Digest of domestic news for the week

Saturday

Manipal: Amid persisting global uncertainties, Finance Minister Pranab Mukerjee says India's domestic demand, high savings rate and regulatory mechanisms make it a resilient economy.

New Delhi: Team Anna clubs Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee with 13 other Cabinet Ministers, whom they accuse of corruption, which the Congress dismisses as "unsubstantiated averments" that need not be responded to.

Sunday

Hyderabad: YSR Congress chief Jaganmohan Reddy, who made a stunning rise in politics, is arrested by the CBI in a disproportionate assets case, that can well be a turning point in Andhra Pradesh which is soon to witness bypolls to 18 Assembly and one Lok Sabha seats.

 

New Delhi: Just before his retirement, Gen V K Singh ratifies a court martial's decision to dismiss former military secretary Lt Gen Avadesh Prakash from service after he was found guilty by an Army court in the Sukna land scam case.

Monday

New Delhi: Amidst street protests and dissent from within over the unpopular steep hike in petrol price, the government seems to have put-off an increase in diesel and cooking gas LPG rates for now, even as oil firms hint at a marginal reduction in petrol prices.

Hyderabad: YSR Congress chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy,arrested in a disproportionate assets case, is sent to jail after being remanded to 14-day judicial custody by a CBI court which rejects his anticipatory bail plea.

Tuesday

Onboard PM's Special Aircraft: Strongly rebutting Team Anna's allegations of corruption against him, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh offers to quit public life and face any punishment if charges on coal block allotments are proved.

New Delhi: Fresh differences appear in Team Anna with Justice Santosh Hegde distancing himself from corruption allegations against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and other ministers even as the group seeks to play down Anna Hazare's reservations on the issue.

Wednesday

Kochi: After being in jail for nearly 15 weeks, the two Italian marines charged with the killing of two Indian fishermen ar granted bail by the Kerala High Court but with stringent conditions.

New Delhi: Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar will take oath as member of Rajya Sabha on June 4. Tendulkar, who turned 39 recently and is nominated to the Upper House, is scheduled to take oath as member in the chamber of Chairman Hamid Ansari, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Shukla says.

Thursday

New Delhi: Gen Bikram Singh, who has promised to strengthen the work culture and core values of the military, takes over as Army Chief succeeding Gen V K Singh whose tenure towards the end was tumultuous.

New Delhi: Reflecting the current economic woes, India's GDP growth rate slips to 6.5% in 2011-12, the worst in nine years, on account of decline in almost all segments including agriculture and manufacturing.

Friday

New Delhi: Facing all round criticism for the persisting crisis in Air India, Government announces a slew of measures including bringing parity in pay scales of Air India and erstwhile Indian Airlines staff and a uniform working hours policy while scrapping productivity-linked incentive.

Ara (Bihar): The chief of Ranvir Sena, the dreaded private militia of 'upper caste' landowners, is shot dead by unidentified gunmen while he was on a morning walk triggering violence during which the Bihar DGP was roughed up.