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| Domestic news for the week Apr 10-16 |
| Press Trust of India / Apr 17, 2010, 11:38 IST |
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Saturday
 New Delhi: BJP supports Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's demand for an apology from a German delegation which had reportedly criticised him and insisted that the government seek a clarification from German ambassador on the issue.
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh embarks on a visit to the US to attend the Nuclear Security Summit where he is expected to pitch for firm response to the challenges of proliferation and possibility of terrorists gaining access to nuclear material.
Sunday
New Delhi: IPCC chief R K Pachauri, who came in for sharp criticism after the climate change panel goofed on its prediction on melting of Himalayan glaciers, says he will not step down even if a UN-constituted review committee finds fault with the procedures followed by it.
New Delhi: Scientists from across India announce the first-ever detail mapping of mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), the bug responsible for spread of the disease that kills 1.7 million people every year globally.
Monday
New Delhi: An embarrassed Navy orders a high-level inquiry against a senior officer closely associated with the Rs 11,000 crore Gorshkov aircraft carrier deal after "objectionable" photographs of him and a Russian woman reached it.
New Delhi: The Prime Minister reconstitutes the National Integration Council (NIC) bringing in new faces including Union Ministers A K Antony, Mamata Banerjee, Veerappa Moily and Kapil Sibal.
Tuesday
New Delhi: The Shashi Tharoor-Lalit Modi standoff over Kochi IPL team reaches the Supreme Court with a petition seeking a CBI probe into the Union Minister's alleging proxy stakes in the Rs 1533-crore franchise won by a consortium Rendezvous. 
New Delhi: Government reviews the development projects being undertaken in 33 Naxal-affected districts with the participation of chief secretaries of seven extremism-hit states through video conferencing.
Wednesday
Raigunj/Kishangunj/Guwahati: At least 76 people were killed and over 200 injured when a severe nor'wester packed with a windspeed of 125 kmph raged for 40 minutes through North Dinajpur district in West Bengal, four neighbouring districts of Bihar and five in Assam.
New Delhi: Central security agencies traces a local phone number from which the alleged death threat from Dawood Ibrahim gang was made to an aide of Minister of State External Affairs Shashi Tharoor.
Thursday
Sriharikota: India's Rs 330 crore mission to flight test the first indigenous cryogenic engine fails after the rocket powered by it crashed into the sea five minutes after a perfect lift-off in a setback to its space programme.
Kanker (Chhattisgarh): Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, used by US forces to track down Taliban militants, successfully flew over over the dense forests of Bastar in the first trial run for anti-naxal operations.
Friday
New Delhi: Flights between India and the UK, North America and some European cities for tomorrow have been cancelled as a dense cloud of volcanic ash formed over large parts of European and British airspace is not likely to clear up soon.
New Delhi: One more case of radiation exposure from Cobalt-60 has come to light in the Capital takes the total number of affected persons to eight.
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