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| Digest of Domestic news for the week |
| Press Trust of India / New Delhi Nov 12, 2011, 11:28 IST |
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Saturday
Mumbai: Legendary singer-composer Bhupen Hazarika, who wove a magical tapestry out of traditional Assamese music and lyrics, dies following a prolonged illness.
New Delhi: Anna Hazare says he will shut down his blog after a fresh controvery breaks out over a claim by his official blogger that the anti-corruption crusader wanted to 'restructure' his core team.
Sunday
Koodankulam: Maintaining that he has not come as a mediator, former President A P J Abdul Kalam fully backs the operation of the Koodankulan Nuclear Power Plant, saying it is "safe" and is needed for the development of Tamil Nadu's economy.
New Delhi: "Simpleton" Anna Hazare is being made a scapegoat to fulfil the political ambitions of some "very smart people" in his own team, senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh alleges.
Monday
Bharuch (Gujarat): Ruling out differences between himself and senior party colleague L.K. Advani, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi accuses the media of playing into the hands of the ruling Congress and sensationalising news.
Ralegaon Sidhi: With his team rocked by controversies, Anna Hazare says he plans to restructure his Core Committee to also give representation to religious minorities, tribals, dalits and youths to strengthen the campaign against corruption.
Tuesday
New Delhi/Kolkata: In a climbdown, UPA's key constituent Trinamool Congress accepts the recent controversial petrol price hike but threatens to pull out of government if there is another such increase.
Haridwar: Sixteen people--14 women and two men-- are killed in a stampede during a religious ceremony attended by tens of thousands of devotees near the famous 'Har Ki Pauri' ghat on the banks of the Ganges river.
Wednesday
New Delhi: India expects to move forward on the process of liberalisation of trade under the SAFTA and will work to promote greater integration and development of a South Asian identity at the forthcoming SAARC Summit beginning in the Maldives , Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says.
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah does some tough talking with the Army at the Unified Headquarter meeting insisting that the Armed Forces Special Powers Act has to be partially withdrawn from the state but met with stiff resistance.
Thurday
Jodhpur: Sacked Rajasthan Minister Mahipal Maderna is quizzed by the CBI here on his alleged links with missing nurse Bhanwari Devi during which he is understood to have admitted that he knew her.
Kolkata/Ralegan Sidhi: The RSS says Anna Hazare's anti- corruption movement has its support and its activists are not barred from joining the campaign but the outfit notes it has no 'official' link with the Gandhian.
Friday
New Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal disapproves of his Team Anna colleague Kiran Bedi's overcharging her hosts by inflating travel bills saying she is wrong in doing so.
New Delhi: Beleaguered Kingfisher Airlines seeks government help for a bailout on a day when its shares crashed to a record low amid continuing debt fears, as it cancels more flights for the fifth straight day with 40 flights being withdrawn.
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