Saturday
New Delhi: Congress says allegations made by NRI businessman Anshuman Mishra against PAC Chairman Murli Manohar Joshi on the 2G issue need to be looked into "by a Parliamentary set-up or outside".
New Delhi: Seeking to mollify Sri Lanka after the vote against it in UNHCR, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh writes to President Mahinda Rajapaksa, telling him that India made all efforts and succeeded in introducing an "element of balance" in the US-sponsored resolution.
Sunday
New Delhi: Raking up a new issue, Anna Hazare demands that FIRs be registered against 14 "corrupt" Cabinet ministers of the UPA by August failing which a 'jail bharo' agitation will be launched even as he pushed back the deadline for a strong Lok Pal law to 2014.
Bhubaneswar: Maoists free one of the two Italians, tourist Claudio Colangelo, held hostage by them for 11 days in Kandhamal district, as a "goodwill gesture" while his compatriot was still held captive by the rebels.
Monday
New Delhi: The Government is caught in a fresh controversy over Army chief Gen VK Singh's allegation that he was offered a bribe of Rs 14 crore to swing a 'sub-standard' defence deal and a stunned Defence Minister orders a CBI inquiry into it.
Dehra Dun: The Congress wins the first trial of strength in the Uttarakhand Assembly when its candidate, Govind Singh Kunjwal, is elected Speaker by a comfortable margin of votes after the faction led by Harish Rawat backed Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna.
Tuesday
Gadchiroli/Mumbai: In a major Naxal attack, 12 CRPF personnel are killed and 28 others injured when the ultras triggered a landmine blast in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra.
Onboard Air India One: Welcoming Pakistan's Move to liberalise trade with India, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says he could visit that country if there is "something solid" to celebrate.
New Delhi: Audio tapes of a purported conversation between Army Chief General VK Singh and another person are received by the CBI which is looking into the alleged bribery offer case referred by the Defence Ministry.
Chandigarh: A sessions court orders death row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted for his involvement in the assassination of former Chief Minister Beant Singh, be hanged as scheduled on March 31 as the Punjab government says it would challenge the order.
Wednesday
New Delhi: The hanging of Babbar Khalsa terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana, assassin of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh, is stayed by the Centre following a mercy petition by top sikh religious body SGPC to President Pratibha Patil.
New Delhi: Top naxal leader Kobad Ghandy, accused of trying to set up a base for his banned outfit CPI (Maoist) here, is absolved of stringent charges under the anti-terror law by a Delhi court, which put him on trial for alleged offences of impersonation, cheating and forgery.
New Delhi: Jamphel Yeshi, the Tibetan activist who set himself ablaze during a protest against Chinese President Hu Jintao's India visit, dies at a hospital here.
Thursday
New Delhi: Seeking to address concerns in Russia over cancellation of 2G licence involving telecom company Sistema, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh assures President Dmitry Medvedev that the government is making efforts to ensure safety of foreign investments in the country.
Bangalore: Fifteen years after his father's stint as Prime Minister, former Karnataka chief minister H D Kumaraswamy claims that HD Deve Gowda was offered bribe by middlemen involved in defence deals but the JD(S) supremo categorically denied it.
Dehra Dun: The Congress-led government in Uttarakhand, which had struggled to cobble up a majority after The recent elections, comfortably won a trust vote in the Assembly with 39 MLAs voting in its favour.
New Delhi: Taking note of uncertainty in global political and economic situation, India, China, Russia, Brazil and South Africa today took the first step towards mutual trade in local currency and voiced strong opposition to any military action or rhetoric with regard to Syria and Iran.
Friday
New Delhi: The Election Commission countermands the Rajya Sabha polls in Jharkhand in the wake of allegations of horse trading and seizure of over Rs 2 crore in cash, saying the election process there "has been seriously vitiated".
New Delhi: Army chief Gen VK Singh retreats from his hard positions saying there were "rogue elements" trying to project a "schism" between him and Defence Minister AK Antony and asserting that he was part of the government.
Patiala: Punjab minister Jagir Kaur is sent to jail after she was convicted and sentenced to 5 years imprisonment by a CBI court for conspiring in forcible abortion and abduction in connection with the killing of her daughter Harpreet Kaur 12 years ago.
New Delhi: The environment clearance granted to South Korean major Posco's proposed mega steel project in Orissa is suspended by the National Green Tribunal in another blow to the country's single largest foreign direct Investment venture.