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Digest of domestic news for the week Oct 5- Oct 11, 2013

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: Two key suspects in an attempt to kill BJP veteran L K Advani and in the murder of other Sangh Parivar leaders were arrested in a major operation jointly by the police of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

New Delhi: Union Minister M M Pallam Raju, who announced his resignation over division of Andhra Pradesh, met Congress President Sonia Gandhi who advised him "not to act in haste".

New Delhi/Dhaka: India and Bangladesh embarked on energy cooperation with the inauguration of two collaborative power projects, a step described by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as a "historic moment" in the partnership between the two countries.
 

Sunday

Visakhapatnam/Hyderabad: Curfew was clamped in Vizianagaram town and shoot-at-sight orders issued by district authorities in the wake of yesterday's large-scale violence by anti-bifurcation agitators who remained undeterred and indulged in fresh violence today and clashed with police.

New Delhi: In a novel proposal of its kind, Border Security Force (BSF) has invited its Bangladeshi counterpart to patrol the border from its territory even as it has decided to introduce a fresh lot of non-lethal weapons on this frontier as part of new measures to bring down civilian and security forces casualties.

Monday

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has requested Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to direct a probe into the allegations levelled by former Army Chief General V K Singh and the functioning of army's controversial Technical Services Division (TSD).

New Delhi: Though he retracted under attack, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh stuck to his ground that Air India has to be privatised for which a political consensus has to be built.

New Delhi: India has initiated the process for making it a more tourist friendly destination, which includes extending on arrival visa for 40 more countries, simplifying online visa and attracting senior citizen foreign visitors.

Tuesday

Srinagar: Army has seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition in Keran sector along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir, where a 15-day long anti-infiltration operation was called off.

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First Published: Oct 12 2013 | 3:11 PM IST

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