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Last Updated : Jan 21 2013 | 4:48 AM IST

Saturday

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Police achieve major success after arresting pro-Pakistan hardline woman separatist leader Asiya Andrabi who is believed to be one of the masterminds of present unrest, along with an accomplice from the outskirts of the city.

New Delhi: CBI moves the Supreme Court against the Andhra Pradesh High Court order that granted bail to disgraced Satyam founder B Ramalinga Raju in connection with Rs 14,000 crore fraud case in the IT company.

Sunday

New Delhi: The number of Indians on Interpol's wanted list swells to over 650. The global crime monitoring organisation has issued 656 red-alert notices against Indians or people of Indian origin in the past five years, generally for crimes committed in countries other than India.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visits the Jawaharlal Nehru sports complex and asks authorities to "redouble their efforts" to quickly complete remaining work there as people are expecting a "flawless" opening to the Commonwealth Games.

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Monday

New Delhi: The government introduces Direct Taxes Code (DTC), offering much lower benefits than in the original proposal, that seeks to increase tax exemption on income from Rs 1.6 lakh to Rs 2 lakh and fix the corporate tax at a flat 30 per cent.

New Delhi: BlackBerry mobile phone maker Research In Motion (RIM) escapes a ban of its popular core services for at least two months after it offered to give security agencies access to them with immediate effect.

Tuesday

New Delhi: Taking exception to Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar's statement, the Supreme Court asserts that it had ordered free distribution of foodgrains to the poor instead of allowing them to rot in godowns and it was not a suggestion as made out by him.

New Delhi: Fourteen years after it had diluted charges in the Bhopal gas leak case, the Supreme Court virtually reopens its own judgement that led to lighter punishment of two years imprisonment for the accused, including former Union Carbide India Chairman Keshub Mahindra.

Wednesday

New Delhi: The Supreme Court sets aside the interim order of the Allahabad High Court staying restoration of a district named after Dalit icon Chatrapati Shahuji Maharaj, carved out of Amethi Lok Sabha constituency represented by Rahul Gandhi.

New Delhi: The dengue menace shows no signs of abating in the national capital where the number of cases have crossed 1,000 with 77 more patients testing positive for the vector-borne disease.

Thursday

New Delhi: China is set to be the biggest exhibitor at the Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) 2010 expo in South Africa later this month, reflecting the growing military might of the Asian giant.

New Delhi: Acting on the directive of the Supreme Court, government decides to release an extra 2.5 million tonnes of foodgrains to states for distribution among the poor but it will not not be free.

Friday

Lakhisarai/Patna: The bullet-ridden body of one of the four policemen taken hostage by Maoists has been found in Bihar's Lakhisarai district and the nightmare continues for the three others with the ultras unrelenting on their demand for release of eight of their jailed colleagues.

New Delhi: Sonia Gandhi becomes the Congress President for the record fourth consecutive term with a message to party colleagues that they should not forget the "big responsibility" of working for all sections of society irrespective of whether the party is in power or not.

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First Published: Sep 04 2010 | 2:21 PM IST

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