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Digest for domestic stories for week July 22 - July 28, 2017

Saturday New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi tonight hosted a farewell here for outgoing President Pranab Mukherjee.

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Saturday

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi tonight hosted a farewell here for outgoing President Pranab Mukherjee.

New Delhi: Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam today discussed the potential for cooperation in areas like banking, digital finance, tourism and innovation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi here.

New Delhi: Former India captain Rahul Dravid "will not be available" for the senior Indian team's overseas tours owing to his commitments with the India A and Under-19 sides, the Committee of Administrators (COA) chief Vinod Rai said today.

Sunday

New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee today cautioned the government against using the ordinance route to bring in a law, saying it should be used only in a compelling situation and not taken recourse to in monetary matters.

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel is all set to be re-nominated as the party's candidate for the upcoming Rajya Sabha election from Gujarat, party sources said.

Srinagar: Pakistani troops violated ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri sector in north Kashmir's Baramulla district, but there was no loss of life, police said today.

Monday

Srinagar/New Delhi: Seven people including Altaf Ahmed Shah, the son-in-law of hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, were arrested today by the NIA in connection with its probe into the funding of terror and subversive activities in the Kashmir Valley, officials said.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today dismissed a plea seeking a probe into mass murder of Kashmiri Pandits at the height of militancy in the Valley in 1989-90, holding no fruitful purpose would emerge as evidence is unlikely to be available at this late juncture.

Ghaziabad: Noida businessman Moninder Singh Pandher and his servant Surinder Koli were sentenced to death by a special CBI court here today in the Nithari serial killings case for murdering 20-year-old domestic help Pinki Sarkar in 2006.

Tuesday

New Delhi: Setting the ball rolling for the appointment of the next Chief Justice of India, current incumbent J S Khehar has named Justice Dipak Misra as his successor, a senior functionary aware of the development said tonight.

New Delhi: Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia today offered to quit the Lok Sabha if allegations by some BJP MPs that he was against Dalits were proved and also demanded a public apology from them.

Chennai: The Madras High Court today made singing of the national song 'Vande Mataram' mandatory in schools across Tamil Nadu at least twice a week.

New Delhi: China is expanding its influence across the Himalayas in India's neighbourhood and is bound to be a "threat" in the coming years, a top Army general said today.

Wednesday

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar unexpectedly resigned today, but hours later joined hands with the BJP to reclaim the government in a stunning political manoeuvre that relegated his alliance partner RJD to the opposition.

New Delhi: BJP president Amit Shah is set to make his debut as a member of Parliament with the BJP parliamentary board today announcing him as its candidate for the August 8 Rajya Sabha elections from Gujarat.

Thursday

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today directed the Indian High Commission in Islamabad to issue a visa to a Pakistani national for medical treatment in India.

Patna: Backed by the BJP, Nitish Kumar today returned as the Bihar chief minister for the sixth time barely a day after his dramatic resignation that dented opposition's unity which could have a bearing on the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

New Delhi: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today hit out at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for joining hands with the BJP, alleging that he had returned to the "communal forces" for his selfish political motives.

Friday

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar comfortably won today the crucial trust vote after a vitriol-filled debate where he defended his decision to return to the NDA fold, saying the opposition should not teach him a lesson in secularism.

New Delhi: The Union home ministry is keeping a close watch on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir following the announcement by terror organisation al-Qaeda on setting up of a new outfit in Kashmir under the aegis of known militant Zakir Musa, an official said today.

 

(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)

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