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New Delhi: Mohammed Afzal Guru, convicted of involvement in the audacious attack on Parliament in 2001, is hanged and buried in Delhi's Tihar Jail, six days after a mercy plea was rejected by the President.
Kochi: Stoking controversy, a former Kerala High Court judge defends his judgement acquitting 35 accused in the Suryanelli gangrape case, in which Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien was allegedly involved, saying the victim was used in child prostitution and not raped.
Sunday
Allahabad: At least 22 people were killed and scores of others injured tonight in a stampede at Allahabad railway station teeming with thousands of pilgrims returning after a holy dip at the 'Maha Kumbh' here.
Allahabad: Two pilgrims are killed in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh here today as over three crore people converged for a holy dip on the occasion of 'Mauni Amavasya', considered the most auspicious day during the 12-yearly congregation.
New Delhi: Tigers and leopards, accorded highest protection under the Wildlife Act, may now be killed with due permission from authorities if they pose a threat to human life or are disabled or diseased beyond recovery.
Monday
Allahabad/Lucknow: A blame game breaks out between the Centre and the Uttar Pradesh government over who was responsible for the Allahabad station stampede in which the death toll rose to 36 even as a senior state minister resigned today owning moral responsibility.
New Delhi: Enhancing cooperation in the key areas of defence, nuclear energy, counter-terrorism and trade are teh focus of French President Francois Hollande's first visit here but USD 10-billion deal for Rafale fighter aircraft will not be inked during his two-day stay.
Tuesday:
Ahmedabad: Continuing its good showing in the Assembly elections, the BJP posts impressive wins in civic polls by winning 47 of the 76 municipalities. An elated Chief Minister Narendra Modi called the victory a "major win".
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says India wanted peaceful existence with its neighbours but the recent incident of beheading by Pakistani troops was "against the norms of civilized international behavior" and "unacceptable".
New Delhi: Another scam unfolds with the arrest of the head of a state-controlled Italian aerospace company that is suspected of paying bribes of about Rs 362 crore in India to get orders for helicopters to ferry Indian VVIPs, prompting the government to order a CBI probe.
Wednesday
New Delhi: Amidst allegations of deviation from the tendering process, the government puts off the decision on a proposal to procure 197 light helicopters, a move that comes against the backdrop of a scam in another chopper deal involving complainant AgustaWestland of Italy.
New Delhi: In the eye of a storm over the Suryanelli rape case that has returned to haunt him, Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman P J Kurien rejects demands for his resignation saying the controversy is a conspiracy by his political adversaries.
New Delhi: BJP brings Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the line of fire on the alleged kickbacks in the VVIP chopper purchase and raked up the Italian origin of the company as political parties demanded scrapping of the Rs 3,600 crore deal.
Thursday
Agartala/New Delhi: Tripura sets a new record for the country's highest-ever voter turnout with 93 per cent polling in the Assembly elections which was by and large peaceful.
New Delhi/Male: India seeks to resolve the "unusual situation" arising from ex-Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed taking refuge in the Indian High Commission in Male, with External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid having a "good, very useful and long" conversation with his Maldivian counterpart.
Friday
New Delhi: President Francois Hollande pitches for French excellence finding its "rightful place" in the fields of civil nuclear and renewable energy in India, even as he assured investors here that the euro zone crisis was "behind us".
New Delhi" In a new twist in the sensational Geetika Sharma case, her mother also committed suicide with the family blaming former Haryana Minister Gopal Kanda, six months after the former air-hostess ended her life alleging harassment by the MLA.
Jammu: Indian authorities hands over to Pakistan Army the body of its soldier who intruded into the Indian territory and was killed in the Naushera sector along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir.
