India Decides @ 9

Report says CBI's coal report was vetted by Law Minister and the Prime Minister's Office; Nitish Kumar to meet BJP chief tonight amid talk of impending split and United Nations Assistant Secretary General speaks exclusively to NDTV on the five Indian solders killed in Sudan.

The Supreme Court has ruled that Punjab militant Devender Pal Singh Bhullar will be executed for killing nine people with a car bomb in 2009 in Delhi.

Does the attack on Kolkata's Presidency University culminate a cycle of mindless violence caused by the sharp political divides in West Bengal? We debate on the 9 o'clock news.

A Delhi court has reopened a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler, who is accused of inciting a mob that killed three men during the riots that broke out after the assassination of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards.

In Kolkata today, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi slammed the Centre and the Left and praised the Mamata Banerjee government. Do his remarks carry political subtext. We debate on the 9 o'clock news.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan speaks about the war over PM candidate in the BJP; Narendra Modi addresses women entrepreneurs in Delhi and Ajit Pawar apologises again for his crass remarks. All this and more on the 9 o'clock news.

After a 7-storey building collapsed, killing more than 50 people, Thane Deputy Municipal Commissioner has been suspended. A resident had shared photos of the illegal building with officials, who did nothing.

Soon after Rahul Gandhi's speech at CII ended, the predictable comparisons began between the Congress prince and the BJP's man, who would or woud not be King, Narendra Modi.

Thousands pay tribute to 22-year-old student activist Sudipto Gupta in Kolkata who allegedly who died in police custody. The Left has demanded a judicial probe.

As the Supreme Court turned down Novartis getting a patent for a modified version of its anti-leukemia drug Glivec, we debate its implications.

On the 9 o'clock news, we debate whether the Congress and the BJP are battle ready for 2014 general elections. Also, a discussion on whether the BJP's demand for no IPL matches in drought-hit Maharashtra is justified or just politics.

BJP opposes the govt's decision to nominate National Investigation Agency chief S C Sinha to the National Human Rights panel; Beni Prasad Verma-Samajwadi Party war of words intensifies and more on the 9 o'clock news.

An assertive Prime Minister upon his return from Durban not only rejected any suggestions of general elections earlier than those scheduled March 2014, but also, under fire over a sluggish pace of economic recovery and a reform process often held hostage to coalition politics, said the government - now minus the DMK - would have to take into account a lack of a majority in Parliament to push through some proposals and focus on those which enjoy a broad consensus. But, given the latest noises from the Samajwadi Party chief in Uttar Pradesh and the government's urgent attempt to mend fences, as seen today with the visit of Finance Minister P Chidambaram to Lucknow, is the confidence in goodwill from allies justified? Can the government's damage control plan work for 2014? We discuss on the 9 o'clock news.

On the show tonight, Sanjay Dutt today told the media that he is ready to surrender before the courts. In an emotional statement, during which he broke down more than once, the actor said he was not going to appeal against the Supreme Court verdict.

The Sri Lanka row continues in India with Lankan government saying they will send their players to play the IPL only if security is guaranteed. In Tamil Nadu, the state adopts a resolution, asking the Centre to stop treating Sri Lanka as a friendly country.

The IPL buckled today under Tami Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's threat to Lankan players in the IPL. No Sri Lankan player would now participate in any IPL match to be played in Chennai. Is this a mockery of the rule of law? We debate.

Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has floated the third-front option again, as an alternative to the UPA and the NDA. On a day when both he and his son Akhilesh took tough stances against the governing UPA alliance, which the SP supports from the outside, India Decides discusses the UPA's coalition blues.

Pervez Musharraf returns to Pakistan, promises to save his country; Kerala Chief Minister says there is no politics or emotions with marines; and lots more on the 9 o'clock news.

The return of the Italian marines to India is a diplomatic win but has justice been compromised? We debate on the 9 O'clock news. Also, exclusive details of how arms dealer Abhishek Verma and his associates systematically penetrated the Defence Ministry and the Indian Armed forces to ensure that the rifles, carbines and pistols manufactured by the firm Sig Sauer were favoured to win contracts worth billions of dollars.

On the show tonight, we take a close look at the 1993 Bombay blasts case on which the Supreme Court delivered its final verdict today.