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October 20:
Hurriyat hardliners led by
Syed Ali Shah Geelani, who have so far declined to take part in talks with the centre or its interlocutors, on Thursday said the amalgam's advisory council will take a decision if they receive a fresh communication in this regard.
(Hindustan Times)
October 20:
Congress leader
Rahul Gandhi's convoy was on Thursday stopped by a group of people in a village here demanding that only candidates with a clean track record be given
tickets for the upcoming UP assembly elections.
(Times of India)
October 19: The Special Court trying the disproportionate asset case against
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister
Jayalalithaa today directed her to appear before it tomorrow after rejecting her last minute plea for change in the venue of court proceedings.
(Outlook)
April 1:
Sue Gardner appreciates contribution of Indian editors to Wikipedia, saying "We want more Indian editors in the English Wikipedia so that the world can benefit from the stuff they know...".
(Fast Company)
February 4:
India has sent a formal proposal to
Pakistan for talks between the foreign secretaries of the two countries and stressed that it will carry on these discussions with "an open and positive mind".
(Net Indian)
February 4: With
Shah Rukh Khan refusing to apologise for criticising the exclusion of Pakistan players from
IPL, the
Shiv Sena dared him to come back to
Mumbai and make a similar statement.
(Zee News)
February 3: The government has constituted an expert panel to look into the
Telangana mechanism and has appealed to everyone in the state seeking their co operation.
(India-Server.com)
29 January: A Kolkata fast track court convicted Prabhu Shankar Agarwal, owner of
Haldiram confectionary chain, and four others life imprisonment for conspiring to murder a vendor about five years ago.
(News Worms)
20 January: Details of the investigation report into the crash of
YSR Reddy's helicopter, in which the then
Andhra Pradesh chief minister was killed on September 2, 2009, emerged on Wednesday and ruled out any foul play behind the fatal accident.
(Zee News)
10 January: At least six rockets were lobbed from
Pakistani side in the fields near the villages around
Attari sector, close to India-Pakistan border.
(Economic Times)
8 January: Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh said the government was conscious about the adverse effect of economic crisis on
Indians employed abroad and was working on a project to provide
social security net for the workers returning home.
(Economic Times)
7 January: People in
Srinagar were deprived of newspapers and TV network as power service was cut and public restricted from moving out during an encounter between two holed up
LeTmilitants and security forces.
(Daily News and Analysis)
3 January: A
cold wave blew across the north leading to a
fog delaying flights and trains and tripping power supply, plunging the region to darkness.
(The Times of India)
September 11:Businessman in India's 'house of horrors' case has rape, murder convictions overturned
June
June 21:
Maoist leader Koteshwar Rao alias Kishenji said the
West Bengal government should halt security operations in the region and sit for talks with the local people to find a solution to their problems.
(The Hindu)
June 18:Operation Lalgarh has been started against the
Maoist who have been active in organising a tribal movement alongside a group called the People's Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA) by the police and security forces in
Lalgarh,
West Bengal to restore law and order in the area and flush out the Maoists.
Indian Express
July 12: Wholesale prices in India grew by 11.89% in the year to the end of June, the fastest rate since the measure began in 1995.
Inflation has tripled over the last six months, driven by the soaring cost of food and fuel.
(BBC News)
July 5: Tension prevailed in curfew-bound
Indore city on Saturday, a day after escalated communal violence over the
Amarnath shrine row left two more people killed taking the death toll in
Madhya Pradesh to seven.
(Times of India)
June 30: A day after
Jammu & Kashmir Governor NN Vohra revoked the order to transfer over 100 acres of forestland to the Shri
Amarnath Shrine Board, various political parties based in the Hindu-dominated
Jammu region have called for a bandh protesting against the decision.
(IBNLive.com)
June 28: Hundreds of thousands of
Kashmiris took to streets after Friday prayers calling for independence of
Kashmir while a crippling strike continued for the fifth day bringing normal life to a complete halt.
(BBC News)
June 18: The deadlock between the
Rajasthan government and agitating
Gujjars has finally ended after talks between the two sides concluded successfully.
(NDTV.com)
June 3:
India's corporate sector has lost some $1.25 billion since
May 23 due to the ongoing
Gujjar stir, apart from cancellations of at least 75 trains by the railways, as per estimates by official agencies and industry chambers.
(Economic Times)
May 25:
BJP is very close to a
simple majority in
Karnataka Assembly bagging 91 seats and leading in 20 with the declaration of results for 189 out of the 224 seats.
(The Hindu)
September 10 : Normal life in
Orissa comes to a standstill with 12-hour shutdown call by opposition parties as protest against pro-mining policies of Government and
cholera outbreak in the state.
September 6 : 11 killed including 5 women and 24 others are injured in a stampede at an ashram in
Jabalpur
September 6 :
Uthappa's brilliant innings towards the end helped
India defeat
England in their 6th ODI at the Oval. The seies in now level 3-3 and a grand finale is expected at the Lord's on the 8th.
August 30 :
India lost from a very comfortable position to England in the fourth ODI at
Old Trafford by a narrow margin of 3 wickets. The English side is in the drivers seat leading the series 3-1.
August 27 :
India lost to England in the third ODI at
Edgbaston by 42 runs. The English side leads the series 2-1.
August 3, 2007: Moderate to heavy rains sweep North India, disturbing normal life in
Mumbai.
August 1, 2007: The
Bombay Stock ExchangeSensex lost 615 points in a single day becoming the third biggest such crash in its history.
August 1, 2007: Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Museum and Library acquires draft of rare article written by
Mahatma Gandhi that was acquired by the
Indian Government recently.
Telgi, two doctors get seven years’ rigorous imprisonment.
(The Hindu)
The
Karnataka State Cabinet approves the creation of two new
districts : Ramanagara District and Chikballapura District which would increase the number of districts in the state to 29.
Congress, along with ally
NCP, wins 19 out of 40 seats in assembly election in
Goa, set to form the government. (
CNN-IBN)
Gujjar demonstrations end, after the violence claims 26 lives. Committee to be set up to examine the community's demand for
Scheduled tribestatus. (
Times of India)
April 7:
Board begins by hitting players where it hurts the most: pocket. New code of contract conduct, cap on sponsors. Selection committee to select a “young team” for the
Bangladesh tour.
(Indian Express)
November 3:
Reliance launches a $5bn retail venture,
Reliance Fresh, planned for more than 780 cities and 6,000 rural towns in India over the next five years.
October
October 17: Meetings at the level of Foreign Secretaries between
India and
Pakistan will resume on mid-November, 2006.
October 19: Veteran
Tamil actress and
Kalaimamani award winner, Srividya, dies of
breast cancer at 53. She started her life as an actress at the age of 13 and had acted in more than 800 films.
October 19: The
Supreme Court of India upholds promotions based on reservations, but rules that quotas should not exceed 50 per cent.
October 19: India's state-owned primary domestic airline,
Indian, will be merged with the international airline carrier,
Air India, by the end of 2006.
October 20:
Ratan Tata's
Tata Steel, in its biggest ever acquisition, purchases London-based
Corus Group Plc, for £4.3 billion, to become the fifth largest steel producer in the world.
This page is currently inactive and is retained for
historical reference. Either the page is no longer relevant or consensus on its purpose has become unclear. To revive discussion, seek broader input via a forum such as the
village pump.
October 20:
Hurriyat hardliners led by
Syed Ali Shah Geelani, who have so far declined to take part in talks with the centre or its interlocutors, on Thursday said the amalgam's advisory council will take a decision if they receive a fresh communication in this regard.
(Hindustan Times)
October 20:
Congress leader
Rahul Gandhi's convoy was on Thursday stopped by a group of people in a village here demanding that only candidates with a clean track record be given
tickets for the upcoming UP assembly elections.
(Times of India)
October 19: The Special Court trying the disproportionate asset case against
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister
Jayalalithaa today directed her to appear before it tomorrow after rejecting her last minute plea for change in the venue of court proceedings.
(Outlook)
April 1:
Sue Gardner appreciates contribution of Indian editors to Wikipedia, saying "We want more Indian editors in the English Wikipedia so that the world can benefit from the stuff they know...".
(Fast Company)
February 4:
India has sent a formal proposal to
Pakistan for talks between the foreign secretaries of the two countries and stressed that it will carry on these discussions with "an open and positive mind".
(Net Indian)
February 4: With
Shah Rukh Khan refusing to apologise for criticising the exclusion of Pakistan players from
IPL, the
Shiv Sena dared him to come back to
Mumbai and make a similar statement.
(Zee News)
February 3: The government has constituted an expert panel to look into the
Telangana mechanism and has appealed to everyone in the state seeking their co operation.
(India-Server.com)
29 January: A Kolkata fast track court convicted Prabhu Shankar Agarwal, owner of
Haldiram confectionary chain, and four others life imprisonment for conspiring to murder a vendor about five years ago.
(News Worms)
20 January: Details of the investigation report into the crash of
YSR Reddy's helicopter, in which the then
Andhra Pradesh chief minister was killed on September 2, 2009, emerged on Wednesday and ruled out any foul play behind the fatal accident.
(Zee News)
10 January: At least six rockets were lobbed from
Pakistani side in the fields near the villages around
Attari sector, close to India-Pakistan border.
(Economic Times)
8 January: Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh said the government was conscious about the adverse effect of economic crisis on
Indians employed abroad and was working on a project to provide
social security net for the workers returning home.
(Economic Times)
7 January: People in
Srinagar were deprived of newspapers and TV network as power service was cut and public restricted from moving out during an encounter between two holed up
LeTmilitants and security forces.
(Daily News and Analysis)
3 January: A
cold wave blew across the north leading to a
fog delaying flights and trains and tripping power supply, plunging the region to darkness.
(The Times of India)
September 11:Businessman in India's 'house of horrors' case has rape, murder convictions overturned
June
June 21:
Maoist leader Koteshwar Rao alias Kishenji said the
West Bengal government should halt security operations in the region and sit for talks with the local people to find a solution to their problems.
(The Hindu)
June 18:Operation Lalgarh has been started against the
Maoist who have been active in organising a tribal movement alongside a group called the People's Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA) by the police and security forces in
Lalgarh,
West Bengal to restore law and order in the area and flush out the Maoists.
Indian Express
July 12: Wholesale prices in India grew by 11.89% in the year to the end of June, the fastest rate since the measure began in 1995.
Inflation has tripled over the last six months, driven by the soaring cost of food and fuel.
(BBC News)
July 5: Tension prevailed in curfew-bound
Indore city on Saturday, a day after escalated communal violence over the
Amarnath shrine row left two more people killed taking the death toll in
Madhya Pradesh to seven.
(Times of India)
June 30: A day after
Jammu & Kashmir Governor NN Vohra revoked the order to transfer over 100 acres of forestland to the Shri
Amarnath Shrine Board, various political parties based in the Hindu-dominated
Jammu region have called for a bandh protesting against the decision.
(IBNLive.com)
June 28: Hundreds of thousands of
Kashmiris took to streets after Friday prayers calling for independence of
Kashmir while a crippling strike continued for the fifth day bringing normal life to a complete halt.
(BBC News)
June 18: The deadlock between the
Rajasthan government and agitating
Gujjars has finally ended after talks between the two sides concluded successfully.
(NDTV.com)
June 3:
India's corporate sector has lost some $1.25 billion since
May 23 due to the ongoing
Gujjar stir, apart from cancellations of at least 75 trains by the railways, as per estimates by official agencies and industry chambers.
(Economic Times)
May 25:
BJP is very close to a
simple majority in
Karnataka Assembly bagging 91 seats and leading in 20 with the declaration of results for 189 out of the 224 seats.
(The Hindu)
September 10 : Normal life in
Orissa comes to a standstill with 12-hour shutdown call by opposition parties as protest against pro-mining policies of Government and
cholera outbreak in the state.
September 6 : 11 killed including 5 women and 24 others are injured in a stampede at an ashram in
Jabalpur
September 6 :
Uthappa's brilliant innings towards the end helped
India defeat
England in their 6th ODI at the Oval. The seies in now level 3-3 and a grand finale is expected at the Lord's on the 8th.
August 30 :
India lost from a very comfortable position to England in the fourth ODI at
Old Trafford by a narrow margin of 3 wickets. The English side is in the drivers seat leading the series 3-1.
August 27 :
India lost to England in the third ODI at
Edgbaston by 42 runs. The English side leads the series 2-1.
August 3, 2007: Moderate to heavy rains sweep North India, disturbing normal life in
Mumbai.
August 1, 2007: The
Bombay Stock ExchangeSensex lost 615 points in a single day becoming the third biggest such crash in its history.
August 1, 2007: Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Museum and Library acquires draft of rare article written by
Mahatma Gandhi that was acquired by the
Indian Government recently.
Telgi, two doctors get seven years’ rigorous imprisonment.
(The Hindu)
The
Karnataka State Cabinet approves the creation of two new
districts : Ramanagara District and Chikballapura District which would increase the number of districts in the state to 29.
Congress, along with ally
NCP, wins 19 out of 40 seats in assembly election in
Goa, set to form the government. (
CNN-IBN)
Gujjar demonstrations end, after the violence claims 26 lives. Committee to be set up to examine the community's demand for
Scheduled tribestatus. (
Times of India)
April 7:
Board begins by hitting players where it hurts the most: pocket. New code of contract conduct, cap on sponsors. Selection committee to select a “young team” for the
Bangladesh tour.
(Indian Express)
November 3:
Reliance launches a $5bn retail venture,
Reliance Fresh, planned for more than 780 cities and 6,000 rural towns in India over the next five years.
October
October 17: Meetings at the level of Foreign Secretaries between
India and
Pakistan will resume on mid-November, 2006.
October 19: Veteran
Tamil actress and
Kalaimamani award winner, Srividya, dies of
breast cancer at 53. She started her life as an actress at the age of 13 and had acted in more than 800 films.
October 19: The
Supreme Court of India upholds promotions based on reservations, but rules that quotas should not exceed 50 per cent.
October 19: India's state-owned primary domestic airline,
Indian, will be merged with the international airline carrier,
Air India, by the end of 2006.
October 20:
Ratan Tata's
Tata Steel, in its biggest ever acquisition, purchases London-based
Corus Group Plc, for £4.3 billion, to become the fifth largest steel producer in the world.