Digest of domestic news for the week

Delhi HC warns the pilots of contempt action for disobeying court orders and continuing with their "illegal" agitation

Saturday

Bangalore: Ruling BJP in Karnataka plunges into a fresh crisis tonight after eight ministers offered to quit in support of the party strongman B S Yeddyurappa for leadership change amid indications the former chief minister was mulling quitting the state Assembly.

New Delhi/Mumbai: As the stalemate between Air India and agitating pilots entered the fifth day,the DGCA issues notices to 11 office bearers of Indian Pilots Guild(IPG) after the airline management sought cancellation of their flying licences.

Pune/New Delhi: The Pune campus office of Prof Suhas Palshikar, who resigned as NCERT adviser in the wake of the huge row over a cartoon of B R Ambedkar in school text books, is attacked today by a group of persons.

 

Sunday

New Delhi: A Joint Secretary-level officer in the Cabinet Secretariat was responsible for the leakage of Army Chief Gen V K Singh "top secret" letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on shortage of equipment and ammunition, which led to an uproar in Parliament over a month back.

Bangalore/New Delhi: The factional feud in Karnataka's ruling BJP touches a new low with former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa calling his successor Sadananda Gowda a "betrayer" as he lavished praise on Sonia Gandhi and the Congress.

Monday

New Delhi/Mumbai: Dubbing their seven-day-old stir"meaningless" after a court order, Government refuses to hold talks with the agitating pilots till they resumed work, as harried passengers got no respite with 14 international flights being cancelled.

New Delhi: The Ministries of Home and the External Affairs go loggerheads over the visit of eight envoys of the European Union to Nagaland.

New Delhi: Pakistani microbiologist Khalil Chisti reaches New Delhi from Ajmer as he set out on his journey back home for a temporary period, after spending almost two decades in India.

Tuesday

New Delhi: A Raja, the main accused in the Rs 30,000 crore 2G scam who had desisted from applying for bail for over fifteen months, today walked out of Tihar jail after a Delhi court granted him freedom brushing aside CBI's apprehensions that he will tamper with evidence.

New Delhi:  Energy-deficient India makes a strong pitch for export of Shale Gas in liquified form from the United States which has been pressurising it to reduce import of oil from sanction-hit Iran.

Wednesday

New Delhi/Ranchi: CRPF seeks the cover of AFSPA for its men conducting anti-Naxal operations, at a time when continuance of the controversial Act in areas of Jammu and Kashmir and the North East is being debated.

New Delhi: India welcomes the US move to designate underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's two top aides Chhota Shakeel and Tiger Memon as key drug traffickers, saying it was a reaffirmation of India's stand and asked "those countries" "harbouring" them to bring them to justice.

Thursday

Bhubhaneswar/Chennai: Injecting a new element in the Presidential race, regional parties BJD and AIADMK are first off the bloc when they announce their joint support for former Lok Sabha Speaker P A Sangma but his own party NCP distanced itself from his moves.

New Delhi: With no end in sight to the 10-day stir by over 200 Air India pilots, the Delhi High Court warns they could face contempt action for "wilfully and flagrantly" disobeying court orders and continuing with their "illegal" agitation.

Friday

New Delhi/Rome: Italy calls back its ambassador to India for "consultations" after a charge sheet for murder was filed against two Italian marines in the killing of two Indian fishermen off the Kerala coast three months back.

New Delhi: Yet another huge controversy hits the IPL when an Australian player Luke Pomersbach is arrested on a charge of molesting an American woman and attacking her fiance but his team owners attempt to shield him, seeking to question the character of the victim.