Events in August 2005
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Aug. 1
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The Union Communications and IT Minister, Dayanidhi Maran, unveils HCL’s “PC for India”, a low-cost Linux-based personal computer in Chennai. |
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The toll in Maharashtra goes up to 924 even as heavy rains lash Konkan areas. |
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Dr. V. Shanta, Chairperson of the Cancer Institute, Adyar, in Chennai, has won the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service for 2005. |
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Aug. 2
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Parliament approves extension of President’s rule in Bihar by six months. |
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The Centre extends the term of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal till August 5, 2006. |
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The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, launches the National Knowledge Commission. |
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Aug. 3
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The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, J. Jayalalithaa, launches the Tamil Nadu Equitable Growth Initiative. |
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Aug. 4
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The Supreme Court upholds acquittal of S.A.R. Geelani, Delhi University Lecturer, and confirms death sentence for Aug. 4: Mohd. Afzal, key accused in the December 13, 2001 Parliament attack case. Another accused Shaukat Hussain Guru gets 10 years RI and his wife Navjot Sandhu alias Afsan Guru is set free. |
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G.K. Vasan is reappointed TNCC chief. |
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The Trinamool Congress chief, Mamta Banerjee flings papers at the Speaker’s podium and resigns for “being denied (the right) to speak”. |
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Aug. 5
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The Supreme Court stays all proceedings in the disproportionate assets case against the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, J. Jayalalithaa. |
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The Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister, Siddaramaiah is dropped from the Cabinet, after he refuses to resign. |
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The nation’s first Internet route-server becomes operational in Chennai. |
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Aug. 6
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India and Pakistan agree to notify each other of ballistic missile tests in a structured format. |
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Aug. 8
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The Nanavati Commission which probed the 1984 anti-Sikh riots that left 2,733 dead finds ‘evidence’ against Jagdish Tytler now Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs and recommends action. |
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The Action Taken Report tabled along with the panel report in Parliament dismisses observation on Jagdish Tytler’s hand in organising the attacks. |
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Aug. 9
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The economic blockade on Manipur imposed by the All Naga Students Association, Manipur, continues for the 50th day. |
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Aug. 10
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The Minister of State for Overseas Indian Affairs, Jagdish Tytler, resigns from the Union Cabinet. |
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The Lok Sabha rejects the Opposition’s adjournment motion on the Government’s failure to act against those indicted by the Nanavati panel after an eight-hour debate. |
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The All Naga Students' Association of Manipur (ANSAM) suspends its economic blockade of the two national highways in Manipur. |
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Aug. 11
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The Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, apologises to the nation for the 1984 killing of Sikhs, intervening in a discussion in the Rajya Sabha. |
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The Outer Delhi MP, Sajjain Kumar quits Government post in view of the findings of the Nanavati panel. |
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The Union Cabinet clears the National Rural Employment Guarantee Bill. |
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Sixtysix people die in Mumbai and Thane districts due to suspected leptopirosis and dengue. |
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The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approves the revival of the 2185 MW Dabhol Power Project. |
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Aug. 12
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The Supreme Court abolishes State quota and reservation in unaided, private minority and non-minority colleges. The ruling to be effective from next academic year. |
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Carnatic musician M. Balamuralikrishna is conferred with the Chevalier des Arts et Lettres by the French Government. |
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Shonali Bose gets the Gollapudi Srinivas National Award for 2004 for her debut film ‘Amu’. |
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The CBI arrests Ashok Jain, Chief Adviser in the India project of Volkswagen in connection with the Rs. 11.17 crore car project scam in Andhra Pradesh. |
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Aug. 13
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The Centre constitutes two panels to implement relief and rehabilitation packages for the anti-Sikh riots victims. |
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Aug. 14
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“Energy Independence has to be our nation’s first and highest priority,” says the President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, making a Powerpoint presentation during his address to the nation on the eve of the 59th Independence Day. |
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Aug. 15
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“Our vision is not just of economic growth, but also of a growth which would improve the life of the aam aadmi”, says the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, in his Independence Day Address to the nation, in New Delhi. |
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Naxalites gun down the Congress MLA, Chittam Narsi Reddy (76) and eight others in Narayanpet town of Mahbubnagar district. |
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Aug. 16
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The Government calls off sale of shares in 13 PSUs. |
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Parliament gives its nod to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. |
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The Rajya Sabha passes the landmark Hindu Succesion (Amendment) Bill 2004, giving equal rights for women in parental property. |
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A Bill on banking sector reform is introduced in the Lok Sabha. |
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Muslim women should not contest polls, if so, only with the veil, says a fatwa issued by the Darool Uloom of Deoband. |
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Aug. 17
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The Andhra Pradesh Government bans the CPI (Maoist) and seven other frontal organisations. |
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Aug. 18
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The Government moves the National Rural Employment Guarantee Bill in the Lok Sabha. |
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Ajit Bhavnani is the new Vice-Chief of Air Staff. |
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Aug. 19
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Former Maoist emissaries, Varavara Rao and G. Kalyan Rao are arrested amid high drama in Hyderabad. |
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Sachin Tendulkar, Kareena Kapoor and Mammen Mathew are among 11 persons honoured with the Rajiv Gandhi Awards. |
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The 131-year-old Bombay Stock Exchange transforms itself into a corporate entity, BSE Ltd. |
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Aug. 20
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The BJP suspends the former Rajasthan Governor Madan Lal Khurana, from the party for “gross indiscipline”. |
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The World Bank is to lend up to $ 3 billion for the Rs. 1,74,000 crore Bharat Nirman Project for developing rural infrastructure, says the Bank President, Paul Wolfowitz. |
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The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty has no relevance to India as the nation has become a nuclear weapons State, says the President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, at the Karnataka Rajya Vijnana Parishat silver jubilee fete. |
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The 13th Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Award is presented to the former President, K.R. Narayanan by the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh. |
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Aug. 21
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An attempt is made on the life of Mata Amritanandamayi within the Amritapuri Math Complex in Kollam and a former inmate is held. |
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The Kerala Congress (Jacob) merges with the National Congress (Indira). |
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Aug. 23
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At least 11 persons are killed as a hundred year old building, Sadaf Manzil, collapses in Mumbai. |
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Civil courts have no jurisdiction to entertain labour disputes, rules the Supreme Court. |
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The Lok Sabha passes the National Rural Employment Guarantee Bill, 2004, by voice vote after a 13 hour debate spread over three-years. |
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Venkat Bharathan is named the new Vice Chief of Naval Staff. |
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Aug 24
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Parliament gives its nod for the National Rural Employment Guarantee Bill. |
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The Maharashtra Government bans use of plastic bags. |
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Ace shooter Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore is chosen for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2004. |
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Aug. 25
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An agreement on the Rs. 4,263-crore Ken Betwa river link project is signed by the Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh Chief Ministers, Mulayam Singh Yadav and Babulal Gaur in the presence of the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, in New Delhi. |
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The Government comes out with the first ever “Outcome Budget”. |
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Aug. 26
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Choreographer Chandralekha is presented with the Sangeet Natak Akademi Ratna Award 2005 for her lifetime achievement in dance in New Delhi by the President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. |
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Aug. 27
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The Delhi Police files chargesheets against Babbar Khalsa (India) Chief, Jagtar Singh Hawara in the May 22 New Delhi twin cinema blasts case. |
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The former Kolkata Mayor, Subrata Mukherjee, rejoins the Congress. |
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The Chairman and Managing Director of Biocon, Kiran Mazundar Shaw is given the ICC lifetime achievement award in Kolkata. |
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Aug. 29
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Parliament passes the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Bill giving women equal rights in inheritance of property. |
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The Supreme Court orders a probe by the Central Vigilance Commission into the alleged sanctioning of over Rs. 14,500 crore loan by HUDCO during the NDA rule. |
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Uproarious scenes mark Rajya Sabha proceedings over the appearance of Nalini Chidambaram wife of the Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram in a Chennai Court on behalf of the IT Department. |
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Aug. 30
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Parliament work is disrupted for the second day in a row over the Nalini Chidambaram issue. |
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Aug. 31
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We have adequate space for regional and sub-regional identities and cultures, says the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh at the National Integration Council meeting in New Delhi held after 13 years. |
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Fifty houses of Dalits are burnt in an attack in Gohana village in Haryana’s Sonepat district. |
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The Election Commission approves new name of the breakaway Karunakaran faction as “Democratic Indira Congress (Karunakaran). |
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