Digest of domestic news for the week

Supreme Court upholds the death sentence of 26/11 Mumbai terror attack convict Ajmal Kasab

Saturday

New Delhi: Rubbishing the no loss argument of the government in the coal block allocations, BJP makes it clear that it is in no mood to allow Parliament to function till its demand for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation is met.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will leave for Iran on August 28 to attend the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit, which will be preceded by crucial bilateral talks with Iran's supreme leader Ayotollah Ali Khemani and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Sunday

Mumbai: "Itna sannata kyun hai bhai?," the iconic dialogue of A K Hangal in 'Sholay' is recalled on the death of the veteran actor. The film fraternity and political leaders hail him as the "marathon man" of Hindi Cinema.

New Delhi: Activist Kiran Bedi appears to be breaking ranks with erstwhile Team Anna by skipping a protest against corruption over differences on targeting BJP, saying they cannot forget the support from the opposition party in some ways on the Lokpal bill.

Monday

New Delhi: Finance Minister P Chidambaram says the government never talked about "zero loss" in allocation of coal blocks and complained of "incorrect reporting" by the media of his remarks on the issue.

New Delhi: The BCCI decides to recommend the names of former Indian captain Rahul Dravid and opener Gautam Gambhir for the prestigious Padma Bhusan and Padma Shri awards respectively.

Tuesday

New Delhi: Accusing the BJP of holding Parliament to ransom through "blackmail which has become its bread and butter", a combative Congress President Sonia Gandhi takes the battle to the opposition camp and asks the party to "stand up and fight aggressively".

New Delhi: Former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, key accused in the Geetika Sharma suicide case, is sent to 14-day judicial custody by a Delhi court.

Wednesday

New Delhi: The Supreme Court upholds the death sentence of 26/11 Mumbai terror attack convict Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, saying that waging war against the country is the primary and foremost offence committed by the Pakistani terrorist.

Ahmedabad: Ten years after over 90 people from the minority community were killed in the 2002 Naroda Patiya riots here, a special court convicts 32 people, including BJP MLA and former minister Maya Kodnani and Bajrang Dal leader Babu Bajrangi, on charges of murder and conspiracy.

Thursday

Jamnagar: Nine defence personnel,including five officers, are killed as two MI-17 choppers of the Indian Air Force collide mid-air just after take off from an air base here.

New Delhi: Babbar Khalsa International's terrorist Jagtar Singh Hawara pleads guilty in a Delhi court along with four others on their alleged roles in the 2005 twin blasts at Satyam and Liberty cinema halls here.

Friday

New Delhi: SP leader Mulayam Singh Yadav and MPs from TDP and Left parties sit on a dharna in front of Parliament House to seek a judicial inquiry into coal blocks allocation.

On Board PM's Special Aircraft: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says said he is sincerely hoping that Rahul Gandhi will "seriously" consider his request to join the government.