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The top focus of this episode of 5 Live is on the arrest of senior Punjab Police officer, DIG Harcharan Singh Bhullar, by the CBI in a bribery case.
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00:00Hello there, very good evening. You're watching 5 Live with me, Sliha Mordani.
00:05Over the next one hour, we're going to be getting you all the details of the bribery,
00:10a scandal that has hit Punjab police, top Punjab couple, DIG, who is under the scanner for
00:17allegations of bribe, that video of 5 crore worth of money, in fact, that has been retrieved,
00:25allegedly, it was bribed, it was given to the top cop man on your screens at this point in time.
00:31We'll be getting you more on that. Also, a special conversation that we're having it later in the show
00:37with a pediatrician who is no ordinary pediatrician. She's won a battle against the FSSAI and against
00:45those manufacturers who are making, manufacturing and selling fake ORS.
00:52That's much more up ahead on the show. Let's begin with the top headlines first.
00:59The CBI arrest Punjab police, DIG, heard Cheran Singh Bullar from his Mohali residence office
01:07in an alleged bribery case, claims that it has recovered about 5 crore in cash and jewellery,
01:13weighing about 1.5 kg in subsequent searches.
01:16At the premises linked to him, the Punjab DIG has now been sent to 14-day judicial custody.
01:26In a major cabinet reshuffle in Gujarat today, Chief Minister Bukendra Patel expanded his ministry
01:33to 25 members. Home Minister Harsh Sanghvi has been appointed as a new Deputy Chief Minister.
01:39The new cabinet retained six outgoing ministers and inducted 19 new faces, including BGP MLA
01:45Riva Bajadeja, wife of cricketer Ravindra Chadeja.
01:49A day after, Infosys founder Narayan Murthy and his wife and Ratsabha MP Siddha Murthy opted out of the cast survey.
02:00Chief Minister Sidramaya has given a stinging reply to the duo.
02:04Sidramaya has questioned if the couple would also refuse to participate in this survey
02:08if the union government conducts one in the near future.
02:12He has also said that the couple is acting out of misinformation and clarified that the survey
02:18is not just for backward communities.
02:25Home Minister Amitra rains fire on the opposition in Bihar,
02:29says that India's fight is against the RJD in Bihar,
02:33also takes a jive with Lalu Yadav and Rabadi Devi for plaguing Bihar with Jangal Raji's threat,
02:39asserting that Mahagadbandan will not win the upcoming elections.
02:49Amid seat-sharing tussle in Mahagadbandan,
02:52VIP Chief Mukesh Sahani says he won't contest the upcoming Bihar election,
02:56takes claim for the Deputy CM Postal.
03:03Congress leader Rahul Gandhi meets the family of Hariom Walmiki,
03:07the Dalit man lynched in Rai Boreli earlier this month.
03:10Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Rahul Gandhi alleged that the UP government was intimidating,
03:16he said, this family, and had instructed them not to meet him.
03:23The Election Commission of India has informed the Madrasi Court director Vijayas,
03:28TVK is not a recognised political party.
03:31The statement came as a public interest litigation and saw the party's de-recognition following a stampede
03:37at a rally that killed 41 people.
03:41The court also directed the administrative side to form a bench here for cases related to the stampede.
03:48Donald Trump cast doubt on giving Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine,
03:53says that Washington could not deplete its own stock.
03:57Earlier, Trump announced his second meeting with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.
04:04American singer Mary Miliband has defended Prime Minister Narendra Modi
04:09after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged that the Prime Minister was frightened of Trump.
04:14Miliband, known for a vocal support of the Prime Minister Modi,
04:17said that he is not afraid of President Trump and understands the long game.
04:21She also said that Gandhi doesn't possess the acumen to be the Prime Minister of India.
04:25Rahul had attacked Prime Minister Modi over Trump's Russian oil claims.
04:32Pakistan's Defence Minister Khwaja Asif courts a controversy yet again
04:35by linking India with Islamabad's wide attentions with Kabul.
04:40He said that India could play dirty at the border
04:42and claimed Pakistan was ready for a two-front war with border tensions with Afghanistan.
04:47A top story at this hour.
04:54Let's begin by telling you a little about what's going on as far as Punjab police is concerned.
04:59The arrest of Ropar Range D.I.G. Harcharan Singh Bullar over a massive bribery scandal.
05:05This started as a five-luck bribe.
05:08has unveiled a web of corruption involving crores and cash, gold luxury vehicles and more.
05:15Just take a look at the pictures on your screens at this point in time.
05:19Look at the kind of money that has been retrieved in gold ornaments and jewellery
05:23that has been retrieved from the officer in question.
05:26As the investigation deepens,
05:28The question remains, how far does the rot really go?
05:32Here's more.
05:39A massive crackdown that has shaken Punjab police to its core.
05:44Ropar Range D.I.G. Harcharan Singh Bullar
05:47arrested after being caught red-handed
05:49while accepting a five-luck-rupee bribe from a scrap dealer in Mohal.
05:53The CBI's investigation revealed this to be the tip of the iceberg.
05:57A WhatsApp call verified by the agency
06:00captured Bullar instructing his middleman
06:02to collect eight-luck rupees in bribe
06:04to settle an FIR and protect the dealer's illegal business.
06:08What followed was nothing short of a treasure hunt of corruption.
06:12CBI raids led to the seizure of five crore rupees in cash,
06:161.5 kgs of gold,
06:18over 15 properties and luxury vehicles
06:21including a Mercedes and an Audi.
06:23Also recovered were 22 luxury watches,
06:25firearms, locker keys
06:27and 40 litres of imported liquor.
06:38But the truth, it seems, is already catching up
06:40with Bullar now being remanded to judicial custody
06:43till the 31st of October.
06:45When confronted, D.I.G. Bullar, however,
06:47insists that he is being framed
06:49and that the charges leveled against him
06:51are baseless.
06:52Once a top cop, now the face of a growing rot.
07:20D.I.G. Bullar's fall from grace
07:22exposes not just one man
07:23but a system under strain.
07:26The big question,
07:27how deep does the rabbit hole go?
07:29With Amit Bhardwaj,
07:31Bureau Report, India Today.
07:32So, who is Dharcharan Singh Bullar?
07:37That's a big question here.
07:38The man on your screens
07:39is the 2007 batch IPS officer,
07:43D.I.G. Ropar Range.
07:46That is the position that he has been holding
07:47since November 27, 2024.
07:51It covers, as far as his jurisdiction is concerned,
07:55Mohali, Rupnagar and Fatehgarh Saheb.
07:58Also, the son of ex-Panjab D.J.P. Mahal Singh Bullar.
08:03He is somebody who has played a key role
08:05in anti-drug drive under the Maan government.
08:09Headed the SIT that grilled Bikram Majithya.
08:13In the drug case,
08:14his brother Kuldeep Singh Bullar
08:16is an ex-Congress MLA.
08:18Asim Basi is getting in more details
08:28on that story.
08:29Joining us from Chandigarh
08:30at this point in time.
08:32Asim, the images of, you know,
08:34what has been retrieved
08:35from the premises of the officer in question
08:37have since gone viral.
08:39I mean, five crores in cash,
08:41jewellery worth, lakhs of rupees.
08:43He, of course, has gone on to say
08:44that all of this is a conspiracy against him,
08:46but these are charges that the authorities
08:50are taking very, very seriously.
08:51He's been sent to judicial custody as well.
08:54Tell us more about how this case
08:56really is unraveling.
09:01Well, yes, D.I.G. H.S. Bullar
09:04who was posted as D.I.G. Rupad
09:06basically was trapped,
09:08a trap was laid on him
09:09after a complaint came from a scrap dealer
09:11in Fatehwar sahab
09:12that he was demanding 8 lakh rupees
09:15from corruption money
09:17from a scrap dealer
09:18through a middle man.
09:20After that, the CBI got a complaint.
09:22They worked on the case
09:23and they caught the middle man
09:25taking the money
09:26and also H.S. Bullar, the D.I.G.,
09:30who had confirmed about the money and all.
09:32So basically, after that,
09:34the CBI searched his residence,
09:36a lavish house in sector 40 of Chandigarh.
09:38The raid continued for hours.
09:39And after the search,
09:40around 7 crores,
09:42close to 7 crores of cash was recovered,
09:441.5 kg gold,
09:4521 luxury watches,
09:47N.O.D.,
09:47and Mercedes.
09:48And a lot of valuable articles
09:50were recovered
09:51and property assets too.
09:52So now, this is definitely,
09:54this can be a tip of iceberg also.
09:56But the CBI today
09:57produced him in the court
09:58and the court sent him in jail.
09:59But now, as the investigation
10:00will take speed,
10:02it will pace,
10:03it will gather pace.
10:04Now, many more revelations
10:07may come up
10:07that how he was collecting the money
10:09from when this collection business
10:10was going on
10:11because,
10:12and who else were involved
10:14in this entire chain.
10:15So this CBI
10:16will definitely break this chain
10:18as more days come further.
10:21Absolutely.
10:22But, you know,
10:22I want to understand
10:23from you, Asim Basi,
10:25who are the people
10:26who are in fact paying money
10:27and giving jewelry
10:29to this officer here?
10:31Who are the others
10:32who could be possibly involved in this?
10:34Tell us about that.
10:35Well, as far as the money is concerned,
10:40this is one case.
10:42This is one case.
10:42We are always demanding
10:438 lakh rupees.
10:44And it can be
10:46that he,
10:46in the previous years also,
10:48he might be taking corruption.
10:49But that has to be established
10:50and that can be only substantial
10:52when the CBI comes up
10:53with more evidences.
10:55CBI will definitely,
10:56when the CBI
10:57must have questioned him,
10:59although he's in jail now,
11:00they must have questioned him
11:01since last night.
11:02Definitely,
11:02H.S. Bulla
11:03would have answered
11:03or must be saying something
11:06that where this money came from,
11:07where this gold
11:08was accumulated from,
11:09from which sources
11:11he made a lot of money.
11:12His salary may be
11:13around 2,16,000 something.
11:15But what kind of cash
11:16we have seen at his place
11:17and the gold we have seen,
11:19definitely there's much more
11:20which has to be revealed.
11:21So I think he has to do
11:23a lot of answering
11:24and CBI will definitely
11:26go down to understand
11:28where these assets
11:29have come from
11:30and who else
11:31are involved in this.
11:32Is this the first incident
11:33where he has taken bribe
11:35or in the past also
11:36he has taken some monthly
11:37or something
11:37as alleged.
11:40All right.
11:41I'm going to leave it there
11:41for the moment.
11:42Naseem Basi getting us
11:42up to speed
11:43with those details.
11:44The CBI
11:44investigating this matter
11:46started with discussion
11:48around 5 lakh rupees.
11:50What they found
11:51at his premises
11:52is 5 crore rupees.
11:54Not just that gold jewelry
11:55to the tune of about a kg
11:57and a half has been found.
11:59And bribery allegations
12:00are now getting
12:01investigated here.
12:17The nomination for the first phase
12:19of Bihar polls is over.
12:20Home Minister Amit Chah
12:21is in Bihar
12:22and has chaired a key meeting
12:23with Nitish Kumar.
12:24The meeting was held
12:25to strategize NDS campaign
12:27for the polls in the state.
12:28The Home Minister
12:29also addressed a public rally
12:31in Bihar's Chhapra
12:32and predicted MGB's loss,
12:34Mahagarbandan's loss
12:36in the upcoming elections.
12:37Also attacked the RJD
12:39and the opposition,
12:40saying that Lalu Yadav
12:42and Rabadi Devi
12:42brought Jungle Raj to Bihar.
12:45Meanwhile, confusion
12:46persisted in the Mahagarbandan.
12:47The Congress released
12:49a list of 48 candidates
12:50last night.
12:51According to our sources,
12:52the Congress demanded
12:5365 seats.
12:55RJD offered only 58.
12:57However,
12:57RJD is yet to release
12:58its first list.
13:00And under sustained pressure
13:01from the RJD,
13:02the Congress has changed
13:03its candidate
13:04from the Jale seat.
13:05The party has now nominated
13:07Rishi Mishra from here.
13:08The party wanted to field
13:10Mohamed Naushad Alam
13:11from this constituency.
13:13Remember,
13:14the Prime Minister
13:14and his mother
13:15were abused
13:16at Naushad Alam's rally.
13:19On the other hand,
13:19Vikash Shil Insan Party,
13:21the VIP party's
13:22national convener,
13:24Mukesh Thani,
13:25has now announced
13:26that he will not contest
13:27the upcoming elections
13:28and will instead campaign
13:29across the state
13:30for Reliance Partners.
13:32He's also retraded his claim
13:33to the post of
13:34Deputy Chief Minister
13:35if the Mahagarbandan
13:36returns to power.
13:38Jepra Parimanadal
13:42के लोग
13:42विकास चाते हैं
13:45या जंगलराज
13:46लालू प्रसाद
13:48एन राहूल एन कंपने
13:50विकास दे सकती है क्या?
13:55और आप
13:55NDA पर भरोसा करिए
13:58जंगलराज को
14:00हम आने नहीं देंगे
14:02बिहार में घुशने नहीं देंगे
14:05आपर समय भीवेद है
14:06सब अपना मना मनिक कर रहे हैं
14:08वहाँ कहिए कि एकतार नहीं बनी
14:11जिसके चलते सारी बात हो रही है
14:13और सुहाविक है
14:14वो लोग सपद के लोग ही है
14:16उनलों के पास कोई मुद्दा नहीं है
14:18सिर्फ और सिर्फ यह है कि कौन
14:20कितना सीथ हत्याब हैं और कौन
14:22चीप पनिश्टर हो है
14:23इसका होड है
14:25देकिन यहाँ तो विकास के लिए करको लोग चले हैं
14:28चाहे नरेन मुद्धी का मामला हो या निकिस कुमार का मामला हो
14:31समाजिक समरस्ता काम कि हैं
14:33लाइन ओर कि हैं विकास कि हैं
14:35कितने सीथों पर समझता हुई जानकारे आपको एक-दो दिन उपता चल जाएगा
14:41आप कहीं से चुनाब लड़ेगा कि नहीं
14:43इस वार चुनाब नहीं लड़ना है
14:44और हमारा उद्देश है कि बिहार में हमारी सरकार बने
14:48243 स्ट पर जाके परचार करे
14:50मालूम चल रहा है कि आप राजस्वा में जा रहे हैं
14:59तो ठीक है वो चरकार बना कि यहां राजस्वा नहीं जाना है
15:03यहां राजस्वा नहीं जाना है
15:04All right, let's tell you a little about the Mahagadbandhan
15:09seat tussled here and what the insights
15:11Koo Phees, we're getting you that on India today
15:14What's the flashpoint here?
15:15Number one, contention over 15 seats
15:18of Mukesh Sahani
15:19Flashpoint number two, Mukesh Sahani
15:22was eyeing some specific 15 seats
15:24Also, the big question, RGD was willing to offer
15:2712 seats but Sahani was adamant
15:31Also, Mukesh Sahani wants to be declared
15:33Deputy Chief Minister
15:34if at all the Mahagadbandhan is voted to power
15:38Rohit Singh is joining us from Patna
15:41for more details, Biyush Mishra live with us
15:44from Patna as well
15:45Rohit, it's clear that Sahani is upset
15:48I mean, on the day the nominations are getting filed
15:50he decides to, you know, not field himself
15:54not file for the nominations
15:56but field his own brother
15:58instead, you know, talk to us a little about
16:01what else are you picking up
16:02as far as Sahani's disgruntlement here is concerned
16:06No, it's not that Sahani is discontent
16:13Sahani was being overambitious
16:1460 seats is what he was demanding in the Mahagadbandhan
16:18and that is not possible for RJD to give him 60 seats
16:23second point of bone of contention
16:25he wanted to, that he should be declared as Deputy Chief Minister
16:29keeping in mind
16:31keeping in mind the background of
16:33and the track record of Mukesh Sahani
16:35very unreliable politician
16:37and Tejasvi Adav as well as Congress
16:40never trusted him
16:41especially Tejasvi Adav
16:42because you never know when he will switch sides
16:45he can go to the NDA camp also
16:47he can be with the Mahagadbandhan
16:49so he is a very unreliable politician
16:53Tejasvi Adav knew this
16:54and that is why he did not want to declare him
16:57as the Deputy Chief Minister candidate
17:01so now what we are learning is that
17:03finally his numbers have been brought down to about 15
17:0715 seats is what Mukesh Sahani has got in fact
17:11and he himself will not be fighting the Bihar Assembly elections
17:16he has fielded his brother
17:18from the Varabaram seat in Darbhanga
17:22so now remains to be seen what happens next
17:25but Sahani in fact really has made life very very miserable
17:30for Tejasvi Adav, RJD and the Congress in the Mahagadbandhan
17:34in the last one week or so
17:36Okay, yes, we have seen a fair amount of back and forth
17:39haven't we Rohit B with us
17:41Piyush also is with us for the very latest on that
17:43Piyush, tell us about what the RJD is thinking
17:46as far as you know this posturing really from Sahani is concerned
17:50what do they think of this entire business of sulking
17:53that's happening on the part of Sahani here?
17:56Well absolutely Mukesh Sahani continues to sulk and now he has decided not to even contest the elections
18:05he has said that he is going to campaign for Mahagadbandhan to ensure the win of Mahagadbandhan on all 243 seats
18:12and what we were told is that today he was going to file nomination from Goro Buram seat
18:16but he now has declared his brother as the candidate from that particular seat
18:21this shows as to how Mukesh Sahani is completely unhappy with the seat sharing alliance
18:28like Rohit also mentioned that yes he was over ambitious to which RJD never believed him
18:34you know we remember that during the last assembly elections he had you know left the press conference
18:39and had decided to fight elections with NDA
18:41so this shows how he cannot be trusted
18:44but now you know the date of filing nomination of the first phase of elections has now come to an end
18:51despite the first date coming to an end this Mahagadbandhan has not been able to release its final seat sharing form
19:01there are various seats on which Mahagadbandhan parties are yet to declare their candidates
19:07we will have to wait and watch for how long this confusion will continue
19:10alright I am going to leave it there for the moment Piyush Mishra getting asked those details
19:14also thanking Rohit my colleague there getting in more on that story from Patna
19:18that is the city really where all the action is as far as this back and forth
19:22and these discussions and seat sharing is concerned
19:26from Bihar to Gujarat now a major cabinet reshuffle in the state
19:31Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel today expanded his cabinet to 25 members
19:35appointing Home Minister Har Sangwi as the new Deputy Chief Minister
19:40the swearing in was graced by Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP Chief JP Nata
19:46underscoring the party's commitment to strong leadership in Gujarat
19:50this major reshuffle saw all 16 previous ministers resigned to pave the way to fresh faces
19:55including 19 new inductees like BJP MLA, Rivaba Jadeja, the wife of cricketer, Ravindra Jadeja
20:02the new cabinet reflects a diverse cast composition with strong representation from OBCs, Patidars, Tribals, Schedule Cast and others
20:11signaling BJP's strategic balancing ahead of upcoming challenges like local polls for example
20:16with the assembly strength allowing a maximum of 27 ministers the reshuffle marks a crucial step in consolidating BJP's power in the state
20:27we're getting you all the details as far as the representation within the Gujarat cabinet here is concerned
20:34Patidars, Schedule Cast, all Tribals getting representation here including OBCs as well
20:40Tribals, Schedule Cast, Patidars and the OBC also signaling BJP's strategic balancing act ahead of the upcoming challenges
20:49it's a reject of the cabinet that we're getting you details of
20:52Har Sangree gets a new post as the new Deputy Chief Minister of Gujarat
21:00the swearing in was graced today by Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP Chief JP Nata
21:06underscoring the party's commitment to strong leadership in this state
21:10among the others who gained were the wife of Ravindra Jadeja, Rivaba Jadeja who's been elevated and now is a minister in this state
21:23the swearing in ceremony today was attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP National President JP Nata
21:31this major reshuffle saw all 16 previous ministers resign
21:35I'm now going to go straight across to Rajesh Doshi for more details on that story
21:40the big takeaway here really is the manner in which Har Sangree again has been elevated to the post of the Deputy Chief Minister
21:48here are all calculations kept in mind as far as representation and caste combinations are concerned
21:54Rajesh
21:55Rajesh Doshi
21:57Shneha definitely the combination has BJP has always taking care of all the caste combinations as well as all the regional balance
22:07be it Saurashtra, be it North Gujarat, be it South Gujarat or be it Central Gujarat as well
22:13So, at this time, we can see the combo from all the zones, all the communities, we have
22:23Kshatriyas in the form of Riva Bajajajan, Mahida as well.
22:27So, two Kshatriya ministers are there in the cabinet as well.
22:33Six new partidar faces are in the cabinet.
22:37CM is also one of the partidar faces.
22:39So, total seven partidar ministers in the cabinet, eight OBCs.
22:42So, OBCs are always higher in the population, they are the huge population of the OBCs and
22:50that's why the weightage of the OBCs are higher than other community and eight OBC ministers
22:56are there in the cabinet.
22:58So, this is showing that how BJP is planning for the local body elections as well because
23:03in January or February, the local body elections will be held in Gujarat where there is 27 percent
23:12OBC reservation will be implemented from this election.
23:16So, that's why the core focus on the OBC faces as well.
23:20New OBC faces have been inducted.
23:22So, all kinds of mixtures have been taken care, all the regional balance, the zone-wise balance
23:28was taken care and the most serious part is that most of the ministers, the new faces are
23:34the first time MLA's.
23:35Riwaba Jadejya, Pradyumansi Jadejya, Pradyumansi Vaja, sorry, Pradyumansi Vaja, Trikam Chhanga,
23:43all the new faces are first time MLA.
23:46So, they have shown the, the high command has shown the great responsibility to trust to these newcomers.
23:52So, you have to perform and then you will get the reward.
23:54Rajesh, also, you know, I want to, you know, take from, or continue from what you really
24:00said, that you have to perform and then you can keep your job in that sense, isn't it?
24:05So, talk to us about the reasons why such a big reshuffle really was required, you know.
24:11What is the inside track of what you're getting as far as the previous ministers were concerned
24:15vis-a-vis the performance of the government, a great deal of dissatisfaction, I would presume?
24:19Sniya, there are two things behind this big reshuffle.
24:30One thing is that when BJP won 156 seats in the, after 2022 assembly elections, they made
24:36a very small ministry, only 16 members were there in the Bhupendra Patel cabinet.
24:42So, so there was some, some, some, some, some, some holes in the, all the caste equation
24:50or the some.
24:51Okay.
24:52There was not proper balance of the, all the zones because it was very small, very small
24:57ministry.
24:58Earlier, it was decided that after one year, we will expand the ministry.
25:01But it was, for the some, for the some reasons because of the Sangat and Parva of the BJP,
25:08Lok Sabha election of 2024 Lok Sabha election.
25:11It, it, it, it didn't happen and that's why this was the first reason.
25:16The second reason is because of the small ministry.
25:18All the ministers have more than three or four important portfolios.
25:22Okay.
25:23Due to which they were overburdened.
25:24And they were not able to perform the way if you have one or two big portfolios in the
25:27cabinet.
25:28Right.
25:29So better governance was one of the reasons.
25:30And of course the caste calculations that had to be kept in mind, Rajesh, is what you're
25:35telling us.
25:36I'm going to thank you for the moment, getting in those details at this point in time.
25:42Moving on today, India marks a major leap in its defense journey.
25:45The indigenous Tejas, in fact, make a mark one ace, sleeker, smarter and deadlier, making
25:53its maiden flight from Nashik.
25:56With Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, who unveiled the jet as HAL opening up, a new production line
26:02that signals a bold new era of making India and the Indian Air Force.
26:07Manjeet Nagy sent us this report earlier.
26:10Today marks a major leap for India's defense capabilities.
26:29The indigenous Tejas Mark 1A makes its maiden flight from Nashik.
26:38And with it, India's air power takes to newer heights.
26:45In a high-profile ceremony, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh unveiled the first Tejas Mark 1A
26:51to roll out from HAL's brand new production line.
27:00This is not just a test flight.
27:02It's the start of a new era.
27:05Sleeker, deadlier, smarter.
27:09The Mark 1A is a 4.5 generation multi-role combat jet, built with 64% indigenous content.
27:21It boasts nine weapon hardpoints, a cutting edge ISA radar, electronic warfare systems and
27:29can carry missiles like Astra and advanced air-to-air missiles, all made in India.
27:38And the production is just getting started.
28:03HAL's third LCA line is now operational, aiming to deliver 83 Mark 1As by 2029.
28:13A fresh order for 97 more jets was inked just weeks ago, a big boost for make in India.
28:21With the retirement of the two MiG-21 squadrons last month, the Indian Air Force needs new wings fast.
28:50And Tejas is filling that gap.
28:53The hardware is all ready.
28:57The engine is all ready.
28:59If the engine is coming, the aircraft is all ready.
29:03We are doing these weapons trials.
29:06If they are finished, then there is no problem with delivery.
29:11The number 180 has ordered.
29:13And our commitment is that we will be able to deliver the entire aircraft.
29:18In this world, the military will be able to deliver the military.
29:20Under the military, the military will be able to deliver the military.
29:25And if we talk about HAL, then HAL has the LCA Mark 1A, which is the military.
29:33With that, the STT-40, or the Hindoostan Turbo Trainer 40, will be prepared for a assembly line.
29:43The STT-40 will be prepared for the STT-40.
29:49The Tejas Markwane isn't just a fighter.
29:52It's a symbol of India's ability to build world-class combat jets at home.
29:58And with the Mark II and AMCA programs on the horizon, India's flight path is firmly set towards fifth-generation future.
30:09Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will unveil the first Tejas LCA Mark 1A fighter jet from HAL New Nasi production line on October 17.
30:19During the event, Rajnath Singh will also inaugurate a second production line for the STT-40 trainer aircraft at the same facility.
30:27The production will enhance the overall strength and capability of the Indian Air Force.
30:32With Government President Anil Jaiswal, this is Manjit Negi for India Today.
30:36And we have some news coming in at this point in time.
30:45Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Sri Lankan Prime Minister Harini Amara Surya in Delhi.
30:51Modi, Lankan Prime Minister discusses a range of issues such as development cooperation and the welfare of Indian fishermen.
30:59The Prime Minister Modi has said, glad to welcome Sri Lankan Prime Minister.
31:02As close neighbours, our cooperation holds immense importance with the prosperity of our two peoples as well as the shared region.
31:10That's what the Prime Minister has said in his meeting with the Sri Lankan Prime Minister,
31:14talking about the equation that both, in fact, the leaders have vis-a-vis the shared relationship and concerns as well.
31:23These are details that we have with us at this point in time of Prime Minister Narendra Modi meeting with his Sri Lankan counterpart.
31:35Prime Minister Modi meeting with Sri Lankan Prime Minister Harini Amara Surya in Delhi today.
31:41He's spoken about the shared relationship and between both the nations.
31:46At this point in time, we have these visuals of the Prime Minister images of both the leaders meeting.
31:53He welcomed the Prime Minister and said that her visit would give fresh momentum to the historic and multifaceted India-Sri Lanka ties,
32:03recalling his state visit to Sri Lanka earlier this year during which he held extensive discussions with the Sri Lankan president across a broad spectrum of bilateral cooperation.
32:15Welcome back.
32:18In a major move to protect consumers like you and I, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, FSSAI,
32:27has issued a strict directive on the labeling and sale of ORS, oral rehydration salts solution, commonly known as ORS.
32:38Effective, immediately, no brand can label their product as ORS unless it strictly follows the formula recommended by the World Health Organization.
32:48This means any product failing to meet these guidelines cannot be called ORS and importantly cannot be sold in the markets is what the FSSAI has said.
32:59You know who's behind this? It's a pediatrician.
33:02She's been fighting this battle for a very, very long time.
33:05Dr. Sivar Ranjani Santosh, who has been looking at this and actively campaigning against misleading ORS products,
33:13welcomed the announcement because she had been fighting this battle for the longest time now.
33:19Dr. Sivar Ranjani Santosh, pediatrician who's been fighting this, like I said, is now joining us.
33:25Thank you so much for your time. First of all, a big congratulations to you.
33:29Dr. Sivar Ranjani Santosh, you've really won this very long, hard fought battle, haven't you?
33:36Dr. Sivar Ranjani Santosh, thank you so much. It's people's win. Parents win.
33:44Dr. Sivar Ranjani Santosh, it is, it is. You know, as a pediatrician tell us,
33:48what were these so-called ORS products that you saw on the market that upset you so much?
33:54Dr. Sivar Ranjani Santosh, not only as a pediatrician, as a parent also, if your child is getting something which is making him more sick,
34:08you go to a pharmacy for something to give relief to your child, to make your child better,
34:16and you're being given, deceptively being given something which can worsen your child's condition,
34:23how would you feel as a parent? And as a pediatrician, if I'm seeing so many kids suffer, how would I feel?
34:33Dr. Sivar Ranjani Santosh, So, and we know that in under 5 age group in India, 13 out of 100 deaths are due to diarrhea.
34:45And if I, as a parent, am going to the pharmacy and asking for oral rehydration solution,
34:53which is the wonder drug of the 20th century, which has saved millions of lives,
34:58and I am given this, which has 10 times more sugar,
35:04I am given this, which has 8 times more sugar,
35:09and something which worsens my child's diarrhea,
35:12and my child ends up getting hospitalized or my child dies,
35:16then who is the culprit here?
35:21So that's why, that's why, as a parent, as a pediatrician, it angered me, it made me very angry.
35:31How can they do it? How can anybody do it?
35:36How can anybody so deceptively label something and market it everywhere in the pharmacies, in the hospitals,
35:45everywhere in the schools, and when we said, no, you can't do this,
35:50they add a micro mini disclaimer, do not give during diarrhea, nobody can read this.
35:58So finally, yeah, 2020, in 2018, I started raising awareness through social media,
36:08and from 2021 onwards, I started writing to the health ministry about the same.
36:14First to the CDSCO, and the CDSCO said, it's not our job, because we didn't give permission to these liquids,
36:21you have to reach out to the FSSAI.
36:24I reached out to the FSSAI, finally I reached out to the central health minister at that time,
36:29and they directed FSSAI to look into it and on 8 April 2022, FSSAI issued an order that no food or beverage should have ORS on their label or on the trademark
36:44with the prefix or suffix.
36:47Absolutely.
36:48But then in July, on the 14th of July 2022, they reverted the order and said they can put a disclaimer and sell.
36:56This is not an ORS, sorry, you are saying this is medicine here, and you are saying this is not a medicine.
37:02What kind of logic is this?
37:04Well, yes.
37:05And how many of us actually read disclaimers?
37:07Of course, we are supposed to read, but in India, there are so many illiterate people, poor people who don't understand the meaning of disclaimer, right?
37:16And then in February 2024, they said that any company can launch a new product also, but with a disclaimer.
37:26But Zydus launched in 2024, Blue Bondi Active ORS, and then some indoor ORS came there, there was not even the disclaimer.
37:35Okay.
37:36In 2022, in September, I filed a public interest litigation where the respondents were central health ministry and the concerned companies,
37:49a new company which is a spin-off from Johnson & Johnson and the Ready Labs and other companies.
37:55So, yeah, but the court hearings were still going on, but I got tremendous public support from parents, doctors, journalists, podcasters,
38:10Endocrine Society of India, Women Pediatricians Forum, my teachers, my professors from Jibmar, and most importantly, my family who stood by me in this battle.
38:22And yeah, we made it happen.
38:25We made it happen.
38:26And now FSSA issued an order on the 15th of October 2025 that the 8th April 2022 order stands valid and no food or drink can have ORS on its label.
38:39That's right.
38:40With a prefix or suffix in the label or in the trademark ever.
38:45They cannot sell it.
38:46And if any of you see these drinks in the market, you please complain to the FSSAI.
38:53All right.
38:54So that's a big victory in that sense for you.
38:58I'm going to thank you for joining in to tell our viewers the product that the doctor was talking about is actually this similar products of this kind available in the market.
39:08The labeling is misleading.
39:09There's a tiny little disclaimer here says this is only a trademark and does not represent its true nature.
39:15So a product is saying it's not representing a true nature, not a WHO oral rehydration salts.
39:22That's what this product says.
39:24The FSSAI has finally gone ahead and said this can't be sold as an ORS product.
39:30It is not ORS Electrol, which is, of course, the popular sachet that we usually consume, which has, in fact, WHO's supported ORS written on it, is what really is the actual ORS.
39:47Now, with Diwali just around the corner, food safety teams across multiple districts are cracking down hard on adulteration.
39:54The food department in UP has launched a district-wide campaign since October 8th, seizing over 13 quintals of adulterated food, destroying 28 quintals of mawa and paneer on your screens at this point in time.
40:08That's a crackdown by the FSSAI.
40:11In Ghaziabad as well, food safety officials targeted the increasing supply of fake paneer.
40:17Remember, it's available throughout the year, but the demand during this time of the year, of course, surges.
40:22And sweets also, as well as adulterated milk and khoya.
40:26In Ghazipur, seizing about 1400 kilos of fake desi ghee, hundreds of kilos of adulterated sweets and chutneys during a major dhan terrace raid.
40:36Not just UP, in Uttarakhand, several food samples failed lab tests.
40:41More samples have been sent.
40:42In Rajasthan, a raid in a sauce factory exposed a shocking sight.
40:46Thousands of kilos of rotten, insect-infested pulp and sauce were destroyed on the spot.
40:54And the whole site is a massacre.
40:57I've been talking about this year during this time.
41:01We've been doing the damage in the SDM Madam.
41:03We've been doing this during the damage of the SDM.
41:05And the whole site has been doing this year.
41:08We've been given 66 samples in this duration.
41:12We've calculated about 13,000,000 food articles, which is about 3,000,000 rupees.
41:23The car was the number 733-B3222, which was the name of the Sahil, which was the driver's name.
41:33The J&K Dairy, which is the J&K Dairy Milk Plant, which was brought from the mosque in Palwal.
41:40So, it was done with the work, and it was done with the drum.
41:47It was done with the quality of the drums.
41:51It was done with the drum.
41:56It was done in Mohan Nagar.
42:03As you can see, there is no need for the mishthan-kityad.
42:10There are many teams of Khadr-suresh and Samandit.
42:16In the village of Vibhin, there was about 1.500 kg of wood, 15 kg of chenna, and 50 kg of red chutney.
42:28There were 1449 kg of wood, which was seen in the IL farm.
42:33And the mishthan-kityad was seized by the mishthan-kityad.
42:37And the mishthan-kityad was seized.
42:40And the mishthan-kityad was seized by the mishthan-kityad.
42:45And the mishthan-kityad was seized by the mishthan-kityad.
42:49The mishthan-kityad was seized by the mishthan-kityad,
42:56and the mishthan-kityad was seized by the mishthan-kityad.
43:00In this case, we have received seven bottles of milk, milk, milk, and juice.
43:11And in the first place, we have to be able to breathe in the air.
43:20And as Diwali approaches, the sweet shops are buzzing, kitchens are busy,
43:24but behind the festive chair lies a hidden danger.
43:27The soaring demand for paneer and koya adulteration is on the rise.
43:31And what looks like a delicious treat could turn into a health hazard for you
43:36and for everyone else who are, in fact, naive in consuming these food items,
43:42thinking that they are clean.
43:45India Today investigates how some of the sweets on your plate
43:48could be hiding toxic secrets.
43:50This report has got to do with toxic paneer and koya, essentially,
43:55which are actually the most adulterated food items in the market right now.
44:00As households gear up to make festive sweets, the demand for paneer and koya soars,
44:16making these dairy products prime targets for adulteration.
44:20In recent raids across several cities, large quantities of tainted paneer, milk cake and koya have been seized and destroyed ahead of Diwali.
44:33Mixing in non-dairy substitutes or chemicals, including milk powder, palm oil, starches or detergents,
44:39to cut costs or increase volume is the most common type of adulteration seen in these products.
44:49In some unregulated units, workers prepare dairy products in unhygienic conditions,
44:54with contaminated water and outdated milk, increasing the risk of bacterial infections like E. coli and salmonella.
45:01Experts warned their poor storage and lack of refrigeration further worsened contamination,
45:08allowing harmful microbes to multiply rapidly.
45:12So we decided to give you, the consumer, an opportunity,
45:16a chance to see if your koya and your paneer are adulterated or not.
45:22You can check it by yourself and it's not too complicated.
45:25All that you require is this iodine, which you can pick from any chemist shop.
45:30If you think that your source of koya and paneer are adulterated, this is what you should be doing.
45:35Take a piece of paneer and put some iodine on it.
45:43The trick is that if it turns black, you know for sure that your koya or your paneer is adulterated.
45:51Look at this. This is completely black. This is turned black.
45:56I'm going to give you an example by showing you something which I know is not adulterated.
46:03But why not give this a try?
46:06This is another piece of paneer and I put some iodine on it once again.
46:14Doesn't turn black.
46:16Take a look at this. The difference is for you to see.
46:19This is adulterated. It's turned completely black.
46:24This has not turned black.
46:26This is just taking the color of iodine.
46:28A similar experiment can be done with koya as well.
46:31Again, a lot of adulterated koya has been found in the market.
46:35Remember, it leads to consuming adulterated products like these.
46:39Leads to digestive problems.
46:40Long term consumption of these products can also in fact lead to kidney damage.
46:47And this is something that doctors are reporting on.
46:51Koya again.
46:52I'm mixing it with iodine.
46:54Take a look at it.
46:56Doesn't turn black.
46:58Which means this koya also is not adulterated.
47:02But this paneer, look at the black layer that has come over it.
47:06This is what you should be extremely careful about.
47:11These are very common items during Diwali like we've been telling you.
47:14Very popular items.
47:15And that's how you can check whether your koya and your paneer are adulterated.
47:21It has long term impact on your health.
47:24Short term impact would be some digestive problems.
47:27But if you consume it for a long time, it could actually make you very sick.
47:34Doctors say prolonged consumption of such adulterated food can lead to liver and kidney complications.
47:39Children and the elderly are particularly vulnerable as the immune system struggle to fight the toxic compounds present in fake dairy.
47:51Hospitals often see a spike in food poisoning cases during and after the festive season.
47:56Medical practitioners urge citizens not to ignore early symptoms like nausea, stomach cramps, vomiting or a metallic taste after consuming sweets.
48:06And this is a big India Today impact that we are reporting on.
48:13Well, just two weeks ago, India Today's Ashok Upadhyay and our on-ground team uncovered is totalling through an RTI
48:23where we found that 31% of ventilators in major Delhi government hospitals, including a government Lok Nayak hospital, were non-functional.
48:32Many of them bought under the PMKS Fund.
48:35After we aired this story, the government was forced to act.
48:39Following a high-level meeting chaired by the Delhi Chief Minister, Lok Nayak hospital has now issued fresh instructions.
48:45Senior nursing officers have been asked to identify and label all non-functional ventilators across departments
48:52and move them to the basement of the surgical block.
48:56A clear sign that questions raised by us, by India Today, have finally led to some accountability here.
49:05When delays is that were bought, but were not in use.
49:09That's the focus.
49:10That's the spotlight.
49:11That's the spotlight.
49:12In fact, we had put the spotlight on that story.
49:15This was through an RTI application and details of the same we had put out before our viewers.
49:22I'm going to go straight across to Milen Sharma, who's got more details on that story.
49:26A clear indication, Milen, that questions raised by us have finally led to some sort of an accountability here.
49:34Well, definitely, because the number of ventilators that are operational needed to be checked and certainly the Minister for Health had visited LNJT Hospital to himself do a recce of the number of ventilators that were there in the hospital.
49:52Of course, this kind of checks and balances can happen regularly and the LNJT administration has assured India Today that all the ventilators that are there are working and all the non-functional ones have been taken off and put in the basement.
50:11And this is a big India Today impact after RTI that revealed a certain number of ventilators that were not functional.
50:20And you remember how important this equipment is ever since COVID happened.
50:25Hospitals are supposed to equip themselves with properly functioning ventilators, which is a life-saving device for many people.
50:34And especially a big government hospital like Lok Nayak that comes under the Delhi government has taken this up very seriously.
50:43In fact, the Minister also informed India Today in that check-up that he had done in the hospital that all Delhi government hospitals will also have an MRI machine by next year in January.
50:55That's right.
50:56That's right.
50:57Milena, I'm going to leave it at that for the moment to tell our viewers, just imagine the importance of, you know, ventilators and critical medical equipment like that during a course of an emergency, like a pandemic-like situation.
51:08COVID had seen the requirement of this sore up and Delhi government, all these hospitals, in fact, many of these hospitals had these ventilators that were not being used.
51:19They were there but not being used.
51:21Finally, here, the authorities evidently have woken up.
51:25Well, that also, in fact, brings us to the end of this edition.
51:29On the other side, a special show on the state of war BR through the lens of artificial intelligence.
51:35More on that in just a minute.
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