National Events in June 1998
1st Jun
The BJP-led Government presents the Union Budget, which aims at mobilising an additional Rs. 813 crores, conceding a revenue loss of Rs. 950 crores.
Petrol price is raised by Re. 1 per litre.
The Prasar Bharati Bill is introduced in the Lok Sabha to revive the Prasar Bharati Act, 1990.
2nd Jun
Suspected Bodo militants blow up two rail bridges in Kokrajhar district in Assam - one on the river Joyma and the other on the Beki.
The Rajya Sabha adopts the Chemicals Weapons Convention Bill which prohibits the development, production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons and provides for their destruction.
3rd Jun
By-elections are held in three Lok Sabha and 51 Assembly constituencies spread over 13 States.
The naval version of the surface-to-air missile, Trishul, is test-fired in Kochi.
5th Jun
Three hostages held by forest brigand Veerappan are rescued by the Tamil Nadu and Karnataka Special Task Force.
The Urdu writer, Ali Sardar Jafri, is presented the Jnanpeeth award for 1997.
The P-5 U.N. Security Council members tentatively agree to avoid threatening sanctions against India and Pakistan over nuclear testing.
6th Jun
The U.N. Security Council condemns the nuclear tests conducted by India and Pakistan.
Six persons are killed in police firing after communal violence breaks out in Hyderabad.
8th Jun
The Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, Mr. Jaswant Singh, meets the U.N. Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan.
9th Jun
Eightyone persons are killed as cyclone hits the Saurashtra and Kutch regions of Gujarat and Jalore district of Rajasthan. Subsequently the toll is put at 934 in the Kutch-Saurashtra region alone.
The rupee plunges to an all-time low of Rs. 42.23/25 against the dollar.
10th Jun
Thirteen persons including a sub-inspector of police and eight CRPF jawans are killed in a landmine blast detonated by PWG extremists near Mottagudem village in Warangal district, Andhra Pradesh.
11th Jun
The former Union Minister, Mr. Kalpnath Rai, is discharged in the hawala case. There is no material evidence to proceed against him.
12th Jun
Parliament approves a bill for establishment of electricity regulatory commissions at the Centre and in States.
13th Jun
India rejects G-8 prescriptions saying they are ``coercive and intrusive'' and intended to freeze the nuclear weapon capabilities of New Delhi and Islamabad.
The former Bihar Minister and MLA, Mr. Brij Bihar Prasad, is shot dead by unidentified persons.
14th Jun
The CPI(M) MLA, Mr. Ajit Sarkar, is shot near Purnea in Bihar.
16th Jun
The Bangladesh Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, meets Mr. Vajpayee, in New Delhi.
18th Jun
West Bengal's Left-coalition refuses to talk to the Central Home Ministry team which visited the State to assess the law and order situation and go into the allegations of crime against political workers.
In the biennial elections for 32 vacancies in the Rajya Sabha, the BJP and its allies, Shiv Sena, Jantantrik Bahujan Samaj Party and Loktantrik Congress win 13 seats.
19th Jun
Twentysix persons of a marriage party are gunned down by Pakistan-trained militants and foreign mercenaries at Champari village in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir.
21st Jun
India and Russia sign a $2.5-billion deal to set up a nuclear power station at Koodankulam in Tamil Nadu.
The country's longest Bailey suspension bridge at Wangtu across the Sutlej river in Himachal Pradesh has been completed.
24th Jun
The Samajwadi Party led by Mr. Mulayam Singh Yadav joins the Rashtriya Janata Dal led by Mr. Laloo Prasad Yadav to launch a new ``secular front'', Rashtriya Loktantrik Morcha.
The United States Agency for International Development announces it will cut off economic assistance to India in the wake of its nuclear tests.
25th Jun
Sikh high priests exonerate the Akali Dal leader and chief of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, Mr. Gurcharan Singh Tohra, of the charges of violating a ``Hukumnama'' (religious edict) issued by the Akal Takht, which prescribed a complete boycott of the members of the Nirankari missions for their ``blasphemous'' activities.
The World Bank clears a $543.50-million loan for Andhra Pradesh.
28th Jun
The U.S. Senators, Mr. Sam Brownback and Mr. Charles Robb meet the Prime Minister, Mr. A. B. Vajpayee, to do the groundwork, for future dialogue on nuclear non-proliferation.
29th Jun
The BJP-led Government decides to grant full statehood for Delhi and create the new States of Uttaranchal, Vananchal and Chattisgarh.
Mr. Vajpayee launches a national pilot project for integration of the mentally retarded into the mainstream.