisions may impact the economy and the common citizens. Tune in!

An Indian Air Force aircraft with 13 people on board went missing on 3 June, Monday. 33 minutes after it took off from Assam’s Jorhat, it lost contact with people on the ground.

On this edition of the big story podcast we’re diving into the disappearance of the IAF AN-32 Transport Aircraft which was carrying 13 Air Force personnel.

Through this podcast we’ll also be giving you previous instances of Indian flight crashes along with excerpts of a blog from former navy test pilot Captain KP Sanjeev Kumar. Captain Kumar has flown over 24 types of fixed and rotary wing aircraft over 23 years. Why hasn't India learned from its previous aircraft crashes, especially with the very same AN-32 aircraft model?

A very rare thing happened on 3 June - AR Rahman, who usually keeps to his business and rarely meddles in politics tweeted, "Beautiful decision. Hindi is not compulsory in Tamil Nadu... The draft has been edited" — and that shows how serious Tamil Nadu is when it comes to Hindi imposition.

On this episode of The Big Story we talk about the three-language plan that the MHRD came up with in its new draft of the National Education Policy which would make Hindi compulsory for students in southern states if it's passed.

We spoke to the citizens of Chennai about what they think about this proposal. What do they feel and how have they reacted? Listen to the podcast for the story!

The new cabinet under PM Modi has been revealed. Who gets which portfolio and what does it mean?

From the top down now, PM Narendra Modi will hold charge of the Ministry of Personnel, public grievances and pensions. He also has charge of the Departments of Atomic energy and Space. 

This means the PM will be heading the departments that make decisions over Atomic energy and space, both important ministries that will become more important in the coming years.

Next up we have Rajnath Singh, who’s been given charge of Defence. Charge of the Defence ministry has been transferred from Nirmala Sitharaman to Singh. So who’s the new Minister of Home Affairs? Well none other than Modi’s right hand man Amit Shah.

Shah is the first and biggest addition to Modi’s cabinet. Who else is on the cabinet? Get the whole story on the podcast.