Saturday
New Delhi, Dec 18: At a time when the nuclear deal was being negotiated, the US had tried to pressurise India over its ties with Iran and even objected to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit to Delhi, saying it would give "platform for an enemy of the US", according to Wikileak documents.
New Delhi, Dec 18: Stepping up pressure on party high command for Telangana, Congress leaders from the region meet at Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy's residence here and decide to submit a memorandum to party chief Sonia Gandhi demanding the separate statehood tomorrow.
Sunday
New Delhi, Dec 19: India decides to send over 100 specially trained commandos to protect its mission in Yemen amid rising threats from terror groups including banned al-Qaeda in that country.
New Delhi, Dec 19: Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh launches a sharp attack on the RSS and the BJP, likening their "hatred" towards Muslims to that of the Nazis towards the Jews and claiming that the "roots of terrorism" in India lie in BJP leader L K Advani's 1990 Rath Yatra.
Monday
New Delhi/Chennai, Dec 20: CBI sends notices to A Raja and corporate lobbyist Niira Radia asking them to appear before the agency for questioning and grills former TRAI chief Pradip Baijal in connection with the 2G spectrum scam.
New Delhi, Dec 20: Countering the Opposition clamour for Joint Parliamentary Committee probe into 2G scam, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh makes an unprecedented offer to appear before the Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) but BJP and Left parties appear to be dismissive of it.
Tuesday
New Delhi, Dec 21: Acting on specific Intelligence inputs that Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar- e-Taiba was planning to strike Mumbai and Ahmedabad, the Centre sounds an alert for the two cities and asks authorities there to tighten security.
New Delhi, Dec 21: A Delhi court allows CBI to interrogate in its custody Bar Council of India (BCI) member Rajendra Singh Rana and an academician for two days for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs one lakh to grant affiliation to a private law college at Ghaziabad.
New Delhi, Dec 22: In a bid to cool the skyrocketing retail prices, government abolishes import duties on onion and bans its exports for an indefinite period even as wholesale prices started showing signs of decline.
Jaipur, Dec 22: In a setback to agitating Gujjars, the Rajasthan High Court held that members of the community could not be given special reservation in government jobs.
Thursday
New Delhi, Dec 23: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee demands an apology from the Opposition, accusing it of "destroying" Parliament after they rejected his offer of a special session to discuss the JPC issue on 2G scam.
New Delhi, Dec 23: In a setback to veteran Congress leader N D Tiwari in the three-year old paternity battle, the Delhi High Court directs him to undergo a DNA test on a suit filed by a young man claiming to be his biological son.
Friday
New Delhi/Pune, Dec 24: The CBI raids Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi's homes and offices in Delhi, Mumbai and Pune, two months after the sporting extravaganza ended amid allegations of financial wrongdoings in awarding of some contracts.
New Delhi, Dec 24: The CBI questions former Telecom Minister A Raja for over eight hours on alleged irregularities in the 2G spectrum allocation, over a year after the agency registered a case in this connection.
