The Counterintelligence Kashmir (CIK) unit of the Jammu and Kashmir Police has launched extensive raids across several districts, including Shopian, Pulwama, Kulgam, Budgam, Kupwara, Awantipora, and Srinagar. The operation targets individuals suspected of using encrypted messaging apps allegedly linked to cross-border terror handlers, as part of a broader crackdown on cyber communication networks used by hostile entities.
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00:00In India today, the counterintelligence Kashmir, that is the CIK, a part of the Jammu Kashmir Police
00:05is now conducting various searches in various locations across Jammu and Kashmir.
00:10At the moment, agencies are looking at Shopeyan, Kulgam, Badgaon across Kashmir.
00:15Searches are in progress in Badgaon, in Avantipura, in Pulwama, in Kupwara, in Shopeyan and in Srinagar.
00:23Those are the visuals that you can see.
00:24Rates conducted in a carer trying case.
00:27Investigations now bringing forth that there are several people who are found to be using special encrypted messaging applications.
00:35Agencies believe that these are being used by terror handlers from across the border.
00:41Suspicious entities from across the border are in touch with these people
00:45and that's the reason why we are seeing these raids being conducted across Kashmir.
00:50My colleague Ashrafani is now joining me on the story.
00:52Ashraf, the agencies have been on high alert.
00:54What we are seeing now, these raids which are being conducted,
00:57a part of the larger crackdown that we are seeing being done by the agencies.
01:01Yes, absolutely Ashraf, and basically we have seen during the last few years,
01:09the communication signals by the terror groups and their handlers had been completely changed.
01:15They are using encrypted messaging systems and different apps which are untraceable to the radar of the security agencies.
01:23That is why now a special team has been created across the German Kashmir by the German Kashmir police
01:30who are investigating these matters related to the cyber crimes and other tools of technology.
01:37So, these raids were carried out early morning today in different parts of the Kashmir Valley,
01:43particularly in the South Kashmir's Shopyan and Kulgam district,
01:47also in Pulwama district's Awantipore area and Shrinagar and Badagam.
01:51The counterintelligence Kashmir is the investigating agency which is carrying out these raids.
01:57They have already questioned many people where they raided and they are looking for these encrypted messaging apps and systems
02:06which the park-based handlers are using in communication with their overground workers
02:12as well as with the terrorists here in the Kashmir Valley.
02:16Thank you Ashraf for giving us all those details.
02:18Demo Kashmir police conducting searches across Kashmir.
02:21Intelligence agencies are knocking on the doors of those people
02:24who are now using encrypted messages and various applications.
02:28Agencies believe these are messages coming from across the border.
02:40The other news that's coming in, it's the Bharatiya Janata Party
02:43which has now launched a scaring attack at the Telangana Chief Minister, Revant Reddy.
02:47Telangana Chief Minister, Revant Reddy questioned national security.
02:51Revant Reddy is now asking when will the government give a response
02:55with regards to the rafales that have been shot down by Pakistan.
02:59Why no one is talking about the rafales that have been destroyed by Pakistan.
03:03BJP however has fact-checked the Telangana Chief Minister, Revant Reddy
03:07and is asking him to show proof.
03:10Congress neitas are just getting their information from WhatsApp forwards
03:13statement coming in from the Bharatiya Janata Party.
03:17Let's listen in to watch what the Telangana Chief Minister said.
03:21The Telangana Chief Minister, Revant Reddy,
03:51My colleague Piyush is now joining me on the story.
04:02Piyush Thubharati Jinta Party now asking proof from the Telangana Chief Minister
04:06saying that these kind of messages, the statements that you are making,
04:09these are only statements that come through WhatsApp forwards.
04:12Well certainly Aishwarya, this is now going to certainly turn into a snowball of controversy
04:19where BJP will continue to ask questions from the Congress leaders
04:24for seeking proof of the Operation Sindhu.
04:28Remember that Rahul Gandhi also a couple of days back had sought answers from the government
04:33asking as to where is the details of our plans, our laws,
04:39why the government is not putting the details in public.
04:42Remember that now the BJP has come out and has slammed Revant Reddy,
04:46saying that Congress leaders are questioning the government on the issues of national security.
04:51They are only believing what is being provided to them through the WhatsApp forward.
04:57That's what the BJP's ITC head, Amit Malwe has also said.
05:01Remember that Revant Reddy was taking part in a political program in Telangana
05:05where he was addressing the Congress workers,
05:09where he had gone on to say that had Rahul Gandhi been Prime Minister,
05:12he would have occupied Park, occupied Kashmir.
05:15So we are now seeing as to how massive war of wars are now taking place
05:19between BJP and Congress at 10 a.m. Aishwarya.
05:23Again, there's a press conference of BJP.
05:24We can expect BJP to again hit hard at the Congress leaders.
05:28Yushpi, stay on with me.
05:29Krishna Sagar Rao from the Bharati Janata Party is now joining me on the story.
05:33Mr. Rao, Telangana Chief Minister,
05:35very clearly saying the Rafals have been shot down,
05:37but the Congress party not giving any kind of proof.
05:42No, it's quite sad, and I'm saying it with a real deep feeling,
05:47that India's primary opposition is acting like a press contingent of Pakistan.
05:54They're asking questions what the Pakistani should be asking
05:59if at all they encounter any of our Indian leaders.
06:02It's very sad that the, I mean, the age-old party or Congress,
06:09I mean, they say that they're the oldest,
06:11but the way they're behaving is worse than Ahmadinejad Party.
06:14Now, Prime Minister is not an individual or a political leader.
06:18It's an institution which governs this country.
06:21Now, you're tirade against, consistent tirade against the Prime Minister
06:25and trying to work against your own nation by asking questions which are irrelevant
06:31and especially involving in politics.
06:36I mean, playing like a cricket game, politics, during a war time,
06:41almost like a war scenario which we are facing,
06:43and the government is on one end saying the Operation Sindhu is still on.
06:48It is not ended.
06:50And the kind of questions Congress party is asking is unbecoming of this party.
06:54I think they should disqualify themselves
06:56because the democratic institutions cannot disqualify them.
07:00But they need to have some moral ground, a high ground, if at all,
07:04to understand what is their role as an Indian opposition party during a war time.
07:10Mr. Rao, do you also believe that it's the Congress party
07:12which maybe cannot digest the fact that Operation Sindhu has been so, so successful?
07:16That's why we are seeing one after the other
07:18and none other than a Chief Minister from the Congress party
07:21making these kind of claims.
07:23Aren't they Indian?
07:24Is the basic question.
07:26If Operation Sindhu is successful, it is not BJP's victory.
07:30It is the victory of the nation.
07:32It is Indian government.
07:33And Indian government is not Congress or BJP or some other party.
07:38Indian government represents every single Indian of this country.
07:42So if all Indians are proud of what has happened
07:44and how we have responded to a heinous terror act in Pelgham,
07:51why is selectively Congress party so rattled and so frustrated?
07:56Do they see a political opportunity here?
07:59How sad is this?
08:00And Rahul Gandhi, I mean, Revant Reddy the other day was making a statement
08:04that Rahul Gandhi would get the POK back.
08:07Is Rahul Gandhi stating that his great-grandfather Nehru,
08:11his grandfather, you know, his grandmother Indira Gandhi,
08:17his father Rajiv Gandhi, mother Sonia Gandhi,
08:20all of these people who ran this country are incompetent,
08:24utterly incompetent that they couldn't get POK back
08:27and he wants to get it and he can get it?
08:30Let him make that statement.
08:32Let him say that, you know, the entire family dynasty has been incompetent.
08:36Not just that we have partitioned this nation on a basis which is frivolent,
08:42just for power, but also we could not get POK back
08:46even after having 1.5 lakh Pakistani prisoners, military prisoners.
08:53So, tell, openly tell,
08:55instead of making statements against the Prime Minister Narendra Modi
08:58who has taken a decision to go behind terrorists,
09:01make a statement that you have failed miserably,
09:04that your family has failed this nation.
09:05Thank you, Mr. Rao.
09:09Joining me on the broadcast,
09:11BJP spokesperson very clearly saying that these kind of statements
09:13are unbecoming of the Congruist party,
09:15the BJP now pointing fingers at the Telangana Chief Minister.
09:19Listen in to what Telangana Chief Minister, Revant Reddy, said.
09:21The Prime Minister, Revant Reddy, said.
09:51It's a big Brahmo's admission which is now coming in
10:01from none other than the Pakistani Prime Minister, Shehba Sharif.
10:04Shehba Sharif has now admitted to the fact
10:07that even before Pakistan could actually look at what was happening,
10:11they were actually planning an attack on the intervening night of the 9th and the 10th of May.
10:16He was speaking at a summit in Azerbaijan
10:18and he said that the Pakistani military, led by the Army Chief Asim Munir,
10:22they had actually planned that they will attack India on the 10th of May
10:26at 4.30 in the morning, post the morning prayers.
10:29But the Indian military struck first and struck at the airbases inside Pakistan,
10:34including the Rawalpindi airport with the Brahmos missile.
10:37He further went on to say that there was a call that he got from the Army Chief then
10:41and at about 2.30 a.m. on the intervening night of the 9th and the 10th of May,
10:47informing him about India's attack.
10:48What's even more interesting is this rare acknowledgement which is coming in
10:52about India's military strikes in the presence of General Asim Munir.
10:57This isn't the first time Pakistani Prime Minister has admitted to India's attack on Pakistan.
11:01Earlier too, Shehba Sharif confessed that India's precedent strikes on Noor Jaha airbase
11:06took place in Rawalpindi, not just Noor Jaha, at nine other locations as well.
11:11It was during Operation Sindhu, Pramos missiles acted as India's Prammas.
11:15They were able to bypass Pakistan's Chinese-origin air defence system
11:19and gave a major blow to the rogue nation, that is Pakistan.
11:23We, on 9th and 10th night, we decided to respond in a measured fashion to Indian aggression
11:42and we had decided that at 4.30 in the morning after Fajr prayers,
11:51Pakistan armed forces, led very ably by our field marshal,
12:00Chief Army Staff sitting here,
12:03Syed Asim Munir,
12:04to teach a lesson to our enemy.
12:10But before
12:11that hour reached,
12:16India again launched
12:18missile attacks,
12:21Brahmos,
12:23and hit Pakistan's various provinces,
12:26including airport in Rawalpindi and other places.
12:30आतंकवादियों ने
12:33हमारी बहनों का
12:38सिंदूर मिटाने का दूसाहत किया,
12:44हमारी सेना ने
12:46उनको सिंदूर की शक्ति का एसाथ करा दिया,
12:52हमने
12:59आतंके उन्थिकानों को तबा किया,
13:07जिनकी पाकिस्तान ने
13:09कल्पना तक नहीं की थी,
13:12साथियों आतंको पान ने वाले,
13:21पाकिस्तान के पास
13:23दुनिया को देने के लिए
13:27कुछ भी पॉजिटिव नहीं है,
13:31जब से वो अस्तित्व में आये हैं,
13:36तब से उसने सिरफ आतंको पाला है.
13:54First and foremost, I would like to ask you,
13:56there's a lot of, things are not clear
13:59with regards to the surgical strikes.
14:00Were there, were we looking at the fact that
14:04before 2014 also there were surgical strikes
14:07because that's what the Congress Party has been claiming.
14:18We'll try and reconnect with the former DGMO,
14:21retired General Vinod Bhatia.
14:24With regards to the Congress Party,
14:26we are seeing them making these claims
14:27that this is not the first time that India saw the surgical strikes.
14:30The surgical strikes that took place in 2016,
14:34that's not the first time we saw them.
14:35Congress Party, however, has been claiming
14:37that even during the late former Prime Minister,
14:40Dr. Manmohan Singh's tenure,
14:41UPA had indulged in various surgical strikes.
14:44In fact, Pawan Khaira had tweeted a photo
14:46when the Indian Army officers could actually be seen
14:49right next to a Pakistani structure
14:52structure and they said that those pictures were taken before 2014.
14:56So, between 2004 to 2014,
14:59that was a time when India had indulged in various surgical strikes.
15:02The Congress says that even during their tenure,
15:05surgical strikes were being conducted,
15:06but they did not publicize it
15:08the way the Bhatia Janta Party
15:09and Prime Minister Narayan Demoody have been doing so.
15:11In fact, we are also now seeing
15:15how the Congress Party has been pointing fingers at BJP,
15:18none other than the Tilangana Chief Minister
15:20asking questions of the government
15:22and saying why is no one speaking about the Rafales
15:24that were shot down by the Pakistani army.
15:27The government has been very, very clear
15:29that no casualty has taken place
15:31with regards to the Indian Defence Forces
15:33and they are also seeing that the satellite images,
15:36those were the proof that were being brought forward
15:38in front of the country
15:39as proof of the nine air bases
15:42that were being struck down.
15:44And we are also seeing confirmation now
15:46coming in from the Indian Army
15:48and also coming in from the government,
15:53satellite images proving that India had struck hard.
15:56Now, viewers, devastated by Operation Sindhu,
16:05the Nurok State Pakistan is once again
16:07back to rebuilding its terror network.
16:09From online recruitment drive
16:11to hoardings of terror outfits on the road
16:13leading to Pakistani politicians' houses,
16:16we are seeing the Pakistani politicians
16:17now speaking highly about Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists.
16:21We are telling you in this story
16:22the real face of Pakistani terrorism.
16:26Devastated by Operation Sindhu,
16:32Pakistan is back to its terror business.
16:36Pakistan terror machinery destroyed in Operation Sindhu
16:39is now looking to regroup and how they are doing it,
16:43using not just digital platforms
16:46but also Pakistan's political platforms
16:49to further their agenda.
16:51India Today's OCN has uncovered
16:54a brazen recruitment program.
16:55Following strikes on its terror headquarters
16:58in Bhawalpur,
16:59Jaish-e-Mohamad has flooded social media
17:01with its propaganda.
17:03India Today has in fact
17:04traced WhatsApp groups
17:06and Telegram channels
17:07glorifying slain terrorists
17:09inciting jihad.
17:11Not only that,
17:12they have also called to pledge
17:14allegiance to UN-designated terrorists
17:16and Jaish-e-Mohamad chief Masood Hazar
17:19while providing direct recruitment links
17:21for Pakistani youth.
17:23To reach a wider audience,
17:25Jaish-e-Mohamad has also launched
17:27multiple handles on Facebook
17:29with fiery speeches
17:30of Jaish-e-Mohamad chief Masood Hazar
17:33and is filled with calls
17:34for jihad against India.
17:36In Bhawalpur,
17:38there are hoardings,
17:39not ads for any company or product
17:42but for terror.
17:43Hoardings by Jaish-e-Mohamad
17:45are out in the open
17:46calling on people
17:47to attend an upcoming
17:49remembrance program
17:50for terrorists
17:51killed in India's
17:53May 7th airstrikes.
17:55Not surprising then
17:57that Lashkar-e-Taiba's
17:58political front PMML
18:00even held rallies
18:01across Pakistan
18:02on May 20th.
18:04Pakistan's top politicians
18:06were seen
18:06hobnobbing with terrorists
18:08but in a blatant display
18:10of terror patronage,
18:11their leaders were even seen
18:12lauding Pehlga mastermind
18:14Saifullah Khan.
18:16This is as brazen as it gets
18:18and only in Terroristan
18:19can employment programs
18:21also be centered
18:22around terror.
18:23With input from OSINT,
18:25Bureau Report, India Today.
18:30Now joining me on the broadcast
18:33retired left-hand general
18:34Vinod Bhatia
18:35who is the former DGMO,
18:36the Director General
18:37of Military Operations.
18:39So first and foremost,
18:40the big question,
18:40a lot of people are asking
18:42did the surgical strikes
18:43take place before 2014 also?
18:48Definitely no.
18:50Surgical strikes of the 2016,
18:52September 26th,
18:53they are in a different
18:55domain altogether.
18:56That is at a strategic level.
18:58Whatever happened earlier
18:59were class line of control,
19:01class LCO operations
19:02and let me say that
19:04without being political
19:05about it,
19:06I was directly involved
19:08in most of them.
19:09I was the general officer
19:10commanding of 25th division
19:11when the June 2008 happened
19:13and 2013-14 I was a DGMO.
19:16So this is a different
19:17domain altogether.
19:19This is a demonstration
19:20of a politico-military
19:22will against terror.
19:25Those operations
19:25were basically meant
19:27for moral ascendancy
19:28on the line of control
19:30where Pakistan
19:31infiltration used to take place
19:32or they were firing at us
19:34or they were troubling us
19:35and that was
19:36at the local level,
19:37at the formation level.
19:38So there is no comparison
19:40between the,
19:41when you call it
19:42surgical strikes,
19:43there is no comparison
19:44of what happened
19:45earlier to 2014,
19:47September,
19:47and what happened
19:48post-2040,
19:49September 2019
19:50and now obsolete.
19:51These are different domain.
19:53There are strategic signaling,
19:54these are strategic level operations.
19:56They have a direct impact,
19:57the planning and execution
19:58at the highest levels.
20:00All services are involved.
20:01We also look at escalation,
20:03what can happen,
20:04what might not happen
20:04and those are all
20:06local level operations
20:06done at the very tactical level
20:08as trans-LC operations.
20:12Lieutenant General Bhatia,
20:13do you believe
20:13and this is what the government
20:14has also been saying
20:15that this will become
20:16the new normal.
20:17Now we have shown Pakistan
20:18what we can do.
20:20Do you think from here
20:21the way the war
20:22has been taking place
20:23between India and Pakistan,
20:24that will change?
20:25Yes,
20:27I think we have sent
20:29a very positive sign
20:30to Pakistan
20:31that your proxy war,
20:33your breeding India
20:34are ended cuts,
20:35you will have to pay
20:36a cost to it,
20:37there will be cost
20:38and consequence to it
20:39in all domains,
20:40be it military domain,
20:41be it economic domain,
20:42be it diplomatic domain.
20:44So that's been very clear,
20:45it's a new normal
20:46and I think
20:47the public sentiment
20:49is such
20:49that no government
20:51in future
20:51cannot take action
20:53against Pakistan
20:54for terror
20:55which is sponsored,
20:56which is supported
20:57and provided from Pakistan
20:58and these terrorist acts
21:00are actually
21:01part of the instrument
21:03of the Pakistani army
21:05and the Pakistani state.
21:06We wrongly call it,
21:07some of us
21:07wrongly call it
21:08non-state actors.
21:09No,
21:10these are very much
21:11state actors,
21:12they are part
21:12of the Pakistan establishment
21:13and Pakistan needs
21:14to understand
21:15that India's
21:16strategic mission
21:17run out
21:18and we will
21:18have to,
21:20we will raise
21:21the cost
21:21and consequence
21:21of Pakistan
21:22and Pakistan needs
21:23to change his behaviour
21:24especially
21:24with regard terror.
21:27Thank you,
21:27Lieutenant General
21:28Renaud Bhatia
21:28for joining me
21:29on the broadcast.
21:33We are now
21:34moving on
21:34to the mega road shows
21:35that we saw
21:36Prime Minister
21:36Nayinder Modi
21:37in the state of Bihar.
21:38He is now all set
21:39to head to the state
21:40of Uttar Pradesh.
21:41In Kanpur,
21:42posters of Operation Sindur
21:43have been put up
21:44and there is a grand
21:45welcome plan
21:46for Prime Minister Modi.
21:47Prime Minister Modi
21:48will also be meeting
21:48the Pahalgaon terror attack
21:50victim,
21:50Shubham Dhirvedi's family
21:52at the Kanpur airport.
21:53Key highlights
21:54of Prime Minister's
21:55Kanpur visit
21:55will be meeting
21:56with Shubham Dhirvedi's
21:57wife and other
21:58family members.
21:59At Kanpur's
22:00Chakiri Air Force
22:00station,
22:01Prime Minister Modi
22:02will be meeting
22:02Shubham Dhirvedi's
22:04wife and other
22:05family members.
22:05Shubham Dhirvedi lost
22:06his life to the terror
22:07attack that took place
22:08on the 22nd of April
22:10in Pahalgaon.
22:11As per sources,
22:12his wife and other
22:13family members
22:14will be thanking
22:14Prime Minister Modi
22:15over Operation Sindur.
22:17Ahead of Prime Minister's
22:18visit,
22:19Operation Sindur
22:19posters have been
22:20put up across
22:21the city of Kanpur.
22:23Prime Minister will
22:23inaugurate and lay
22:24the foundation stone
22:26for a series of
22:26development projects
22:27worth several
22:28thousand crores
22:29of rupees.
22:31Prime Minister Modi
22:31is also slated
22:32to visit UPS Kanpur
22:34for further project
22:35inauguration and
22:36foundation stone laying
22:37ceremonies.
22:38He will also be
22:38distributing certificates
22:39to beneficiaries
22:40of central government
22:41schemes.
22:49India today had a
22:53conversation with
22:54Shubham Dhirvedi's
22:55wife.
22:55She spoke exclusively
22:56with India today
22:57about Operation Sindur.
22:58She thanked
22:59Prime Minister Modi
23:00for India's revenge
23:01on Pakistan
23:01over the
23:02Pahalgaon terror attack.
23:03Listen.
23:06What is your first
23:07reaction?
23:08The air strikes
23:08have been conducted
23:09by the government.
23:10Are you satisfied?
23:12I am satisfied
23:13and the moment
23:15I read this,
23:16the operation
23:16name Sindur,
23:17I went and I saw
23:19Shubham's photo
23:20and I was crying
23:21because it is
23:22actually a very
23:24personal thing.
23:25It is a very
23:25personal thing.
23:27It is a very
23:28personal thing.
23:29It is a very
23:30personal level.
23:31We have connected
23:32to a very personal
23:33level.
23:34It is a very personal
23:35level.
23:36It is a very personal
23:38level that they
23:39went to our
23:40place.
23:40I remember
23:43interviewing you
23:43a few days back.
23:44You said that
23:45the action is not
23:46enough.
23:46Do you think
23:47it is enough
23:47now?
23:48More needs to
23:49be done.
23:50That time
23:50also I said
23:51that you should
23:52get down
23:53wherever you
23:54are,
23:54wherever you
23:55are,
23:55wherever you
23:56are.
23:57Any country
23:57or any other
23:58country,
23:58any other
23:58country,
23:59any other
23:59country,
23:59I should
24:00get down
24:01to get down
24:01nine
24:02atangwadi
24:02spots
24:03targeted
24:04on the
24:06nine
24:07atangwadi
24:08spot.
24:08Where the
24:09atangwadi
24:10training
24:10will be
24:11new
24:11and
24:12will be
24:13the
24:13they
24:14got down
24:15and I'm
24:15really
24:15thankful.
24:16Thank you so much.
24:18Terrorists told you after killing Shubham that go and tell your government that we did this.
24:22Now the government has taken a step. How do you see this?
24:25I feel really proud to be an Indian.
24:28I'm really proud that I will tell someone to tell someone that I am a Hindu.
24:36My colleague Simar Chawla is now joining me from Kanpur.
24:40Simar, from what we are understanding now, the entire city is awaiting Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
24:44He will also be meeting with the family members of Shubham Divedi.
24:47And then we will see these huge posters that have been put up.
24:50A road show will also take place in the city of Kanpur.
24:58Well, yes, Asharia, as you rightly pointed out, the city is waiting for Prime Minister Narendra Modi
25:02since he is about to inaugurate the development projects worth more than 47,000 crore rupees in Uttar Pradesh.
25:09And if we talk about Kanpur, more than 21,000 crore worth of development projects will be inaugurated today by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
25:16And at the same time, what we are learning is that at 2.20pm at the airport,
25:22the Prime Minister will meet the family of Shubham Divedi, who was killed in Pehelgaam terror attack.
25:27What we are learning is that three members will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
25:31Asharia, the wife of Shubham Divedi, who was just married two months back, you know, before this tragic incident happened.
25:38The mother and father of Shubham.
25:40Now, remember, Shubham was the first person who was killed by the bullet of terrorists in Pehelgaam terror attack.
25:45After Shubham, the terrorists started, you know, killing each and every people they find in Pehelgaam.
25:50Now, the development comes after a letter was written by the Kanpur MP Ramesh Avasti to Prime Minister that the family of Shubham Divedi wants to meet you.
26:01A list of six people was given by the Kanpur MP to the Prime Minister's office.
26:06After which, late night, the coordination came from the PMO and the administration and from the family that three members will meet the PM at the Chakeri airport itself.
26:14Now, remember, this is the first time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going to meet any of the family members of Pehelgaam terror attack.
26:21This is going to be a big development.
26:23We have been seeing that he has been giving statements regarding Roys Operation Sindur, you know, in his speeches.
26:28But this will be the first time when he'll be giving, you know, the signals or a message through his actions by meeting the family of Shubham Divedi Acharya.
26:37Thank you, Simar, giving us those details.
26:38My colleague will be very closely tracking Prime Minister Narendra Modi's roadshow in the city of Kanpur.
26:50News that's coming in at the moment.
26:53Former Union Minister has made a big remark about Article 370.
26:57Salman Khushit said Article 370 felt like Kashmir was not a part of India.
27:02Article 370 has been purged and it has brought prosperity across Tamil and Kashmir.
27:08It was a major problem which has finally been put to rest.
27:10Big statements coming in from former Union Minister, Senior Congress Leader Salman Khushit.
27:16Listen in to what Salman Khushit said.
27:20Kashmir had a major, major problem for a long time.
27:36Much of that was reflected in the thinking of the government in an article called 370 of the Constitution,
27:44which somehow gave an impression that it was separate from the rest of the country.
27:48But Article 370 was abrogated.
27:52It was abrogated and it was finally put to an end because so much time has passed.
27:57Subsequently, there was an election in 65% participation in election.
28:02There's an elected government in Jammu and Kashmir today.
28:05And therefore, for people to want to undo everything that has happened, the prosperity that has come to Kashmir is something which is very, very unfortunate.
28:16And it will give a setback to anybody.
28:19And as you know, your part of the world and all the countries in this neighborhood, nobody can be told, give up a part of your sovereignty, give up a part of your country, give up a part of your family.
28:33Kashmir and we are family together.
28:36Nobody can wake up this family.
28:38Nobody can wake up our home.
28:39That is the only message we are giving.
28:42And the limited exercise we need to do to ensure that our family remains safe is all we did.
28:49For four days, when we tried to give a message to Pakistan, please don't do this misadventure.
28:55We will not succeed.
28:57And I hope that we've been able to give this message.
28:59My colleague Rahul Gautam is now joining me on the story.
29:03Rahul, these are really big remarks coming in from none other than Salman Khushiv.
29:08He said that it was a big problem which has finally been put to rest with regards to Article 370.
29:12Because we know that earlier the Congress had opposed scrapping of 370, but later on they changed their stance and supported the move that was made by Modi government back in 2019.
29:33So, obviously, now Salman Khushiv going abroad, you know, as a part of this multi-party delegation, spelling out that abrogation.
29:45Obviously, you can say that this comes as a major endorsement of Modi government.
29:52Because we all know that although Congress Party did change its stance on Article 370, but they are in an alliance in Jammu and Kashmir with National Conference, which has been demanding that Article 370 be revoked.
30:06So, obviously, you can expect that this is going to evoke sharp political reactions from various quarters as far as domestic parties are concerned, Indian polity is concerned.
30:19Because although Congress Party has been demanding that this very statehood of Jammu and Kashmir be restored, National Conference has been insisting that Article 370 should be brought back.
30:35So, in a way, Salman Khushiv endorsing scrapping and abrogation, this is clearly, this comes as a major endorsement.
30:43Or you can say, clearly, a major shot in the arm as per government's concern.
30:49Right.
30:51Now, please stay on with me.
30:52We've got some more breaking news coming in with regards to the delegation that has gone abroad.
30:56That's coming in at the moment.
31:07India are disappointed that they did not get the support of Colombia.
31:10It is Shashi Tharu who has now given a statement saying that it is Colombia that is standing behind all those people who are indulging in terrorism activities.
31:19Shashi Tharu said Colombia showed no sympathy for Jammu and Kashmir victims.
31:23Yes, Colombia condoled terrorists.
31:27Big statement coming in from Shashi Tharu.
31:29The Colombian government, we were a little disappointed in the reaction of the Colombian government,
31:35which apparently expressed heartfelt condolences on the loss of lives in Pakistan after the Indian strikes,
31:49rather than sympathizing with the victims of terrorism.
31:55My colleague Rahul Gautam is still with me on the story.
31:58Rahul, we are seeing big statement given by Shashi Tharu very clearly, without mincing any words.
32:03He's clearly said that India has been disappointed that it did not get the support of Colombia.
32:08Absolutely.
32:09And, you know, we have seen earlier also that how, you know, the members of the multi-party delegation,
32:15they have been, you know, putting out in clear words that how has been the response also these delegations.
32:23We all know that how these delegations have been given, you know, full attention in various countries.
32:34But it seemed that it just didn't happen, you know, likewise in the case of Colombia.
32:40And that's why Shashi Tharu, who is leading a delegation, put out in clear words that the very attitude of Colombian government has been very adverse.
32:50And they seem to be just not sympathetic with the cause of India.
32:54And, in fact, we all know that Colombia is a country in Latin America.
32:59Right.
32:59And, you know, they have been, in a way, we all know, has been caught in a conflict between Nanku terrorism.
33:09So, clearly, they are not coming out in support of India.
33:14Right.
33:14Also, so that how they are just clearly not aware about the situation that has been unfolding in this part of the world.
33:24So, clearly, as far as, I mean, we also have to give this to Shashi Tharoor, who is calling a spade, a spade.
33:29And that's why it seems that he was handpicked by the government because of the fact that he knows, you know, he's played well.
33:36Right.
33:37And now you can expect that once this delegation returns, this will be affecting our relationship with Colombia as well.
33:45Thank you, Rahul, giving us those details.
33:46Listen in to what Shashi Tharoor said.
33:49He slammed Colombia for sympathizing with Pakistan.
33:54We were a little disappointed in the reaction of the Colombian government, which apparently expressed heartfelt condolences on the loss of lives in Pakistan after the Indian strikes, rather than sympathizing with the victims of terrorism.
34:18Now, Kamal Hassan's recent comments have kicked up a big political and cultural storm.
34:25In his remarks, he's triggered widespread protests across the state of Karnataka.
34:29Demonstrators are demanding an apology from the actor.
34:32The deadline of that apology is expiring today.
34:35Karnataka's Minister for Kannada and Culture, Shivraj, has now gone as far as saying that there should be a ban on the release of Kamal Hassan's film in the state if he fails to issue a formal apology.
34:45The Karnataka film Chambers of Commerce echoed public sentiment, expressing strong disapproval and stating Hassan's statements have hurt the state's sentiments.
34:54They have firmly stated that they have no sympathy for the actor.
34:57Hassan, however, has stood by his ground, saying that his remarks were made out of love and is arguing that language debates should be left to experts.
35:05On the other hand, actor and former M.B. Divya Spandana is now saying that people should calm down, weighing on the controversy she's called for restraint and dialogue over boycotts.
35:14See, whatever murders happens, whatever hooligans, this kind of things happens, it is our Karnataka culture which we will never encourage this kind of hooliganism in our state.
35:33Whichever community they belong, we are not going to sit silently, we are going to effectively see that whoever has been accused will be brought into the justice and they will be put into jail.
35:47Now, Kamal Hassan had made a remark, he was at the audio launch of his new film Thug Life.
35:56He said that the Kannada language actually is born from the Tamil language and now we are seeing a big language war coming out.
36:03Pro-Kannada groups have started tearing the posters of Thug Life.
36:07Listen in to what Kamal Hassan said.
36:08Politicians are not qualified to talk about language.
36:38They don't have the education enough to talk about it.
36:41That includes me.
36:43So, let's leave all these very in-depth discussions to historians, archaeologists and language experts.
36:57We are moving now to the state of Karnataka where the infighting in the Congress party is once again out on full display.
37:03This time, there is a face-off over the transfer of engineers from the Public Works Department, which sits within the Water Resources Ministry that is headed by the Deputy Chief Minister, D.K. Shivkumar.
37:14The transfers come from the Department of Personal that actually operates under Chief Minister Siddharamaya.
37:19After writing to Karnataka Chief Secretary expressing displeasure over Chief Minister's transfer orders of the engineers, Shivkumar said engineers came to his department only to take promotions.
37:28He also claimed engineers did not want to stay in the Water Resources Department.
37:33The opposition, that is the Bharatiya Janta Party, is slamming the Congress, alleging that this infighting within the party is hampering the development of the state.
37:41PJP also blamed the Congress Party, saying that the people of the state were paying the price for Congress' misdeeds in the state.
37:48The President of Karnataka Chief Minister, D.K. Shivkumar said,
37:54Thank you very much.
38:24Thank you very much.