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.