Saturday
New Delhi: In fresh trouble for senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, a Delhi Court paves the way for initiation of criminal proceedings against him in another case relating to the 1984 anti-Sikh riot.
Jaipur/New Delhi: A senior RSS leader's name figures in the chargesheet in the 2007 Ajmer blast in Rajasthan, a development that is rubbished by BJP and RSS but latched onto by Congress which accuses the outfit of disturbing communal amity.
Sunday
Patna: Defying a poll boycott call by Maoists, voter turnout in the second of six-phase elections in Bihar is robust recording around 53 per cent though some stray incidents including three poll officials going missing are reported.
New Delhi/Srinagar: BJP slams Dileep Padgaonkar's comment that J-K problem could not be solved without involving Pakistan and demands that the PMO explain if he has a brief to spell out such a suggestion even as the Kashmir interlocutor maintains he has said nothing new.
Monday:
New Delhi: Coming out in defence of its deal with UK-based SIS Live for telecast of Commonwealth Games, Prasar Bharti says the selection of the company was made with the approval of Minister for Information and Broadcasting Ambika Soni.
Srinagar: Supporting Centre-appointed interlocutors for their comments on involving Pakistan, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah says the neighbouring country has a role in Jammu and Kashmir which cannot be be ignored.
Tuesday:
New Delhi: A plea by a Major for quitting the Army to take care of his ailing father is rejected by the Armed Forces Tribunal holding that he was a UAV specialist whose services cannot be dispensed with in national interest.
New Delhi: As the authorities mull filing a criminal case against them, a senior Union minister slams Hurriyat hardliner Syed Ali Shah Geelani and writer Arundhati Roy for backing Kashmir's independence while the BJP demands that the two be arrested on sedition charges.
Wednesday:
New Delhi: In a significant step which will enable it to do nuclear commerce, India signs the Convention on Supplementary Compensation (CSC), which sets parameters on a nuclear operator's financial liability, at the IAEA in Vienna.
New Delhi: In an effort to clear the backlog of over 13,000 cases, the Central Information Commission decides to dispose of "on priority basis" nearly 300 cases which are awaiting decision for more than a year. Thursday:
New Delhi: The Right to Information Act which is synonymous with "empowerment and transparency" will now have its own logo and a dedicated web portal that will not only act as a "knowledge bank" for information seekers and providers but will also provide them a platform to network.
Mumbai/New Delhi: The scam-hit upscale Adarsh co-operative housing society is under CBI probe on how it got prime defence land here but the society claims the land belonged to Maharashtra government.
Friday:
New Delhi: The Orissa government moves the Supreme Court challenging a high court verdict setting aside its decision to allot lincence to prospect Khandadhar deposits for iron ore mining to South Korea's Posco which plans to set up Rs 54,000-crore steel plant in the state.
New Delhi: The CBI files a petition in the Supreme Court seeking cancellation of the bail granted by the Gujarat High Court to former Gujarat Minister Amit Shah earlier in the day and seeks an urgent hearing.
