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Mehul Choksi, uncle of the diamantaire Nirav Modi, may sure have given up his Indian passport and may have given up his Indian citizenship, but what he surely could not have been able to give up is his catch-22 situation of being extradited to India. Because as per an India today report, two sources from the Indian government have told it to India Today that Choksi was completely wrong in reckoning that taking up the Antiguan citizenship would help him save from being extradited to India. But what is the process of Extradition and what all it involves? And what are the facts and figures when it comes to extraditing fugitives from different countries to India? Watch this news report to know it all

Raghuram Rajan is recently in news for many reasons.. warning for the job creation, tolerance of divergent views..protection of institutions which are among the biggest issues India is facing where the former governor had always them pointed out. Though he had left mint street yet he does not shy away from commenting on government on economic conditions as well as the political conditions of our country. Raghuram Rajan has often been called as the "James Bond" of Indian business due to his ability to have brought the economy of our country back from the edge of the cliffThere are also speculations that the former RBI governor might eventually take a political plunge as well. So how was Raghuram Rajan as an RBI governor?

"January 12 2019, marked a significant day for Uttar Pradesh's political discourse. The day when history repeated itself. For the political observers, it was a deja vu moment. The arch rivals Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samajwadi Party officially announced their alliance for the 2019 Lok Sabha election. This was a stark reminder of that moment when almost 2 decades ago the first generation leaders of the parties Mulayam Singh Yadav and Kanshi Ram came together to fight the assembly elections. However, the SP-BSP Alliance kept Congress out. The same Mayawati whose closeness to Sonia Gandhi made headlines is now sounding poll bugle against the Congress. Both Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati and the SP-BSP are considered a major part of the larger opposition alliance. So why the SP-BSP alliance turned down Congress' friendship offer? In this show, we will decide what is the real reason behind SP-BSP Alliance snubbing the Congress and going ahead with the "regional only" alliance.

"Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday received the first ever Philip Kotler presidential award for his outstanding leadership. According to the award citation, prime minister Modi was selected for his 'selfless service of India' combined with his 'tireless energy' that has resulted in extraordinary economic, social and technological advances in the country. This 'first ever award', is also said to be "a very confidential award".. but why?

On Monday, the Modi cabinet raised the heat amidst the winter session of parliament underway by clearing 10% reservation for the economically weaker upper castes. The cabinet decided to amend the Constitution so that the “economically backward” upper castes will get 10% reservation in direct recruitment in government services and admission to higher educational institutions. Lok Sabha, on its last day of winter session, passed this Reservation Bill with a 2/3rd majority. The upper house of the parliament, Rajya Sabha is debating the reservation bill today. The proposed reservation will be over and above the existing 50 per cent reservation enjoyed by the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and the Other Backward Classes, taking the total reservation to 60 per cent. The upper caste Hindus are its core vote banks. Thus, this move was being seen as Brahmin-baniya vote bank motivated. In this show today, we are trying to decode the possible outcome PM Modi is expecting after this move. But we will also look into t

The 1st day of January marks the beginning of a new year and celebrations for everyone around the world, but for the Dalit community, the day also commemorates the battle of Bhima Koregaon, a significant event in the Dalit history that was unknown to the masses at large until last year. In this video we tell you why the battle of Bhima-Koregaon is so significant for the Dalit community and how the case has developed so far. From Hindutva terror to Urban Naxa, how needle of suspicion turned around the key accused.

With time running out to save 15 miners trapped inside a 370 foot illegal coal mine in Lumthari area of Meghalaya since December 13, the state Chief Minister Conrad Sangma said the state government has written to the Coal India seeking their special pumps and equipment to aid the rescue of these 15 miners. The Indian media which sensationally highlighted the recent Thailand cave excavation of young football team, sadly has failed to pressurize the Central government about this rescue operation which has entered its 16th day. This issue has only gained pace after a major leader of opposition citicised the prime minister on social media. Unlike the case of Prince the boy who got stuck in a borewell in Kurukshetra district of Haryana, which attracted a lot of mileage both from media and the political fraternity.. but this case seems to have taken a back-foot, probably because it happened in one of the states of the seven sisters. So this shows that unless a popular face from the opposition party does not take th

Ahead of its preparation of the upcoming lok sabha election of 2019, the ruling BJP yesterday appointed leaders in charge for the party’s responsibility in 17 states. Party president Amit Shah appointed his trustworthy and experienced hands for the key states in which the BJP is fighting a fierce battle to retain its dominance. In a surprise move the bhartiya janta party has appointed former gujarat minister of state for home Gordhan Zadaphia as lok sabha election in charge for uttar pradesh. A responsibility that was once shouldered by Amit Shah during the 2014 polls. So who is Gordhan Zadaphia??

The banking services across the country is likely to get affected today, that is 26th of December. The nation wide strike is called by the United Forum of Bank Unions against the proposed merger of Dena Bank and Vijaya bank with Bank of Baroda. The central government in the month of September had announced that the entities would be merged to create India's third largest bank in the public sector banking space.

The Ministry of Home Affairs on Thursday issued a notification which allowed 10 intelligence and investigating agencies and the Delhi Police to intercept, monitor and decrypt "any information" generated, transmitted, received or stored in "any computer". The MHA notification says that the order was passed under Section 69 of the Information Technology act, 2000 and rule 4 of the Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguards for Interception, Monitoring and Decryption of Information) Rules, 2009. The order soon snowballed into a massive controversy with privacy activists raising concern over the ambiguity of the notification, while the opposition too cornered the government calling it a violation of fundamental right to privacy of Indian citizens. Congress president Rahul Gandhi tweeted about it saying the Modi government wants to convert India into a police state. The ongoing winter session of parliament too felt the heat of the topic. There was a massive uproar in the parliament houses with the opposition

The central government on 20th December had sought parliament's approval for capital infusion worth Rs 41,000 crore to the ailing state run banks in the current fiscal. 11 out of total 21 Public Sector Banks have been placed under the PCA frame work of the RBI which restricts such PSBs from lending money, in addition to placing other curbs on them. While on the face of it the intention of the government may seem to be noble but why is the gov in such a hurry to infuse such massive amounts of capital instead of improving the operational efficiency of these ailing banks??

The 2018 assembly elections which were touted as the Semi-finale in the run-up to 2019 lok Sabha elections are over. It has been a week since the results of the five states- Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Mizoram and Telangana came out. The grand old party of India, Congress which had seen a series of drubbing in assembly elections since 2014 regained the ground with thumping victory in the three Hindi Heartland states. t is important here to understand that the three states are electorally significant. Moreover, with just few months to go for the mega battle of 2019, the assembly election provides a prelude of what we can expect in the next Lok Sabha election. In this show today, we talk about how these assembly election result can reflect in 2019 and how it will impact the number game.

Description: The Supreme Court in its verdict on Friday said that it found nothing wrong with a deal the Narendra Modi government signed with France to purchase 36 Rafale fighter jets. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi said that it had studied the matter "extensively" and that it was "satisfied that there is no occasion to doubt the process [of signing the Rafale deal]." Overall, the Supreme Court gave a thumbs up to the Rafale deal. But is the Rafale story really over? We take a look at the unanswered questions in this video.

Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison has announced that his government will recognize West Jerusalem to be the capital of Israel. Nonetheless, he stated that the embassy of Australia would not relocate from Tel Aviv till such time a peace settlement is agreed upon. But what's the inside story to it?

Chief of the Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee, Kamal Nath, on 13th of December was appointed as the 18th chief minister of India's heartland. The announcement finally ended the suspense about who would become the CM of Madhya Pradesh. Both Nath and Jyotiraditya Scindia were the two front-runners for the position. With wins in 114 seats, the Congress party had not done enough to secure a clear majority, but managed to scrape past the halfway mark with the help of the Bahujan Samaj Party and the Samajwadi Party. The infighting in the Congress in Madhya Pradesh was a major challenge and Kamal Nath was the sole person responsible to bring the scattered Madhya Pradesh Congress back to a mold..

Transparency is a basic thing for a democratic state and since India is proud to be both transparent and democratic, the government must take the Central Information Commission's audit of ministries departments seriously. According to the Chief Information Commission's audit more than one-third of government ministries and departments do not disclose basic information about their decision-making process, foreign visits of senior officials, minutes of departmental meetings, transfer policy etc.. All the 2,092 public authorities who are registered with CIC were approached between July and October 2018 with a pro forma, which they had to fill themselves. Overall, 838 of the 2,092 government ministries and departments responded and submitted to this audit. Where it shows about 35% of them have poorly scored on disclosure and only 19% have topped it.

67% voter turnout recorded at 3 pm in Mizoram. Forty-two VVPATs, 25 ballot units and 19 control units were replaced, following malfunctions at various polling stations across Mizoram. Former chief minister of Mizoram Zoramthanga, who was in power from 1998 to 2008, said that he was confident that his party MNF would win this time in a landslide victory. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla cast his vote at Zarkawt at around 12:15 pm. He is hopeful to win simple majority by bagging more than 27 seats. The chief minister had also said that the Congress would not forge post poll alliance with the BJP. the Congress would not forge post poll alliance with the BJP.

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan today at the ground-breaking ceremony of a corridor to the Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara stated Navjot Singh Sidhu should become the Indian Prime minister for improving the relation between both India and Pakistan. He made this statement responding to the controversy regarding Sidhu's previous visit to Pakistan which created headlines when the congress leader visited for the swearing in ceremony of his friend Khan. Khan said he hopes that they don’t have to wait for Sidhu to become Indian PM for everlasting friendship between the two nations.

The voting time will be from 7 am to 3 pm.with 1.80 lakh security personnel deployed on duty to ensure peaceful polling in the state, where the ruling BJP and opposition Congress will vie for supremacy. The BJP is eyeing a fourth straight term in office, while the Congress is hoping for a comeback in the state which was once its stronghold. As many as 2,899 candidates, including 1,094 independents, are in the fray for the 230 seats, but the main contest is between the Congress and BJP - the big two of Madhya Pradesh politics.

A total of 37.26 percent were polled in Madhya Pradesh till 2.30 pm. Kamal Nath's home district Chhindwara saw the maximum turnout with 45.62 percent votes polled, while Morena was the district with the lowest voting percentage at just 29.78 percent turnout. Incidences of violence have been report from Bhind district today. Gunshots were fired in front of two polling booths. Sources said that the assailants have fled the spot and the firing was done with the intention of disrupting the polling exercise. Sources said the district is located in the Gwalior-Chambal region. The region is expected to witness tense contest between BJP and Congress. The region has a total of 34 seats.