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Social media restrictions on several Pakistani celebrities and news channels were lifted following a review tied to Operation Sindoor. Government sources say the accounts had shown a prolonged pause in anti-India content. The move has sparked debate over the status of the operation and the risks of renewed access.
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00:00There's outrage coming in as multiple Pakistani celebs' accounts have been unblocked.
00:05The Congress has hit out over unblocking on Pakistani accounts.
00:09Congress's Shama Muhammad says the four terrorists who killed 26 people in the Pahalgam attack are still roaming free.
00:17But the social media accounts of Pakistani celebrities and YouTube channels from Pakistan,
00:22which were withheld in India during Operation Sindhuul, are now active again in our country.
00:27Anyway, this is what is being said.
00:30Let me quickly cut across and bring in Rahul Gautam into the broadcast.
00:33Rahul, a very good morning to you.
00:35This is the backlash we are seeing and somewhere down the line,
00:37maybe this was expected giving the quiet lifting of the ban and also the national sentiment,
00:45the emotional, the emotions around nationalism that we still see in the aftermath of Operation Sindhuul.
00:51Well, good morning and yes, we rightly pointed out that Congress clearly understands that there's a sentiment against Pakistan
01:00at this point of time in the wake of Pahalgam attack and Operation Sindhuul.
01:05And although government had earlier, you know, blocked these Pakistani YouTube channels,
01:10but now Congress is wondering, in fact, if you see the tweet also of Shama Muhammad,
01:17she in fact expresses surprise as to what has led to unblocking of these social media accounts of Pakistani artists.
01:26So as far as Congress is concerned, they are pretty convinced that this only shows that the government is still not sure how to deal with Pakistan
01:35and what had happened in the wake of a Pahalgam attack, blocking, you know, such YouTube accounts, Twitter accounts,
01:42but just a knee-jerk reaction and there is no solid approach as far as Pakistan is concerned.
01:48So clearly, you can say that Congress is only increasing the heat on this issue
01:52and therefore they are trying to clear the narrative that the Indian regime has completely failed on the front of tackling this issue of Pakistan.
02:02And in fact, we all know that how earlier also they were saying that the diplomatic front also,
02:08India, Indian government has completely failed in terms of isolating Pakistan.
02:12So you can sum up all these things that Congress will be increasing the heat on this issue.
02:18Absolutely. Rahul, I'm sorry to interrupt you there.
02:21Let me bring in Mr. Manikam Tagore into the conversation here.
02:24He's joining us on India Today.
02:25Mr. Tagore, thank you so much for speaking to us on India Today.
02:27A very good morning to you.
02:28We see your party and party leader has already come out to voice against, express dissent against this very move.
02:37And we only think that from this point onward, this very dissenting voice against, this unblocking of accounts is to increase.
02:45Good morning.
02:49We need to understand that Modi and the government's strategic steps are just becoming just for events and land management only.
03:02Suddenly they banned all the YouTube channels of those Pakistani people who had been attacking India and others.
03:09Suddenly they had released that thing and now all is well for them.
03:16And Mr. Modi, when Munir is speaking the language which is insulting to every Indian.
03:23And we are allowing these kind of things.
03:25And we know that Mr. Modi is only the tourist mission to tour countries, not to take forward the foreign policy in aggressive way.
03:34This is not the foreign policy, the foreign external affairs minister has completely failed.
03:39And now this kind of incident shows very clearly that government is not having a plan to deal with the Pakistani attack as well as the media itself.
03:50Therefore, we need to understand that the government's steps are miscalculated.
03:54The government is not ready to face the parliament.
03:58240 MPs have wrote that we need to speak about Helgaam and Operation Sindhuur after the much announced ceasefire of Mr. Trump.
04:10But they are not considered that demand.
04:12Now we see that of Kran Rajuji's tweet yesterday about the parliament.
04:18Right. Mr. Dagor, let me interrupt you here.
04:19I am very sorry to do so.
04:21But let me also ask you, then at this given point, would you say that you have given up on the entire aspect of Amun Kiyasha?
04:31Where is the Amun Kiyasha now?
04:33When you are being attacked, when you are being attacked, the right, left and such are, and when we are losing our Indians, they come here and attacked and they went back.
04:46Those terrorists who are attacked the end.
04:48Where are the four terrorists who had escaped from Belgram?
04:54Where the Amun Kiyasha was now?
04:57Mr. Modi can forget it, but India would forget it.
05:00We need to understand that there is a serious challenge and we need to understand that it is only the land management and some photo ops can't solve our problem.
05:10It is a deep-rooted thing and General Munir and the ISI's activities on the border and across other kind of activities, closeness to the Chinese as well as the Americans is disturbing.
05:21And Mr. Modi is having a fun tour in Guyana and other places and Canada and other places.
05:25But Mr. Tagore, when we also speak of social media accounts, there is an aspect here that we are also looking at that there are certain social media platforms that do not allow the ban to go on forever.
05:37Now, amid this situation, are we completely overlooking and ignoring the fact that the accounts may have been scrutinized and that is what the government sources also have to say, which is why the ban has been lifted?
05:49We need to understand that India is a huge market for all these social media companies.
05:55India is a huge market and we have YouTube channels, all these kind of things.
06:00They do a eon to Indian consumers and subscribers.
06:06Therefore, these all rules, whatever they are saying, won't apply for the bigger customer gap for us.
06:14There is a huge, we need to, that is the issue is the government.
06:20Right, Mr. Tagore, we understand, we understand the party's sentiment as well as your stance that you have in fact put forth right now.
06:27But let me also bring in Ashok Pandit Pirmekar who is joining us on the broadcast.
06:31Mr. Pandit, thank you for speaking to India today and a very good morning to you.
06:34You know, we are discussing this unbanning of certain accounts and, you know, I would want to particularly focus on this aspect with you.
06:42We are already witnessing the kind of backlash around Diljeet Dasanj and Hania Amir's account happens to be one among the others that have been unbanned.
06:51Would you say this move may in fact, you know, be a very risky one for the government, especially the timing of it?
06:59It's sad that the government has proved to be so insensitive towards the situation where, you know, our security forces and common men have been facing against, you know, by Pakistan.
07:18We have faced so many attacks by Pakistan.
07:21There is so much of, you know, it's a terror country.
07:24And then when you have taken, you have taken a call, you have taken an action and you have banned all these YouTube channels,
07:30the personal accounts on Instagram, all these Pakistani actors and Pakistani performers and, you know, all those kind of people.
07:39I can't understand the reason of unbanning them.
07:43I can't understand the reason of giving them a liby again.
07:46And Shahid Afridi has abused, you know, again.
07:50And he has, the way he has, all the content, whatever he has treated, is a shame for us.
07:58He's actually a shame for us.
07:59Yes, he has, you know, proved again that they deserve to be on our platforms here in this country of us.
08:12So I, you know, I'm really shocked and I'm sad yesterday when this happened.
08:19People are asking questions to us because it's we who have banned, who have issued a non-corporation against Rajiv Dosan.
08:25It's we who have raised voice against Pakistani actors and performers.
08:30And then suddenly you take this decision and make us feel like, you know, fools here that we as countrymen,
08:38we as people who have stood by the government of India during Operation Sindhu, during the terror attacks and all that.
08:45So it's basically they are trying to be insensitive towards people.
08:49They are trying to play with the emotions of the people.
08:51The people who have stood by you during bad times.
08:56And most probably, most importantly, I would like to say that this action of the government of India,
09:02the IT ministry and the IMB ministry is an insult to the security forces and their families
09:09and also all those people who are affected by terrorism unleashed by Pakistan on us.
09:14Right. But is there a possibility, Mr. Pandit, and I hate to play the devil's advocate here,
09:20but I will just just also put this perspective forward and take your opinion on this.
09:24Is there a possibility that the government may also be, you know, operating from this particular place
09:30that they are confident enough that there is no need for such actions wherein they have publicly put forward
09:37and globally put forward their stance on anti-terrorism and that speaks for itself?
09:42What have they achieved by doing that?
09:46They have achieved nothing.
09:48Shahid Afridi has given you back on your face.
09:51What have they achieved? What are they trying to prove?
09:53Why are they trying to be so good?
09:55Pakistan doesn't deserve this kind of treatment.
09:59Shahid Afridi has not thanked you.
10:01Shahid Afridi has not told you, thank you very much.
10:04They have not apologised to you.
10:06They have not said sorry that our country has misleaved with your country.
10:10They have not felt sad about it, what the country has done to us.
10:16They are insulting you again.
10:19If you had to do this, why did you even ban them then?
10:22So they are making, they are playing with the emotions of the people.
10:27I'm very honest about it.
10:30I have felt very sad because we have been fighting on the roads.
10:33We are fighting against those people in the industry.
10:36We don't have a situation to face people now.
10:42People are asking questions in the industry.
10:45Why did you raise so much of noise against this is Dushanj and other Pakistani actors and performers.
10:50But the government is standing by them.
10:54They don't deserve this kind of a treatment.
10:56It's a terrible country.
10:59Not a single actor or actress have condemned attack on our innocent people and on our security forces in Pelgham.
11:08There are a series of attacks before this.
11:10There was Uri, there was Pulwama, there was Mumbai attack.
11:13They have been constantly attacking you.
11:16They have been constantly killing your people.
11:18They have been constantly killing your security forces.
11:20It's a terror nation.
11:21So why is so much of soft corner to them?
11:24Is it a pressure of America on you?
11:26Or is it a pressure of China on you?
11:28Why are you behaving so weak?
11:30And why are you so confused in your reaction towards these people?
11:36In fact, we feel that there should be no contact with them.
11:42You have to marginalize them.
11:44Now again, when they will attack you, as their habit is,
11:48you will again ban them and again you will unban them.
11:52You are making a mockery of a situation.
11:54Right.
11:56Right, Mr. Pandit.
11:57Thank you for putting forth your opinion and insights into this very particular story and putting it on the table.
12:04With that, viewers, let's also take you through what exactly has gone down that we're discussing here.
12:08Pakistani news channels and social media accounts of celebrities that were banned during India's Operation Sindhoor in retaliation to the Pahalgam terror attack have appeared once again in India.
12:21Now the Instagram accounts of several of these top Pakistani celebrities were the ones that had posted, come up with such posts, anti-India posts rather.
12:29These celebs include Sabha Kumar, Maura Hoken, Ahad Razameer, Hanya Amir, Yamna Zahidi and Danish Taimur, among others, which were banned by the government in a move to resent the April 22 attack in Pahalgam, started becoming visible in India.
12:48Now this comes days after the attack in the Baisaran Valley.
12:53India had banned 16 Pakistani YouTube channels, including Dawn News, Samar TV, Ari News, Geo News, for reportedly spreading misinformation against India.
13:04Now the YouTube channels were also banned from streaming in the country for churning out provocative and communally sensitive content, false and misleading narratives against India, the army and its security agencies.
13:16However, Pakistani news media outlets like Hum TV, Ari Digital and Harpal Geo were made available to be streamed again.
13:24Which is what is bringing us to the confusion and such questions being raised that has India then gone soft on Pakistan at this given point.
13:36Now as we speak, we'll take you through each of these celebrity accounts that we are speaking of.
13:42The Pakistani celebs, anti-India venom and what exactly had gone down that time.
13:47Maura Hoken criticized Operation Sindur on social media as cowardly.
13:52Hania Amir slammed Operation Sindur also as cowardly on Instagram.
13:58Shahid Afridi, 8 lakh strong Indian army couldn't prevent the attack in Kashmir.
14:03Those were the very words used.
14:05Again, Shahid Afridi has said that Indian army is inefficient and useless.
14:10Shohi Bakhtar, I believe in two-nation theory.
14:14These were some of the comments that had come in, which is now being questioned right now.
14:18That how are these accounts being given a free pass?
14:23But, viewers, when we are speaking of this very matter, let's also take a closer look at home in terms of another controversy and the latest development in that.
14:32Which is also a debate over nationalism versus creative freedom.
14:35Diljeet Dosanj has put the rumors of his exit from the film Border 2 to rest by sharing a behind-the-scenes video.
14:43The Punjabi singer and actor shared the video from the sets of Border 2 on Instagram, which confirms that he is still part of the film.
14:50Amongst the ongoing Sardarji 3 controversy, several reports claim that Diljeet was dropped from the movie Border 2.
14:56In that video, Diljeet can be seen stepping out of his vanity van, wearing a formal suit with an army logo and a badge on it, and he then walks inside the set.
15:05President of the film body, FWICE, had told India Today that Bhushan Kumar has requested him to allow Diljeet to shoot and that the federation has now revoked the ban order.
15:16We've spoken to a few members of the industry on this matter. Let's take a look as to what they had to say.
15:26Thank you very much.
15:30In that way, they requested that our whole film is completed by Biljit Dushan.
15:41There is only a song that we are doing in NDA.
15:45I am in such a moment when I can't do it outside.
15:51But in Bhavisir, we won't do anything like that.
15:57When we are in a dispute, we won't do anything like that.
16:03Our non-cooperation against Diljit continues.
16:07So if anybody else casts him and works with him in the film,
16:12then he should be ready for facing huge losses.
16:17The Federation will not bow down and the Federation will not be responsible for the heavy losses
16:26which will be suffered by that producer.
16:30So it's a call we have taken in good sense and in good of the industry.
16:37There is no Pakistani actors or Pakistani actor in the film.
16:40And then the film is based on security forces.
16:43So all these things were considered by the Federation.
16:46It's a big risk because the film is set to release next year, Republic Day.
16:50I mean, that's also a day that will celebrate Indians and, of course, patriotism.
16:56And definitely there is a section of fans, there is a section of audiences
17:01who are still against Diljit and him working with Pakistani actors.
17:05And definitely this could cause issues when the film is released subsequently in next year.
17:12However, the makers, as rightly, they do not want to incur financial losses at the moment
17:18because 80 to 85% of the film with Diljit, Diljit's portion in the film have already been shot.
17:24And the makers, this is why requested the Federation that he be allowed to be part of the film.
17:29And just a song was remaining and they wanted to shoot that.
17:33However, as rightly, you rightly mentioned, definitely it's not just a risk,
17:38but also this could make the film just lose and dilute the entire subject that it talks about.
17:46It talks about the Indian army. It talks about patriotism.
17:49And definitely during the promotions, people would be, the media would want to know more about it.
17:54The people would want to know more about what happened with Diljit.
17:57Diljit, the aftermath of him working with Hanya Aamir.
18:00And thus, the entire subject can get diluted when you are working with someone like Diljit,
18:06especially at this moment. Of course, Diljit has been a global star.
18:09His association with Border 2 had raised a lot of excitement among fans,
18:14given he's a Sardar and he wanted to play an army officer.
18:17All this before Sardarji III had definitely led to a lot of excitement among fans
18:23and anticipation about Border 2. But however, right now, given the scenario, given the situation,
18:29definitely this would cause a lot of issues.
18:32However, Border 2 is definitely an important film,
18:35a film that a lot of people are looking forward to.
18:38And definitely the producers would be hoping that the controversy kind of dies down
18:43or just gets diluted once it's about to release so that the focus remains on Border 2
18:48rather than Diljit Dusanj and the controversy.
18:55With that, we have breaking news coming in from down south.
19:02And this is, in fact, tragic news that we are receiving.
19:04Massive fire at Tirupati Temple from Short Circuit.
19:07It's led to a fire, a short circuit that had taken place at temple.
19:11Parts of the temple premises, in fact, are currently charred as we can see
19:15from the very first shots that have come in.
19:17Shops and sheds near the temple gutted completely to fire.
19:21Two fire tenders were, in fact, rushed to the spot to douse the fire.
19:26A fire accident, in fact, that has occurred in Tirupati early this morning.
19:31You can see the flames raging through and the incident took place near the Govinda Raju's Swami temple.
19:37It is reported that the fire broke out due to short circuit.
19:42These are what the preliminary reports are suggesting so far.
19:45However, it's led to some heavy property damage.
19:48Firefighters extinguished the fire with two fire engines which were immediately rushed to the spot.
19:55A shop and a shed were completely burnt in the area.
19:59The visuals of which we are bringing to you both.
20:02What exactly went down during the blaze, in fact, engulfing the entire area
20:09in the aftermath of this very fire.
20:11Officials on spot are taking a stock of the situation even now.
20:15These are the latest details that we are getting to you.
20:18And right now we are being joined by Apoorva to bring us more details from the spot.
20:23Apoorva, a very good morning to you.
20:25Do help us understand in the aftermath, now that the fire has been doused,
20:29what more details are we gathering about the extent of damage incurred upon this area?
20:34Well, Monisha, what has happened is that this fire broke out early in the morning,
20:41near the Govind Rajaswami temple.
20:43And what we are getting to know, according to sources, is that this has been a short circuit
20:48that took place in one of the godowns that was there.
20:52Unfortunately, in the fire, one shed and a godown has also been completely burnt to the ground in the fire
21:01that had been caused by the alleged short circuit.
21:05We can also see how strong the fire was and how raging the fire was just by the visuals as well.
21:13Luckily, there are no persons who had been injured in the fire that took place early in the morning.
21:19In fact, the fire officials had arrived there on time and were able to douse the fire
21:25before any other catastrophe could take place.
21:29Remember, this is one of the most busy streets in Tirupati.
21:33And, you know, it's an early market street where this fire had taken place.
21:39And the fire took place early in the morning.
21:43And so far, no casualties have been reported.
21:46The fire has also been doused, according to officials as well.
21:50Right, Apoorva, thank you so much for bringing us all those details on this very story.
21:54We will keep a track of what exactly comes out as more investigation takes place
22:00as to what exactly went down and led to the very fire.
22:03With that, viewers, we are now slipping into a short break.
22:05But do stay tuned, as on the other side, we bring to you the first batch of Amarnath Pilgrims planned off amid high security.
22:12A convoy of 310 vehicles left the base camp amid tight security.
22:17These are with more details on the other side.
22:19Stay tuned as we come back on The Burning Question.
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23:53You're watching The Burning Question on India Today.
23:55And at the very top of this segment, we bring to you the story
23:58focusing on the Amarnath Yatra.
24:00The 38-day long Shri Amarnath Yatra has got underway
24:04with religious fervour amid tight security.
24:07Sacred Morning Aarti was performed at the Sacred Cave Shrine
24:10dedicated to Bhagawan Shiva.
24:12Thousands of devotees from across India are on the holy journey
24:16but arduous pilgrimage.
24:18Now through some of the toughest terrains, this Yatra in fact proceeds.
24:23Devotees chanting Bol Bham Har Har Mahadev
24:26and singing bhajans participating in the journey are seen.
24:30The Yatra was in fact flagged off from Nunwan base camp,
24:33Behlgam, Baltal and Sonmark.
24:37Over 10,000 pilgrims set off from the Baltal route on the first day itself.
24:42Microchipter enabled RFID smart cards are being used to track the pilgrims.
24:47Security is tight on the threats from terror groups backed by Pakistan.
24:51These are the latest that we bring to you.
24:53The visuals of the very first Yatra already having begun.
24:58It's around 4 a.m. in the morning.
25:26The Yatra has been flagged off and there are hundreds of vehicles.
25:30Mostly, these are small vehicles, cars that are being allowed up towards Chandanwadi.
25:35And the job of the policeman is to stop each car and check the RFID cards.
25:39Now these are strict instructions.
25:41And in fact, this is for the security and safety of the Yatari.
25:45So Amarat Yatra has been flagged off under intense security measures and not without a reason.
25:52Because post Behlgam terror attack, it was clear that this year's Yatra obviously will also be under the terror radar.
26:01So that is something that is happening.
26:04And obviously, as far as the authorities are concerned, they want it to be safe.
26:10They also want that all the necessary facilities are upgraded and the Yatari do not face any issues as far as their lodging, boarding, travel and medical issues are concerned.
26:24So Amarat Yatra flagged off from Nunvan base camp here in Pahlgaam.
26:29And around 3,000 to 4,000 Yatari are right now moving towards Chandanwari from where they'll start the foot march or even on ponies to the holy cave.
26:39And there are scenes on the Balta side as well where the Yatari has been flagged off by local authorities under very intense and strict security protocol.
26:48The camera's from Muzdaf Rehmad, Meir Farid, Nunvan base camp for India today.
26:53The security route, the camping sites in Abduholi, all basic infrastructure is in place.
27:00In addition, we are dominating the ridges.
27:04We ensure that the Yatari's Yatari's Yatari's Yatari's Yatari's Yatari's Yatari's Yatari's Yatari's Yatari's Yatari's Yatari's Yatari's Yatari's Yatari's Yatari's Yatari's Yatari.
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28:14As we say, our Shiv Shakti, Lengar Khameti, is going to be on the 30th anniversary of Lengar.
28:22From the 30th anniversary of Lengar Khameti, we are going to be able to support Lengar Khameti from the 30th anniversary of Lengar Khameti.
28:30Meir Farid joins us from Pahal Garm, Jumoon Kashmir.
28:34Meir, a very good morning to you.
28:35We see the enthusiasm of these devotees as they embark on this arduous journey,
28:40our pilgrimage rather, is at an all-time high.
28:44But at the same time, security seems to be of paramount importance.
28:48Take us through how the security measures are being ensured and implemented on the ground there as these devotees continue their journey.
29:02Yes, Shreya, we have been saying from day one that security is of paramount importance
29:07and focus completely, as far as the administration is concerned, has been on security ever since April 22nd,
29:15when that dastardly terror attack took place here in Pahal Garm.
29:20And it was a time when, quite clearly, red lines were crossed.
29:23There were no rules of engagements left because thought process since, as far as security agencies are concerned,
29:31is that if tourists can be targeted, obviously, Amanai Atara is a direct target.
29:36And since unprecedented security measures have been taken, just to give a semblance of what's happening right now,
29:42we are at the biggest checkpoint here between Unwan Base Camp and Chandanwadi.
29:47And since morning, around 4 a.m., we have been here.
29:51And every vehicle that has been passing through this place, Yathri vehicle,
29:56the RFID cards, which are very critical because that gives the security agencies real-time tracking of every Yathri.
30:04This is very important for their own security, was being checked.
30:08A lot of emphasis on that.
30:09And only people with RFID cards were allowed up towards Chandanwadi.
30:13Since morning, 6,000 Yathris have been allowed from this point.
30:17And slowly, there are more people who are going up.
30:20But this is the biggest checkpoint.
30:22And it's a joint security effort of various belt forces, be it police, CRPF, paramilitary, intelligences.
30:29Then you have eyes in the sky.
30:33You have drones, which are keeping an aerial surveillance.
30:36Though, as far as a very critical security measure that was taken this year,
30:40helicopter services have not been allowed.
30:42So, that also tells you the kind of threat perception that is there.
30:46And to ensure that this goes on peacefully without any antecedent,
30:51there is a joint police control room.
30:53There are CCTVs, which are basically backed by artificial intelligence,
30:59real-time tracking where facial recognition technology is being used.
31:02And any suspect who's spotted on the CCTV action is taken on real-time basis.
31:07So, these are the new innovative steps that have been taken to ensure foolproof security.
31:12But, as I said, there is a clear and present danger as far as terror threat is concerned.
31:18And for that, all these measures are being taken.
31:21Yathris are coming in, though, as the left-hand governor said,
31:24that the number is down post-Pahil Gamma attack.
31:27But since, as these images will go out, as people would see Yatra going on smoothly,
31:32they're hopeful that there will be more registrations and more and more people will come in.
31:37Back to you.
31:38Right, Meir.
31:39Thank you for all those details from the ground.
31:41With that, viewers, as we speak of the Amarnath Yatra,
31:44and devotional fervour seems to be at its peak as we were speaking of security being of paramount importance,
31:52especially amid the attacks that have taken place and the threats that continue to come in.
31:56And as we speak of security measures, no stones have been left unturned to implement them on the ground,
32:03and preparations have also taken place accordingly.
32:06Let's take you through the report and take a look at all the details.
32:09Loud chants of Har Har Mahadev and Bambam Bhole resounding on the pilgrimage route in Jammu and Kashmir.
32:27You can see the level of excitement and enthusiasm among the devotees here.
32:32With great religious fervour, they are leaving for the Kashmir Valley,
32:36and this yatra is taking place in the Kashmir Valley.
32:40The holy cave of Lord Shiva of Shriya Amarnath Ji is located in Kashmir Valley,
32:45and every year this yatra is organized,
32:48and this year the yatra will begin from July 3, that is tomorrow,
32:52and it will conclude on August 9, that is Shravanpurnima.
32:56And here you can see the level of excitement among the devotees.
33:00What do you want to say about this?
33:02It's a great pleasure, sir.
33:03It's a great pleasure.
33:04Set to begin from the 3rd of July, the annual pilgrimage returns after the recent Hindu massacre in Pahlgaam.
33:16For the believers, however, bombs and bullets are no reason to fear.
33:20In two decades, it is the first time when helicopter service will not be available for the Amarnath pilgrims.
33:29This has not only been done for the security purposes,
33:31but there is also another motive behind it,
33:34so that the laborers and the ponywailas can earn some money because they have all hopes on this Amarnath yatra.
33:44Following the terror attack, the Indian Army, CRPF and the Jammu and Kashmir police
34:03have rolled out a comprehensive security framework with a clear objective,
34:08protect pilgrims and thwart any potential threats along the pathway.
34:11National Highway 44, a vital artery for the pilgrimage,
34:16is under constant watch by the Valley Quick Action Teams
34:19and further scrutinized through live drone surveillance.
34:23Joint security blueprint involves the deployment of commandos,
34:27bomb disposal squads and K-9 units alongside marksman bulletproof vehicles along the route.
34:33This is the case.
34:54Amid enthusiasm for the Amanat Yatra, focus returns to tourism.
35:11Operators, pony riders and local residents in Pahilgaam going all out to welcome the Amanat Yatris.
35:18This is the first batch of Yatris who have arrived in Pahilgaam.
35:23Now, unfortunately, the place has been for all the wrong reasons in the news, starting from the Pahilgaam terror attack.
35:31And this is being seen as an opportunity as far as local is concerned to send the right message.
35:36They are welcoming these Yatris. They are being garlanded. Flowers, petals being thrown at them.
35:43This is my 11th year, which is the management army of Pahilgaam.
35:47Pahilgaam after the attack of the Pahilgaam, which is the fear of the Yatris, it is the threat of the Yatris.
35:53I am fortunate to say that there are some things that happened in Pahilgaam.
35:57There was a little pressure on the family, but I fully trust the government.
36:05Long queues were witnessed to Srinagar's Panthachok Yatris camp as devotees.
36:21Pahilgaam terror attack has led to more registrations through the Sonmark-Baltal route compared to the Pahilgaam-Candanwari site.
36:28This Ammanat Yatra in 2025 also brings spiritual healing to Jammu and Kashmir and the Yatris.
36:37With Sunilji Bhatt, Meer Fareed, Jitendra Bahadur and Ashravani, Bureau Report, India Today.
36:47And at the very top of this segment on the show, we bring to you breaking news coming in within the story that has gained momentum in the state of Maharashtra.
36:55Emanus Goons, trash shopkeeper, but go scot-free.
37:00FIRE was filed, as we told you before, but Emanus Goons are yet to be arrested.
37:05Now, the shopkeeper was assaulted for not speaking in Marathi.
37:09The trader's body has come out to say that arrest the Emanus Goons, protect the shopkeepers.
37:14That is their demand at this hour.
37:17But with that, these are the latest developments we're bringing to you within that very story.
37:21Remember when we, in fact, took you through this very incident that took place in the shopkeeper,
37:25where the shopkeeper was trashed for not speaking in Marathi and defending why he's not speaking in Marathi,
37:32but in Hindi, he was slapped by these Emanus Goons.
37:36And in fact, it seems to be a case of a language war, definitely,
37:41but more of an inflated and disillusioned sense of regional pride that we could witness as this incident was also captured on camera.
37:51And we, in fact, do bring to you that very visual of the very moment when this shopkeeper was attacked for not speaking in Marathi.
37:58Remember, such cases are stray, but it does happen, as our colleague Vidya was also mentioning earlier.
38:05And as we speak of Vidya, she is here with us on the broadcast at this point to bring us more details on this latest development.
38:12Vidya, do tell us that earlier we were discussing about how the cases have been filed, their fire has been filed,
38:18but even now we don't see any arrests being made.
38:22Why is that?
38:23Is it because of their association with the political party or is there more that we are picking up at this point?
38:32Well, what the police has said is that the kind of charges that have been leveled is basically wherein the sentence is less than seven years.
38:42And in cases where sentences are less than seven years, the police has to send a notice,
38:47and which is exactly what the police has done as of now.
38:49They have sent three notices, though there were more than a handful of people there at the time when this entire incident had happened.
38:57But those three people who can be seen, the person who made the video and two people in the video who can be seen beating up the shopkeeper,
39:05they have been summoned and they have been asked to come and give their statements.
39:09Well, as in when they give their statements, the investigation will proceed further and further more people might be called.
39:14But as of now, yes, about half a dozen people, the cases are the ones who are facing the case after this entire incident had came to light.
39:22Though remember that this entire incident was of June 29th and it took the entire video to go viral and for people to react and then the case was registered.
39:31And of course, the criminal proceedings have started now after the registration of the FIR.
39:39Right, Vidya, thank you for bringing us all those details.
39:41Let me take our viewers now through the entire incident that had taken place and bring us up to date as to what all happened.
39:48A disturbing new video from Maharashtra sparked outrage across India.
39:52Workers from the Maharashtra Nabnirman Sena, that is MNS, the party led by Raj Thakre, were caught on camera confronting a shopkeeper simply for not speaking in Marathi.
40:04The altercation quickly escalated into assault as he was slapped repeatedly for responding that all languages are spoken here.
40:10The retail owner was then interrogated about why he didn't speak Marathi and then physically assaulted, as you can see on your screens, once he mentioned Hindi.
40:19Following the viral clip, the police registered an FIR against seven of these MNS workers.
40:24However, no action seems to have been taken against them.
40:29No arrests have taken place so far.
40:32Let's take you through the very moment of when this went down and what exactly happened.
40:40No arrests have been taken place so far.
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42:00This is an issue with the National Minister.
42:04He has been asking the local Indian Indian people for the government.
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42:12and he has asked the local government to speak.
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42:21We have talked about the local government that has been in the city of Gujarat.
42:27With that, viewers, we are now getting breaking news from down south from the state of Karnataka,
42:40specifically top business honcho busts Sidramaya vax misinformation after AIMS Kiran Shaw busts the blatant vaccine lies.
42:50Shaw has said, and I quote, listen to science, don't mislead.
42:54And direct rebuttal to the anti-vaccine fear campaign that we had been in fact witnessing.
43:01Shaw has also said further, and I quote, stop maligning Indian vaccines.
43:06Indian vaccines are safe, tested and efficient.
43:09Chief Minister Sidramaya claimed COVID vaccine heart attack link.
43:13This is what we are speaking of at this point.
43:15Milun Sharma joins us on the broadcast to bring us more details.
43:18Milun, this is what we are seeing at this point.
43:21And, you know, with these remarks coming in, it may actually be a loss of face for the Chief Minister,
43:27who was making some very serious claims linking the vaccine to heart attacks.
43:33PSC, Ms. Kiran Shaw has made a very pointed remark because, you know, even the ICMR has been constantly saying that their own Indian studies
43:44have not suggested any links between taking the COVID vaccine and sudden deaths.
43:51So, of course, and we also know that the Indian vaccines have proven to be safer and better and more effective
43:58than those vaccines that were given, you know, outside of the country.
44:02Remember that we gave Covishield as well as Covaxin largely to most of the population.
44:08And we also had a large exposure of the Indian population.
44:11So, most of them even developed, you know, immunity against COVID-19.
44:17But, you know, when Sidramaya directly claims that vaccine is related to heart attacks,
44:23there is no proof, you know, to substantiate these claims.
44:27And, of course, that is why not just, you know, the people who are creators of vaccine or pharmaceutical company, you know, owners,
44:36but also the prestigious institutes of ICMR, AIMS, through the health ministry have been saying that
44:43robust studies of people who were both taking the vaccine and infected with COVID were conducted.
44:49And no such link was found between heart attacks or sudden deaths, myocarditis and, you know, taking the vaccine.
44:58And this kind of fear mongering is only going to lead to, you know, more trouble in future
45:03because, you know, a lot of people have taken the vaccine in India
45:07and substantiating the fact that only a few have died in, you know, the state of Karnataka.
45:15That too, there is no proof of, you know, what has led to the death actually requires more deeper investigation into the cause of death.
45:22Instead of blaming, you know, the country for protecting its population,
45:27the Karnataka government needs to, you know, investigate the true cause of the problems in Karnataka there.
45:33Absolutely. Misinformation of this sort ends up spreading panic
45:37and maybe, in fact, panic that is also being spread out of no proven claim at this given point.
45:43With that, Miland, thank you for bringing us all those details on this very story.
45:47We are going to keep a close track of investigations that continue on this very matter.
45:51But for now, that's all on this piece of information.
46:03With that, viewers, we are bringing you more breaking news,
46:05but this time from the national capital, a disturbing news.
46:08This is a double murder shocker in Delhi's Lajpatnagar.
46:12Mother and son murdered by the domestic health.
46:15Help confesses murdered in a fit of rage.
46:19Help, in fact, killed the duo after the woman scolded him.
46:22The woman's body was found in the bedroom.
46:25The son's body was, in fact, found in the bathroom.
46:28Disturbing and horrifying claims that's coming in,
46:32a story that's coming in at this point from the national capital.
46:35And we have Himanshu Mishra joining us with more details on the broadcast.
46:39Himanshu, a very good morning to you.
46:41Now, what is the information you are getting after confession?
46:45And what is the investigation and what is the reveal about this whole thing?
46:49And what is the information you are getting after confession?
47:19So, what is the information you are getting after confession?
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48:45We are trying to make a mistake of what he was doing or what he was telling us about it or what he was telling us about it.
48:53Or what he was telling us about it or what he was telling us about it or what he was telling us about it.
49:01So the police team who claimed it was in charge.
49:05Yes, Suniya.
49:08Yes, Manchu, thank you for all this.
49:11With that, viewers, that is the horrifying story that's coming to light from Lajpatnagar in the national capital.
49:17We shall keep a track as the investigations continue.
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