India Decides @ 9

With adjournments again today, it's now certain that the Monsoon session of Parliament is a virtual washout; another young man, a doctor, has been arrested on suspicion of being involved in a terror scheme to target politicians in Karnataka; Mumbai is waterlogged and jammed in many parts after it receives this season's heaviest rainfall; and more on the 9 O'clock news.

After Sonia Gandhi talks to Sushma Swaraj, the Congress and the BJP keep communication channels open, but the deadlock over Coal-gate continues; another terror arrest has been made in Bangalore, taking the total number of those arrested to 17; two Sri Lankan football teams visiting Chennai will soon be sent back as Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa sticks to her anti-Lanka stand; and more on the 9 pm news.

As the coal war heats up, sources tell NDTV a government-appointed panel could recommend that several companies lose their licence for non-performance; letters between the Coal Secretary and the review panel show the PM's Office pushing for speedy de-allocation of licences against coal companies which under-perform; Home Secretary RK Singh says the 11 terror suspects arrested in Karnataka have connections with Lashkar-e-Taiba and planned to target defence installations; one more held in Hyderabad and four in Maharashtra today; a panel recommends deferment of GAAR, the tax avoidance law, by three years; and more on 9 O'clock news.

The government is arrogant and despotic, says Arun Jaitley ahead of the all-party meeting to buy peace in Parliament; After fresh violence in Chirang, Captain Unmukht Chand's century leads India's under 19 team to a world cup win and lots more on the 9 o'clock news.

NDTV accesses details of a new CBI case against Suresh Kalmadi, filed last week, pointing out how he favoured a particular Swiss firm for contracts related to the Commonwealth Games. Also a day after the third fatal shooting in America this month, the New York Police commissioner admits police gunfire is responsible for wounding all nine people outside the Empire State Building yesterday. As the gun control debate hots up ahead of a presidential election, the right to own firearms is protected by the US constitution, but should the US tighten its gun laws?

No evidence against Chidambaram, says Supreme Court in the telecom scam; 2 killed, 8 injured in a shooting outside New York City's Empire State Building; 5-year-old fights for her life after she was shot outside her Gurgaon home and more on 9'o clock news.

BJP paralysed Parliament for the 3rd day in a row, demanding the PM's resignation over what is being called "Coal-gate"; Mumbai Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik has been transferred; Twitter has told the government that it needs more time to block 28 pages, which allegedly contain communally sensitive material; Govt increases daily SMS limit from five to 20 and more on the 9 O'clock news.

First the BJP stalls Parliament demanding the PM's resignation in the alleged coal scam, then its members storm out of a JPC meet on the 2G scam; The Maharashtra Chief Minister is reportedly not in favour of transferring Mumbai Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik; Supreme Court says the ban on tourism in core area of the tiger reserves will continue; and more on the 9 O'clock news.

Now the Prime Minister's Office takes on Twitter for fake Twitter handles involving the Prime Minister; defying the police, MNS chief Raj Thackeray takes out a march through Mumbai against the August 11 violence during a protest over Assam; and more on the 9 O'clock news.

The government now finds itself battling the internet as the source of communal rumours; Congress minister Beni Prasad Verma says the battle for PM is between Rahul Gandhi and Narendra Modi in 2014; and more in the 9 O'clock news.