Saturday:
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh acknowledges that concern about corruption has moved to the centrestage and vows to personally work to provide an "honest and more efficient government".
Mumbai: Indicating that ally Trinamool Congress' demand for total deletion of provisions relating to Lokayukta in the Lok Pal Bill may not not be easy to meet, Home Minister P Chidambaram says government may accept one or two of its amendments.
Chennai: Relief operations launched on war-footing to bring back normalcy in cyclone Thane battered Tamil Nadu's Cuddalore district and the adjacent Puducherry, as the toll caused by the severe storm mounts to 42.
Sunday:
Kolkata: Hardening its stand on the Lokpal Bill, UPA ally Trinamool Congress today ruled out any compromise on the Lokayukta provision and said the government should have faced voting in the Rajya Sabha.
Pune: Recuperating in a private hospital here, Anna Hazare asked his supporters not to worry about his health saying he will be alright in a few days even as doctors attending on him said he should not go on fast for at least one month.
Monday:
New Delhi: Former Telecom Minister A Raja alleges in a court here that CBI has put pressure on his former aide Aseervatham Achary, a key 2G spectrum case witness, to depose falsely against him as the agency failed to find anything to "link" him with other accused in the case.
Beijing/New Delhi: An Indian diplomat based in Shanghai was ill-treated and had to be hospitalised, prompting India to lodge a protest with the Chinese authorities.
Srinagar: A young man is killed on the spot and two others were injured when CISF personnel opened fire to disperse protesters agitated over power shortage in Boniyar area of Baramulla district in the Kashmir Valley.
Tuesday:
Bhubaneshwar: Acknowledging that India has been "overtaken" by countries like China in the world of science, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the 99th Indian Science Congress announced that Research and Development spending would be doubled by the end of 12th plan in 2017.
Uri: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah slams CISF over the killing of a youth during firing on protesters, accusing it of using "excessive" force which was "unwarranted and inexcusable".
Wednesday:
Jodhpur: Bishna Ram Bishnoi, an accused in Bhanwari Devi murder case, is arrested by police in Maharashtra and handed over to CBI which will produce him before a special court here in the next two days.
New Delhi/Lucknow: Sacked UP minister Babu Singh Kushwaha comes under the lens of CBI which searched over 60 locations including his posh Lucknow residence to probe alleged bungling in utilising Rs 10,000 crore central funds allocated to the state under the National Rural Health Mission, a day after he joined BJP.
New Delhi: After the ugly episode of two Indians being tortured near Shanghai, China promises adequate safety to Indian nationals there as it initiated criminal proceedings against five locals suspected of being involved in the act.
Thursday:
New Delhi: Dismissing reports of rift with the Defence Ministry on the age row, Army Chief General V K Singh has said he has not thought of approaching the courts yet on the issue.
New Delhi: Government says the two Indian traders who were mistreated in the Yiwu city of China are now safe in Shanghai but their return to the country will have to wait till the litigation against them is completed.
Friday:
New Delhi: The chasm within BJP on the induction of tainted former BSP minister Babu Singh Kushwaha widens with more leaders from within attacking the decision with one of them even threatening to quit the party.
New Delhi: In an unpleasant development, China has denied visa to a senior IAF officer hailing from Arunachal Pradesh, who was to be part of the team scheduled to travel to Beijing from January 10.
New Delhi: Dentist couple Nupur and Rajesh Talwar will have to face trial for allegedly killing their 14-year-old daughter Aarushi with the Supreme Court rejecting their plea for quashing proceedings against them in the 2008 murder case.
New Delhi: In the biggest ever disclosure of black money stashed abroad, a Delhi-based businessman has admitted undisclosed income of Rs 73 crore to the Income Tax department and also gave details of secret lockers held in banks in Switzerland, Singapore and the US.
