Domestic news digest for the week

Saturday

New Delhi: Bringing Prime Minister under the Lok Pal will result in  "institutionalised permanant instability" at the Centre, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee says.

Udaipur: Social activist Anna Hazare vows to go ahead with his hunger strike on August 16 to press for a stronger Lok Pal and says he will court arrest if police intervenes.

Sunday

Bangalore: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, indicted by the Lokayukta in illegal mining scam,resigns ending three days of defiance and favours sitting Lok Sabha MP DV Sadananda Gowda as his successor.

New Delhi: Confrontation appears imminent in the Monsoon Session of Parliament with a combative Prime Minister Manmohan Singh telling the opposition bluntly of having "too many skeletons in its cupboard", a remark that raises the hackles of the BJP.

Monday

New Delhi: In an embarrassment to the Congress, 10 party MPs from Telangana region in Andhra Pradesh, who have tendered their resignation on the separate statehood issue, decide not to attend the Monsoon session of Parliament in protest against non-formation of a separate state.

New Delhi/Bangalore: With the stalemate in Karnataka BJP over BS Yeddyurappa's successor continuing, the party's central leadership indicates that choosing a new Chief Minister is being done through a "political process" which may happen by consensus or secret voting.

Tuesday

New Delhi: Stung by the CAG criticism of PMO, Government hit back seeking to shift the blame on the NDA government for the appointment of Suresh Kalmadi as Chairman of the Commonwealth Games (CWG) Organising Committee.

Chandigarh: Haryana government tells the Punjab and Haryana High Court that it has endorsed the constitution of a high-powered committee to consider cases of petitioners in connection with acquisition of land for development of Sectors 58-63 in Gurgaon, which includes the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust at Ullahawas village.

Wednesday

New Delhi: In a big relief to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, the Delhi High Court dismisses the Centre's appeal challenging a 2007 order of the Income Tax tribunal that her birthday gifts from supporters were exempted from taxation under the I-T Act.

Mumbai: Tata group Chairman Ratan Tata rejects allegations of giving bribe to former telecom minister A Raja to secure 2G spectrum allocation and said charges being made in the court proceedings are an attempt at diversion.

Thursday

Ahmednagar/Ghaziabad: Anna Hazare and his civil society camp members burn copies of the Lokpal Bill introduced by Government in Parliament, calling the legislation "weak, anti-poor and anti-Dalit."

Bangalore: Lok Sabha member DV Sadananda Gowda is being sworn-in as chief minister of Karnataka, succeeding BS Yeddyurappa, who quit in the wake of the Lokayukta report on illegal mining that indicted him.

Friday

New Delhi: Faced with mounting pressure after CAG indictment for irregularities in Commonwealth Games projects, Delhi Government put up a brave face, saying it has done "no wrong" and asserts that it will give its response to the charges when the report goes to Public Accounts Committee of Parliament.

Mumbai: The stock market plunges over 700 points as the BSE Sensex falls below the 17K-mark on across the board selling by investors amid fears of recession in the US and debt crisis in some euro-zone nations.