Events in September 2010
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Sep. 1
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The Supreme Court sets aside Allahabad High Court staying the carving out of a new district from Amethi named after Dalit leader Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj. |
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K.S. Sripathi is sworn in Tamil Nadu’s Chief Information Commissioner. |
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Sep. 2
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Havildar Lucas Tele, one of the four taken hostage by naxalites in Bihar is shot dead. |
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Sep. 3
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The IAF onwards the honorary rank of Group Captain to Sachin Tendulkar. |
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Sonia Gandhi is elected Congress president for the fourth consecutive term. |
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Sep. 5
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Brahmos Cruise missile is successfully test-fired at supersonic speed in a steep-dive mode from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, off Orissa. |
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The Rs.1,840-crore Kuttanad package is launched by the Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan in Alappuzha. |
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Homi Nusserwanji Sethna (86), the former Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, who played a key role in the May 18, 1974 Pokhran nuclear explosion dies at his home in Mumbai. |
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Sep. 6
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Naxalites set free the three policemen held hostage for eight days in Lakhisarai forests, at Simra Rai, near Patna. |
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The Election Commission announces a six-phase poll schedule for Bihar. |
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The Supreme Court stays the death sentence awarded to two persons in the 2002 Akshardham temple attack case. |
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Seventeen persons are killed in hooch tragedy in various parts of Malapuram in Kerala district. |
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Sensex rallies by 338 points to close at 18560.05, a 30-month high. |
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Sep. 7
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Trade Union strike hits banks, factories throughout the country. |
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P.J. Thomas is sworn in the 14th Central Vigilance Commissioner. |
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The biggest India-Pakistan transfer of 442 civilian prisoners (which began on Aug.31) is completed. |
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Mirza Himayat Baig, key accused in the February 13 German Bakery blast case, is held in Pune. Another arrested in Nashik. |
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Sep. 8
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Sensex closes at 18666.71, its best close since January 18, 2008. |
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Sep. 9
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The Union Cabinet gives nod for inclusion of caste in Census 2011. |
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Union Cabinet recommends the revocation of President’s rule in Jharkhand. |
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Veteran filmmaker Daggubati Ramanaidu is chosen for the Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2009. |
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The Union Sports Minister M.S.Gill, launches a song ‘Shera’ for the Common wealth Games, in New Delhi. |
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Sensex jumps by 133 points to close at 18799.66, a 31-month high. |
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Sep. 11
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Violence erupts again in Jammu and Kashmir. Protesters indulge in arson in Srinagar. |
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Irom Sharmila on a fast-unto-death since November 4, 2000, demanding the repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act in Manipur is presented the Rabindranath Tagore Award 2010. |
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Arjun Munda is sworn in Jharkhand Chief Minister. |
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Sep. 12
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Stones hurled at the house of the J&K Education Minister Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed in Damhal area of Anantnag. Twenty four injured as protesters defy curfew in the Kashmir valley.Sep. 12 Residents of low-lying areas are evacuated as the Yamuna river crosses the danger mark in New Delhi. |
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Sep. 13
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Eighteen persons are killed in Jammu and Kashmir in a new wave of violence sparked by desecration of the Holy Koran in New York. Mob burns down a popular school in Tangmarg. |
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Sensex surges by 408.67 points to close at 19208.83, a 32-month high. |
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Sep. 14
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Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda wins trust vote in the Assembly. |
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The IAF’s gigabyte digital information grid — the AFNET (Air Force Network) is dedicated to the nation by the Defence Minister, A.K. Antony, in New Delhi. |
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The Tata Institute of Fundamental Research to fund a Rs.2-crore proposal to build a prototype gravitational wave detector. |
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Sep. 15
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Kutty Srank, a Malayalam drama bags the best feature film award at the National Film Awards Festival for 2009 in New Delhi. Amitabh Bachchan gets best Actor award for his role in Paa. |
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An award in the name of the ‘queen of song’ The Hindu Saregama M.S. Subbulakshmi Award’ is instituted in Chennai. |
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Sensex rises by 155 points to close at 1950.211, its best close since January 17, 2008. |
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Sep. 16
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Sensex snaps seven-day winning streak and ends day at 19417.19. |
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Sep. 17
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Three persons are killed and 25 injured in firing on protesters in Jammu and Kashmir. |
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Sensex surges by 177 points to close at a 32-month high of 19594.95. |
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Sep. 18
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Divya Ajith Kumar of Chennai becomes the first woman in the history of the Indian Army to receive the “Sword of Honour’ for the best cadet passing out of the OTA, St. Thomas Mount. |
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Sep. 19
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Two Taiwanese nationals are injured as two armed men open fire outside the historic Jamia Masjid in the Walled City of Delhi. |
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A woman is killed and eight injured as CRPF opens fire in Sopore, north Kashmir. The toll in clashes since June 11 up to 108. |
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At least 41 persons are killed as incessant rains wreak havoc in Uttarakhand. Deoli in Almora district worst hit. Har-Ki Pauri in Haridwar is totally submerged. |
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Sep. 20
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A 39-member all-party delegation begins assessing the situation in Kashmir. |
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Twentythree persons are killed and 30 injured after a freight train rams the Gwalior Intercity Express at the Badarwas railway station in Shivpuri district, Madhya Pradesh. |
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Nineteen persons are killed in rain-related incidents in Uttar Pradesh. Flood waters submerge more than 200 villages in Bareilly and Moradabad divisions. |
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Sep. 21
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Twentyseven labourers are injured as a footbridge under construction near the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi collapses. |
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Sensex touches 20001.55 for the first time in 32 months. Nifty ends day at 6009.05. |
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Sep. 22
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Four elephants of a herd are killed after being hit by a goods train in the Banarhat area of West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district. |
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Sep. 24
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Malayalam litterateur O.N.V. Kurup and Urdu poet Aklaq Khan Shahryar are chosen for the Jnanpith Award for 2007 and 2008 respectively. |
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The Gujarat High Court constitutes a new three-member Special Investigation Team for a fresh probe into the alleged fake encounter killing of Ishrat Jahan in 2004. |
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Sensex gains 184.17 points to close at 200045.18 recording its highest level since January 2008. |
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Sep. 25
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The Centre unveils an eight-point formula for defusing the crisis in Kashmir. |
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One thousand artistes perform Bharatanatyam as part of the Millennium Celebrations of the Big Temple, Thanjavur. |
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Sep. 26
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Curfew is relaxed in Srinagar and other major towns of Jammu and Kashmir. |
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The release of a special postal stamp and a five rupee coin mark the conclusion of the five-day-long celebration on the Thanjavur Big Temple Millennium. |
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Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee launches ‘Swavalamban,’ a pension scheme for unorganised sector workers, in Murshidabad district, West Bengal. |
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Three women among nine scientists chosen for the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 2010. |
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Sep. 27
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Many schools in Jammu and Kashmir reopen after 100 days. |
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Sep. 28
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Veteran actor Shreeram Logoo, danseuse Yamini Krishnamurti and musician Lalgudi G. Jayaraman are among a host of artistes honoured with the Sangeet Natak Akademi fellowships, awards for 2009. |
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The Madras High Court orders immediate closure of the Sterlite copper smelting plant in Tuiticorin. |
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Sep. 29
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Ranjana Sonawane of Tembhli village in Maharashtra’s Nandurbar district becomes the first Indian to get the Unique Identification card. |
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Wajahat Habibullah demits office as Information Commissioner. |
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Sep. 30
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A Special Full Bench of the High Court of Allahabad awards two-thirds of disputed Ayodhya site to Hindu parties and one-third to Sunni Waqf Board. |
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The Queen’s Baton Relay for the XIX Commonwealth Games reaches New Delhi after traversing 1,90,000 km across the world. |
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India offers $500 million credit line to Mozambique after talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the visiting President Armando Guebuza in New Delhi. Three pacts inked. |
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Sensex gains 113 points and ends day at 20069.12. |
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