The core group of the BJP meets ahead of the NDA meeting tomorrow; sources say the JD(U) favours Pranab for President; PA Sangma insists he is still in the presidential race, but his party chief Sharad Pawar says Sangma will be convinced to bow out; Trinamool now tells the Congress they are free to quit the alliance in Bengal; 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.