In this special edition of Battle Cry, India Today's Gaurav Sawant discusses the strategic implications of India's second successful K-4 submarine-launched ballistic missile test. The programme highlights the reaction from Pakistan, where Brigadier Zaheer Kazmi, Advisor at the Strategic Plans Division, conceded that the test is a 'massive boost' to India's sea-based deterrence.
The panel, including Vice Admiral Sanjay Mahendru (Retd), Commodore Praveen Rajpal (Retd), and Senior Journalist Sandeep Unnithan, analyses how the K-4 enhances India's nuclear triad, allowing targeting from the Bay of Bengal. The discussion also covers the impact of 'Operation Sindoor' and the shift in India's defence doctrine.
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.
