While discussing reports of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's alleged poisoning and hospitalisation in Pakistan, India Today TV anchor Shiv Aroor stated that it was likely that Ibrahim was "alive and well" and that the speculation may have been spread by Pakistan to distract the public.
He brings forth the fact that the unconfirmed reports of Ibrahim's hospitalisation came on a day when the Pakistan government briefly suspended internet services on December 17. This coincided with a protest by Imran Khan's party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
He added that no previous reports had suggested that Dawood Ibrahim was in any danger in Pakistan.
In an exclusive interview with India Today, legal expert Harish Salve discussed the constitutional crisis in West Bengal following Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's refusal to resign despite losing her seat and the decisive mandate against her party.
An India Today ground report from Tehran details the ongoing conflict, its impact on the city's infrastructure and how Iranians have gathered at Enghelab Square to demonstrate solidarity and unity amid war.
The Congress state unit in Tamil Nadu held an online meeting and decided to extend support to TVK. Congress is seeking a power-sharing agreement and is likely to demand two cabinet portfolios, along with a few board and corporation chairman posts, and other government roles such as trust members and directors.
Watch as India Today's Geeta Mohan brings this exclusive ground report from Iran's fourteenth-century Golestan Palace, which was damaged during the US-Israel airstrikes on Tehran.
