Domestic news digest for the week

Saturday

New Delhi: Filmstar Chiranjeevi formally joins the Congress and hails Rahul Gandhi as the "ray of hope" and future prime minister.

Mumbai: Navy's strike capabilities receive a boost as the second indigenously-built stealth warship, INS Satpura, is inducted into operational service.

Sunday

New Delhi: Team Anna says Government has sent a "proposal" to Anna Hazare but there is nothing new in it.

Hyderabad: The ruling Congress in Andhra Pradesh appeares to be heading for fresh trouble with 29 MLAs, loyal to YS Jaganmohan Reddy, deciding to quit in protest against mention of late YSR's name in the FIR of CBI in its probe in the case related to the Kadapa MP.

Monday

New Delhi: Indications that Anna Hazare and government may engage in a dialogue emerges with the Gandhian asking a representative to be named for the purpose by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who has expressed a willingness to have a "reasoned debate" on the issue.

Kolkata: India is well-positioned to emerge as the world's third largest economy by 2025, but the long-term 9% growth target will not happen with a "business as usual" approach, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says.

Tuesday

New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi,who underwent a surgery in the US, is expected to return by this weekend or in the first week of September.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court seeks a response of the Centre and the Attorney General on Mayawati government's appeal challenging a stay imposed by Allahabad High Court on the Rs 724 crore VAT levied on Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) for sale of gas in the state.

Wednesday

New Delhi: Delhi Police is set to chargesheet seven persons, including MPs Amar Singh and Ashok Argal, for their alleged involvement in the cash-for-vote scam, three years after the incident took place.

New Delhi: A breakthrough in the deadlock over Lok Pal continues to elude Team Anna and government despite hard negotiations with differences persisting over seven issues, including bringing the Prime Minister under its ambit.

Thursday

New Delhi: The Supreme Court extends till September 2 the stay on the release on bail of Pune-based stud farm owner Hasan Ali Khan who is accused in money laundering cases.

New Delhi: Going the extra mile to meet Anna Hazare's major demand, government will have a discussion in the Lok Sabha on various versions of the Lok Pal Bill, including the one brought out by Team Anna.

Friday

New Delhi: In a meeting between the government and Team Anna, the former conveys to the Gandhian's emissaries that a consensus should be built around the note struck by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in his speech in Parliament on the Lok Pal issue.

New Delhi: Cash strapped Air India is mulling several options including closing operations on routes where the losses were high in a bid to reduce mounting expenditure.