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Last Updated : Jan 20 2013 | 1:30 AM IST

Saturday

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati claims that Congress offered to withdraw Taj Corridor and disproportionate assets cases against her for an electoral understanding with BSP for the 2004 Lok Sabha polls.

New Delhi: Taking over reins of the scam-hit Maharashtra government, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan says he will have to take "tough decisions" while finalising his council of ministers to meet the "high expectations" of the people and leaders in the national capital.

Sunday

New Delhi: Yielding to relentless pressure, controversial A Raja resigns as Telecom Minister after being ordered to do so by his party, DMK, in the wake of allegations that he caused a loss of Rs 1.76 lakh crore to the exchequer while allocating 2G spectrum two years ago.

New Delhi: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee exudes confidence that the economy would soon revert to 9 per cent growth, witnessed in the pre-crisis period, even as industrial growth plunged to a 16 month-low of 4.4 per cent in September.

Monday

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New Delhi: At least 34 people were killed and 66 others injured when a four-storey building caved in at a congested east Delhi locality tonight in the worst house collapse incident in the city in recent times.

New Delhi: HRD Minister Kapil Sibal is given additional charge of the Telecom Ministry in an indication that an early reshuffle or expansion of the Union Council of Ministers may be unlikely.

New Delhi, Nov 16 (PTI) In a scathing criticism of former Telecom Minister A Raja for favouring industrial houses including Anil Ambani group, government auditor CAG today said he alloted spectrum ignoring the Prime Minister's advice and caused a loss of Rs 1.76 lakh crore.

Tuesday

New Delhi: A day after a relocated tiger dies in Sariska in Rajasthan, Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh admits to "governance and administration failure", but defends the tiger revival plan saying it was not wrong.

New Delhi: With the death of one more person, the toll in the four-storey building collapse in East Delhi rose to 67, as massive rescue operations were on to pull out those trapped under the debris.

Wednesday

New Delhi: Two more bodies are recovered from debris of a building collapse in east Delhi, taking the death toll to 69 people.

New Delhi: 'Big Boss' is aired at 9 pm on Colors, disregarding Government's directive to shift the programme for screening after 11 pm, prompting a furious I and B ministry to summon the channel people for a meeting.

Thursday

New Delhi: Government-opposition standoff in Parliament shows no signs of resolution with the Congress said to be averse to conceding the demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe into the 2G Spectrum scam.

New Delhi: On the heels of government auditor CAG's castigating report on 2G air wave allocaton, telecom regulator Trai asks government to cancel nearly 70 licences of five new players including Etisalat, Videocon and Uninor.

Friday

New Delhi: BJP President Nitin Gadkari holds a meeting with B S Yeddyurappa and Karnataka Core Committee members on charges of corruption and nepotism against the Chief Minister but deferred a decision on his fate till the matter is discussed with the Central leadership.

Itanagar/Shillong: All 12 defence personnel including a Lt.Colonel on board a MI-17 Air Force helicopter are killed after it crashes in Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh close to the borders with China.

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First Published: Nov 20 2010 | 1:29 PM IST

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