Saturday
New Delhi: A Delhi court reserves its order on two Zee editors' plea to direct police "not to force" them to read extracts from the transcript of a video clip of a sting, done by Jindal firm's officials, while taking their voice sample in the alleged Rs 100 crore extortion bid case.
New Delhi: Sustained protests over the gangrape of a young girl erupts in Raisina Hill, the seat of power, as thousands of youth clashed with police undeterred by the repeated use of water cannons, teargas shells and baton charge.
Sunday
New Delhi: Breaking his silence on the Delhi gangrape issue amid continuing protests, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says, the public anger is "genuine" and "justified" but appealed for peace while promising all steps to ensure safety of women in the country.
New Delhi: As protests over the gang-rape incident turns violent, Congress appealed for calm with party President Sonia Gandhi assuring a group of youths that all steps will be taken to fast-track the case so that the assailants get punishment.
Mumbai: One of the game's all-time greats, Sachin Tendulkar announces his retirement from one-day cricket, bringing to an end a glorious 23-year-old career in the format during which he rewrote numerous batting records.
Monday
New Delhi: Defence deals worth around USD 4 billion (Rs 22,000 crore) are among 10 key pacts inked between India and Russia after comprehensive talks including on differences over USD three billion investment by Russian telecom major Sistema, whose licence was cancelled.
New Delhi: The three-member committee of jurists, constituted to give recommendations on amending laws to provide speedier justice and enhanced punishment in sexual assault cases, began its work by issuing notice seeking public comments on the issue.
Tuesday
Varanasi: Amid nationwide outrage over the Delhi gangrape, President Pranab Mukherjee calls for changing "negative perceptions" about women and says they should be provided a safe, secure and congenial environment in which their talents can prosper.
New Delh: A 47-year-old Delhi Police constable, who was injured during violent protests at India Gate against gang rape incident, dies after battling for life in a city hospital following which police invokes murder charges in the case.
Shimla: Virbhadra Singh, credited for bringing Congress back to power in the Assembly polls defeating BJP takes oath as Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister for a record sixth time, heading a ten-member ministry that included six of his loyalists.
New Delhi: After the blame game, an open war breaks out between Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, who complains of "interference" by police officers in the recording of gangrape victim's statement, and Delhi Police which demanded a probe into the "leakage" of her letter to the Home Minister.
Wednesday
New Delhi: The 23-year-old girl, battling for life for the past 10 days at Safdarjung hospital after being brutally gangraped, was flown to Singapore in an air ambulance for specialised treatment in a premier hospital.
New Delhi: Citing the recent gang-rape of a young girl here, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asks the police to make protection of women their priority and advises them to change their image which is not good among general public.
New Delhi: The Centre downplays the presence of leading political leaders at the swearing-in function of Narendra Modi, who assumed office of Chief Minister of Gujarat for the fourth consecutive time.
Thursday
New Delhi: In the backdrop of gangrape of a 23-year-old girl in a moving bus, Delhi government begins deploying home guards in 89 Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) night service buses.
Kolkata/New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee's son Abhijit lands in a controversy over his description of women protesters in Delhi against the gang-rape incident as 'highly dented and painted', sparking a massive outrage with his remark dubbed as "sexist".
New Delhi: Leading Oriya novelist and academician Pratibha Ray, who has over 40 novels, travelogues and short stories to her credit, is named for the prestigious Jnanpith Award for the year 2011.
New Delhi: Angered by the 10-minute limit on her speech, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa walks out of the National Development Council (NDC) meeting, alleging "utter humiliation" and accusing the Centre of "stifling" the voice of Chief Ministers.
New Delhi: Finance Minister P Chidambaram says some tough decisions taken by the government recently may have caused "immediate pain" but were necessary to bring down fiscal deficit.
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh makes a strong case for "phased" hike in prices of petroleum products, coal and power as they are "underpriced" warning that failure to control subsidies would lead to cut in plan expenditure.
Friday
Hyderabad: The government will have to take corrective measures to maintain healthy balance of payment in order to achieve economic growth targets of the 12th Plan period (2012-17), says President Pranab Mukherjee.
New Delhi: The Centre appears to be moving towards finalising its stand on the Telangana statehood demand with Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde saying that a decision will be announced within a month as political parties from Andhra Pradesh put the onus on the UPA Government.
