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Saturday
Dehradun: Inclement weather poses a major hurdle to repair of vast network of damaged roads and distribution of relief material in calamity-hit Uttarakhand with moderate to heavy rains in most parts of the state not allowing debris removal exercise to take off at Kedarnath.
Salem/Chennai: BJP's Tamil Nadu unit General Secretary V Ramesh is hacked to death by unidentified assailants near his house in Salem that sparks an outrage in the party which gave a call for a state-wide bandh on July 22.
Sunday
Jammu/Srinagar: Curfew is lifted after two days in Kashmir Valley where over 26 persons including security personnel are injured in fresh clashes during a strike called by separatists to protest against the firing incident in Ramban district that had left four persons dead.
New Delhi: Seeking to put behind recent irritants that have crept into Bhutan's special ties with India, the Himalayan Kingdom's Prime Minister-elect Tshering Tobgay pledges to further strengthen the bonds while refusing to label the close interaction as "interference" by India.
Monday
New Delhi: In a first official visit by a US Vice-President to India in three decades, Joe Biden arrives here on a four-day tour aimed at boosting ties in key areas of trade, energy, defence and security.
New Delhi: Three months after the 21-day stand-off in Depsang valley in Ladakh, Chinese troops again came deep inside the Indian territory in that area last week to reach upto 2 kms close to Indian posts, in one of five such incursions in the recent past.
Tuesday
Chandigarh: Nearly 880 students, 150 of them girls, suffer from nausea and complain of stomach ache after consuming iron tablets in government schools in several districts of Haryana.
New Delhi: India and China discuss ways to ensure peace and tranquillity along the border in the backdrop of recent Chinese incursions during a meeting here, the first since the three-week "face-to-face" standoff in April at Depsang Valley near LAC in Ladakh.
New Delhi: Poverty ratio in the country declines to 21.9% in 2011-12 from 37.2% in 2004-05 on account of increase in per capita consumption, Planning Commission says.
Wednesday
New Delhi: Congress spokesperson Raj Babbar says it was possible to have "full meal at Rs 12 in Mumbai" even today, a remark that drew sharp reaction from BJP, which dubs it "laughable".
New Delhi: India raises the issue of recent Chinese incursions at the official-level talks during which the two sides discussed ways to make working mechanisms more efficient with the possibility of additional confidence-building measures.
New Delhi: A major controversy erupts over MPs writing to US President Barack Obama seeking denial of visa to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi with some MPs denying having signed it.
Thursday
New Delhi: Suspected Indian Mujahideen terrorist Shahzad Ahmad is convicted by a Delhi court for murdering a police inspector in Batla House convinced about the 2008 encounter, an incident Congress leader Digvijay Singh had dubbed as fake.
Leh/New Delhi: Close on the heels of over a dozen incursions since the face off in Ladakh in April from across the Line of Actual Control (LAC), Chinese troops make a fresh attempt to violate the International Border at Chumar area in North east of Leh on July 20 but are forced back by Indian troops.
New Delhi: Arun Nehru, former union minister and powerful figure during the Prime Ministership of Rajiv Gandhi, passes away after prolonged illness.
Friday
New Delhi: Creation of a Telangana state appears to be a real possibility after the top Congress leadership holds prolonged deliberations on the contentious issue.
New Delhi: France says the dispute over the Kashmir issue between India and Pakistan sometimes serves as a pretext excuse for destabilising actions against New Delhi.
