India Decides @ 9

On the 9'O clock news today, we discuss the big debate in the Lok Sabha over Foreign Direct Investment or FDI in multi-brand retail.

On 9'o clock news today, it's a Catch 22 for the Centre in Uttar Pradesh where its two major allies, BSP and SP, have imposed conditions on their vote for FDI in Parliament. In other news, the government replies to poll panel on the direct cash transfer issue and the Law Ministry’s stand on 66(A) of the controversial Internet law.

On the 9 O’clock news today, we discuss the Mumbai police decision to book the complainant against two Air India staffers for an alleged obscene Facebook closed group. In other news, a Maharashtra Navnirman Sena corporator assaults a 65-year-old contractor over water supply, and BJP’s Gopinath Munde backs Narendra Modi as a Prime Ministerial candidate.

On the nine o'clock news, we discuss if India should intervene in the current Norway row, where an Indian couple has been arrested for allegedly abusing their seven-year-old son.

As the Supreme Court hits out at misuse of Section 66A of the IT Act, which allows arrest of citizens for offensive online posts, we debate whether safeguards by the government alone are enough to prevent abuse of section 66A.

Has the white paper on irrigation in Maharashtra turned out to be a complete white wash? We discuss on the 9 O'clock news.

Two Editors of Zee Group sent to police custody on allegations of extortion levelled by Congress MP Naveen Jindal, in yet another case of incest police arrest a man for raping his two minor daughters in Kerala, and a Bihar village has witnessed power cut that has lasted 17 years, and more on the 9 O'clock news.

The government agrees to a vote on FDI after meeting with allies; two policemen suspended for arresting two girls over a Facebook post; and Maldives scraps airport contract with GMR.

All-party meeting on FDI in retail ends without consensus; BJP issues showcause notice to Ram Jethmalani; and chaos in the Uttar Pradesh assembly as BSP legislators disrupt proceedings.

BJP suspends Rajya Sabha member Ram Jethmalani for indiscipline; Congress fails to get DMK on board over FDI in retail; and cops recover gun allegedly used by Namdhari in Ponty shootout.