Domestic news digest for the week
SC-appointed SIT gives Gujarat CM Naremdra Modi clean chit in post-Godhra Gulberg massacre case
Saturday
Shimla/Chennai: Swine flu claims its first victim in Himachal Pradesh today with a 55-year-old woman succumbing to the fever while 29 persons tested positive for the disease in Tamil Nadu.
Golaghat (Assam): A major fire breaks out at Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) in Assam's Golaghat district, but it was controlled within two and a half hours.
Sunday
New Delhi: Linking the progress in bilateral ties to Pakistan taking action against Hafiz Saeed and others responsible for Mumbai terror attacks, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tells President Asif Ali Zardari that this was important for normalisation of relations between the two neighbours.
New Delhi: After Rahul Gandhi reviews the Uttar Pradesh poll debacle, a high-level Congress panel begins reviewing the party's dismal showing at the hustings in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Goa.
Monday
Bhubaneswar: Struggling to end the twin hostage crisis, Odisha government "advises" the two Maoist groups to move bail pleas for quick release of detenus sought for but faced the threat of its police force boycotting anti-Naxal operations over release of any hardcore ultras.
New Delhi: In an extraordinary step, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence decides to call the three service chiefs to give an account of the state of preparedness of the forces against the backdrop of Army Chief Gen V K Singh speaking of shortages and deficiencies.
Tuesday
Ahmedabad: In a big relief for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, the Supreme Court-appointed SIT gives him a clean chit in the post-Godhra Gulberg massacre case and sought its closure as it found no evidence against him.
Patna: School teacher Rupam Pathak is sentenced to life by a CBI court in Bihar after it held her guilty of killing a ruling BJP MLA, who was stabbed in full public view at his Purnia home in January last year.
Wednesday
New Delhi: A string of high intensity earthquakes off Indonesia today led to tremors in various parts of India and triggered fears of tsunami with government issuing warnings which are withdrawn later.
New Delhi/Ghaziabad: Murdered school girl Aarushi Talwar's mother Nupur faces arrest after a special court issued a non-bailable warrant against her following which CBI carried out searches at her Delhi home.
Ajmer: 80-year-old ailing Pakistani scientist Mohammed Khalil Chisti steps out of Ajmer jail after 14 months of incarceration in a murder case and expressed the hope that Sarabjit Singh and other prisoners languishing in each other's country will be freed.
Thursday
New Delhi: Ahead of the Rio+20 Earth Summit, India says said the principle of "equity" - equal per capita rights to the atmospheric space - should be the "base" for future negotiations on climate change.
New Delhi: In a measure that will give relief to couples having inter-religion wedlocks, the Government approves a proposal to enable registration of religion-neutral marriages to meet the demands of minorities.
Friday
New Delhi: In a strong reaction to detention of Bollywood star Shahrukh Khan at a New York airport, India summons a top American diplomat after External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said "detention and apology" have become a habit with the US, which cannot continue.
Attari/Wagah Border: Extending airport-like facilities for cross-border passengers and cargo movement, India says it has approved a liberal visa regime for people of Pakistan, as New Delhi seeks peace and harmony with Islamabad with the help of trade free of all barriers.