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The Siddaramaiah-led Congress government in Karnataka faces intense heat as the BJP alleges the illegal allotment of 24 civic amenity sites to the party at discounted rates.
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00:00Hello there, a very good evening. You're watching India Today Television.
00:04This is Super Six. I'm Sneha Mordani.
00:06As always, let's tell you about our three top focus stories, news and matters
00:11to all of us we're tracking at this hour.
00:15Let's tell you about yet another scam haunting the Sidramaya Sarkar.
00:20The government, the BJP, is going after the Congress over public land.
00:24BJP says 24 sides allotted to Karnataka.
00:27Congress is countered, says BJP has given land to the RSS.
00:34That's a top focus story.
00:37Tamil Nadu chief minister says big states' autonomy push.
00:41Stalin seeks constitutional amendment.
00:43The chief minister says states need self-governance.
00:47He tables a report within the Tamil Nadu Assembly as well.
00:54Question, Ramzan relief for religious buyers.
00:58Congress's Adi Ranjan has sought three-day Eid's holiday.
01:01Telangana Congress government's big Ramzan subs.
01:05One-hour Ramzan reprieve for all employees who are marking it.
01:09BJP says, why no Navratri relief for Hindus during their festival?
01:13Big Ramzan.
01:15Eid, politics has erupted.
01:19Alright, before we get into details of those stories that I just mentioned to you,
01:23let's kickstart this edition with the top stories.
01:26The headlines at six today.
01:29New videos emerge in the Delhi hit-and-run horror case.
01:33CCTV captures Scorpio being driven at high speed before the collision.
01:37Another video captures passers-by confronting the miner
01:41and his sister while they attempted to flee the scene of crime.
01:45After massive social media backlash over the robo-dog controversy,
01:49Galgothia's university issues an apology.
01:52But the university also puts the onus on the ill-informed pavilion representative
01:57saying that she gave factually incorrect information
02:00even though she was not authorized to speak to the press.
02:05India Block has again questioned Congress's ability to lead the coalition
02:09after back-to-back poll losses.
02:11SENA UBT MP Sanjay Roth has said
02:14India Block needs leadership like Stalin and Mamata Banerjee.
02:17He's also asked the Block to hold regular meetings
02:20and have a clear strategy for pre- and post-poll phrases.
02:24Sidramaya government is under fire yet again.
02:27Karnataka BJP has claimed Congress leased public plots of party use
02:31and allotted 24 public sites for its offices.
02:34BJP also slammed the Congress amidst using government funds
02:37and encroaching on public land.
02:40Congress says they are using government land for official purposes
02:43and not for personal benefit.
02:46The Lingana government has permitted Muslim employees
02:49to leave their offices an hour early at 4pm during Ramzan to offer prayers.
02:54BJP has criticized the government over this move,
02:56says similar courtesies should be extended to the Hindu community as well.
03:03Hours after Bhupen Bora said he will join the BJP on the 22nd of February,
03:07the Congress party has slammed the leader
03:09saying that he has surrendered to the Assam chief minister,
03:12Hivanta Biswasarma.
03:14Assam Congress chief Gogoi also has said
03:17Bora's exit will not end the party's poor prospects.
03:21The Supreme Court has overturned
03:23Allahabad High Court's pulling pyjama string,
03:26not rape attempt ruling.
03:28Coming down heavily on the Allahabad High Court judgment,
03:31it pointed out that education in cases of sexual offences
03:35require both legal reasoning as well as empathy.
03:40Ilavati Hospital in Mumbai has issued a clarification
03:43saying that no surgery was performed on Salim Khan
03:46and that his condition remained stable.
03:48The hospital also says Salim Khan was put on ventilator
03:51as a safety measure as he suffered minimal brain hemorrhage.
03:57Delhi Police Special Cell has arrested gangster Bobby Kabutar
04:00in connection with the firing incident
04:02at actor Disha Patni's residence in Bareilly.
04:06In this probe, there are revelations that show
04:09that Bobby was a habitual offender.
04:11He's been absconding for seven years,
04:14allegedly provided foreign-made weapons to the shooters
04:16involved in this attack.
04:20Pakistan's hockey team captain has accused
04:23the Hockey Federation of severe mismanagement
04:26during their Australia tour.
04:28He claims that players were allegedly forced to wash dishes
04:31and faced accommodation issues
04:33in spite of allocated funds, leading to poor performance.
04:37Pakistan Prime Minister has ordered a probe
04:39into this explosive claim.
04:45In yet another political flashpoint in Karnataka,
04:48BJP has accused the Sidramaya government
04:50of handing over civic amenity sites to the Congress
04:53at discounted rates, calling it a misuse of public land.
04:57Congress has strongly denied the allegations
04:59encountered with charges of its own.
05:02Here's more.
05:05Karnataka Congress is again in the spotlight
05:08over corruption allegations.
05:10The BJP has accused the Sidramaya government
05:13of leasing or allotting civic amenity sites
05:16in several towns for Congress party offices.
05:19According to the BJP, 24 sites were given to the Congress
05:23at discounted rates, turning government land
05:26into party assets.
05:42The Congress, however, denied the charges,
05:45saying the land is used solely for party offices
05:48and not for personal gain.
05:50The party also claimed that over 150 acres
05:54were allotted to BJP and RSS between 2019 and 2023.
06:00I am just taking 5,000, 10,000, 3,000 square feet.
06:05In Pandora City, I think at the time of BJP,
06:09they have taken more than 100 places
06:12in the name of trust for the various institutions.
06:16And they have collected to CSR.
06:17How many costs of rupees they have collected to CSR?
06:20They have issued the power.
06:22We, this is a temple.
06:24As BJP did not target,
06:25how did the RSS office come out?
06:28The land allocation by government
06:30to favoured few is nothing new.
06:33Political parties indulge in land loot
06:36on coming to power.
06:37The Congress in Karnataka is set to face more heat
06:40as further details emerge.
06:43With Sagai Raj in Bengaluru,
06:45Bureau Report, India Today.
06:49From office time relaxations in Telangana
06:52to a full-blown letter war in West Bengal,
06:54Ramzan and Eid have triggered a fresh political showdown.
06:57Well, as the Congress defends festival-related
06:59administrative decisions,
07:01the BJP has cried appeasement.
07:03As expected, allies turned adversaries.
07:06Faith once again finds itself
07:07with the heart of electoral politics.
07:13Ramzan and Eid are back
07:15at the centre of political debate.
07:17From government orders in Telangana
07:19to a letter war in West Bengal,
07:21faith and politics are colliding once again.
07:26In Telangana,
07:27the Congress government has allowed
07:28Muslim employees across departments,
07:31schools and PSUs
07:32to leave offices at 4pm during Ramzan.
07:35The order, effective till March 28th,
07:38exempts essential services
07:39and is described by the government
07:41as a routine annual measure.
07:44The focus now shifts to West Bengal,
07:47where Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chaudhary
07:49has returned to Chief Minister
07:51Mamata Banerjee
07:52seeking a three-day Eid holiday.
07:54The Trinamul Congress
07:56has slammed Adhir Ranjan
07:57for leaking the letter to the media.
08:21The BJP has accused the Congress
08:23of selective appeasement,
08:24asking why no similar relief
08:26is announced for Hindu festivals
08:28like Navratri.
08:48The Congress has dismissed the charge,
08:51saying the steps
08:52are administrative,
08:53not communal.
09:17From office timings
09:18to holiday demands,
09:20Ramzan and Eid
09:21have once again become
09:22political flashpoints
09:23as parties sharpen their pitch
09:26ahead of Assembly elections.
09:28Bureau Report, India Today.
09:33And Chief Minister M.K. Stalin
09:35has reignited the state autonomy debate,
09:38calling it non-negotiable.
09:39This push comes with a sharp attack
09:41on the centre,
09:42accusing it of denying funds
09:44and weakening federalism.
09:46That's the charge.
09:46Raising the pitch
09:47in the centre of state relations,
09:49Chief Minister Stalin
09:49on the floor of the Tamil Nadu Assembly,
09:51accused the union government
09:53of not respecting state governments
09:55and forcing them,
09:56he says,
09:57to fight for funds.
09:59Calling state autonomy central
10:01to DMK's ideology,
10:03Stalin said,
10:04self-governance is the only remedy
10:06and can be achieved
10:06only through
10:07a constitutional amendment.
10:09While pushing for
10:10self-government in states
10:12and coalition governance
10:13at the centre,
10:14the Chief Minister Table
10:15to report on state autonomy
10:16in the House,
10:17mounting a direct charge
10:18to the centre.
10:20Backing the DMK government's move,
10:21Tamil Nadu Congress Chief
10:22has welcomed this report,
10:25saying the Congress
10:25supports the demand
10:26for greater state autonomy
10:27and that empowering states
10:29is essential
10:30to protect
10:30India's
10:31federal structure.
10:34in the United States,
10:36the U.S.
10:38and the U.S.
10:45and the U.S.
10:50and the U.S.
11:01Thank you very much.
11:34Thank you very much.
11:57Thank you very much.
12:27AACC will take decision.
13:26AACC will take action.
13:54AACC will take action.
13:57AACC will take action.
14:40AACC will take action.
15:08AACC will take action.
15:41AACC will take action.
15:42AACC will take action.
15:46AACC will take action.
16:11And here next to it we also have the crushers.
16:15But here what you are seeing is that as the activists over here started demanding an aerial survey especially using
16:23drones.
16:23They also discovered that sand has been brought over especially red sand from the areas the village and alum or
16:29agriculture land and most of them are being slowly dumped and closed and that's the reason you could see there's
16:34a difference between the color sand over there and the color sand over here.
16:37The activists very clearly maintain that these kind of quarries along with it there is a crusher close by where
16:43it is being taken to nearly 80 crushers are over here and these are the ones that is causing a
16:48vast damage and the worrisome part for the people over here is that they claim that all these that are
16:53being quarried over here crushed into M sand or various other materials are being taken to Kerala.
17:00So that is another issue.
17:31So a bunch of人 on this issue is going to be taken.
17:40Because there is a bond to the Kerala.
17:43If you are seeing the Kerala, you know, do your the way bridge that is seeking to meet it along?
17:50So you have to get through this.
17:51And it is this one of the way bridge that is getting to pass.
17:55As you know, if I have to tell people, you are not yet to go to Kerala then you want
17:56to come to Kerala.
17:56If I know that you are looking to Kerala but there is also a parable bridge, or a kerala.
17:57Plus you have to enter Kerala and the Kerala within several other parts.
18:00So I have to go to the Kerala so I have to go to Kerala.
18:00They are all small and small.
18:02But the people are all over there.
18:06They are all over there.
18:09They are all over there.
18:36another important aspect which we wanted to address as for the people who are here is the
18:40actual bringing and dumping of waste from kerala the two types of waste are being brought over
18:45here one is the waste that is being burnt and the other one is the actual medical waste which
18:50are being dumped apparently they have set up a team over here just to make sure that once the
18:54weight is brought over here that waste is removed changed and then burnt that's what you see over
18:58there in kind of like locations like this this is being done unfortunately in many areas medical
19:04waste are also being dumped and that is causing a huge issue because it is being said that the
19:08vehicles that we showed you earlier the heavy motor vehicles which are carrying minerals from this
19:13place m sand and such while coming back what they're doing is that they are bringing the medical waste
19:18and that are being dumped into farmland and this is causing huge panic because these are medicines
19:23or like syringes that have been used with like blood and such that could actually can lead to
19:29a lot of disease spreading in the sport
19:38over there what you see is the national bird of india a peacock which is actually scavenging and what
19:43is happening here is that this is a part that the people the villagers from this area in tenkasi are
19:48completely worried about illegal dumping of garbage especially from kerala villages claim that the
19:54the trucks that is taking all this quarried stones and everything from tenkasi actually while coming
20:01back they bring this kind of waste from kerala which is being dumped over here illegally one location
20:07we are showing over here but there are been so many instances where a lot of medical waste have also
20:13been collected earlier and these are all in a place and in open fields in tenkasi and this is something
20:18that is seriously causing if you're causing a huge threat to them posing a huge threat and that is why
20:24they want the government to look into it
20:36the cause for the fight for the people of tenkasi is also pretty simple save the land from pollution
20:42and also excessive mining and for that they are fighting and that is the only issue they want to raise
20:49for this election save the land from stone quarrying and also pollution especially caused by medical waste
20:55which is causing them huge panic and this is what they want the government to look into
21:01with Irfan, Paramashivam and Devraj, Pramod Madhu for the end of today
21:12moving on india bloc is again in the cracks after congress's poor performance in almost all polls the india bloc
21:18is again
21:19questioned congress's ability to lead the coalition this time sena ubt mp sanjay rotha said india bloc needs leadership like
21:26mk
21:26stalin and mamata banerji he added that the india bloc must have regular meetings and a clear strategy for free
21:32and post poll
21:33this comes just days after former prime ministers rajiv gandhi's confidant mani shankar iyer had said
21:40it's talin must lead the india bloc bgp has not stopped attacking the india bloc the party claims there are
21:46cracks in the coalition and that they have no trust in rahul gandhi or the congress party
21:53india bloc is again in india bloc has always wanted to keep a protest from india bloc
21:57and one of the others wanted to keep a protest from india bloc
22:02i know i never talked about this many months
22:05now people told me that india bloc has always wanted to keep a protest from india bloc
22:09and others have said that stalin should give him his position and that's why they want to keep a protest
22:17from india bloc
22:20I am going to call a meeting, and I need to call a meeting.
22:23What should I do to do, what should I do to do next?
22:26We are doing the evening evening for the evening and the staff need to call it.
22:32Or, people will leave the party and leave the party.
22:36This is the wrong thing that completely broke down without the meaning of the purpose.
22:43And in the way, this was very dangerous before.
22:49All right, ETH 2026 is already buzzing with the high-stakes box office clash as Yash's
22:55toxic fairy tale for grown-ups goes head-to-head with Dhurander the revenge, a move that has
23:01reportedly left Yash visibly upset, setting the stage for a fierce showdown across southern
23:08and Hindi markets.
23:10Take a look.
23:19Fireworks are already lighting up ETH 2026, and the battle is far from on-screen.
23:45After rewriting box office history with KGF chapter 2, Yash now finds himself at the center
23:51of a high-stakes release clash.
23:53Shai in the Mundursukhagalla.
23:58Mundursukhondra hai.
24:02Matte rakta ne kailate hai.
24:06His much-awaited film, Toxic, a fairy tale for grown-ups, is slated for March 19th, coinciding
24:13with the festive Eid weekend, but the date will not belong to him alone.
24:41The team behind Dhurander, The Revenge, has announced the same release slot, setting the
24:47stage for the stage for one of the most anticipated box office face-offs in recent times.
25:01Although Yash had secured his date well in advance, reports suggest that the makers of
25:07Dhurander, The Revenge, did not inform him before selecting the same window.
25:12A move that has reportedly left the star displeased.
25:16This is a new Hindustan.
25:19This will also fall in the house and will also fall in the house.
25:26Speculation about Toxic shifting its release quickly surfaced.
25:39But those close to Yash have dismissed the rumours.
25:48Announced officially in December 2023, the film has had fans waiting eagerly for over two years.
26:02And for Yash, stepping away from the date now would risk disappointing an audience that
26:08has supported him through the long wait.
26:16Sources also claim that Yash feels a simple courtesy call would have reflected mutual respect,
26:23something he believes is more common in the southern film industries than in Bollywood.
26:35With both films aiming for strong returns, Eid 2026 is shaping up to be a closely watched showdown.
26:49Early buzz suggests that Dhurander, The Revenge, holds stronger traction in Hindi-speaking regions.
26:57While Yash continues to command unwavering support across southern markets.
27:09So the stage is set, the stakes are high and the box office battle has already begun.
27:29Hedalis Entertainment Bureau, India Today.
27:34Daddy's home.
27:40All right, you can find the report and much more up on our website.
27:43That's indiatoday.in.
27:44You can download the app as well.
27:46That's it from me in this edition.
27:47News continues right here.
27:49I'll see you next time.
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