00:00 Hello and welcome to National Headlines. I am Amina Ansari and I will be taking you to
00:23 the top headlines from the leading newspapers of the country. Let's start with the Times
00:27 of India. Sarim Junior triggers row with call to eradicate Sanatan Dharam. A speech in favour
00:34 of eradicating Sanatan Dharam by Tamil Nadu CM M.K Stalin's ministers left him and INTI
00:40 bloc constituent DMK facing a maelstrom of protests led by BJP, which flagged the remarks
00:46 as hate speech, anti-Hindu and a call to genocide of 80% of the population. He later said he
00:54 stood by his statement interpreting Sanatan Dharam as a basic for caste discrimination
01:00 but denied having called for anyone to be eliminated. The Tamil Nadu minister said he
01:06 was ready to face legal challenges daring BJP to bring it on.
01:11 Next headline is from the Indian Express. Idea of One Nation One Election attack on
01:17 Indian Union. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday condemned
01:22 the idea of One Nation One Election, calling it an attack on India, which is a union of
01:28 states. Gandhi wrote on ex-India that is Bharat is a union of states. The idea of One Nation
01:36 One Election is an attack on the union and all its states.
01:41 Let's move on to the headlines from the Hindu. Ethnic cleansing completed in Palphali, says
01:46 Chidambaram. Former Union minister and Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Sunday accused the
01:52 BJP government in Manipur of resorting to ethnic cleansing in the Imphal valley and
01:57 said nothing could be more shameful than this development. Mr. Chidambaram cited the Hindu
02:02 report about the remaining five Kuki families in Imphal being forcefully removed from their
02:07 homes by the authorities.
02:09 Next, let's move on to the headlines in the Economic Times. Decision to quit early not
02:14 taken under any pressure. Uday Kotech stepped down as MD and CEO on Saturday from an institution
02:21 that he founded 38 years ago, well ahead of the end of his term, causing anxiety among
02:26 the businesses and investors. From a pigeonhole office in 1985 to a sprawling Rs 3.5 lakh
02:33 crore financial supermarket, Kotech Mahindra has come a long way, ranking as fourth among
02:38 the Indian banks by market capital.
02:43 Next headline is from the Telegraph. Special session without questionaire. CPI MP Bina
02:48 Vishwam seeks President Draupadi Murmu's intervention. CPI Parliamentarian Bina Vishwam
02:56 has sought President Draupadi Murmu's intervention to ensure that Parliament session remains
03:01 a platform where questions and matters of public interest are raised and deliberated
03:05 upon and do not become a bhakt-jant-samiti. The Rajya Sabha member sought the intervention
03:12 in a letter to President after MPs were informed on Saturday that there would be no questionaire
03:16 or zero-hour during the five-day special session that the government has decided to call from
03:22 September 18 without revealing the agenda.
03:25 Finally, our last headline is from the Hindustan Times. India Alliance to draw special session
03:32 plan in September 5 meeting. Congress President Malik Arjun Kharge has called for a meeting
03:38 of MPs of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDI) on September 5 to
03:44 discuss the strategy for the upcoming special session of Parliament. The meeting will be
03:48 held at Kharge's Delhi residence.
03:50 That's all for the national headlines. To stay updated on the latest headlines from
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