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Last Updated : Jan 20 2013 | 11:53 PM IST

Saturday

New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has constituted a ministerial panel, headed by Defence Minister AK Antony, to examine the findings of the Shunglu Committee that probed alleged irregularities in conduct of the Commonwealth Games here last year.

New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi has been moved out of the ICU in a US hospital where she underwent a surgery.

Guwahati:
The ULFA anti-talk faction, led by 'Commander-in-Chief' Paresh Barua, rejects the charter of demands submitted by the pro-talk faction to Union Home Minister P Chidambaram.

Sunday

Mumbai:
Cargo vessel MV Rak which sank off Mumbai three days ago is leaking oil and Coast Guard ships spray dispersants to contain the oil spill which has spread to about seven nautical miles around the ship.

New Delhi: Congress demands the resignation of Murli Manohar Joshi as PAC Chairman alleging the BJP leader was making the Parliament committee "partisan and motivated" and "playing politics" by circulating afresh with some changes the panel's controversial report on 2G scam.

New Delhi: After a CAG report rapped the Delhi government for irregularities in CWG projects and dragged the PMO in the 2G spectrum case, the BJP appears all set to raise these issues in Parliament and even force adjournment of the two Houses.

Monday

New Delhi: The government and the BJP lock horns over the CAG report on Commonwwealth Games but senior ministers rejected any wrongdoing by the PMO or Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, contending that neither have been indicted.

New Delhi:
The US hands over to India voluminous documents related to Pakistani-Canadian Tahawwur Hussain Rana, who is accused of offering support to 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, and his confessional statements that will help NIA to file a charge sheet against him.

Tuesday

New Delhi:
Opposition targets Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Parliament for the Commonwealth Games mess and over the appointment of Suresh Kalmadi as OC chief and demanded that heads should roll besides seeking a Supreme Court-monitored CBI probe.

New Delhi: At least 61 people were injured as the anti-government protest by BJP youth wing activists turn violent here with the protesters hurling stones at police and trying to march towards Parliament, prompting them to lob teargas shells and use force before detaining Yuva Morcha chief Anurag Thakur and some workers.

New Delhi: In a setback to the Jayalalithaa government in Tamil Nadu, the Supreme Court rejects its plea for scrapping the uniform education system brought in by the earlier DMK government and directed its immediate implementation.

Wednesday

New Delhi:
State-owned oil firms halt jet fuel supplies to cash-strapped Air India for non-payment of dues leading to disruption of some of its flights after cheques of the national carrier bounced.

New Delhi: Sex ratio at birth and in all ages in rural areas is better than in urban areas, according to the first district-wise annual health survey (AHS) of nine states,

Thursday

New Delhi:
Former Telecom Minister A Raja rejects CBI's contention that he had taken unilateral decision on 2G spectrum, saying the PMO had given the nod for spectrum allocation to new operators in January, 2008.

New Delhi: President Pratibha Patil rejects the clemency petitions of three killers of Rajiv Gandhi whose death sentences were confirmed by the Supreme Court in 2000.

Friday

New Delhi:
Prakash Jha's controversial film "Aarakshan" on reservations releases in most parts of the country to a decent response even as the producer-director approached the Supreme Court seeking lifting of the ban imposed in three states.

New Delhi: Arvind Jadhav is removed as CMD of Air India by the Government which appoints a senior Civil Aviation Ministry official Rohit Nandan as his successor in a bid to speed up the revival of the ailing national air carrier.

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First Published: Aug 13 2011 | 11:38 AM IST

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