)
Saturday
Pratapgarh: Taking its probe to the doorsteps of former Uttar Pradesh minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh, CBI questioned his cousin and member of state legislative council Akshay Pratap Singh in connection with the violence in Balipur village in which DSP Zia-ul-Haq was killed.
Lucknow/New Delhi: Union Minister Beni Prasad Verma says there will be a "funeral procession" for SP after the next Lok Sabha elections predicting it will win only four seats, triggering a fresh war of words with UPA's key outside supporter which demanded his immediate dismissal.
Sunday
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi appears set for a bigger role at the national level in BJP ahead of the next Lok Sabha polls with the party re-inducting him into the Central Parliamentary board, its top decision-making body.
Rayya (Amritsar): Launching his 'Janatantra Yatra' from Punjab, social activist Anna Hazare described it as the beginning of the second freedom struggle to rid the nation of the corrupt politicians.
Monday
New Delhi: In a breakthrough, police arrested four persons including two suspected shooters in connection with last week's murder of local BSP leader Deepak Bhardwaj but investigators are yet to nab those who hired them.
New Delhi: In a major blow to Swiss pharma giant Novartis, the Supreme Court rejected its plea for a patent on cancer drug Glivec, a verdict that is expected to pave the way for Indian firms to provide affordable drugs to lakhs of cancer patients in the country.
Tuesday
New Delhi: Suspected Hizbul Mujahideen militant Liyaqat Shah, who was arrested by the Delhi Police, will be released if he is found to have come from PoK with the genuine intention to surrender, says Union Home Secretary R K Singh.
New Delhi: About one-fourth of 1.6 crore households missed the deadline of digitisation in 38 cities but they may get a short transition period for switchover to Set Top Boxes depending on local conditions.
Thiruvananthapuram: Facing charges of domestic violence slapped by his wife, Kerala Forest Minister K B Ganesh Kumar resigned from the Congress-led UDF ministry late last night.
Wednesday
Chandigarh: After over three weeks of day-to-day interrogation, Punjab Police tonight arrested boxer Ram Singh, sparring partner of Olympian Vijender Singh, in connection with the massive drug haul near here last month.
New Delhi: Giving a pep talk to boost investor confidence, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh promised further liberalisation of FDI regime and push ahead land reform measures expressing confidence that the economy can return to 8 per cent growth with decisive government action.
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee has given his assent to the anti-rape bill which provides for life term and even death sentence for rape convicts besides stringent punishment for offences like acid attacks, stalking and voyeurism.
Thursday
New Delhi: The government gave sugar mills freedom to sell in the open market and unshackled them from the obligation of supplying the sweetener at subsidised rates for ration shop -- a decision that will help the industry save about Rs 3,000 crore annually.
New Delhi: Virtually pitted in a race against Narendra Modi ahead of next Lok Sabha elections, Rahul Gandhi unveiled his vision of inclusive development seeking partnership with corporate India but deprecated the "politics of alienating communities".
Kolkata/Bangalore: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee questioned SFI protests over the death of its leader Sudipta Gupta saying it is an accident even as Kolkata police called for media restraint amid allegations he was beaten to death in police custody.
Friday
Thane: At least 56 people died in the collapse of the seven-storey illegal under-construction building with more bodies pulled out of the debris, a day after the mishap which led to the suspension of a deputy municipal commissioner and a senior police inspector.
New Delhi: Concerned over NIA slapping murder charges against two Italian marines, Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti called up External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid, who apprised him of the recent developments in the case.
