National Events in September 1998
1st Sep
Mr. N. Vittal is appointed the Central Vigilance Commissioner.
Akash, multi-target surface-to-air missile developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation, is test-fired from the interim test range at Chandipur, near Balasore.
Tatas withdraw their Rs. 1,475-crore proposal to operate an airline with foreign equity participation in the domestic sector.
Dropsy claims more lives in New Delhi, taking the toll to 37.
2nd Sep
Nishant, pilotless training aircraft developed by the DRDO, is successfully test-flown.
Four more dropsy deaths reported in the national capital.
The National Liberation Front of Tripura ultras release eight hostages held since August 16.
3rd Sep
The Bodo People's Action Committee convener Sushil Brahma, is shot dead by Bodo militants in Assam's Kokrajhar district.
4th Sep
A Mumbai Metropolitan court acquits the Union Minister for Environment and Forests, Mr. Suresh Prabhu, in a case of cheque bouncing.
5th Sep
University and college teachers affiliated to the All-India Federation of University and College Teachers Organisations call off their nationwide strike.
Short range surface-to-air missiles, Trishul and Akash, are test- fired.
6th Sep
The AICC(I) Pachmarhi (M.P.) session ends with the Congress(I) asserting that it will consider forming coalitions only as a last resort.
The President, Mr. K. R. Narayanan, is in Germany on an official trip.
At least 13 persons are killed and 36 injured as a bus falls into a gorge at Gallu near Shimla.
7th Sep
The Goa Bench of the Bombay High Court quashes the Speaker's order disqualifying 10 MLAs, including the Chief Minister, Dr. Wilfred Desouza, from Assembly membership.
Flood situation in parts of the country continues to be grim. The toll rises to 137 in Assam, while 300 have died in Bihar and 139 in West Bengal.
Swami Ranganathananda is elected the 13th president of the Ramakrishna Order.
8th Sep
Dr. Wilfred Desouza wins a trust vote in the Goa Assembly.
The President, Mr. K. R. Narayanan, meets the German Chancellor, Mr. Helmut Kohl, in Bonn.
9th Sep
The Supreme Court orders reinstatement of Mr. M. K. Bezbaruah as Chief of the Enforcement Directorate.
10th Sep
The Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairperson, Dr. Najma Heptullah, is elected vice-president of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, in session in Moscow.
11th Sep
Mild tremors hit Siliguri in West Bengal and Gangtok in Sikkim.
The President, Mr. K. R. Narayanan, meets his Portugese counterpart, Mr. Jorge Sampaio, in Lisbon.
12th Sep
India, Malaysia sign an agreement on cooperation in science and technology in Kuala Lumpur.
Bihar flood toll mounts to 320.
13th Sep
Dr. Justice Adarsh Sein Anand is appointed Chief Justice of India.
14th Sep
The Army foils an intrusion bid by Pakistan-trained terrorists in the Bembhi Gali sector of Rajouri district, Jammu, killing four of the militants.
15th Sep
At least 26 persons are killed and 13 injured in ethnic strife in some villages of Assam's Kokrajhar district.
17th Sep
The Bihar Chief Minister, Mrs. Rabri Devi, expands the Cabinet inducting nine Ministers, even as the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (Soren) group formally withdraws support to her Ministry.
18th Sep
Mr. Vajpayee outlines a seven-point programme to revive economy. It seeks to ensure a seven per cent GDP growth, 10 per cent rise in industrial production and a 15 to 20-point rise in exports.
Fifteen persons are drowned in a boat capsize in the Balan river near Banwaripur village in Bihar.
20th Sep
Mr. A. B. Bardhan is re-elected CPI general secretary.
21st Sep
The Rabri Devi Ministry in Bihar wins a trust vote in the Assembly.
The Bihar Assembly withdraws a resolution favouring a separate Jharkhand State and rejects the draft Bihar Reorganisation Bill, 1998, which seeks to create Vananchal.
22nd Sep
The Centre recommends imposition of Presidents's Rule in Bihar.
Four Christian missionary nuns have been allegedly raped at Nawapara-Bhandaria village in Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh.
24th Sep
Jamnalal Bajaj Awards go to Dr. Devendra Kumar, Director, Science for Villages, Wardha; Acharya Ramamurthy of Shramabharathi, Bhagalpur; Dr. (Mrs.) Rajammal P. Devadass, Chancellor, Avanashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Studies for Women, Coimbatore, and Ms. Jharnathana Choudhary, Secretary, Gandhi Ashram, Noahkali, Bangladesh.
25th Sep
The President, Mr. K. R. Narayanan, returns for reconsideration the Cabinet's recommendation for President's Rule in Bihar.
Twenty persons, including 14 school-children, are killed and 33 others injured when a train engine rams a bus at an unmanned level-crossing in Nalgonda district, Andhra Pradesh.
Fourteen persons are drowned as a private bus plunges into the Beas river at Saatmeel, 10 k.m. from Mandi, Himachal Pradesh.
28th Sep
The Ramakrishna Mission has been chosen for the Gandhi Peace Prize, 1998.