Domestic news of the week

Udaipur/Vadodara: Sylvester, a key witness in the Soharabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, makes a dramatic escape from Gujarat Police custody and is rearrested.

Hisar: Team Anna launches a blistering attack on the Congress ahead of Lok Sabha bypoll here, asking voters to inflict a "historic" defeat on the party for not bringing the Jan Lok Pal Bill, prompting the ruling party to hit back.

New Delhi: Reversing its position, Government agrees to make public the audio recordings of proceedings of the Joint Drafting Committee constituted to draft the Lok Pal Bill.

New Delhi: Slamming the UPA government on the black money issue, Senior BJP leader L K Advani says his upcoming anti-corruption yatra will mainly focus on illegal funds stashed abroad by Indians and the urgent need to bring it back home.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court stays the death sentence of Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving gunman from the 2008 Mumbai attack, on his petition that he does not deserve to be hanged because of his young age but it wonders whether he deserved to be heard.

Chennai/New Delhi: Spelling trouble for former Telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran, CBI searches his residence and nine other locations after registering a case against him in connection with the controversial Aircel-Maxis deal, alleging that he received Rs 547 crore as kickbacks from the Malaysian company.

New Delhi: In a surprise move, the Government intends to make the Lokpal a Constitutional authority which will be "more powerful" than the Election Commission".

Sitabdiara/Chapra: BJP stalwart L K Advani sets off on his sixth yatra in 21 years to focus on rash of scams and black money issues, giving a clarion call for not just 'change' in leadership but also change in the system.

New Delhi: Lawyer-activist and prominent Team Anna member Prashant Bhushan is assaulted by three youths belonging to a right-wing group in his Supreme Court chamber for his advocacy of plebiscite in Jammu and Kashmir.

New Delhi: After nearly 10 years in jail, dismissed IPS officer Ravi Kant Sharma is acquitted in the sensational murder case of journalist Shivani Bhatnagar by the Delhi High Court which itself raised questions as to who were behind the killing and what was the motive for it.

New Delhi: Anna Hazare hits back at Congress leader Digvijay Singh saying the charge of RSS support to his anti- corruption campaign is an attempt to defame him and rules out joining politics or becoming a Presidential candidate.

New Delhi: After three days of disruptions, BlackBerry services are restored in India and the smartphone maker Research In Motion rules out the possibility of hacking for the outages across the world.

New Delhi: Making it clear that there will be no dilution of the RTI Act, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says Government wishes to make Right to Information an "even more effective instrument" for ensuring transparency but wants a critical look at it to address certain concerns.

Ralegan Siddhi: Anna Hazare distances himself from Prashant Bhushan on the issue of plebiscite in Jammu and Kashmir, saying it is not the team's stand and the lawyer- activist is airing his personal views.