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Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, and Union Minister Kiren Rijiju met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla in his chamber amid the ruckus in the House. 

Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri slammed Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi for calling BJP leader Ravneet Singh Bittu a 'traitor' and said the remark was unacceptable. 

In this Special Report, India Today’s Mir Fareed provides exclusive details on a major counter-terror operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur. Security forces, including the Army, Jammu Kashmir Police, and CRPF, successfully eliminated two Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists who were hiding in a natural cave within a dense forested terrain. Mir Fareed noted, ‘Finally, their luck ran out as security forces used IEDs to blow up the entrance. And with that, they were eliminated.’ One of the deceased has been identified as a top commander, Abu Mavia. The operation involved sophisticated drone surveillance and sharpshooters to pin down the terrorists who had previously evaded capture. The report highlights the evolving tactics of security agencies in tackling infiltrators using the treacherous forest reaches of Jammu. The area is currently being sanitised as per standard operating procedures following the recovery of weapons.

On this Special Report, Nagarjun Dwarakanath anchors the 'SoSouth' bulletin, focusing on the intensifying political heat in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Dwarakanath highlights the dramatic overnight protest by BJP and JDS MLAs inside Vidhan Soudha, where they demanded the resignation of Excise Minister R.B. Timmapur over alleged corruption. The anchor notes, 'A political storm is brewing in Karnataka,' as the opposition accuses the Congress government of financial misconduct. The programme also covers the ruckus in the Karnataka Assembly involving Congress MLA Shivlinge Gowda and the evolving political dynamics in Tamil Nadu. In Chennai, AIADMK leader Edappadi K. Palaniswami (EPS) has released a ten-point election manifesto while simultaneously slamming actor-politician Vijay of the TVK for his lack of political experience. The report further explores the potential alliance shifts between the Congress, DMK, and TVK as the state moves closer to elections. Journalists Pramod Madhav, Sagai Raj, and Anagha Keshav provide ground updates on these developing stories across the southern states.