Digest of domestic news for week

Mamata Banerjee, Amit Mitra face the ire of CPI-M activists; PM seeks greater ties with Germany

Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Apr 13 2013 | 11:10 AM IST
Saturday

New Delhi: India says it has taken note of a North Korean evacuation advisory to foreign missions in PyongYang amidst global concerns that the isolated state was preparing a missile launch at a time of heightened nuclear tensions.

Srinagar: A 24-year-old British woman, holidaying in Kashmir, is found murdered inside a houseboat in the Dal Lake and police arrest a Dutch national in connection with the crime.

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Sunday

New Delhi: Serious differences have cropped up in contract negotiations between the Defence Ministry and French firm Dassault Aviation selected for the 126 fighter aircraft deal ,threatening to delay the country's largest one-time military acquisition.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court stays the execution of eight death row prisoners, convicted in different murder cases, whose clemency pleas were rejected by President Pranab Mukherjee last week.

New Delhi: Terming as "grossly inadequate" the current judge to population ratio, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh assures Chief Ministers of more central funds for creation of infrastructure for subordinate judiciary to address the issue of pendency of over three crore cases.

Monday

New Delhi: WikiLeaks returns to haunt the Congress party which trashes reports claiming that Rajiv Gandhi was a middleman for a Swedish aircraft company before entering politics but the Opposition demanded that the "truth" be made public.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will hold comprehensive talks, including discussions on India-European Union FTA, with German Chancellor Angela Merkel during his visit to Berlin from Wednesday, with India hoping for a "strong political thrust" from Germany for early inking of the pact.

Tuesday

New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tells his Italian counterpart Mario Monti that a view on specific aspects of the case involving the two marines facing murder charges in the country cannot be taken pending investigations.

New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her Finance Minister Amit Mitra become the target of CPI-M and its students wing, with protesters manhandling the minister outside the Planning Commission here.

New Delhi: Two weeks after the killing of local BSP leader Deepak Bhardwaj, Delhi Police arrest his younger son who allegedly gave a Rs 5 crore contract to a lawyer who in turn had entrusted the job to a self-styled godman.

Kolkata: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi sends overtures to his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee- a former NDA ally- when he expresses confidence that she will fulfil the aspirations of the people after taking over from the Left which had "ruined the state for 32 years".

Wednesday

New Delhi: An upset West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee cancels her scheduled meeting with Finance Minister P Chidambaram and left for Kolkata, a day after she was attacked and her minister Amit Mitra manhandled by Left protesters here.

New Delhi: Ahead of his visit, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says he intends to seek greater business ties with Germany as India continues to take steps to boost domestic investments, attract foreign capital and spur the economy back to its long-term growth potential of 8%.

Thursday

New Delhi: The Government will "soon" decide on the new CAG and would take a call whether to make it a three-member body at an "appropriate time", says Minister of State in Prime Minister's Office V Narayanasamy.

New Delhi: As the India and the EU negotiate a free trade agreement, a Parliamentary panel cautions against its early signing and asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to wait for the committee's report before finalising it.

Friday

New Delhi: An offer to sell uranium pilfered from India's nuclear facilities by a businessman claiming to be a relative of a Nepalese diplomat set off a flurry of mails between US missions in late 1973.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court dismisses death row convict and Khalistani terrorist Devinderpal Singh Bhullar's plea for commutation of his death sentence, a ruling that can have an impact on 17 other convicts, including those held guilty in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination, facing execution.
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First Published: Apr 13 2013 | 11:06 AM IST

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