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The Chinese Defence Minister is given an extraordinarily strong message - violation of existing agreements has eroded the entire basis of bilateral relations and disengagement at the border will logically be followed with de-escalation. The message may be similar to what India has said in the past but the use of words and emphasis makes this perhaps the strongest statement that we have heard in a while. Is this evidence of a new, more confident India in taking on the China threat?

The late district magistrate of Gopalganj in Bihar who was killed by a mob in violence egged on by Anand Mohan Singh - the former RJD leader - who has now walked out of jail after the Nitish Kumar government tweaked the rules. This has triggered a huge political controversy. Where is the justice?  

The Maoist ambush in Chhattisgarh today that killed 10 policemen and a driver involved the use of a powerful 50-kg improvised explosive device (IED) that left a massive hole on the road and uprooted trees. Is this a sign of Maoist resurgence at a time when the government has wiped them out from several of the areas that they used to operate in?

The Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, has argued that the issue of granting legal sanction for same-sex marriage be left to Parliament and that it was dealing with a "very complex" subject having a very "profound social impact" and about 160 provisions of different laws would have to be gone into. On the show tonight - legalising same-sex marriages who should decide: court or parliament?

Bihar's gangster-turned-politician Anand Mohan Singh, whose imminent release from jail has sparked a huge row in Bihar, has made it clear that he is ready to jump back into the arena of active politics. Out on parole for his MLA son Chetan Anand's wedding, Mr Singh spoke to the media amid the heated exchange between the ruling JD(U) and the opposition BJP. Anand Mohan, a former RJD MP facing numerous cases, was found guilty of abetting the murder of district magistrate G Krishnaiah in 1994. His release comes after the Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government tweaked the prison rules, allowing remission of jail term for those convicted of murdering a public servant on duty.

At a time when there have been several questions on just how united the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi is in Maharashtra, or for that matter the future of the BJP-Shinde Sena government given that there is a key Supreme Court judgment on the disqualification of MLAs expected, a leader of the Uddhav Thackeray's Sena faction, Sanjay Raut, denied any problems in the MVA. He said Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his deputy Devender Fadnavis are in a depression.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets representatives of eight Christian groups in Kerala's Kochi this evening in what is being seen as the BJP's big push to woo the community ahead of next year's general elections.  This is the Prime Minister's second interaction with the community leaders in less than three weeks - the last occasion was on Easter, when he visited Delhi's Sacred Heart Cathedral, interacted with the community and planted a tree. In the party's last national executive, PM Modi had made a strong case for reaching out to the marginalized sections and the minorities.

It has been 10 years since Sachin Tendulkar bid farewell to international cricket. Sachin remains perhaps India's favourite son, a cricketer who we grew up watching. Besides anything else, Sachin Tendulkar was and remains a brilliant human being, a true inspiration.

Brett Lee has picked Sachin Tendulkar's wicket 14 times in international cricket, most by a bowler. In an exclusive interview with NDTV, he says why he had to pray every time he came out to bowl against Tendulkar.

After a 35-day search and an overnight operation, the Punjab Police finally arrested radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh from Moga in Punjab - but will a crackdown in India on those associated with Waris Punjab De alone be enough or does India have to go beyond that to choke the funding?

Days after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) cut India's gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast for the current financial year (FY24) to 5.9 per cent from 6.1 per cent earlier, a Reserve Bank of India (RBI) report said on Friday that the multilateral body might "encounter forecast error" as there could be positive surprises on the growth front. Is India's growth numbers off the chart or off the mark?

Five soldiers were killed and another was severely injured in a terror attack on an Army vehicle in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch today. The attack comes on a day Pakistan announced and India confirmed the visit of the Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari to India for a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting next month in Goa. Will this attack impact the SCO meeting? Watch Left, Right and Centre.

The arguments over same-sex marriages continued for the third consecutive day in the Supreme Court on Thursday. "We see same-sex relationships not just as physical relationship but something more of a stable, emotional relationship," remarked Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud. He also asked whether it is time to redefine the evolving nature of marriage. On Left, Right and Centre, we take on the question, do marriages need to be defined by a binary gender?

India is the world's most populous country but with our demographic dividend come serious challenges. Where are the jobs to employ so many people? On Left, Right and Centre, Union Minister of State Rajeev Chandrasekhar speaks on India's job prospects and also on Apple's new stores in India.

The argument on same-sex marriage continued in the top court today. The Chief Justice of India makes some key observations debunking the Centre's argument that same-sex marriage is an urban elitist phenomenon. The Chief Justice of India asked for the data to substantiate the claim. Amid all the questions raised in court, on Left Right and Centre, we take on the question: Is the denial of marriage a denial of equal rights?