News Wrap: Kingfisher's new flight schedule; Dhoni-Viru stand divided

In our top story, Italian Junior foreign minister Staffan de Mistura who flew into Delhi for a meeting with minister of state for external affairs Preneet Kaur, has expressed “terrible sadness” over the killing of two Indian fishermen but insisted they were shot dead in international waters. You can listen to his comments in our news bulletin.

The public spat between Indian skipper MS Dhoni and Virender Sehwag took a new turn as reports on Tuesday confirmed that they stood divided over the team selection ahead of the Sri Lanka match of the tri-series. You can listen to a selection of clips in our bulletin which shows that they both are giving each other the cold shoulder.

The latest on the alleged assault on a South African businessman by Saif Ali Khan and his entourage is that the actor and his girlfriend Kareena Kapoor are expected shortly at the Colaba Police station after a meeting with their lawyers. Saif is most likely to be arrested and then granted bail. Keep following Firstpost for more on that.

Kingfisher has stuck to the 24-hour deadline given to it by the DGCA and provided it with a revised one where they will be operating 28 of their 64 aircrafts. This may rule out any immediate punitive action for Kingfisher and avert further difficulties to air travelers.

Essar group promoters Ravikant Ruia, Anshuman Ruia and Loop Telecom’s IP Khetan and Kiran Khetan did not appear before the 2G court once again. The Delhi Court granted them exemption from personal appearance in court. The defense counsel for the Ruias told special CBI judge OP Saini that they were outside India. And for the Khaitans, they moved the application of exemption on health grounds.

In other sports news, it was a bad night for Chelsea as they lost 3-1 against an energetic Napoli side. In the other match, Cristiano Ronaldo netted for Real Madrid against CSKA Moscow, only for the hosts to equalize in the last minute.