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Last Updated : Jan 20 2013 | 2:17 AM IST

New Delhi/Islamabad: Ahead of their talks, India and Pakistan lock in a nasty spat and lodge protests against each other over their naval warships allegedly resorting to 'risky' and 'dangerous' manoeuvres after hijacked MV Suez was freed by Somali pirates.

New Delhi: Government makes clear its opposition to bringing the post of Prime Minister under the purview of Lok Pal till he demits office and rules out opening the conduct of MPs inside Parliament as also the higher judiciary to scrutiny of the proposed ombudsman.

New Delhi: The Shunglu Committee finds irregularities in the appointment of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor as an international consultant to advise Commonwealth Games Organising Committee about host of activities related to the sporting event.

New Delhi/Lucknow: Rahul Gandhi turns 41 and the birthday wish from a senior Congress leader is that he becomes the country's Prime Minister now.

New Delhi: In a major setback to DMK MP Kanimozhi and Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar, the Supreme Court dismisses their bail pleas in the 2G spectrum case.

Panchkula (Haryana): After a four-year-long probe, the National Investigation Agency charges suspected right-wing extremist Swami Aseemanand and four others with triggering explosions in the cross-border Samjhauta Express in 2007 that left 68 people dead.

New Delhi: A meeting of UPA leaders on the contentious Lok Pal Bill sees DMK voicing the demand that the office of Prime Minister should come within its ambit.

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate registers a money laundering case against suspended Prasar Bharti CEO B S Lalli in connection with the awarding of the Rs 246-crore broadcast rights contract for Commonwealth Games.

New Delhi: After days of speculation that he might switch over to Congress, Gopinath Munde declares he would remain in BJP after party chief Nitin Gadkari bowed to the sulking leader's demand for a prominent role in their home state of Maharashtra.

New Delhi: The Home Ministry asks the Revenue Department to conduct a probe into the allegations of disproportionate assets against former Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan.

Lucknow: Mystery shrouds the death of a top medical officer in jail with opposition parties demanding a CBI probe alleging it was "murder" to save two former ministers of the Mayawati government and those involved in the killing of two Chief Medical Officers.

New Delhi: The CBI is likely to receive by next week the documents it sought from Mauritius through Letter Rogatory in connection with the companies allegedly involved in the 2G spectrum allocation scam.

New Delhi: In a steep hike, the government increases diesel price by Rs 3 per litre, domestic LPG by Rs 50 per cylinder and kerosene by Rs 2 per litre and slashed customs and excise duties on crude oil and products, sacrificing Rs 49,000 crores in revenues.

Lucknow: Amid high drama, the family of a top medical officer, who died under mysterious circumstances in a jail here, resists his cremation demanding a CBI inquiry into the case but later yields under apparent police pressure to carry out the last rites.

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First Published: Jun 25 2011 | 11:10 AM IST

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