Diljit Dosanjh had a packed show in Hyderabad amidst his Dil-Luminati tour. Ahead of his concert, the Punjabi singer was warned against mentioning drugs or alcohol during his act in a notice from the Telangana government. In response to the notice Diljit hilariously tweaked his song lyrics.

In a video that has now gone viral, Diljit Dosanjh can be seen singing his tweaked songs in his Hyderabad concert, abiding by the Telangana government’s notice. He changed his line, “Tainu teri daaru ch pasand aa lemonade” to “Tainu teri coke ch pasand aa lemonade.”

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Needless to say, the comments section is filled with praise for Diljit and his team. A user wrote, “The way he and his team tweaked the lyrics last minute to adhere to the legal guidelines is worth applauding.”

Diljit has performed in multiple cities including Delhi and Jaipur as part of his Dil-Luminati tour.

The fire at a hospital in Uttar Pradesh that killed 11 newborns, was entirely accidental and not deliberate, a two-member committee investigating the matter has found. There is no criminal conspiracy or negligence in the incident, due to which no FIR has been registered till now, sources said, quoting the findings of the two-member panel. 

The fire broke out around 10.45 pm on Friday in the neonatal wards of Jhansi’s Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College, one of the largest government hospitals in the state’s Bundelkhand region.

The committee of Jhansi Commissioner Vipul Dubey and DIG Range Kalanidhi Nathani – which was expected to file its report within 24 hours — found that the fire was caused by a short circuit in the switchboard and could not be brought under control as sprinklers were not installed in paediatrics ward. The doctors told the committee that water sprinklers are not installed in the NICU ward due to the presence of newborns, sources said.

At the time, six nurses and other staff and two doctors were present in the NICU ward. One of the nurses sustained burns on her legs while attempting to douse the fire. 

The fire from the switchboard had rapidly started spreading towards the oxygen concentrator when a paramedical staff and two others went in with fire extinguishers. But by then, the fire was beyond control, sources said, pointing to the findings of the committee. Within minutes though, fire tenders reached the spot. 

The detailed report of the investigation committee is expected soon. 

A four-member panel though, has been formed under the chairmanship of the Director General of Medical Education, Kinjal Singh, will look into how the short circuit happened and if the machines in the ward were overloaded, in which case it would count as massive negligence.

The four-member committee has been tasked with identifying the cause of the fire and determining whether any negligence was involved. It will also provide recommendations to prevent such incidents in the future. It is expected to submit its report within a week.

For Laisharam Herojit, a relief camp inmate from the Meitei community in Manipur’s Jiribam district, the worst fears have come true – his family has been executed.

Mr Herojit, in an almost inaudible, slow voice, told NDTV on phone from Jiribam, “It is true”.

His two children, wife, mother-in-law, wife’s sister and her son are dead, killed in captivity by suspected Kuki militants after they were taken hostage on Monday from the town bordering Assam.

The partially decomposed bodies of Mr Herojit’s 60-year-old mother-in-law and his two-and-half-year old son were found floating in a river near Jiribam, the police said today.

Mr Herojit’s son’s headless body was found wedged between some broken tree branches floating in the river. Eyewitnesses told NDTV arms were missing from the boy’s body.

The semi-naked body of the boy’s grandmother was found floating in the river, face down.

The boy, L Chingheinganba, and his grandmother, Y Rani Devi, were taken hostage at gunpoint along with the four other family members on Monday, amid an encounter between the militants and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in Jiribam’s Borobekra, some 220 km from the state capital Imphal.

Three bodies were brought to a hospital morgue in Assam’s Silchar at 7.30 pm on Friday. They were Mr Herojit’s eight-month-old baby, his wife’s sister, and her eight-year-old daughter. The body of Mr Herojit’s wife is yet to be recovered, though government sources have confirmed all six were dead.

Soon after reports of the tragedy came on Saturday morning, violence broke out in the state capital Imphal, with protesters vandalising houses of MLAs of the ruling BJP and trying to storm Chief Minister N Biren Singh’s official bungalow.

The protesters are angry over what they claim was inaction by the government on launching a rescue operation and lack of communication from the authorities before it was announced all the hostages were found dead.

At least two dozen suspected Kuki militants split into two groups before launching the attack in Jiribam’s Borobekra on Monday, police sources told NDTV. While one group took civilian hostages, the other vandalised and set fire to houses, sources said.

Ten militants in the group that attacked a CRPF camp were shot dead, the police said in a statement.

The Kuki tribes claim the 10 men killed in the encounter were “village volunteers”, an allegation the police and other authorities have refuted strongly. The security forces have shared visuals of assault rifles and a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) which they say were brought by the militants. They have also shared visuals of a police SUV with numerous bullet holes.

Political leaders cutting across party lines have condemned the killing of women and children in Manipur. Most have said the latest incident was a terror attack considering it was not a skirmish between two communities in a riot-like situation, but a calculated hostage-taking operation with an intention to execute them.

“Deeply saddened by the tragic incident in Manipur. 6 innocent lives (3 women and 3 minors) from the Meitei community were kidnapped and killed by Kuki terrorists. Condemn terrorism! Demand severe punishment for culprits,” Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale said in a post on X.

The Mizoram government in a statement said, “… Deeply saddened by the recent turn of violent events in Manipur in which precious lives were lost. The government extends its deepest condolences to the families who lost their loved ones and those injured in the recent unrest… Request everyone to refrain from actions which can instigate communal incidents within Mizoram in connection with the recent Manipur conflict…”

Former Manipur Chief Minister and Congress leader O Ibobi Singh told reporters today MLAs are ready to quit en masse if necessary in the interest of the state. His comments came following an ultimatum given by the influential Meitei civil society group COCOMI to the state leaders to act on the Manipur crisis or step down.

“We have already mentioned that we MLAs will resign if it can solve the crisis. We are ready to quit in the interest of the state if the crisis can be solved with our resignation. But the onus of the situation lies with the state and the Centre; there is no law and order. There is a complete breakdown of constitutional systems. This is the government’s responsibility that they can’t ignore,” said Mr Ibobi.

Latest Round Of Violence Began Thursday

The latest round of violence in Jiribam began on Thursday last when suspected Meitei insurgents attacked a village of the Hmar tribe. A woman from the Hmar tribe was killed in the attack. Her husband in a police case alleged she was shot in the leg, raped and then set on fire by the suspected Meitei militants. Civil society groups of the Kuki tribes have accused the Manipur government of keeping silent on Thursday’s attack.

The next day, a woman from the Meitei community was shot dead allegedly by suspected Kuki militants while working in a paddy field in the valley district Bishnupur. While Meitei civil society groups alleged the firing came from a nearby hill, the Kuki tribes have denied the shooting, citing the long distance from the nearest hill to the paddy field where the woman was hit.

Kuki groups have alleged Meitei insurgents tried to shoot at central forces for not letting them cross the sensitive area (or “buffer zone”), but missed and hit the farmer.

The Kuki tribes and the Meitei community have been fighting since May 2023 over a range of issues such as land rights and political representation.