Events in February 2003
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Feb. 1
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The Punjab National Bank takes over Nedungadi Bank Limited, the oldest private sector bank in Kerala. |
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Delhiite Nikita Anand (19), wins the Miss India Universe 2003 title. |
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Feb. 3
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The President presents the Dadabhai Naoroji Memorial Award, 2002 to the CSIR Director-General, R.A. Mashelkar. |
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The Tamil Nadu police uncovers a Rs. 100 crore hawala racket. |
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Feb. 5
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The Prime Minister, A. B. Vajpayee christens METSAT Kalpana-I after Kalpana Chawla and dedicates it to the nation. |
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Feb. 6
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Gujarat police detain Maulana Hussain Umarji for masterminding the Sabarmathi Express carnage case. |
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Feb. 8
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The J and K Government frees the APHC leader, Syed Ali Shah Geelani on health grounds. |
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New Delhi expels Pakistan's Charge d'Affaires, Jalil Abbas Jilani; Islamabad declares Indian Acting High Commissioner, Sudhir Vyas persona non-grata. |
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Feb. 10
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Terrorism is a menace from which no country is immune, warns the Prime Minister, A. B. Vajpayee, at the inauguration of the International Youth Conference on Terrorism, in New Delhi. |
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Feb. 12
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Justice A. S. Anand, is appointed NHRC chairperson. |
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Feb. 13
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"Lagaan" bags eight awards at the 49th National Film Awards function. Yash Chopra is presented the Dada Saheb Phalke award. |
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Feb. 17
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Gopichand Narang, a well-known Urdu literary critic, is elected Sahitya Akademi president. |
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Feb. 19
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The former Home Secretary, N. N. Vohra, is appointed the Centre's interlocutor for Jammu and Kashmir. |
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The Gujarat Government invokes POTA against all 121 accused in the February 27, 2002 Godhra carnage. |
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The Union Cabinet approves the takeover of all the 17 RECs as fully-funded institutes of the Central Government. |
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Parliament nod for abolition of the Banking Service Commission. |
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Feb. 22
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The first National Forest Commission with the former CJI, B. N. Kirpal as its chairperson is constituted. |
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Feb. 25
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The President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, launches the National Social Security Number Scheme initiated by the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation, in New Delhi. |
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Feb. 26
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The Railway Minister, Nitish Kumar, presents a populist railway budget and announces a bonanza of 50 new express trains. |
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India ratifies bio-safety protocol. |
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The Congress storms back to power in Himachal Pradesh and the Left retains power in Tripura. Nagaland heads for a hung Assembly as the Congress loses the polls. Meghalaya too throws up a hung House. |
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Feb. 28
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The Union Finance Minister, Jaswant Singh, presents a growth-seeking budget with renewed thrust to agriculture and infrastructure. Standard deduction limit for IT raised. |
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The Supreme Court acquits the former Kerala Power Minister, R. Balakrishana Pillai in the case relating to sale of power to the Karnataka-based Graphite Industries Limited. |
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