Domestic news of the week

Saturday

Lucknow/Rampur: Throwing his weight behind Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav, Shahi Imam of Delhi's Jama Masjid Maulana Ahmad Bukhari appeals to Muslims to vote for SP candidates in upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly polls.

Imphal/New Delhi: An estimated 82% of electorate exercised their franchise in Manipur assembly elections which was marred by militant violence that claimed seven lives, including that of an ultra.

Sunday

Hyderabad: Five days after she left her Infant at the passport office here, an American woman has been asked by officials to produce her husband to take a DNA test to confirm their parenthood or legally adopt the child born through surrogacy.

New Delhi: In a hardening of its stand ahead Of the Supreme Court hearing, the Defence Ministry has directed that the Army's records should be corrected to show that Army Chief Gen.V K Singh's year of birth is 1950, contrary to his stand that he was born one year later.

Monday

Mumbai: Superstar Shah Rukh Khan allegedly punched and slapped Farah Khan's filmmaker husband Shirish Kunder at a private party thrown by Sanjay Dutt.

Bangalore: Demanding an apology from those responsible for taking punitive action against him and three fellow space scientists, Former ISRO chief G Madhavan Nair has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for revoking the official order barring them from holding government posts.

Tuesday

New Delhi: Indicting the PMO but letting the Prime Minister off lightly on failure to decide on prosecuting the then telecom minister A Raja in the 2G case, the Supreme Court sets a limit of four months for deciding the issue of sanction for prosecution of corrupt public servants.

New Delhi: French company Dassault Rafale today bags India's biggest-ever contract for supplying 126 combat aircraft for the air force, edging out European competitor EADS in the multi-billion dollar deal.

Wednesday

New Delhi: The father of a teenaged girl, who got a battered two-year-old admitted in AIIMS, and two others were arrested here on charges of abandoning her and forcing her into prostitution even as police stepped up efforts to trace a youth with whom the girl was staying.

Kolkata: In a throwback to the Salman Rushdie row in Jaipur, the official release of the seventh part of controversial author Taslima Nasreen's book 'Nirbasan' (Exile) at the Kolkata Book Fair is cancelled following protests by religious fundamentalists.

Lucknow/New Delhi: Income Tax officials raid a number of premises of Uttar Pradesh-based liquor baron and businessman Ponty Chadha in the state and in Delhi on suspected tax evasion and claim to have traced a huge currency chest in a big mall owned by him in Noida.

Thursday

New Delhi: State-owned oil companies halted supplies of jet fuel to Air India for failing to honour payments even after expiry of the 90-day credit period, partially affecting the airline's flights.

New Delhi: The suspense over a judicial decision on the plea for probing Home Minister P Chidambaram's alleged role in 2G scam prolonged today with the Supreme Court leaving it to the trial court to decide on the issue but refused to give any direction to the CBI.

Friday

New Delhi: Round one of his battle on the age issue went to Army Chief Gen V K Singh when the Supreme Court gives an option to the government to "withdraw" its order rejecting statutory complaint saying, it "appears to be vitiated" and against the "principle of natural justice".

Malda/Bankura (WB): Infant deaths have returned to haunt West Bengal with 19 babies dying in Bankura and Malda districts in the last two days.