On the show tonight, has the PM taken up the govt's defence a day before the Supreme Court decides on govt's alleged interference in the CBI's coal scam report. Also, we discuss if the Kudankulam nuclear plant is really safe?

Sarabjit Singh, an Indian man who is on death row in Pakistan, continues to be in critical condition in a hospital in Lahore where he was admitted after he was brutally attacked by a group of prisoners at a jail yesterday. On the 9 o'clock news, we discuss whether his family will ever be able to see him in India.

On the show tonight, Indian prisoner in Pakistan Sarabjit Singh is attacked and is critical. Also on the show, we discuss the major embarrassment for the government caused by the CBI affidavit on the coal allocation scam.

On the show tonight, Mamata Banerjee announces Rs 500 crores for a relief fund for investors of the Saradha group as the arrested chief of the organisation Sudipta Sen writes a letter to the CBI alleging several high-profile politicians were involved in the scam.

On the show tonight, the political scene in West Bengal is dominated by the chit fund scam; we also talk to BJP leader Arun Jaitley on the opposition's demand of the PM's resignation.

Defence Minister AK Antony says India will protect its interests after reports of Chinese incursion in Ladakh; sources say CBI likely to admit Law Minister altered report for 'language' on its report on the coal scam and anti-rape protests rock Delhi.

Furious protests in Delhi over five-year-old's rape; Sonia Gandhi says "time for action, not words", visits rape victim in hospital and Sushma Swaraj says there is need to amend laws. All this and more...

On the show tonight, shocking video of a cop thrashing parents of a girl, who was raped and killed; also we discuss the escalating tension within the NDA between Nitish Kumar and the BJP; and General Musharraf's bail is cancelled.

On Wednesday, terror struck Bangalore again as a bomb went off near the BJP office in the city. 16 people were injured including 11 cops. This happened on the last day for candidates to file their nomination papers for the state elections scheduled to be held on May 5.

America is grappling with grief a day after shrapnel-loaded explosives went off at the hugely popular Boston Marathon, killing three people. Many more are critical. The big worry is that many of them will lose an arm or a leg because of the shrapnel in the explosives. There is still no clarity on whether this was a domestic terror operation or involving a group like the Al-Qaeda. We report live from the blast site.