Saturday
New Delhi: The stir by a section of Air India pilots which led to cancellation of 52 flights is called off after the state-owned airline assures them that their pending salary and allowances will be cleared in phases before March.
New Delhi: Yoga guru Ramdev becomes the target of an attack by a man who threw black ink on his face at a press conference he was addressing on his plans to campaign against black money in the coming assembly elections.
Sunday
New Delhi: At least 130 Indians are rescued on life boats after a luxury cruise liner runs aground and tipped over off the Tuscan coast in Italy, leaving five dead among whom none are Indian.
Lucknow/New Delhi: Bringing the Election Commission in the line of fire, Mayawati accuses it of buckling under Congress pressure and dares it to order the draping of the party's 'hand' symbol like it did for her statues and the BSP symbol 'elephant' in Uttar Pradesh.
Monday
New Delhi: Army Chief Gen VK Singh takes unprecedented step of dragging the government to the Supreme Court before which he challenges its decision over his date of birth that will mean that he retires in May next.
New Delhi: In a relief to former Union Minister Sukh Ram, sentenced to three years in jail in a 1993 telecom scam, the Supreme Court extends his interim bail till August 7.
Tuesday
New Delhi: In a major confidence building measure, India and China sign an agreement for setting up a mechanism to avert any untoward incident on border with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying good cooperation between the two countries will bring "great changes" in the world.
New Delhi/Mumbai: In a setback to India, Portugal's Supreme Court upholds an order which cancels extradition of underworld don Abu Salem for violation of deportation rules by slapping new charges which attracts death penalty.
Wednesday
Ahmedabad: In a blow to Narendra Modi, the Gujarat High Court upholds the appointment of Lokayukta by the Governor while sharply criticising the Chief Minister for his "pranks" that had sparked a "constitutional mini crisis".
New Delhi: Election Commission rules out reconsideration of its order to cover statues of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati and BSP party symbol 'elephant' and rejects her "aspersions" that the directive was "anti-Dalit" and "casteist".
Thursday
New Delhi: Suresh Kalmadi walks out of Tihar Jail after being lodged there for nearly nine months with the Delhi High Court granting bail to him in a 2010 Games-related graft case.
New Delhi/Hamirpur: A day after BJP makes her a candidate in UP Assembly polls, Uma Bharti trades barbs with Rahul Gandhi after being dubbed an outsider and vows to defeat the Congress like she made his "guru" Digvijay Singh once "bite the dust" in Madhya Pradesh.
Friday
Jaipur: The banned Satanic Verses cast its shadow at the Jaipur Literature Festival with its controversial author Salman Rushdie citing death threats pulling out of the event where some outraged authors read out portions of the book.
New Delhi: Locked in a confrontation with Army Chief Gen VK Singh, the government rules out any compromise with him over his age issue and leaves it to the Supreme Court to decide on the matter.
