India Decides @ 9

Is the Railway Budget 2013 an election budget? We debate on the 9 O'clock news. Also, shocking CCTV footage of a speeding BMW ramming into a motorcycle in Ahmedabad, flinging both bikers 20 feet into the air. One of the bikers died, the other one is critical.

The regional body of the Central Board of Film Certification has refused to pass Kangal Malsat, a Bengali film by filmmaker Suman Mukhopadhyay, because of how it depicted a swearing-in ceremony of chief minister Mamata Banerjee amongst other reasons. On the 9 O'clock news, we debate whether the board is bending over backwards for Ms Banerjee?

PM meets victims of the Hyderabad blasts; Army officer caught with drugs worth Rs 15 crore in Imphal; Indian skipper MS Dhoni strikes maiden double ton against Australia.

16 people have died and more than a 100 injured in the bomb blasts at Dilsukhnagar area of Hyderabad despite the Delhi Police's warning of a terror attack in the area last year and intelligence alerts that came two days before the blasts.

On the first day of Bharat bandh or all-India strike, factories and cars are vandalised in Greater Noida near Delhi; Sushil Kumar Shinde expresses regret over 'Hindu terror' remarks; British Prime Minister David Cameron expresses his regret for Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 1919- all this and more on 9'o clock news.

Supreme Court stays execution of four Veerappan aides; British PM David Cameron tells NDTV he's ready to discuss chopper deal with India; Italy prosecution sources say they have enough evidence against former air chief SP Tyagi.

NDTV has exclusive details about how a middleman was paid huge money by AgustaWestland to buy junk helicopters from India; Arun Jaitley and Justice Katju in an all-out war of words and we show you the last letter written by Afzal Guru to his wife before his hanging.

On the show tonight, the latest from our investigation into the VVIP chopper scam; Supreme Court refuses to hear plea of Veerappan's aides; police charge-sheet says Namdhari killed Ponty Chadha's brother.

On the show tonight, diesel and petrol prices hiked again; the main convict in the Suryanelli gang-rape case is arrested; a 6-year-old is raped and left to die in Delhi and we discuss the raging controversy over the VVIP chopper scam.

India asks UK company AgustaWestland to explain if it paid bribes to land a Rs. 4,000-crore deal for 12 VVIP helicopters; President Pranab gets seven more mercy petitions; Vyalar Ravi apologises after sexist remark and more on 9'o clock news.