India Decides @ 9

The government has launched a Rs 180 crore ad blitz which showcases policies for all sections and regions - with the message that the UPA government has worked. Whether the government is gearing up for an early election is unclear, but it is clearly making a pitch to be re-elected.

Nawaz Sharif, who is set for a third term as Pakistan's PM, has said he that has invited Manmohan Singh to visit Pakistan.

As counting for the historic Pakistan polls begins, we debate whether Imran Khan or Nawaz Sharif will form the next government.

Pawan Kumar Bansal and Ashwani Kumar resign as Union ministers; Congress says won't spare anybody mired in corruption

On the show tonight, we discuss if it's just a matter of time before Railway Minister Pawan Bansal resigns; we also speak to Jagan Mohan Reddy's wife on a day the Andhra Pradesh leader's bail plea was rejected by the Supreme Court.

On the show tonight, we discuss the Food Security Bill which the government is now desperate to pass as the BJP stalls the house.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), in its affidavit to the Supreme Court, said changes were made in its coal investigation report by Law Minister Ashwani Kumar as also other officials in the Prime Minister's Office. Will this affidavit lead to the government being eventually cornered or will it find an exit route - the top court will have the last word.

Law Minister Ashwani Kumar proposed changes to the CBI's coal report, say sources; and Railways Minister offers his defence to the party in the railway bribery scam.

Sarabjit Singh's wife and two young daughters clung to the coffin that held his body and wept. His sister, Dalbir Kaur, who fought hard for years to secure his release from a Pakistani jail, kissed the coffin. Several Punjab policemen in uniform then carried away Mr Singh's body, draped in the Tricolour, for the final rites.

On the show tonight, after Sarabjit Singh's death, India is outraged; we also discuss the protests in Delhi a day after former MP Sajjan Kumar is acquitted in an anti-sikh riots case.

On the show tonight, has the PM taken up the govt's defence a day before the Supreme Court decides on govt's alleged interference in the CBI's coal scam report. Also, we discuss if the Kudankulam nuclear plant is really safe?

Sarabjit Singh, an Indian man who is on death row in Pakistan, continues to be in critical condition in a hospital in Lahore where he was admitted after he was brutally attacked by a group of prisoners at a jail yesterday. On the 9 o'clock news, we discuss whether his family will ever be able to see him in India.

On the show tonight, Indian prisoner in Pakistan Sarabjit Singh is attacked and is critical. Also on the show, we discuss the major embarrassment for the government caused by the CBI affidavit on the coal allocation scam.

On the show tonight, Mamata Banerjee announces Rs 500 crores for a relief fund for investors of the Saradha group as the arrested chief of the organisation Sudipta Sen writes a letter to the CBI alleging several high-profile politicians were involved in the scam.

On the show tonight, the political scene in West Bengal is dominated by the chit fund scam; we also talk to BJP leader Arun Jaitley on the opposition's demand of the PM's resignation.

Defence Minister AK Antony says India will protect its interests after reports of Chinese incursion in Ladakh; sources say CBI likely to admit Law Minister altered report for 'language' on its report on the coal scam and anti-rape protests rock Delhi.

Furious protests in Delhi over five-year-old's rape; Sonia Gandhi says "time for action, not words", visits rape victim in hospital and Sushma Swaraj says there is need to amend laws. All this and more...

On the show tonight, shocking video of a cop thrashing parents of a girl, who was raped and killed; also we discuss the escalating tension within the NDA between Nitish Kumar and the BJP; and General Musharraf's bail is cancelled.

On Wednesday, terror struck Bangalore again as a bomb went off near the BJP office in the city. 16 people were injured including 11 cops. This happened on the last day for candidates to file their nomination papers for the state elections scheduled to be held on May 5.

America is grappling with grief a day after shrapnel-loaded explosives went off at the hugely popular Boston Marathon, killing three people. Many more are critical. The big worry is that many of them will lose an arm or a leg because of the shrapnel in the explosives. There is still no clarity on whether this was a domestic terror operation or involving a group like the Al-Qaeda. We report live from the blast site.