Domestic news of the week

Saturday

New Delhi: Former CVC P J Thomas decides to move the Supreme Court seeking review by a Constitution bench  of its March 3 judgement quashing his appointment, claiming that judiciary has no right to decide his eligibility for the post without prior reference from the President.

New Delhi: The managing director of Kalaignar TV Sharad Kumar is questioned by the CBI here in connection with the 2G spectrum allocation scam.

Sunday

New Delhi: An Air India pilot is arrested in the capital for allegedly using forged marksheets to procure a licence, the second pilot to be nabbed in the last four days, as a worried DGCA set in motion fresh scrutiny of licenses of nearly 4,000 pilots.

New Delhi: With lakhs of women domestic helpers left out of the sexual harassment at workplace bill, women MPs and National Commission of Women decide to seek an amendment to the proposed legislation, demanding inclusion of the category in it.

Monday

New Delhi: After a gun-battle in the high seas, the Indian Navy apprehends a pirate mother ship rescuing 13 crew members and arrests 61 Somali sea brigands about 600 nautical miles off the western coast in the Arabian Sea.

Jammu: Twelve people are killed and 68 injured, seven of them seriously, when an over-loaded mini bus skidded off the road and fell into a gorge in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir.

Tuesday

New Delhi: Suspended Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi is questioned by the CBI for the second time in connection with alleged scams related to the conduct of the sporting extravaganza.

Chennai: In a sensational twist to the 2G spectrum scam, Sadiq Batcha, businessman and a close aide of former Telecom Minister A Raja, allegedly commits suicide in mysterious circumstances and his wife claimed that he did it "unable to cope with the pressure" of the probe.

Wednesday

New Delhi: P J Thomas, whose appointment as Central Vigilance Commissioner was quashed by the Supreme Court, petitioned President Pratibha Patil to obtain the apex court's opinion on the legality of the judgement given by the three-member bench in his case.

New Delhi: A week after Japan was hit by a devastating tsunami triggered by a massive quake, India asks its nationals to avoid non-essential travel to that country and said Indians residing in Tokyo and areas closer to the exclusion zone declared by Japan government should consider moving to safer areas.

Thursday

New Delhi/Mumbai: Pune-based stud-farm owner Hasan Ali Khan surrenders before the Enforcement Directorate in Mumbai after the Supreme Court cancelled his bail in a money laundering case and remanded him to four days ED custody.

Friday

New Delhi: With veteran Congress leader ND Tiwari ignoring the Supreme Court's earlier advice to convey his preferred mode of DNA test, the apex court left him to face his fait accompli as per the high court's ruling, which has ordered collection of his blood sample for the test.

Kolkata/New Delhi: Brushing aside Congress' plea for more time for finalizing a seat-sharing deal, Trinamool Congress unilaterally announces candidates for 228 constituencies for Assembly elections in West Bengal, leaving 64 seats to the national party.