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Former External Affairs Minister SM Krishna joined the BJP after over 40 years in the Congress party. Mr Krishna told NDTV that the current Congress leadership is "disappointing" and clinging to dynasty.

A family is tonight in great grief. Their son, also a brother, husband, 32-year-old Srinivas Kuchibhotla, an engineer from Hyderabad, was with his friend at a bar in Kansas when a man allegedly yelled "get out of my country" before shooting at them. Srinivas was killed. His friend has been released from hospital. A witness who tried to intervene, Ian Grillot, was shot, but is expected to survive the attack. The shooter was a 51-year-old navy veteran. Srinivas worked at an American multinational that makes GPS systems in Kansas. He joined the company in 2014. His wife, Sunayana works in a technology company in the area.

On a day that the BJP has made huge gains in the Maharashtra civic elections and the Sena fell well short of the majority 114 wards, we look at the implications of poll results for the country's richest civic body.

The Ramjas College campus at Delhi University is still tense after two days of clashes between student groups over an invitation to the JNU's Umar Khalid, the student who was charged with sedition last year, but is currently on bail. Now the Delhi Police are under fire after multiple accounts that they stood by and watched as the ABVP attacked other students and journalists. Did the police collude by looking the other way?

Delhi University's Ramjas College becomes a battleground with clashes between student groups over invitations to JNU students for a talk. As each side hurls bitter accusations, has the room for free, peaceful political debate, especially on our campuses shrunk? We debate on Left, Right and Centre.

It is the battle for the richest civic body in Asia but this time there are bigger implications. As Mumbai voted in the BMC elections today, how will the rift between former allies - the Shiv Sena and the BJP - play out? Is Devendra Fadnavis going to survive as chief minister if the Sena withdraws support? Or will the BJP make big gains at the Sena's expense? And in all the political bickering, have the real issues got sidelined in this crucial civic poll? We debate on Left, Right and Centre.

We are over a month into Donald Trump's presidency. What should India make of the new leader of the United States? Will he be good for India? Former Ambassador to India Timothy Roemer joins us on Left, Right and Centre.

Halfway through the UP election the tide has definitely turned, because now, the language of the campaign has become about kabristans or graveyards and donkeys. Perhaps this indicates this election is a much closer and tougher fight than most parties thought. But is this what the discourse should be? Has it hit an all-time low? We debate on Left, Right and Centre.

There is outrage over the assault of an actress in Kerala. CPI leader says "isolated incident". Is women's safety not a priority?

There's some relief for cardiac patients. Prices of stents used to ensure propoer bloody supply to the heart will now not cost more than Rs 30,000 in India. They were priced anywhere between Rs 20,000 to a few lakhs. But while many have welcomed the move to make healthcare more accessible for more Indians others say the move isn't well thought out.

In an exclusive interview to NDTV, former Home and Finance Minister P Chidambaram spoke about the impact of the ongoing state elections on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's political image. "In my assessment, the BJP has already lost Punjab... If BJP loses UP, it will be a huge setback for the PM. Voices will be raised with in his own party," Mr Chidambaram said. On whether PM Modi is a 'messiah-like figure', he said, "No one is unbeatable".

Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy joins us says the H1B visa clampdown by America is an opportunity for Indian IT firms to reorient how they work and get out of their comfort zone.

How has the note ban affected India's growth? Niti Aayog's Bibek Debroy tells us there is no "magic wand" for the economy, on a day the economic survey admits that growth has slowed down.

Donald Trump is getting ready to sign an executive order to crack down on the H1B visas, a move that will hurt Indian IT companies badly. A new bill has also been introduced in the US House of Representatives sending India IT stocks crashing today. Should the Indian government lodge a strong protest?

US President Donald Trump has defended his travel ban saying that it has nothing to do with religion but the backlash has only grown with more protests is US cities and even fellow Republicans criticising it. Now reports say Indians could be hit. With the Trump administration planning to cut down key visas, techies and students in particular will be hit. Are Indians' jobs under threat?