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Saturday
Guwahati/New Delhi: Opposition parties slam as bizarre, flawed and a cover-up exercise Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal's stand that there was no loss at all on account of the controversial 2G spectrum allocation after debunking CAG estimates of a Rs 1.76 lakh crore loss.

Patna: Under attack from the Opposition for allegedly influencing the probe into the murder of Purnia MLA Raj Kishore Keshri, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi urged Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to order a CBI inquiry into the case.

Sunday
New Delhi: Highlighting India's economic resilience, President Pratibha Patil invites the Indian diaspora to share their skills and finances in diverse sectors in the country including education and health and help it build a better future and ensure inclusive growth.

New Delhi: The CBI has registers a preliminary enquiry (PE) to probe the role of certain public sector banks, including the State Bank of India, for providing loans to certain companies who were allocated the 2G Spectrum in 2007-08 including Uninor and STel.

Monday
Bangalore: India joins a select group of nations manufacturing warplanes with the home-grown Light Combat Aircraft 'Tejas' moving a step closer to its induction into the Indian Air Force after getting its Initial Operational Clearance (IOC) here.

New Delhi: Against the backdrop of fresh Chinese incursion in Demchok in Ladakh, Army chief V K Singh says the area where the incident took place was out of bounds for any construction work but "unfortunately" such activities were being pushed by "some people" for local gains.

Tuesday
New Delhi: The 44 deemed universities under cloud over lacking appropriate academic infrastructure get an assurance from the Centre in the Supreme Court that it would given them an opportunity to explain their case.

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New Delhi: The editor of leading medical journal Lancet apologises for the naming of an antibiotic resistant superbug after the Indian capital, saying it was an error.

Wednesday
Itanagar: In a departure from past practice, China has begun issuing visas to residents of Arunachal Pradesh, over which it lays claim, but they are stapled to passports as in the case of people from Jammu and Kashmir.

New Delhi: In an unprecedented development, the Chiefs of Army and Air Force appear before the Parliament's Public Accounts Committee in connection with alleged irregularities in defence-run canteens and were told to overhaul the system which was promised.

Thursday
Kolkata/New Delhi: Unabated political violence in West Bengal today came into sharp focus ahead of assembly polls with Governor M K Narayanan asking top state government officials to take immediate steps for mainintaing law and order and the Election Commission deciding to send a team of senior police officers to assess the situation.

Mumbai: In a fresh development in the 2006 Malegaon blast probe, a special court grants permission to CBI for reinvestigating the case in wake of "confession" statements made by Swami Aseemanand linking Hindu groups to terror acts.

Friday
Idukki (Kerala): At least 90 pilgrims returning from Sabarimala Ayyappa temple are killed and about 100 injured tonight when a jeep ploughed through the devotees in a narrow forest stretch at Pullumedu in Idukki district of Kerala, triggering a stampede.

Chandigarh: There has been a "large reduction" in the number of Indian students going to Australia, its High Commissioner Peter Varghese said but claimed that it was not due to the spate of racial attacks against the community there.

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First Published: Jan 15 2011 | 1:51 PM IST

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