India: Weekly Review
Digest of domestic stories for the week Aug 9-Aug 15, 2008
Saturday Jammu: Leaders spearheading the agitation in Jammu hold first round of talks with an all party delegation headed by Home Minister Shivraj Patil but no headway is made as they stuck to their demand for restoration of land to Amarnath Shrine Board and removal of Governor N N Vohra.
Lucknow: Former External Affairs Minister and suspended Congress leader K Natwar Singh joins the BSP along with two Samajwadi Party leaders Shahid Siddiqui and S.P. Singh Baghel.
Sunday Jaipur: A pilgrim was killed and nearly 250 others were trapped inside a cave temple in Rajasthan's Kota district after a ladder leading to the ancient shrine gives way.
New Delhi: NDTV 24X7 bags the most popular English news channel award while the top honour for best popular Hindi news channel goes to Aaj Tak at the annual News Television awards ceremony here.
Monday New Delhi: Two taxi drivers handed down death penalty by a Delhi court for killing and raping Australian tourist Dawn Emilie Griggs in 2004, terming the "defenceless and old foreigner" victim as a "motherly figure" of the convicts.
New Delhi: Two taxi drivers handed down death penalty by a Delhi court for killing and raping Australian tourist Dawn Emilie Griggs in 2004, terming the "defenceless and old foreigner" victim as a "motherly figure" of the convicts.
Srinagar/Jammu: After being on the boil for three days,Kashmir valley remained by and large peaceful barring stray violence while a top CRPF officer is removed from violence-hit Srinagar to calm tempers following criticism over the paramilitary force's handling of the unrest. Friday New Delhi: Coming out strongly against "divisive politics" on the Amarnath issue, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh his address on the 62nd Independence Day, asks political parties not to use religion to divide people but come together in finding a permanent solution to problems plaguing Jammu and Kashmir.
Srinagar: In fresh clashes, at least 21 people are injured when CRPF personnel opens fire on a large group of protesters here today fuelling tension shortly after the Independence Day celebrations in the valley passes of peacefully barring minor incidents.
Tuesday Kishtwar (Jammu): Two persons were killed, 30 others injured and 38 buildings gutted in communal clashes, police firing and a grenade blast at Kishtwar town of the Jammu region.
Lucknow: A Planning Commission member and an expert on Islamic studies creates history by becoming the first woman to act as a 'qazi' and solemnize a 'nikah' ceremony here.
Wednesday Srinagar: Sporadic violence occurred across Kashmir valley during which police fired at a few places as uneasy calm prevailed after two days of violent unrest left 21 persons dead in firing by security forces.
New Delhi: The chiefs of Indian Institute of Technologies (IITs) across the country unanimously decide to fill up the vacant seats reserved for SC and ST candidates in the newly established IITs during the next academic year at a one time measure.
New Delhi: In a first of its kind initiative that will bring respite to lakhs of people infected with HIV, an insurance company rolls out a health policy, which will cover illness of such a patient due to his/her weak immune system.
Thursday New Delhi: In an Independence Day-eve bonanza, the central government gives its 50 lakh employees, including defence personnel, a significantly bigger pay packet improving on the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission with retrospective effect from January, 2006.
- Press Trust of India (PTI)
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