Digest of domestic news for week

Saturday

Kolkata: One person is killed and 67 injured when a local train hits  another waiting at a platform in West Bengal's Nadia district, officials said.

Lucknow: The Election Commission transfers Uttar Pradesh DGP Brij Lal and Principal Secretary (Home) Kunwar Fateh Bahadur after major opposition parties accused the two officials of working as "agents" of ruling BSP.

Sunday

Jaipur: Fulfilling a long-standing demand, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announces a novel pension and life insurance scheme for overseas Indian workers that is expected to benefit over 5 million workers, especially those in the Gulf.

New Delhi: Political parties take exception to Election Commission's order to cover statues of Chief Minister Mayawati and elephants - BSP's poll symbol - in poll-bound UP, saying it will give rise to several complications.

Monday

New Delhi: Wrapping up its probe in the Bhanwari Devi murder case, the CBI claims it has corroborative evidence to establish that the 36-year-old nurse was murdered and burnt allegedly at the behest of a political leader.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court grants interim bail to former Union Minister Sukh Ram, who surrendered before a trial court on Saturday to serve his three year sentence in the 1993 telecom scam case.

Tuesday

New Delhi/Lucknow: Holding prima facie his promise of 9% sub quota for backward Muslims as a "serious violation" of Model Code of Conduct, the Election Commission today slapped show-cause notice on Law Minister Salman Khurshid.

New Delhi: Controversial author Salman Rushdie is unlikely to be stopped by the Government from travelling to India as he holds a Person of Indian Origin card which entitles him to visit the country without visa.

New Delhi: Highlighting that 42% children are underweight in a country witnessing high growth, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh describes it as a national shame and says the government cannot rely solely on ICDS to address the issue.

Wednesday

Port Blair/New Delhi: A controversy erupts over a video footage showing semi-naked Jarawa tribal women in Andaman and Nicobar Islands allegedly being ordered to dance before tourists prompting the Centre to seek a report from the Union Territory administration.

Sahibganj/Guwahati: Five persons killed and nine others injured in a collision between the Delhi-bound Brahmaputra Mail and a stationary goods train, about 25 km from Sahibganj in Jharkhand.

Thursday

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court warns social networking site Facebook India and search engine Google India that websites can be "blocked" like in China if they fail to devise a mechanism to check and remove objectionable material from their web pages.