Srinagar: Curfew is clamped in all major towns of Kashmir Valley, including Srinagar, as protestors torch a railway station and clashed with security forces, who opened fire leaving one person dead and over 25 others injured, including several policemen.
Hyderabad: It was a landslide victory for the Telangana Rashtra Samiti candidates in 11 out of 12 Assembly constituencies that went for by-polls in the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh on July 27.
Sunday
New Delhi: A Rajya Sabha appointed panel discusses charges against Chief Justice-designate of Sikkim High Court Justice P D Dinakaran, facing impeachment proceedings in Parliament, but did not finalise the charge sheet to be issued against the tainted judge.
Srinagar: Three persons including a woman were killed as police opened fire to disperse mobs who blocked a national highway and snatched weapons from security personnel in Pampore on the city outskirts even as protest-hit Kashmir Valley remained under curfew for the second day.
Monday
New Delhi: The stalemate in Parliament that completely paralysed business during last week ends with the government and the opposition agreeing to discuss "inflation" on a motion without any voting.
Kochi: The National Investigation Agency files the chargesheet in the 2006 Kozhikode twin blast case, listing suspected LeT militant T Nazeer as the first accused.
Tuesday
Srinagar: Two persons were killed and five others injured in clashes with security forces who opened fire in Srinagar and Budgam districts of Kashmir Valley.
New Delhi: The controversy over substantial payments made to a London-based company by the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee takes a new turn with the revelation that an e-mail by the Indian High Commission, made public by OC Chairman Suresh Kalmadi, was "doctored".
Wednesday
New Delhi: Urging people of Kashmir to "heed to voices of reason" and desist from violent protests, Home Minister P Chidambaram promises to reactivate a dialogue to address their grievances once normalcy is restored in the valley.
Srinagar: Long regarded as a hardline separatist, Syed Ali Shah Geelani comes out against current violence in the Kashmir, telling agitators burning public property would damage the "movement".
Thursday
New Delhi: Eyebrows went up in the RS when newly-elected BJP member Ram Jethmalani praised External Affairs Minister S M Krishna for showing "dignity" in the face of critical remarks of his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi about Home Secretary G K Pillai at a joint press conference last month.
New Delhi: With graft allegations dogging the CWG OC, Govt says the charges of irregularities in Games preparations reported by media were unsubstantiated but promised to take stringent action if any specific complaint is brought to its notice.
Friday
Leh: At least 103 people are killed and another 370 injured when flash floods triggered by torrential rains struck this Himalayan town in Ladakh region, northeast of Jammu and Kashmir, leaving a trail of death and destruction.
New Delhi: In a major setback to Posco's steel plant project in Orissa, the Environment Ministry asks the state government to stop all work related to it, including land acquisition, as it violated forest rights law.
