The popular reality show “MTV Roadies” returns with its landmark 20th season on January 11. Titled “MTV Roadies Double Cross,” this season will be broadcast on MTV and will stream on JioCinema every Saturday and Sunday following its premiere, as announced in a press release.

Rannvijay Singha, the winner of the show’s inaugural season in 2003, will reprise his role as host for this edition, which is being promoted as the “boldest and most unpredictable season” yet. “MTV Roadies has always felt like home to me, and being part of this milestone season is truly special. With the Double Cross theme, fans are in for the most intense and unpredictable journey in the show’s history,” Singha expressed.

Alongside him are gang leaders Prince Narula, Neha Dhupia, Elvish Yadav, and Rhea Chakraborty. Dhupia remarked, “The overwhelming love from fans brought me back to fulfill their wish. MTV Roadies has always been about strength and power, and as a woman, I aim to lead with courage and inspire my gang to break boundaries and shine. This journey has empowered me to speak my mind and stand firm in my beliefs—a lesson I’ll carry forward for my gang as we aim for excellence.”

Elvish Yadav is the newest addition to the team. Excited about joining, the YouTuber stated, “I’m here to bring the energy and shake things up! MTV Roadies Double Cross is truly the right place for the bold, and I’m ready to lead my gang with full force. Prepare for fierce competition and genuine sportsmanship!”

Reflecting on the upcoming season, Prince Narula said, “After a decade with MTV Roadies, it still gives me goosebumps. Double Cross will challenge everyone, and I’m prepared to guide my gang through every twist and turn.”

Rhea Chakraborty, the winner of the previous season, added, “Winning last season was thrilling, but this time, I’m ready to defend my crown with double the determination. The Double Cross theme resonates perfectly with the fierce competition that MTV Roadies embodies, and I can’t wait to experience it.”

Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah actors Munmun Dutta and Raj Anadkat, who played the roles of Babita Krishnan Iyer and Tapu in the sitcom, have been reportedly got engaged in Gujarat’s Vadodara.

According to reports, both stars exchanged rings in the presence of their families at a close-knit ceremony in Vadodara. The engagement occurred just a few days back, reports further suggested. The families of Dutta and Anadkat had accepted their relationship and they were also present at the ceremony.

There have been rumours of them dating each other ever since Raj joined TMKOC. The reports also suggested that people present at the ceremony knew about it already. Some people were certain that Munmun and Raj would get married eventually. Therefore, it is not shocking that they are engaged now, it added.

Dutta recently shared a post on Instagram and wrote “Strolling around in the beautiful neighbourhood of Getsemaní, Cartagena and capturing its beauty in the early morning sunshine.”

Earlier in 2021, both Dutta and Anadkat responded to the rumours of them dating each other.

Munmun took to her Instagram handle and said 13 years of entertaining people and it didn’t take 13 minutes for any of you to rip my dignity apart. So next time someone is clinically depressed or driven to take their own life, pause and think whether it was your words that drove that person to the edge or not. Today, I am ashamed of calling myself a daughter of India, she wrote further in her post on a social media platform.

Raj also hit out at trolls and said to everyone, who has been constantly writing about him, to think of the repercussions that can happen in his life because of your cooked-up or faked stories and that too about his life without his consent. All the creative people out there should channelise their creativity somewhere else it will be helpful to them. May God bless them with good sense, he wrote in a post on Instagram.

There has been no official announcement about their engagement so far.

Even as Covid-19 cases in the country have crossed over 2.5 lakh, a petty spat has erupted over the issue of hospital beds. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriewal said non-Delhi residents will not be able to access Delhi government healthcare for Covid-19, and Lt Governor Anil Baijal overruled the decision and ordered Delhi government hospitals to treat all patients. APN’s popular debate Mudda discussed the issue with BJP’s Anand Sahu, Congress’s Ajay Arora, AAP’s Vanshraj Dubey, political expert Niranjan Poddar and APN Editor Ajay Kaul.

Sahu said: “The Delhi chief minister’s decision was irresponsible, so it was overturned by the Lt Governor. Delhi belongs to everyone and such discrimination as Kejriwal proposed will not work. People know Kejriwal more for his wrong decisions than for any good work done by him.”

Vanshraj Dubey: “It was an expert team that had advised the Delhi CM in view of the likelihood of cases rising in the capital. Kejriwal has not taken any decision against the Centre’s orders.”

Arora said: “We are fighting a pandemic, the biggest battle-ever. These people are not bothered about Covid, they are looking at their vote-banks. They only want to enjoy power. BJP and AAP have turned Delhi into a football match, and the common man is getting ignored.”

Poddar said: “People get to see everything, and this petty politics has upset the people. All people want is safety and that their livelihoods and health should remain protected. Covid is spreading more in urban areas and not so much in rural areas. Delhi has around 2 crore people and therefore the number of Covid positive patients are rising. I don’t see anything wrong in Kejriwal’s decision to protect facilities for the people of Delhi. Politics is happening over Covid.”

Kaul said: “Discrimination of any kind is not good at all. Will a patient get his Aadhaar card, or should he look for relief when he comes to hospital?”

Dubey said: “Healthcare is free for the people of Delhi. In case there’s a serious case, the CM had already said he/she will not be denied government healthcare. Private hospitals are getting into black marketing of hospital beds.”

Kaul said: “Then Kejriwal should have made it all clear.”

Dubey said: “See if Delhi people do not get healthcare in Delhi, will they run to Ghaziabad? And will the UP government take such patients?”

Sahu said: “People will drive out AAP from Delhi.”

Arora said: “I agree with Kaul that the issue is why should people get discriminated for treatment. What if the child is a Delhi resident and parents are from Bihar? How will such a child get treatment for his patents in Delhi? Too much politics is happening over corona in Delhi.”

Dubey said: “See if patients want to take treatment in Delhi, there is nothing wrong in that. We have not challenged the Lt Governor’s decision. Problems arise when beds are scarce. Delhi will have its own budget, just like Haryana and UP also have.”

Poddar said: “Delhi has Delhi government hospitals, private hospitals and central government hospitals. Right now, inter-state traffic is limited. There are central government hospitals also where people can reach for healthcare. I am of the opinion there is nothing wrong in Delhi saving its facilities for its own people. Ambulances know where to take people.”