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Jan. 1: The Gujarat Assembly
holds special session heralding be-
ginning of Swarnim Gujarat
celebrations.
Jan 3: C.R. Rao, statistician gets
the Indian Science Award declared
in connection with the 97th Indian
Science Congress being held in
Thiruvananthapuram.
Jan 4: A bandh for the contin-
uance of a united Andhra Pradesh
hits life in 13 coastal and Rayalasee-
ma districts.
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Diksh-
it inaugurates Twizy Z.E. Concept, a
new electric car from Renault.
The Lokmanya Tilak national
journalism award is conferred on the
Editor-in-Chief of The Hindu N.
Ram in Pune.
Sensex ends day at a 20-month
high of 17558.73, gaining 94 points.
Jan 5: Sensex gains 128 points to
close at a 23-month high of 17686.24.
Jan 6: At least 600 people are
evacuated after militants strike at
Lal Chowk in Srinagar leaving a po-
liceman dead and nine others
injured.
Samajwadi Party leader Amar
Singh quits all party posts.
Ashok Leyland unveils ‘Hybus’ the
nation’s first plug-in CNG hybrid bus
at the 10th Auto Expo in New Delhi.
Jan 7: The 22-hour gunbattle in
Lal Chowk, Srinagar ends with the
security personnel killing two mil-
itants holed up in a hotel.
The Supreme Court stays the
death sentence awarded to Surinder
Koli, key accused in the Nithari seri-
al killings.
Jan 8: The Prime Minister Man-
mohan Singh calls upon Non-Resi-
dent Indians to return home to join
politics and public life inaugurating
the eighth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in
New Delhi.
BJP’s Gopinath Munde is appoint-
ed Chairman, Public Accounts
Committee.
Letika Saran is Tamil Nadu’s new
DGP.
Jan 9: Bollywood actor Sanjay
Dutt quits as Samajwadi Party gen-
eral secretary.
Jan. 11: India and Bangladesh
sign five pacts to add thrust to ties
following talks between Prime Min-
isters Manmohan Singh and Sheikh
Hasina Wajed in New Delhi.
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Jan 12: President Pratibha Patil
presents the Indira Gandhi Prize for
Peace, Disarmament and Develop-
land scam in Darjeeling, West Ben-
bandh against the delay in bifurcat- gal.
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India and Malaysia sign an extra- Feb. 2: Samajwadi Party Rajya
dition treaty, an MoU on higher edu- Sabha MP Amar Singh and Rampur
cation after talks between Prime MP Jayaprada are expelled from the
Ministers Manmohan Singh and party.
Mohammad Najib Tun Abdul Razak, .Feb. 3: The government consti-
in New Delhi. tutes a five-member committee un-
Pilot error led to the crash of the der Justice Srikrishna on the
then Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Telangana issue.
Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy’s helicopter P. Sainath, Rural Affairs Editor of
on September 2, 2009, says the R.K. The Hindu is given the Bharat Asmi-
Tyagi probe panel report. ta national award for using the mass
Jan. 21: Former Foreign Secre- media for public awakening at a
R. Seshasayee, MD, Ashok tary Shiv Shankar Menon is appoint- Delhi Chief Minister, Sheila function in Pune. He shares it with
Leyland at the launch of ed National Security Adviser. Dikshit during the unveiling of film and theatre director Jabbar
‘Hybus’ India’s first plug-in Jan. 22: Lieutenant General V.K. Renault Electric Car in New Patel.
CNG hybrid bus. Singh is named the next Chief of Delhi. Feb. 5: The Calcutta High Court
Army Chief. upholds death sentence for two per-
ment for 2009 to Bangladesh Prime Eight litterateurs are presented
Sensex loses 353 points to end be- sons for their role in the January 22,
Minister Sheikh Hasina in New low the 17000-mark at 16859.68. the first Tagore Literature Awards 2002 attack on the American Center.
Delhi. Jan. 23: Mrinal Pande, veteran2009 instituted by Sahitya Akademi Three get lifer and two freed.
Jan. 13: Prominent Right to In- journalist and writer is appointed
and Samsung Electronics, in New Feb. 8: The Andhra Pradesh High
formation activist Satish Shetty dies
Prasar Bharati chairperson. Delhi. Court strikes down quota for sec-
in an attack in Talegaon, near Pune. Bengali film Antaheen is chosen Fight Lacunae in electoral process tions of Muslims in education and
best feature film at the 56th National
Letika Saran takes charge as Tamil to make democracy stronger, says public employment.
Nadu’s first woman DGP. Film Awards for 2008 in New Delhi.
the President Pratibha Patil inaugu- Feb. 9: Nitin Gadkari is elected
Jan. 15: The millennium’s long- The former Foreign Secretary rating the diamond jubilee fete of the BJP President for a three-year term.
est annular solar eclipse covers a Shiv Shankar Menon takes over as Election Commission of India. Feb. 10: S. C. Sinha is appointed
swathe of 1,000 km and the 11-min- the National Security Adviser at The Supreme Court orders status Director-General of the National In-
ute spectacle enthrals millions. South Block in New Delhi. quo on deemed universities. vestigation Agency.
The Car of the Year award for Tata Jan. 24: The former National Se-India, South Korea sign four pacts, Feb. 11: India signs a “declara-
Nano is presented to Tata Group curity Adviser M.K. Narayanan is including one on peaceful uses of tion” on civilian nuclear cooperation
Chairman Ratan Tata in Mumbai. sworn in West Bengal Governor. outer space after talks between with the U.K. in New Delhi.
Jan. 16: National Security Advi- Jan. 25: Padma Vibhushan for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh The defence lawyer of 26/11 ac-
sor M.K. Narayanan is appointed former RBI Governor, Y.V. Reddy, and President Lee Myung-bak, in cused Fahim Ansari, Shahid Azmi is
West Bengal Governor; Shivraj Patil Prathap C. Reddy, Nobel laureate New Delhi. shot dead at his house in Taximan’s
is named Punjab Governor. M.O.H. Venkataraman Jan. 26: The trial run of the first
Ramakrishnan, Colony in Kurla, Mumbai.
Farook to be Jharkhand Governor. Umayalpuram Sivaraman, Ebrahim Monorail in Mumbai is carried out. Feb. 13: Nine persons, mostly
Urmila Patel gets Himachal Pradesh Alkazi and Zohra Segal. Padma Jan. 27: Sensex crashes by 491 youth, including four women are
and Shekhar Dutta Chhattisgarh. Bhushan for Ilaiyaraja, A.R. Rah-points to end day at 16289.82. Nifty killed and 40 injured in a bomb blast
E.S.L. Narasimhan is shifted to the
man, Aamir Khan, Bipan Chandra closes at 4853.10. which ravages the famous German
Andhra Pradesh Raj Bhavan, Prabha and 39 others. Resul Pookutty, Vi- Jan. 29: Court martial proceed- Bakery on North Main Avenue in
Rau is to be Rajasthan Governor and render Sehwag, Venu Srinivasan, ings are ordered against Military Pune’s Koregaon Park near the Osho
K. Sankaranarayanan is made Mah- Saina Nehwal among 81 Padma Shri Secretary Lieutenant General Ava- Ashram.
arashtra Governor. awardees. desh Prakash for his alleged role in a Feb. 14: Fourteen MLAs from the
Jan. 17: Jyoti Basu (95), veteran Telangana region resign to protest
Marxist leader and Chief Minister of against the terms of reference of the
West Bengal for 23 years (June 1977 Srikrishna Committee.
– November 2000) dies of septicae- Feb. 16: The toll in the Pune blast
mia due to pneumonia resulting in goes up to 10 with the death of Abh-
multi-organ failure at a private hos- ishek Kumar of Lucknow.
pital in Kolkata after battling for life India offers a $250-million line of
over the last 17 days. credit to Nepal following talks be-
Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam tween Nepalese President, Ram Ba-
Singh Yadav accepts Amar Singh’s ran Yadav and Prime Minister,
resignation. Manmohan Singh in New Delhi.
Jan. 19: CPI(M) patriarch Jyoti Feb. 17: The toll in the Pune blast
Basu is given a state funeral with touches 11 with the death of Aditya
military honours in Kolkata. Mehta of New Delhi.
Cinematographer V.K. Murthy is The Supreme Court sets up a five-
chosen for the 2008 Dada Saheb member empowered committee to
Phalke Lifetime Achievement go into all issues concerning the
Award. Mullaperiyar dam.
Jan. 20: The Osmania University Dream
Feb.18:Dare
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campus in Hyderabad witnesses see- Police and rescue workers inspecting the site of an explosion in points the former Chief Justice of
saw battles even as all the 10 districts German Bakery in Pune. India A.S. Anand as the Chairman of
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laperiyar issue.
Feb. 19: Shyam Saran, the Special
Envoy of the Prime Minister on Cli-
mate Change quits.
Feb. 20: Students of Osmania
Univeristy clash with police on the
campus.
Feb. 21: A body recovered from
the Porur lake on February 13 is con-
firmed by the Chennai Police to be
that of CPI(M) leader W.R.Varada
Rajan.
BJP leader L.K.Advani is elected
NDA working Chairman and Sharad
Yadav the coalition’s convenor.
Siripuram Yadagiri who attempt-
ed self-immolation in support of the
Telangana issue dies.
Feb. 22: The former Rajasthan
Chief Minister, Vasundhra Raje,
steps down as the Leader of the Op-
position in the Assembly.
The Armed Forces Tribunal
quashes the Court of Enquiry pro-
ceedings against Lt. General Ava-
desh Prakash in the Sukna land scam
and orders a de novo probe.
Lalmohan Tudu, a senior leader of
the Police Santrash Birodhi Jana-
sadharaner committee is killed in
firing by security forces to foil an
attack on the Katapahari camp near
Lalgarh in West Bengal’s Paschim
Medinipur district.
Feb. 23: Sushma Swaraj takes
over as the Leader of the Opposition
in the Lok Sabha.
Feb. 24: A record plan outlay of
Rs.41,426 crore is proposed for the
current year in the Railway Budget.
Feb. 25: The Union Cabinet
clears the Women’s Reservation Bill
which had been hanging fire for close
to 14 years.
Feb. 26: A sum of Rs.66,100 crore
is provided for rural development
and allocation for defence goes up to
Rs.1,47,344 crore in the Union Bud-
get for 2010-11.
The toll in the German Bakery
blast in Pune goes up to 17 with the
death of Aditi Jindal from Ambala at
the Inlaks Budhrani Hospital.
Feb. 27: Fifty two persons ac-
cused of being involved in the 2008
riots in Orissa’s Kandhamal district
are freed.
Rajan Bharti Mittal takes over as
the FICCI president.
MARCH
March 3: Pravin Mahajan (50)
convicted of the murder of his broth-
er and BJP leader Pramod Mahajan
dies of brain haemorrhage at a hospi-
tal in Thane.
The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.
Karunanidhi, launches the Kalaig-
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March 19: The creation of a de- in Steel Authority of India Ltd.
partment for the differently abled, April 11: Indian scientists an-
Anna University of Technology for nounce the first-ever detailed map-
Madurai and a medical college for ping of mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Tiruvannamalai highlights of the Ta- April 12: The Tamil Nadu As-
mil Nadu budget for 2010-11. sembly passes a resolution seeking
Veteran cinematographer V.K. to revive the Legislative Council.
Murthy is presented the Dada Saheb April 15: The mission to put com-
Phalke Lifetime Achievement Award munication satellite GSAT-4 in orbit
at the 55th National Film Awards ends in fiasco after India’s own cryo-
2008 in New Delhi. genic engine in the GSLV-D3 fails to
March 23: A devastating fire rag- ignite and the vehicle tumbles into
President Pratibha Patil es through Stephen Court, a colonial the sea.
presenting the Dadasaheb building in Kolkata’s Park Street, April 18: Union Minister of State
Phalke Lifetime Achievement leaving 33 dead and 20 injured. Kanu Sanyal for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor
Award to V. K. Murthy. Kanu Sanyal (78), one of the archi- under a cloud for his alleged involve-
tects of the naxal movement is found APRIL ment in the Kochi IPL franchise bid
nar Housing Scheme at a function in dead at his residence in the Naxalba- April 1: The Right of Children to quits.
Tiruchi. ri area of West Bengal’s DarjeelingFree and Compulsory Education April 19: The Supreme Court up-
March 4: Sixtythree people, in- district. Act, 2009 comes into effect. holds life term for Manu Sharma for
cluding 37 children and 26 women March 25: The Supreme Court India launches “Census 2011”, the the murder of Jessica Lal on the
are killed and 74 injured during a lifts stay on quota for Muslims in biggest-ever census attempted in the night of April 29-30, 1999 at a south
stampede at a religious gathering at Andhra Pradesh. history of mankind. The first-ever Delhi restaurant.
an ashram at Mangarh in Uttar Pra- March 27: Lifer for three for National Population Register will al- D. D. Lapang resigns as Meghalaya
desh’s Pratapgarh district. murdering National Highways Au- so be prepared to create a biometric Chief Minister.
United Liberation Front of Asom thority of India engineer Satyendranational database. April 20: Mukul Sangma is sworn
Vice-Chairman Pradip Gogoi is freed Dubey. April 5: Sensex gains 243.06 in Meghalaya Chief Minister.
on bail from Guwahati Central Jail March 28: Rukshana and her points to end day at 17935.68, its April 21: Self-styled godman
temporarily ending his 12-year brother Aijaz are awarded the Sarvo-
highest close since February 2008. Nithyananda ‘embroiled in a sex
detention. tam Jeevan Raksha Padak and the April 6: Maoists ambush and kill scandal’ and on the run since March
March 5: The Karnataka Chief Utam Jeevan Raksha Pathak for kill-75 CRPF personnel in the Mukrana 3 is held from the house of a Delhi-
Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa presents ing a LeT Commander Abu Usma on forest 3 km from Chintalnar village based businessman at Mamlig vil-
a Rs. 9,708.46 crore deficit budget for
September 27, 2009 in Jammu . in Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh. lage in Solan, Himachal Pradesh.
the year 2010-11. March 29: Sensex surges to a Mammootty-starrer Pazhassi Ra- April 22: Madhuri Gupta, junior
Kerala Finance Minister T. M. ja wins eight awards at the State film
two-year high of 17711.35, the high- diplomat in the Indian High Com-
Isaac presents a “red and green bud- awards for 2009.
est closing level since February 29, mission in Islamabad is picked up by
get” for 2010-11. 2008. April 7: The Centre halts the HPV the Delhi police for ‘spying’
March 8: The 108th Constitution March 31: President Pratibha Pa-(Human Papilloma Virus) vaccine April 23: Opposition stalls busi-
Amendment Bill (Women’s Reserva- til presents the Padma Awards to a programme meant to prevent cervi- ness in both Houses of Parliament
tion Bill) is tabled in the Rajya Sabha
galaxy of personalities. cal cancer among women. demanding a JPC probe into IPL
amid bedlam. General Vijay Kumar Singh takes Sensex touches the 18000-level af- irregularities.
Air India creates history by hand-charges as the Chief of the Army ter a gap of two years before closing April 26: The Unique Identifica-
ing charge to an all-women crew on Staff at function in New Delhi. at 17970.02. tion Authority of India unveils logo
the Mumbai-New York flight and The year long 26/11 trial con- April 8: The Union Cabinet gives (AADHAR) and brand name for the
control of the cockpit of 22 domesticcludes. nod for the big ticket disinvestment 16-digit unique identification num-
and international flights on Interna- ber in New Delhi.
tional Women’s Day. April 27: The UPA government
March 9: The Rajya Sabha votes survives a trial of strength in the Lok
191-1 to amend the Constitution to Sabha as the cut motions moved by
reserve one-third of seats in Parlia- the Opposition are defeated.
ment and the State Assemblies for The 12-hour nationwide bandh
women. The RJD withdraws support called by 13 non-UPA, non-NDA par-
to the government. ties against price rise hits life.
March 12: India and Russia sign April 29: A Delhi-based journal-
agreements in the defence and stra- ist Nirupama Pathak is found dead
tegic spheres, in the presence of under mysterious circumstances at
Prime Ministers Manmohan Singh her parents’ house at Tilaya in
and Vladimir Putin, in New Delhi. Jharkhand’s Koderma district.
March 13: The Prime Minister April 30: Supreme Court Justice
Manmohan Singh, inaugurates the Sarosh Homi Kapadia is appointed
Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly- the 38th Chief Justice of India.
Secretariat Complex on the Oman- The Lok Sabha adopts the Nation-
durar Government Estate in al Green Tribunal Bill, 2009.
Chennai. MAY
March 15: The Government de- May 1: Gujarat celebrates golden
cides against introducing in the Lok President Pratibha Patil being enumerated for the Census 2011 jubilee of the Statehood.
Sabha the Civil Liability for Nuclear and National Population Register (NPR) by officials at May 2: The Karnataka Food, Civil
Damage Bill, 2010. Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. Supplies and Consumer Affairs Min-
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ister, H. Halappa resigns following a
report in a daily alleging sexual
misconduct.
May 3: A Mumbai sessions court
pronounces Mohammad Ajmal Amir
Kasab guilty of waging war against
India. Two other accused Fahim Ar-
shad Ansari and Sabahuddin Ahmed
are acquitted of all charges.
May 4: Parliament passes the
2010-11 Union Budget.
The Union Cabinet gives nod for
Tamil Nadu Government’s proposal
to revive the State Legislative
Council.
May 5: The use of narco analysis,
brain-mapping and polygraph tests
on accused unconstitutional, rules
the Supreme Court.
Rajya Sabha passes a Bill for set-
ting up the 78-member Legislative
Council in Tamil Nadu.
Bangladesh authorities hand over
National Democratic Front of Boro-
land chairman Ranjan Daimary to
the Assam police.
May 6: The Special Sessions
Court in Mumbai sentences to death
Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab, the
lone surviving gunman of the No-
vember 26, 2008 terror attacks. Also
awarded lifer on five counts.
Shah Faesal, a medical graduate
from Kupwara becomes the first
Kashmiri Muslim to top the UPSC
Examination this year.
May 7: Supreme Court upholds
Government’s right to fix gas price
and asks the Ambani brothers to re-
negotiate gas supply deal.
The Civil Liability for Nuclear
Damage Bill, 2010 is introduced in
the Lok Sabha amid protests.
May 9: India begins year-long cel-
ebrations of Rabindranath Tagore’s
150th birth anniversary.
May 11: The Supreme upholds
quota in local bodies.
Justice K. G. Balakrishnan retires
Former Vice-President Bhairon
Singh Shekhawat.
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as Chief Justice of India.
May 12: Justice Sarosh Homi Ka-
padia is sworn in the 38th Chief Jus-
tice of India.
May 13: Ketan Desai resigns as
Medical Council of India president.
May 15: President signs ordi-
nance empowering the government
to dissolve the MCI.
The former Vice-President and
three time Chief Minister of Rajas-
than Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (86),
dies of heart attack in Jaipur.
May 18: President Pratibha Patil
gives assent to the revival of the Ta-
mil Nadu Legislative Council.
May 20: The Lucknow Bench of
the Allahabad High Court frees BJP
leaders L.K. Advani, M.M. Joshi and
others of conspiracy charge in the
Babri Masjid demolition case.
May 21: Madan Tamang, presi-
dent of the Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha
League, is fatally stabbed in
Darjeeling.
May 22: One hundred and fifty
eight persons are killed as an Air
India Express plane from Dubai
overshoots the table-top runway at
the Mangalore airport splits, and
plunges into a valley. Eight persons
survive miraculously.
May 23: The first indigenously
built Light Combat Helicopter
makes its inaugural flight in
Bangalore.
May 24: The BJP withdraws sup-
port to the JMM-led government in
Jharkhand.
Abdul Samad Siddi Bawa, the
‘prime suspect’ in the February 13
German Bakery blast in Pune is ar-
rested by Maharashtra police at
Mangalore’s Bajpe airport.
May 25: The former Haryana
DGP S.P.S. Rathore is sent to jail
after a sessions court in Chandigarh
enhances sentence to 18 months RI
in the case of molestation of a 14-
year-old tennis player.
The Supreme Court stays the
death sentence of Aftab Ahmed An-
sari in the case of the January 22,
2002 attack on the American Center
in Kolkata.
Air India staff go on a flash strike
affecting flight schedule.
May 26: Seventeen Air India em-
ployees are sacked and 15 suspended
and the strike called off.
The 500-year-old Rajagopuram of
the Srikalahasteeswaraswamy tem-
ple in Chittoor district, Andhra Pra-
desh collapses.
May 27: Air India dismisses 41
more staff and derecognises two ma-
jor unions.
May 28: One hundred and for-
tyeight persons are killed and 180
injured as a goods train rams 13 de-
railed coaches of Howrah-Kurla
Jnaneswari Express near Sardiha in
West Bengal’s West Midnapore
district.
May 29: Dr. Anil Kakodkar, for-
mer Chairman of the Atomic Energy
Commission is presented Goa’s
highest civilian award – Gomant
Vibhushan Award.
May 30: Three-time Jharkhand
Chief Minister Shibu Soren resigns a
day ahead of a trust vote in the
Assembly.
JUNE
June 1: Jharkhand is placed un-
der President’s rule and the Assemb-
ly kept under suspended animation.
The Gujarat High Court confirms
the death sentence for three persons
in the September 24, 2002 terrorist
attack on the Akshardham temple.
June 3: India unveils indigenous
A (H1N1) Vaccine – Vaxiflu – S, the
egg-based inactivated vaccine.
The former CJI K.G. Balakrishnan
is appointed National Human Rights
Commission chairperson.
June 4: India, South Africa sign
three pacts after a summit-level
meeting between Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh and President Ja-
cob Zuma, in New Delhi.
June 7: The former Chairman of
Union Carbide, Keshub Mahindra
and six others are handed down two
years RI for the December 2-3 Bho-
pal gas tragedy that claimed 16,000
lives. No mention of Warren Ander-
son chairman of the U.S.-based
Union Carbide group.
The former CJI K.G. Balakrishnan
takes over as the NHRC chairperson.
Sensex tanks 337 points and ends
day at 16781.07.
June 9: India and Sri Lanka sign
seven pacts. Joint Declaration is-
sued after talks between Prime Min-
ister Manmohan Singh and
President Mahinda Rajapaksa in
New Delhi.
THE HINDU
June 10: The Union Cabinet
clears amendments to Hindu Mar-
riage Act and Special Marriage Act to
make divorce easier.
June 11: Mukesh Ambani-led RIL
acquires 95 per cent stake in Infotel
Broadband for Rs. 4,800 crore.
June 12: Godman Nithyananda is
freed on bail by the Karnataka High
Court and returns to his ashram in
Bidadi, near Bangalore.
June 13: A string of earthquakes
jolts Andaman & Nicobar Islands
over a 12-hour period. A mild tremor
is felt in many parts of Chennai city.
The German Bakery, Pune gets a
Rs. 14-lakh compensation from the
Maharashtra Government.
June 15: The Naga Students Fed-
eration temporarily suspends block-
ade of National Highway 39, the
lifeline of Manipur. All-Naga Stu-
dents Association Manipur contin-
ues blockade for the 65th day.
June 18: The All-Naga students
Association Manipur suspends
blockade of National Highways 39
and 53, the lifelines of Manipur.
June 20: Bapi Mahato, one of the
prime accused in the Jnaneswari Ex-
press derailment, is held at Jam-
shedpur by the West Bengal police.
June 23:The first World Classical
Tamil Conference is inaugurated by
the President Pratibha Patil in
Coimbatore. The Kalaignar M. Karu-
nanidhi Classical Tamil Award is
presented to renowned Indologist
Asko Parpola.
The Karnataka Lokayukta San-
tosh Hegde quits.
June 24: Jaswant Singh rejoins
the BJP ten months after his expul-
sion from the party.
June 25: The Centre deregulates
petrol and goes in for partial dereg-
ulation in the case of diesel.
Civilians look on as firefighters and rescue personnel try to put out
the fire after an Air India plane crashes in Mangalore.
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June 27: Tamil Nadu Chief Min-
ister M. Karunanidhi announces a
roadmap for Tamil promotion as the
curtains come down on the first
World Classical Tamil Conference.
June 28: Two boys are killed in
firing by CRPF personnel on people
protesting shootings by security
forces in Sopore. Thirteen hours ear-
lier another youth too had died in
firing.
June 29: Three youth are killed
in police firing to break up a demon-
stration in Anantnag, Jammu and
Kashmir against the death of five
youth in north Kashmir in the past
three days.
JULY
July 2: Cherukuri Rajkumar alias
Azad, a top naxalite, is killed in an
exchange of fire with police in a hilly
terrain near Sarkepally village in
Adilabad district, Andhra Pradesh.
All convicts in the Bhopal gas trag-
edy case are granted bail.
July 3: Former Goa Tourism
Minister Fransisco Pacheco wanted
in connection with the May 30 death
of a friend Nadia Torrado surrenders
before a local court in Margao.
Karnataka Lok Ayukta N. Santosh
Hegde takes back resignation.
July 5: The nationwide bandh
called by the Opposition against the
fuel price hike hits life in many parts
of the country.
July 6: Four killed, 70 injured as
police open fire in different parts of
Srinagar.
India’s first indigenous Light
Combat Aircraft designed specifical-
ly for the Navy, rolls out from the
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited in
Bangalore.
July 7: For the first time in 17
years, the Army is ordered out to
assist civilian authority in Srinagar
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of the Year Award. Aug. 20: MPs stall Lok Sabha pro-
July 24: Gujarat Minister of State ceedings dissatisfied with the Union
for Home, Amit Shah, resigns from Cabinet clearing a 300 per cent hike
the Narendra Modi Cabinet. in salary. Mock session held.
July 25: The former Gujarat Min- Aug. 21: Rajya Sabha passes the
ister of State for Home, Amit Shah, is Nalanda University Bill.
arrested in Ahmedabad and sent to Aug. 24: The Union Government
judicial custody. says ‘no’ to Vedanta Alumina’s $1.7
July 27: Shahabuddin Yaqoob billion plan to mine bauxite in the
Quraishi is appointed the next Chief Niyamgiri Hills of Orissa.
Election Commissioner. Former Arunachal Pradesh Chief
July 28: A pact for the supply of Minister Gegong Apang is arrested
57 Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer air- in the Rs.1,000 crore PDS scam in
craft to the IAF and the Navy is the State.
The rescue teams are trying to signed in the presence of British Aug. 25: The Lok Sabha passes
save the people stuck in Prime Minister David Cameron at the Civil Liability for Nuclear Dam-
compartment no. 6 of the HAL centre in Bangalore. Cargo-boxes on board the MSC Chitra, fall from the deck into the age Bill, 2010.
Jnaneswari Express. July 29: Parliament passes reso- Arabian sea off the Mumbai coast, following a collision with Harishankar Brahma assumes of-
lution granting approval for imposi- fice as Election Commissioner.
after three weeks of urban violence.tion of President’s rule in another vessel MV Khalijia III. Aug. 26: Mother Teresa’s birth
July 8: The former Goa Tourism Jharkhand. centenary celebrations begin in
Minister Fransisco Mickky Pacheco Chief Election Commissioner Na- jured in police firing in Kashmir as The oil spill from MSC Chitra in- Kolkata.
is arrested at the Hospicio Hospital,
vin Chawla demits office. protesters defy curfew. flicts massive damage on the 25 km Aug. 27: Parliament nod for For-
Margao. India and the U.K. decide to give AUGUST stretch of mangroves in and around eign Contribution (Regulation) Bill,
July 9: ‘Soleckshaw’ (solar rick-impetus to their security and trade Aug. 1: Eight persons, including a Mumbai. 2010.
shaw) solar-powered postal delivery ties after Manmohan Singh-David woman are killed in two separate Aug. 14: Major Lishram Jyotin Aug. 28: Music composer A.R.
rickshaws launched in New Delhi. Cameron talks in New Delhi. incidents in the Kashmir valley. Singh who laid down his life in the Rahman unveils the theme song for
July 12: ISRO’s Polar Satellite The RJD is derecognised as na- Aug. 2: Seven civilians are killed February 26 terror attack in Kabul is the Commonwealth Games at the
Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C 15) puts in tional party, the Trinamool Con- in continuing violence in the Kash- awarded the Ashok Chakra. Kingdom of Dreams in Gurgaon.
orbit five satellites, including the ti-
gress and six other parties lose mir valley. Aug. 15: Dialogue is the only op- Aug. 29: Seven police personnel
ny Studsat a pico satellite built byrecognition in some states. The CBI files a curative petition in tion, be it with Pakistan, Kashmiri are killed in an encounter with naxa-
engineering college students of And- July 30: The Supreme Court ac- the Supreme Court in the ‘ Bhopal separatists or naxalites, says the lites in Bihar’s Lakhisarai district.
hra Pradesh and Karnataka, after a quits educationist S.A. Raja cited as gas tragedy case’. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Four policemen are taken hostage.
successful liftoff from Sriharikota.the key accused and sentenced to Parliament resumes business. Lok his address to the nation on the 64th Aug. 30: The Supreme Court con-
Sensex touches 18000-mark for undergo double life imprisonment in Sabha nod for the SBI (Amendment) Independence Day. firms death sentence for three
the Aladi Aruna murder case.
the first time in three months before Bill, 2010. Aug. 16: The theme song for the AIADMK men in the February 20,
closing at 17937.20. S.Y. Quraishi assumes charge as Aug. 4: A civilian is killed in firing Commonwealth Games is released 2000 Dharmapuri bus burning case
July 14: The Nagpur bench of the the 17th Chief Election Commis- by CRPF personnel on protestors at in New Delhi. in which three TNAU girl students
Bombay High Court commutes the sioner in New Delhi. the Bemina Cowk in Srinagar. Commander Dilip Dhonde of died.
death sentence of six accused in the The Karnataka Chief Justice P.D. Aug. 5: The Commonwealth Maharashtra is awarded Shaurya Parliament adopts the Civil Lia-
September 29, 2006 Khairlanji Dalit Dinakaran is transferred as Chief Games Organising Committee sus- Chakra for becoming the first Indian bility for Nuclear Damage Bill, with
killings to 25-year imprisonment. Justice of the Sikkim High Court. pends three officials and the treasur- to undertake a solo circumnaviga- the Rajya Sabha approving it.
July 15: Rupee joins an elite club July 31: Konkani litterateur Ra- er resigns. tion of the globe. Aug. 31: S. Malathi assumes office
as the Union Cabinet gives nod for vindra Kelekar is presented the 42nd Aug. 6: At least 165 persons are Aug. 18: B. Ramalinga Raju, main as the 39th Chief Secretary of Tamil
the symbol with a blend of Devanagi-Jnanpith Award for the year 2006 in killed and over 500 injured as flash accused in the accounting fraud in Nadu.
ri ‘Ra’ and Roman ‘R’ designed by a the Goa capital Panaji. floods triggered by torrential rain the erstwhile Satyam Computers SEPTEMBER
Bombay IIT postgraduate D. Udaya Two youth are killed and 40 in- hits Leh in the Ladakh region of gets conditional bail. Sept. 1: The Supreme Court sets
Kumar. Jammu and Kashmir. Aug. 19: Sensex gains nearly 200 aside Allahabad High Court order-
July 16: The Maharashtra police Amanjot Singh and Sahil Wadhwa, points to close at 18454.94, a 30- staying the carving out of a new dis-
arrests a Telugu Desam Party dele- students of Ryan International in trict from Amethi named after Dalit
gation led by Chandrababu Naidu in Rohini, New Delhi discover the main leader Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj.
Nanded and foils its bid to visit the belt asteroid named 2010 P024. K.S. Sripathi is sworn in Tamil Na-
disputed Babli project across the Go- Aug. 7: Two merchant vessels, du’s Chief Information
davari. MSC Chitra (laden with 26,000 Commissioner.
July 19: At least 67 persons are tonnes of oil) and MV Khalijia III Sept. 2: Havildar Lucas Tete, one
killed and 121 injured as the Sealdah- collide in the Arabian Sea off the of the four taken hostage by naxa-
bound New Cooch Behar-Sealdah Mumbai coast resulting in a massive lites in Bihar, is shot dead.
Uttarbanga Express rams the Bha- oil spill. Sept. 3: The IAF awards the hon-
galpur-Ranchi Vananchal Express at Aug. 9: A legislation to protect orary rank of Group Captain to Sa-
Sainthia station in West Bengal’s whistle-blowers gets the Centre’s chin Tendulkar.
Birbhum district. nod. Sonia Gandhi is elected Congress
July 22: Sensex surges by 136 Justice P.D. Dinakaran is sworn in president for the fourth consecutive
points to close above the 18000 level Sikkim Chief Justice. term.
for the first time in two-and-a half Aug. 13: Four civilians are killed Sept. 5: Homi Nusserwanji Seth-
years. D. Udaya Kumar, displaying the in firing by the police and the CRPF na (86), the former Chairman of the
Siddharth Varadarajan, the Delhi new symbol of Rupee, designed in Kashmir. The toll in clashes since Atomic Energy Commission, who
bureau chief of The Hindu is award- by him. June 11 rises to 56. CEC S.Y. Quraishi. played a key role in the May 18, 1974

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best Actor award for his role in Paa. tists chosen for the Shanti Swarup
An award in the name of the Bhatnagar Prize 2010.
‘queen of song’ The Hindu Saregama Sept. 27: Many schools in Jammu
M.S. Subbulakshmi Award’ is insti- and Kashmir reopen after 100 days.
tuted in Chennai. Sept. 28: Veteran actor Shreeram
Sept. 18: Divya Ajith Kumar of Logoo, danseuse Yamini Krishna-
Chennai becomes the first woman in murti and musician Lalgudi G. Jaya-
the history of the Indian Army to raman are among a host of artistes
receive the “Sword of Honour’ for honoured with the Sangeet Natak
the best cadet passing out of the Akademi fellowships, awards for
OTA, St. Thomas Mount. 2009.
A woman is killed and eight in- Sept. 29: Ranjana Sonawane of
jured as CRPF opens fire in Sopore, Tembhli village in Maharashtra’s
north Kashmir. The toll in clashes Nandurbar district becomes the first
Dr. Homi Sethna since June 11 up to 108. Indian to get the Unique Identifica-
Sept. 21: Sensex touches tion card.
Pokhran nuclear explosion dies at20001.55 for the first time in 32 Wajahat Habibullah demits office
his home in Mumbai. months. as Information Commissioner.
Sept. 6: Naxalites set free the Sept. 24: Malayalam litterateur Sept. 30: A Special Full Bench of
three policemen held hostage for O.N.V. Kurup and Urdu poet Aklaq the High Court of Allahabad awards
eight days in Lakhisarai forests, at
Khan Shahryar are chosen for the two-thirds of disputed Ayodhya site
Simra Rai, near Patna. Jnanpith Award for 2007 and 2008. to Hindu parties and one-third to
The Supreme Court stays the Sensex gains 184.17 points to close Sunni Waqf Board.
death sentence awarded to two per-
at 200045.18 recording its highest The Manipur Asembly Speaker
sons in the 2002 Akshardham tem- level since January 2008. Sapam Budhichandra passes away. Padma Subramanyam and a group of Bharatanatyam dancers
ple attack case. Sept. 25: One thousand artistes OCTOBER performing as part of the Millennium celebrations of the Big
Sept. 7: P.J. Thomas is sworn in
perform Bharatanatyam as part of Oct. 1: Aruna Roy, political and Temple in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu.
the 14th Central Vigilance
the Millennium Celebrations of the social activist, is presented the Lal
Commissioner. Big Temple, Thanjavur. Bahadur Shastri National Award for the closure of the copper plant of ment to seek trust vote again.
Mirza Himayat Baig, key accused Sept. 26: The release of a special Excellence in Public Administration, Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd. at Oct. 13: The Centre names Dilip
in the February 13 German Bakery postal stamp and a five rupee coin Academia and Management by the Tuticorin. Padgaonkar, M. M. Ansari and Delhi
mark the conclusion of the five-day-
blast case, is held in Pune. Another President Pratibha Patil, in New Oct. 3: The Commonwealth Policy Group trustee Radha Kumar
arrested in Nashik. long celebration on the Thanjavur Delhi. Games gets off to a colourful start at Jammu and Kashmir interlocutors.
Sept. 8: Sensex closes at 18666.71,
Big Temple Millennium. The Supreme Court stays a Ma- the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Oct. 14: The BJP government in
its best close since January 18, 2008.
Three women among nine scien- dras High Court judgment ordering New Delhi. Karnataka wins trust vote again.
Sept. 9: The Union Cabinet gives Oct. 5: The Union Cabinet ap- The biggest ever Commonwealth
nod for inclusion of caste in Census proves the Judicial Standards and Games end on a dazzling note. India
2011. Recommends the revocation of Accountability Bill. bags 101 medals.
President’s rule in Jharkhand. Oct. 6: The Supreme Court com- Oct. 15: The Centre appoints a
Veteran filmmaker Daggubati Ra- mutes to life imprisonment the high-level committee under the for-
manaidu is chosen for the Dadasa- death sentence awarded to Santosh mer CAG, V.K. Shungloo, to probe
heb Phalke Award 2009. Kumar Singh for the January 23, into Commonwealth Games issues.
The Union Sports Minister 1996 rape and murder of law student Oct. 19: India launches the Na-
M.S.Gill, launches a song ‘Shera’ for Priyadarshini Mattoo in New Delhi. tional Green Tribunal.
the Commonwealth Games, in New K. Vijay Kumar assumes office as Oct. 20: The Union Cabinet gives
Delhi. the new CRPF Director-General in nod for The Enemy Property
Sept. 11: Violence erupts again in New Delhi. (Amendment and Validation) Sec-
Jammu and Kashmir. Music director A.R. Rahman and ond Bill, 2010.
Irom Sharmila on a fast-unto- the Ramakrishna Mission Ashram, Oct. 21: Peaceful polling in the
death since November 4, 2000, de- Chhattisgarh are jointly chosen for first phase of Bihar Assembly
manding the repeal of the Armed the 25th Indira Gandhi Award for election.
Forces (Special Powers) Act in Ma- National Integration for the year Oct. 22: President Pratibha Patil
nipur is presented the Rabindranath 2009. presents the Dada Saheb Phalke
Tagore Award 2010. The B.S. Yeddyurappa Govern- Award to D. Ramanaidu at the 57th
Arjun Munda is sworn in Jhark- ment in Karnataka in crisis as 18 National Films Award 2009 function
hand Chief Minister. MLAs withdraw support. in New Delhi. Pasanga bags the Rajat
Sept. 12: Residents of low-lying Oct. 8: The Madras High Court Kamal for the best Tamil film.
areas are evacuated as the Yamuna sets aside a January 8, 2010 order Oct. 23: The National Advisory
river crosses the danger mark in New appointing Letika Saran as Tamil Council reaches consensus on a uni-
Delhi. Nadu DGP. versal food security system with le-
Sept. 14: Jharkhand Chief Minis- Oct. 10: The BJP sweeps the local gal guarantees.
ter Arjun Munda wins trust vote in body polls in Gujarat. E-voting in- Oct. 24: Despite Naxal threat,
the Assembly. troduced for the first time in the 52.5 per cent polling is recorded in
Sept. 15: Kutty Srank, a Malaya- nation. phase II of the Bihar Assembly elec-
lam drama bags the best feature film Oct. 11: The BJP government in tions.
award at the National Film Awards Union Sports Minister M.S. Gill with Shera, the mascot of Karnataka wins trust vote amid un- Oct. 28: Fifty four per cent voting
Festival for 2009 in New Delhi.Bol- Commonwealth Games 2010, during the launch of ‘‘Shera’’ song in ruly scenes in the Assembly. in third phase of Bihar Assembly
lywood star Amitabh Bachchan gets New Delhi. Oct. 12: The Karnataka govern- polls.

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Nonagenarians among four pre-
sented with the Jamnalal Bajaj
award for 2010 in Mumbai.
Oct. 29: The Gujarat High Court
grants conditional bail to the former
Minister of State for Home Amit
Shah.
Two school students are kid-
napped and murdered in Coimba-
tore, Tamil Nadu.
.NOVEMBER
Nov. 1: Fiftyone per cent polling
is recorded in fourth phase of Bihar
Assembly elections.
Manu Joseph bags The Hindu
Best Fiction Award for his debut
novel Serious Men.
Nov. 4: The Union Cabinet gives
nod for the Protection of Women
against sexual Harassment at Work-
place Bill, 2010.
Nov. 6: Mumbai a symbol of in-
credible energy and optimism that
defines India, says the U.S. President
Barack Obama commemorating the
26/11 terror attack at the Taj Mahal
Palace and Towers.
Nov. 8: I look forward to India
becoming a permanent member in a
reformed United Nations Security
Council, says the U.S. President Ba-
rack Obama addressing a joint ses-
sion of Parliament.
Nov. 9: The Maharashtra Chief
Minister Ashok Chavan resigns own-
ing responsibility for the Adarsh
Cooperative Housing Society scam.
The Congress sacks Suresh Kal-
madi as secretary of the Congress
Parliamentary Party.
Fifty per cent polling in Bihar As-
sembly election fifth phase.
Mohan, the prime accused in the
October 29 murder of siblings in
Coimbatore, is killed in an encoun-
ter on the Podanur–Vellore road.
Nov. 10: A parliamentary probe
panel holds Justice Soumitra Sen of
the Calcutta High Court guilty of
‘misconduct’ tantamount to
‘misbehaviour’.
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B. Ramalinga Raju, prime accused
in the Satyam Computer fraud is
sent to jail after his surrender in a
court in Hyderabad.
Nov. 11: Prithviraj Chavan and
Ajit Pawar are sworn in Maharashtra
Chief Minister and Deputy Chief
Minister.
The Supreme Court grants bail to
the former Haryana DGP S.P.S.
Rathore in a molestation case.
A fast track court in Dharmsala,
Himachal Pradesh sentences to four
years RI four senior medicos for the
ragging of Aman Kachroo, a junior
student leading to his death.
Nov. 12: The former Haryana
DGP, S.P.S. Rathore is freed from the
Burail jail in Chandigarh.
Shyamoli Gupta is elected AIDWA
president.
Nov. 14: The Union Telecommu-
nications Minister A. Raja resigns
from Cabinet over the 2G spectrum
allocation scam.
Nov. 15: The HRD Minister Kapil
Sibal is given additional charge of
Telecommunications, IT Ministry.
Nov. 16: The CAG report on the
2008 2G spectrum allocation indict-
ing former Communications Minis-
ter A. Raja is tabled in Parliament.
Nov. 19: The outgoing Brazilian
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is
chosen for the Indira Gandhi Prize
for Peace, Disarmament and Devel-
opment for 2010.
‘Sabla’ or Rajiv Gandhi’s Scheme
for Adolescent Girls’ is launched in
New Delhi.
Nov. 20: Fiftyone per cent of the
electorate cast ballots in the sixth
and final phase of the Bihar Assemb-
ly polls.
Nov. 22: Interbank Mobile Pay-
ment Service, a first-of-its-kind ser-
vice in the country is launched in
Mumbai.
Nov. 23: Huge oil spill as two car-
go ships collide on the Hooghly river
at Nurpur in West Bengal’s South 24
Parganas district.
Sensex collapses by 600 points –
its steepest fall in 15 months, before
gaining 265 points to end at
19691.84.
Nov. 24: The Janata Dal (United)
– BJP alliance bulldozes to power in
Bihar winning 206 seats in the 243-
member House.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister
Konijeti Rosaiah resigns and the As-
sembly Speaker Nallari Kiran Ku-
mar Reddy to succeed him.
The CBI arrests eight bank and
financial firm officials after unearth-
ing a multi-crore housing finance
bribery racket.
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DIARY OF EVENTS 2010
Dec. 7: A child is killed and 21 year’s Sahitya Akademi winners.
injured as a powerful blast rocks Va- Amitabh Mattoo is named first
ranasi’s Shiela Ghat during ‘Ganga Vice-Chancellor of the Central Uni-
aarti’. versity in Jammu.
The Protection of Women against Mullaperiyar panel begins work.
Sexual Harassment at Workplace Dec. 21: India and Russia sign the
Bill, 2010 is introduced in Lok Sabha. contract for the preliminary design
The Madras High Court orders of the Fifth Generation Fighter Air-
suspension of Chairman of Bar craft after talks between Prime Min-
Council of Tamil Nadu and Pondi- ister Manmohan Singh and
cherry R.K. Chandramohan. President Dmitry Medvedev, in New
Dec. 8: The CBI conducts search- Delhi. Twentynine other pacts
es at former Telecom Minister, A. inked.
Raja’s residences in Delhi and The Prasar Bharati CEO B.S. Lalli
Chennai. is suspended on charges of irregular-
Dec. 9: The Union Government ities.
Newly appointed Andhra forms a one-member committee to Dec. 22: The Rajasthan High
Pradesh Chief Minister, examine spectrum allotment be- Court suspends for a year legislation
tween 2001 and 2009. on quota for Gujjars, even as the
N. Kiran Kumar Reddy. Dec. 13: Parliament session community continues for the third
Nov. 25: Nallari Kiran Kumar plagued by the 2G Spectrum logjam day siege of the Delhi-Mumbai rail
Reddy is sworn in Andhra Pradesh ends. track in Bharatpur.
Chief Minister. Satyanand Mishra is chosen the Dec. 23: The former Kerala Chief
India launches the Mobile Num- next Chief Information Minister K. Karunakaran (93), pas-
ber Portability service, with UnionCommissioner. ses away at a hospital in Thiruvanan-
Minister Kapil Sibal making it avail- Dec. 15: India and China sign 50 thapuram.
able from Rohtak, Haryana. deals worth $16 billion in the pres- Irengbam Hemochandra is elect-
Nov. 26: Nitish Kumar is sworn ence of the Chinese Premier Wen ed Manipur Assembly Speaker.
in Bihar Chief Minister for a second
Jiabao in New Delhi. China-India Dec. 24: The CBI questions the
consecutive term. Sushil Kumar Mo- Friendship Award for nine persons. former Communications Minister,
di is Deputy Chief Minister again. The Supreme Court stays the sus- A. Raja, for over eight hours.
Nehchal Sandhu is new Intelli- pension of R.K. Chandramohan as A Chhattisgarh court hands down
gence Bureau Chief. Chairman of the Bar Council of Ta- lifer for human rights activist Dr.
Nov. 27: The Tamil Nadu Gov- mil Nadu and Pondicherry. Binayak Sen for plotting to commit
ernment reappoints Latika Saran, Dec. 16: The Supreme Court sedition.
DGP. takes charge of the 2G Spectrum Sanjeev Tripathi is appointed as
Nov. 28: The 9900 MWe Jaitapur probe. the new chief of RAW.
Nuclear Power Project in Maharash- Dec. 17: Lifer for killers of mara- Dec. 25: The launch of the GSLV-
tra gets environmental clearance. thoner Budhia Singh’s coach Biran- F06 from Sriharikota ends in a
Rain wreaks havoc in Tiruvarur, chi Das. failure.
Madurai and Thanjavur leaving pad- Dec. 19: Sachin Tendulkar cre- Gujjars step up stir demanding 5
ates history by becoming the first
dy on thousands of hectares flooded. per cent quota in government em-
Nov. 29: Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy batsman to score 50 Test centuries ployment.
resigns the Kadapa Lok Sabha seat during his unbeaten knock at Centu- Dec. 26: A Kuchipudi dance per-
and also quits the Congress. rion in South Africa. formance by 2,800 dancers in Hyd-
DECEMBER Dec. 20: The former Union Min- erabad enters the Guinness Book of
Dec.1: The Union Cabinet gives ister M.P. Veerendra Kumar and Ta- World Records.
nod for India-Sri Lanka ferry mil writer Nanjil Nadan among this Dec. 27: ‘Jal Hans,’ the nation’s
service. first seaplane service is launched at
The Judicial Standards and Ac- the Juhu aerodrome in Mumbai.
countability Bill is tabled in the Lok Dec. 29: The CBI files closure re-
Sabha. port in the Aarushi murder case.
Dec. 2: Bengali filmmaker Gau- Kolkata Metro gets railway zone
tam Ghose’s “Moner Manush” (The status.
Quest) bags the Golden Peacock Shaukat Hussain Guru, a convict
Award for Best Film at the 41st IFFI in the 2001 Parliament attack case, is
2010, in Panaji, Goa. freed from the Tihar jail in New
Dec. 6: India, France sign seven Delhi.
pacts, including five in the area of Dec. 30: The Srikrishna Commit-
nuclear energy, presided over by tee on the Telangana issue submits
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh report.
and President Nicolas Sarkozy in The Krishna Water Disputes Tri-
New Delhi. bunal II grants highest share to And-
Actor Saroja Devi is selected for hra Pradesh.
the NTR National Award for 2009. The ULFA chairman Arabinda
Media baron Ch. Ramoji Rao gets the Rajkhowa is granted conditional bail
Nagi Reddy and Chakrapani Nation- by the designated TADA court in
al Award. K. Karunakaran Guwahati.
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