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.