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Jan. 1
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India’s first rubber dam is installed across the Janjhavathi river in Andhra Pradesh’s Vizianagaram district. |
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M. H. Kherawala takes over as Central Board of Direct Taxes Chairperson. |
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Jan. 2
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Rajnath Singh takes over as BJP president. |
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Jan. 3
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Work for second green revolution, the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, tells scientists at the inaugural of the 93rd session of the Indian Science Congress in Hyderabad. |
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Professor C.N.R. Rao becomes the first recipient of the India Science Award 2004. |
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Sensex crosses the 9500-mark %for the first time. Ninetynine block deals are clinched on the NSE and the BSE. |
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Jan. 4
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The Supreme Court refuses to stay the Andhra Pradesh High Court ruling on five per cent quota for Muslims in public appointments. |
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Jan. 5
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The Allahabad High Court quashes Act conferring minority status on Aligarh Muslim University and holds illegal quota for Muslims. |
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The President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, presents the Norman E. Borlaug Award to the former ICAR Director-General R. S. Paroda in Hyderabad. |
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Railway container services are thrown open to the private sector. |
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Jan. 6
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The Navy’s first UAV squadron is commissioned at a function in Kochi. |
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India and Pakistan reach agreement to resume from February 1 the Munnabao-Khokrapar train service. |
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Jan. 7
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The Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, presents to Nivruti Rai and Iftekhar Shareef the first Overseas Citizen of India Cards at the fourth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2006 inaugural in Hyderabad. |
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The Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram, launches “insta remit” an e-remittance gateway for overseas Indians. |
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Jan. 9
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The President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, presents the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman to Abdool Raoof Bundhun, Mauritian Vice-President and 10 other persons of Indian Origin. |
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Booker Prize Winner Arundhati Roy is awarded the 2005 Sahitya Akademi Award for English for her book of essays The Algebra of Infinite Justice. |
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Jan. 11
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Air India signs $ 11 billion order with Boeing for purchase of 68 airplanes in Mumbai. |
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Jan. 13
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K. Narayanan is appointed by The Hindu, its first Readers’ Editor. |
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Arundhati Roy turns down Sahitya Akademi Award. |
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Jan. 14
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The Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, holds talks with secessionist leader Sajjad Gani Lone, the first formal dialogue outside the APHC umbrella. |
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Jan. 16
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Abu Huzaifa, Lashkar-e-Taiba commander who ordered the October 2005 serial bombings in New Delhi that killed 63 persons, is shot dead after an encounter near Baramulla in Jammu and Kashmir. |
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Jan. 17
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A Mumbai Special Court sentences Abdul Kareem Telgi the kingpin in the Rs. 30,000 crore fake stamp paper scandal to 18 years RI. |
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The Government allows 100 per cent FDI in uplinking of television channels in the non-news category. |
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Jan. 18
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A section of JD (S) withdraws support to the Dharam Singh Government in Karnataka. |
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The Reliance Industries Limited demerger is completed and four new entities emerge. A special trading session is held in BSE. |
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Jet Airways takes over Air Sahara for Rs. 2,300 crore in an all-cash deal. |
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Jan. 19
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India and Ireland sign three agreements after talks between Prime Ministers Manmohan Singh and Bertie Ahern. |
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Jan. 20
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The first-ever Lahore-Amritsar bus service begins. |
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The Delhi High Court stays CBSE circular on the fee waiver for girl students. |
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The Tamil Nadu Government lifts ban on recruitment. |
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Jan. 21
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A Bill to take over the Cable TV network is introduced in the Tamil Nadu Assembly. |
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Jan. 23
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Filmmaker Shyam Benegal is conferred with the Netaji Award 2006 for his film Netaji Subash Chandra Bose — A Forgotten Hero in Kolkata. |
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Jan. 24
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The Supreme Court indicts Bihar Governor Buta Singh and holds Assembly dissolution in 2005 unconstitutional and illegal. |
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The Union Cabinet decides to allow 51 per cent FDI in the retail sector. |
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The first Amritsar-Lahore bus “Punj-aab” is flagged off from Amritsar. |
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Jan. 25
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Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Mahasweta Devi, Norman Borlaug, are among nine Padma Vibhushan awardees. |
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Jan. 26
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The Bihar Governor Buta Singh quits following Supreme Court strictures against him. |
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Jan. 27
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The Karnataka Assembly is adjourned sine die and Deve Gowda quits as JD (S) leader. |
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The Saudi Arabian monarch King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al Saud and the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh sign the “Delhi Declaration”, in New Delhi. Jeddah and New Delhi agree to develop a strategic energy partnership. |
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Jan. 28
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The Karnataka Chief Minister, Dharam Singh, resigns. |
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Jan. 29
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The UPA Government expands Cabinet. Sushil Kumar Shinde gets Power and A.R. Antulay is Minister for Minority Affairs, a newly created portfolio. Shibu Soren gets back Coal Ministry. |
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