THE HEADLINES:  

• Mumbai Police may also seek custody of Sreesanth in the IPL spot fixing case.
• Special Investigation Team in Gujarat decides to seek Supreme Court's guidance on Kodnani death penalty issue.
• Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrives in New Delhi tomorrow on his first visit abroad after assuming office; India to convey its concerns over recent Chinese incursion in Ladakh sector.
• Heat wave sweeps Vidarbha region and several other parts of the country.
• AND IN SPORTS::
• Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna reach the semifinals of the Rome Masters Tennis.
• Raha Moharak becomes the first Saudi Arabian women to scale Mount Everest.

Mumbai police say, they may also book cricketer S Sreesanth in the IPL spot fixing case. Addressing a press conference in Mumbai today Joint Commissioner of Police, Mumbai Himanshu Roy said that its crime branch may book him in a spot fixing case registered by it and seek his custodial interrogation. He said they are  going deep into the investigation and Sreesanth might be booked in their case also in Mumbai. He said the crime branch officials searched the two rooms in a five star hotel in Mumbai booked in the names of Sreesanth and Jiju Janardanan last night and recovered relevant material.
 
Roy said that a Mumbai bookie Ramesh Vyas has been arrested along with another bookie Pankaj Shah alias Notice alias Babboo. 32 mobile phones and 18 sim cards were seized from Vyas.  He said interrogation of Vyas revealed he was in touch with certain bookies whose names figure in the IPL fixing case.  The Joint Commissioner  said that the Police today have obtained permission from court to take a mirror image of the seized laptops and other gadgets for further probe.  One more bookie Pankaj Shah, who was in touch with Vyas was held from suburban Mulund today. So far the Mumbai crime branch has arrested a total six persons involved in IPL spot fixing and recovered important evidence from them.
   
Meanwhile, Delhi Police have despatched teams to Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Kolkata and Hyderabad to track the money trail in the spot-fixing case in which it has arrested three cricketers--Sreesanth and fellow Rajasthan Royals players Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan -- and 11 bookies. Lawyers of all the three players have denied the involvement of the cricketers in the spot-fixing. Delhi Police Commissioner, Neeraj Kumar told reporters that some players have confessed to spot fixing. Chennai Police say,  they have zeroed-in on the local head of the bookies, who is absconding. Meanwhile, IPL Chairman, Rajiv Shukla today said that BCCI Working Committee is meeting in Chennai tomorrow to discuss the latest developments.
The Special Investigation team has decided to seek the Supreme Court's guidance on Kodnani death penalty issue in Gujarat. The decision comes after the reported U-turn by the Gujarat Government on the death penalty for former minister Maya Kodnani and nine others, convicted in 2002 Naroda Patiya riot case in which 96 people were killed.   A top SIT official said in Ahmedabad that they will file an application very soon before the special bench of the Supreme Court apprising it about the recent Gujarat Government's decision to withdraw the sanction for filing appeal in the Naroda Patiya case.
A Delhi court today dismissed the bail plea of an accused in the 10-crore rupee railway bribery case. Former Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal's nephew is  among those arrested in the case.  Special CBI Judge Swarana Kanta Sharma rejected the bail plea of Dharmender Kumar after CBI contended that his release could adversely affect probe which was in initial stages. Dharmedra along with co-accused Vivek Kumar had allegedly delivered 90 lakh rupees, part of the 10 crore rupees bribe amount, to  Bansal's nephew Vijay Singla in Chandigarh to get a plum post for a Railway Board official.
New Delhi will  convey its concerns over the recent Chinese incursion in Ladakh sector at the highest level tomorrow when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh holds talks with his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang. The Chinese Premier is arriving in New Delhi tomorrow on a three-day visit, his first trip abroad after assuming office.  Soon after arriving, Li will hold restricted talks with Singh, who will also host dinner for the visiting dignitary at his official residence. Asserting that India thinks very highly of Li's gesture of making the country his first overseas stop after assuming charge, Spokesperson in the Ministry of External Affairs Syed Akbaruddin said such high-level exchanges are aimed at enhancing trust and understanding as well exhibit sensitivity to each other's concerns.  On Monday, the two leaders, accompanied by high-level delegations, will hold comprehensive talks on key international, regional and bilateral issues.  On the issues to be discussed between the leaders of the two countries, which are witnessing differences on various crucial matters including boundary, waters and on market access under economic ties, JS (East Asia) Gautam Bambawale said, everything is on the table. He said the two Prime Ministers will talk about these subjects. Since Chinese incursion being the recent occurrence, it will be discussed, Bambawale said.
   
India has been pressing for clarification and confirmation on LAC in the India-China border areas pending the final settlement.  On the economic front, Bambawale said India will continue to press for access to the Chinese market. India faces a growing trade deficit with China estimated to be around 29 billion dollars  by 2012.  On his second-leg of journey to Mumbai, officials said Li will attend a meeting with business leaders and visit Tata Consultancy Services facility. The Chinese Premier will also meet family members of late Dwarkanath Shantaram Kotnis, an Indian physician dispatched to China to provide medical assistance during the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1938.
Twenty Eight new Ministers were inducted in the Karnataka Council of Ministers today. Twenty are of the Cabinet rank and eight Ministers of State. They were administered the oath of office by Governor H R Bhardwaj at a ceremony in Raj Bhawan in Bangalore. Our Correspondent reports that the State Chief Minister Siddaramaiah held intensive discussions with the party high command in New Delhi for three days to finalise the list of Ministers.
THIS IS ALL INDIA RADIO, GIVING YOU THE NEWS
For news updates, follow us on Twitter @ airnewsalerts.  For regional and national news from AIR download the free All India Radio News app on any android based mobile phone".
Intense heat wave is sweeping several parts of the country.  Entire Rajasthan is in grip of severe heat wave. Churu is the hottest place in the state where maximum temperature was recorded at 48.5 degree Celsius today. Our correspondent reports that maximum temperature was above 47  degree Celsius at most of the places in Bikaner Division.
 
The severe heat wave conditions in various districts of Vidarbha region of Maharashtra further aggravated today. Nagpur city recorded the maximum temperature of 47 degrees Celsius, the highest maximum temperature in the region for the day. Our Correspondent quoting Met office reports that the heat wave conditions are expected to continue in the region for the next couple of days, according to the information received from the Regional Meteorological Centre in Nagpur.           
 
In Uttar Pradesh the day’s maximum temperature is ranging above 40 degrees with Allahabad simmering at 44.8 degrees. Normal life was affected in Punjab and Haryana as heat wave conditions intensified in the region. Hisar in Haryana was the hottest with a maximum of 46 degrees Celsius.  Narnaul in Haryana recorded a maximum of 45.6 degrees, six degrees above normal.  In Punjab, Amritsar recorded a maximum of 44.4 degrees, while Ludhiana and Patiala recorded 44.3 and 43.5 degrees Celsius.  Met department said the condition will continue to prevail over next couple of days.
A committee looking into US giant Walmart's lobbying activities to enter India today submitted its report to Corporate Affairs Minister Sachin Pilot. Former Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court Mukul Mudgal, who headed the panel set up to look into lobbying activities by Walmart, submitted the report to Pilot at his residence.
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today slammed the opposition parties for stalling the Food Security Bill in Parliament. He asserted the UPA government is determined to enact the legislation for the benefit of people. He was addressing the concluding rally of the Kerala Yathra undertaken by Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee President Ramesh Chennithala in Thiruvananthapuram today. He said he can understand politics but he cannot understand political parties hurting the poor of the country.
Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP) today announced candidates for four parliamentary seats of Punjab. BSP National General Secretary Narendar Kashyap said in Chandigarh today that party is expecting early Lok Sabha polls and that is why BSP has started gearing up for the election.
The Army today foiled an infiltration bid by terrorists in Macchil sector of Jammu and Kashmir.  A Junior Commissioned Officer was killed while foiling the bid along the Line of Control in Kupwara district. An Army spokesman said in Srinagar, troops of 56 Rashtriya Rifles noticed some suspicious movement of about four persons along the LoC  early in the morning and challenged them. The ultras who were trying to sneak into the Valley from Pakistan occupied Kashmir, opened fire on the army positions including on Dingeri Post, which was retaliated.
Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna have reached the semifinals of the Rome Masters after getting a walkover from rivals Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek.  Berdych, who shocked world number one Novak Djokovic in the men's singles in a gruelling three-setter, cited muscle fatigue as the reason for him withdrawing. Bhupathi and Bopanna will now fight it out with Mexico's Santiago Gonzalez and American Scott Lipsky for a place in the final.  Meanwhile, the duo of Sania Mizra and Bethanie Mattek-Sands have crashed out of the women's event.
The first-ever Saudi woman has climbed Mount Everest. Raha Moharak reached the top of the world's highest mountain today as part of the four person team. Raha Moharak has broken two records. She is not only the first Saudi woman to climb Mount Everest, she was the first to attempt it.
In China, at least 55 people were killed and several others reported missing in rain and hailstorms in south China. The official Chinese news agency Xinhua says officials have been sent to undertake disaster relief operations in worst-hit Guangdong and Jiangxi Province.