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Saturday

New Delhi: Thousands of people from diverse walks of life sing and dance on the streets across the country as anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare ends his hunger strike after forcing the government to accept his demands for a tougher legislation against corruption.

New Delhi: Isro announce that it will launch three satellites, including an advanced remote sensing satellite to study and manage natural resources, on April 20.

Sunday

New Delhi: Election Commission issues notice to Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister MK Stalin for allegedly making personal attacks on AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa.

New Delhi: Against the backdrop of Radia tapes leak controversy, a 15-member Inter Ministerial Group (IMG) is being constituted for recommending effective monitoring of provisions of telephone tapping and curtailing its leakage to the public at large.

Monday

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court directs the government to appoint senior advocate UU Lalit as Special Public Prosecutor for the trial of 2G spectrum case involving former Telecom Minister A Raja and others.

New Delhi: The government says that it will approach the work of drafting a stronger Lok Pal Bill with representatives of the civil society with an "open mind" despite "constraints" and will come out with what is acceptable to Parliament.

Tuesday

New Delhi: Four major airlines has operated 8 to 10 flights daily to Goa's Dabolim airport in the last few days with pilots making "blind landings" in violation of air safety norms prompting DGCA to seek an explanation for ignoring its directive.

New Delhi: In the backdrop of uproar over corruption and blackmoney issues, Government seeks suggestion from people on a proposed anti-graft law which will facilitate extradition and prosecution of foreign public officials involved in bribery.

Wednesday

New Delhi: China drops broad hints at reversing its two-year-old practice of issuing stapled visas to people hailing from Jammu and Kashmir, saying it was willing to work with India to resolve issues relating to people to people exchanges.

Noida: The horror case of the two starving sisters, who have been rescued in a very bad shape from their apartment, takes a tragic turn as one of them dies at a hospital here while the condition of the other deteriorates.

Thursday

New Delhi: India says there was no dilution in its position that all those responsible for the Mumbai terror attack should be brought to justice expeditiously and the on- going dialogue with Pakistan will seek to address the country's terrorism-related concerns.

New Delhi/Bareilly: Arunima Sinha, a national level football and volleyball player who lost her leg after being thrown out by robbers from a running train near Bareilly, will be given a job by the Railways which has promised all help for her rehabilitation.

Friday

Bangalore: In a surprise development, TV Mohandas Pai resigns from Infosys and its Board of Directors, ending a 17- year association with the company, which inducted former Microsoft India Chairman Ravi Venkatesan into the Board.

New Delhi: Rights activist Binayak Sen has been granted bail by the Supreme Court which questioned his conviction and life sentence for sedition saying he could be a sympathiser of Naxalites and nothing beyond that.

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First Published: Apr 16 2011 | 1:01 PM IST

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