India Decides @ 9

The 2G auctioning turns out to be a dampener, the latest industrial output figures for September are in the negative, at minus 0.4% and we discuss if a divide between Narendra Modi and Nitin Gadkari has been exposed.

On the show, is the govt trying to clip the wings of the national auditor; Maldives apologises for attack on Indian envoy and Mayawati meets the PM.

They are supposed to encourage sports from the grassroots up, but are they in fact personal fiefdoms of powerful politicians? We look at India's sports bodies, specifically archery. This after senior BJP leader VK Malhotra is re-elected at the age of 80 to head the Archery Federation of India, a post he has held since 1973.

An analysis of Arvind Kejriwal's latest expose; noted playwright Girish Karnad on why he thinks Rabindranath Tagore was a second rate playwright; and more on the 9 O'clock news.

The CBI says with no cooperation from Malaysia, it may close the probe into the Aircel-Maxis deal; Delhi civic officials meet to discuss the smog in the city; a scare on an Indigo flight and court scraps ban on Azharuddin.

Ram Jethmalani leads a revolt against Nitin Gadkari, his party president who is mired in corruption allegations; there is outrage over Mumbai's iconic Haji Ali dargah banning the entry of women into the sanctum sanctrum; and more on the 9 O'clock news.

Well-known lawyer and BJP member of the national executive Mahesh Jethmalani quits the executive protesting against Nitin Gadkari; Union minister Srikant Jena demands the resignation of Naveen Patnaik, claiming he's involved in a Rs 4 lakh crore scam by favouring private mine owners; a young Spanish woman is raped and robbed in her apartment in Mumbai's Bandra; Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh make a comeback in the Test squad; and more on the 9 O'clock news.

Congress holds a mega rally in Delhi, in which Sonia Gandhi makes a sharp attack on the Opposition; Himachal Pradesh registers its highest polling percentage as it votes for a new government.

On the 9 O'clock news today, we discuss who is to blame for the mess in Indian sports which seems to inevitably end up with fewer medals, and more controversy?

Hours after announcing an almost Rs 27 hike in prices of unsubsidised LPG cylinders, the government changed its mind and is holding the hike for now. On the 9 O'clock news, we ask is this a big setback for reforms?