Digest of domestic stories for week Sep 4-10

Saturday
   
Jamui/Patna: A solution to the week-long hostage crisis in Bihar appeared to be in sight with a Maoist leader claiming the three kidnapped policemen will be freed, just hours after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar invited the rebels for talks and appealed for their release.

New Delhi: In a near sweep, BJP's students wing ABVP bags three out of the four top posts in the Delhi University Students Union after a gap of seven years, giving a jolt to Congress' NSUI.

Sunday

New Delhi: India is open to Pakistan's proposal to form a commission on the 26/11 Mumbai attacks that would visit here to record testimony of two key witnesses but will wait for a formal request.
   
Srinagar/New Delhi: With the Centre and Jammu and Kashmir government working on various options to address concerns of Kashmiris, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah feels that a firm action on issues like amending or phased-withdrawal of AFSPA and resumption of political dialogue is an immediate need.
   
Monday
   
New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will meet here later this week for a "threadbare" discussion on the situation in Kashmir amidst indications that the Centre may initiate new steps to break the impasse.
   
New Delhi: Rejecting BJP's criticism, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh defends the appointment of Telecom Secretary P J Thomas as the new Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC).
   
Tuesday
   
Ranchi: Prospects of a BJP-led Government in Jharkhand with JMM brightened with Governor M O H Farooq writing to the Centre recommending lifting of the three-month-old President's rule in the state.
   
New Delhi: P J Thomas is sworn-in as the new Central Vigilance Commissioner amid BJP's boycott and complaint to President Pratibha Patil over the manner in which the appointment of the officer with a "blemished record" was made to the Constitutional post.

Wednesday
   
Mumbai: Maharashtra ATS claims a major breakthrough in the February 13 German Bakery blast case in Pune with the arrest of two persons who had links with the LeT in Pakistan.
   
New Delhi: Indications of an 'Eid package' for Jammu and Kashmir are available with the Centre considering amendments to the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act or its partial withdrawal in the state at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS).
   
Thursday
   
New Delhi: The US views with concern the growing Chinese assertiveness in the Asian region as India shared its apprehensions over reported People's Liberation Army presence in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
   
New Delhi: Two days after Pakistan completed process of freeing 442 Indian fishermen, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna has written to his Pakistani counterpart S M Qureshi conveying "deep appreciation" on the release as India decided to repatriate 31 Pakistani prisoners, including 24 civilians, on September 15.
   
Friday
   
New Delhi: Alarm bells rang in Delhi as Yamuna rose a metre over the danger mark with a looming threat of flooding low-lying areas, prompting the city government to go on an overdrive to evacuate people to safer places.
   
Mumbai: Two suspected terrorists believed to be from Pakistan and Bangladesh have sneaked into the metropolis to cause disruption at crowded places and religious congregations, Mumbai police says, setting off alarm bells on the eve of Eid and Ganeshotsav festivities.