India Decides @ 9

Oil companies to cut petrol prices by Rs 2.46 to Rs 3.22 per litre from midnight; the government is likely to clarify controversial tax changes including the retrospective amendments and the GAAR that have spooked investors; Pranab Mukherjee, PA Sangma file nomination papers for the presidential poll; and a lot more on the 9 o'clock news.

We discuss one of the most bizarre situations Indo-Pak diplomacy after a late night reversal on Sarabjit Singh's pardon from death row. We also debate Sania Mirza's letter that has set the cat amongst the pigeons by accusing the Indian tennis association of using her as bait to convince Leander Paes to play in the Olympics.

We discuss if Abu Hamza's arrest brings India closer to the rest of its most-wanted. Also in focus is Delhi University's high cut-off list, and is one of India's oldest educational institutes cut off from reality?

RBI's new measures fail to lift markets, rupee; Police arrest suspected handler of 26/11 attacks; PM likely to keep finance department; clashes after sufi shrine fire in Srinagar; and lots more on the 9 o'clock News.

Five-year-old Mahi, who was trapped in a borewell for over 85 hours, dies; days after the mantralaya fire in Mumbai, now a fire in the building that houses the Union Home Ministry; and lots more on the 9 o'clock news.

Pranab Mukherjee set to quit as Finance Minister of Tuesday but ahead of that promises market boosters on Monday; efforts are still on to save five-year-old Mahi from a borewell she's been trapped in for the last 72 hours; JD(U) chief issues gag orders after a war of words between party leaders and the BJP; and more on the 9 o'clock news.

The rupee hits a record low to the dollar; the Mantralaya fire was the result of major safety violations in the building; big blow for Mamata in the Singur case against Tatas; Sports Minister Maken appeals to Leander Paes; and lots more on the 9 o’clock news.

Major fire at Maharashtra Mantralaya; BJP backs PA Sangma, JD(U) Pranab; PM asks China to invest in India; Rupee hits new low record and lots more on the 9 o'clock news.

Trinamool Congress targets Pranab, Yeddyurappa backs him; RSS, BJP attacks ally Nitish Kumar; Leander Paes threatens to withdraw from Olympics; Siamese twins successfully separated and lots more on the 9 o'clock news.

On India Decides, we discuss the potential turmoil in Pakistan with PM Yousuf Raza Gilani disqualified by the country's Supreme Court. Also on the show, we discuss if a personal feud disgraced Indian tennis?

Trinamool Congress leaders at the Centre are ready to quit; APJ Abdul Kalam pulls out of presidential race; after Bhupathi, Bopanna says no to Paes. All this and lots more on the 9 o'clock news.

No decision at the NDA meeting on a Presidential candidate; taliban praises India for resisting pressure from America; ex-Chelsea star in Delhi for T20 football and why three is Shahid and Priyanka's lucky number. All this and more on the 9 o’clock news.

The core group of the BJP meets ahead of the NDA meeting tomorrow; two sisters are found dehydrated and starving - they had locked themselves up in their own home for over six months; and more on the 9 o'clock news.

On the show, we discuss how every senior politician in Delhi is discussing who will be the next President of India as the policy paralysis takes a back seat.

Credit rating agency S&P's has warned India may be at a risk of losing investment grade rating; the controversial chairman of BEML is suspended as the CBI registers a case against him; and more on the 9 o'clock news.

Sources say over 300 striking Air India pilots to be sacked; the divide in the BJP re-surfaces, just when Narendra Modi is aiming to be the party's top gun; a former army officer kills himself and his family in the US; and more on the 9 o'clock news.

The government has rejected demands of Team Anna to set up a Special Investigation Team to probe allegations of corruption against Cabinet ministers; newly nominated Rajya Sabha MP Sachin Tendulkar says he doesn't want a government bungalow in Delhi; the centre moves the Supreme Court challenging the Andhra Pradesh High Court order quashing the 4.5 per cent reservation for minorities within the 27 percent OBC quota in central educational institutions; and more on the 9 o'clock news.

Food supplements meant for malnourished children are fed to chicken and pigs in Maharashtra; 2G scam key accused A Raja gets a rousing reception in Chennai on his arrival there after 15 months in jail; Retired Army Chief General VK Singh is summoned along with four others in a defamation case; and more on 9 o'clock New

The AIADMK and the BJP say the Home Minister must resign, after a court orders a trial against him regarding his election win; the Cabinet defers the pension bill which was to be taken up today after Mamata Banerjee's party writes to the PM wanting more consultations; Rs 3 crore worth of grain meant for poor families goes missing from a government godown in Allahabad; and more on the 9 o'clock news.

Today was literally a once in a lifetime spectacle, the planet Venus transiting across the sun. Also on the show we discuss if Baba Ramdev is now a legitimate political figure. And the Prime Minister chairs a crucial meet on infrastructure, says 9,500 kms of new roads, and several new airports.