Events in November 2006
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Nov. 1
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Air Marshal Bhushan Nilkanth Gokhale takes over as the Vice-Chief of the Air Staff. |
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Nov. 3
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The Supreme Court reserves verdict on Ninth Schedule ambit after hearing marathon arguments spread over five days. |
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Nov. 6
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The Supreme Court refuses to stay sealing operations in Delhi. |
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Gandhian S.N. Subba Rao, social activist Rani Abhay Bang, environmental scientist Anil Prakash Joshi and former World Bank vice-president Ismail Serageldin are presented with the Jamnalal Bajaj Awards. |
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Nov. 8
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The Delhi Corporation resumes sealing of shops operating from residential property. |
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Nov. 9
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The Union Cabinet approves proposal to repeal the Foreign Contributions (Regulation) Act. |
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Nov. 12
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The 17-month-old K. Karunakaran-led Democratic Indira Congress (K) merges with the Nationalist Congress Party at a `convention’ in Kochi. |
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Nov. 15
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India and Pakistan set up an anti-terrorism mechanism following talks between Foreign Secretaries Shivshankar Menon and Riaz Mohammad Khan in New Delhi. |
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Nov. 19
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The Afghan President, Hamid Karzai is presented with the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2005 in New Delhi. |
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Nov. 20
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The Chinese President, Hu Jintao, arrives in New Delhi on a four-day state visit, when the two nations are celebrating the Year of Friendship.” |
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Nov. 21
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“China and India are not rivals or competitors but are partners for mutual benefit”, says the joint declaration issued after Hu Jintao Manmohan Singh talks in New Delhi. |
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Nov. 23
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The Supreme Court gives relief to 18,500 traders and professionals in Delhi allowing them to operate in residential areas. |
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The 37th International Film Festival of India begins in the Goa Capital Panaji. |
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Nov. 26
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The All India Muslim Shia Personal Law Board approves a model marriage contract that gives women equal rights as men for divorce. |
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Rajnath Singh is re-elected BJP president for a full term until 2008, in New Delhi. |
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The Sri Lankan President, Mahinda Rajapaksa, inaugurates the three-day first Asian Mayors’ meet in Dehra Dun. |
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Nov. 28
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The Union Coal Minister, Shibu Soren quits after being convicted of the murder of his former private secretary Shashinath Jha in 1994. |
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The designated TADA court in Mumbai convicts actor Sanjay Dutt under the Indian Arms Act in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts case but acquits him of conspiracy, terrorism charges. |
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Nov. 30
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The Rajinder Sachar Committee report on the social, economic and educational status of Muslims is tabled in Parliament. |
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The Trinamool Congress members go on a rampage in the West Bengal Assembly and indulge in large-scale vandalism. |
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