Vijay Mallya, who owes nearly a billion dollars to banks, has left the country but in Tamil Nadu, a farmer, who owes Rs 1.3 lakh to a bank for a loan he took for a tractor, was beaten by the police over and over; Hours before his mega-event opens on the banks of the River Yamuna among protests by environmentalists, spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar tells NDTV that they will go to jail but not pay a penny; Rajya Sabha passes Real Estate Bill with a promise to secure the interests of home buyers and expunge corruption and inefficiency from the sector; and more on the news wrap of the day.
