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Last Updated : Jan 29 2013 | 2:34 PM IST

Saturday

Gandhinagar: India Inc was very generous in its praise for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who inaugurated the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit at a packed Mahatma Mandir in the state’s capital on Friday.

New Delhi: Former Army Chief Gen V K Singh's house here was a scene of high drama when an army officer landed there apparently to remove a telephone exchange. The family saw this as an attempt to instal snooping device, after which the Army apologised.

New Delhi: Delhi Police came under attack for alleged squabbling over jurisdiction and delayed response to the gangrape victim's call for help on the fateful night here last month.

Sunday

Mumbai/New Delhi: A 23-year-old sailor of the Indian Navy allegedly committed suicide on board a frontline warship last night even as his family suspected foul play behind the incident.

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Gollaprolu (AP): The direct cash transfer Scheme is not a "jaadu ki chhadi" (magic wand) to reform a "broken down" delivery system and problems are there in its implementation, Union Minister Jairam Ramesh said.

Monday

New Delhi: Amidst high drama and commotion over providing counsel for the accused, a local court ordered in-camera proceedings and a ban on media coverage of the case of the gangrape and murder of a Delhi girl in a bus.

Hyderabad: MIM MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi, who faces charges of making "hate speech", moves the Andhra Pradesh High Court seeking quashing of FIRs filed against him, even as the BJP accused the Andhra Pradesh government of going soft on him.

Tuesday

Jammu: In a "provocative" attack, Pakistani Regular soldiers crossed into Indian territory in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir and ambushed an Indian patrol killing two soldiers, one of whom was decapitated.

Ranchi/New Delhi: Jharkhand appears headed for a brief spell of President's rule after Chief Minister Arjun Munda resigned today and recommended dissolution of the assembly and Congress showed no hurry to support formation of an alternative government.

Wednesday

New Delhi/Ranchi: Jharkhand is all set to come under central rule, at least for a brief while, with Governor Syed Ahmed recommending placing the Assembly in suspended animation on which the Union Cabinet is likely to take a decision tomorrow.

Rajouri/New Delhi: The Indian Army says both the soldiers killed during an attack by Pakistani troops across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir were decapitated and that one severed head was yet to be recovered.

Kolkata/New Delhi: Notwithsanding Pakistan's denials, Defence Minister A K Antony says there is "clear evidence" of involvement of its troops behind the killing of two Indian soldiers whose bodies were also mutilated, an action described as "inhuman".

Thursday

Jammu/New Delhi: Indian and Pakistani troops engage in exchange of fire in the Poonch sector in Jammu and Kashmir, the scene of beheading of Indian soldiers, in fresh tensions as Pakistan closed the gates for cross-border trade at Chakan-Da-Bagh.

Kolkata: Governor M K Narayanan's remark that "goondaism" was going on in West Bengal in a virtual indictment of the state government drew an angry response from ruling Trinamool Congress which said the "sweeping" comment was uncalled for.

New Delhi: An Indian story has once again claimed spotlight at the Oscars with Ang Lee directed 'Life of Pi' bagging 11 nominations in major categories, including a nod for Carnatic vocalist Bombay Jayashri.

Friday

New Delhi: Viewing with "serious concern" the increased ceasefire violations by Pakistan along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir, India today said the provocative action of killing of two soldiers on Tuesday was a "turning point" in the situation.

New Delhi: Justice (retd) Chandrashekaraiah's  Appointment as Karnataka Upa (deputy) Lokayukta is set aside by the Supreme Court which held that the chief minister had committed an "error" by not consulting the chief justice of the state high court in the selection process.

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First Published: Jan 12 2013 | 2:16 PM IST

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