Events in December 2003
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Dec. 1
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India and Pakistan agree to resume simultaneous air links and overflights from January 1, 2004 on a reciprocal basis. |
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The SAD president and former Punjab Chief Minister, Parkash Singh Badal and his son, Sukhbir Singh are arrested in a disproportionate assets case, in Ropar. |
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Dec. 6
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The Bodo Liberation Tigers lay down arms ending 17 years of struggle in Assam's Kokrajhar district. The Bodoland Territorial Council comes into being. |
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Uma Shankar Mishra, takes office as CBI Director. |
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The Congress suspends the former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister, Ajit Jogi following the allegation that he offered money to split the BJP. |
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Dec. 7
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Raman Singh takes over as the second Chief Minister of Chhatisgarh at a function in the State capital, Raipur. |
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Hagrama Mahilary is sworn in Chief Executive Member of the Bodoland Territorial Council at the inaugural in Deborgaon near Kokrajhar district. |
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Dec. 8
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Uma Bharti and Vasundhara Raje take office as Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan Chief Ministers. |
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Dec. 9
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`Evergreen' hero Dev Anand (80), is chosen for the Dada Saheb Phalke Award, 2002. |
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Dec. 10
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The Union Cabinet gives its nod for daily flight services to ASEAN countries. |
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Dec. 11
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The President , A.P.J. Abdul Kalam asks the Rajya Sabha to lead the poor to prosperity, at a function to celebrate the 200th session, in New Delhi. |
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Dec. 12
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As hostility only stunted economies let us reject conflict and embrace cooperation, says the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee in New Delhi. |
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Dec. 13
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French honour for noted author Mahasweta Devi. |
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Dec. 15
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Sheila Dikshit is sworn in Delhi Chief Minister, for a second consecutive term. |
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Dec. 16
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The Lok Sabha passes the POTA Amendment Bill, 2003 providing for safeguard against misuse. |
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The Lok Sabha passes Bill to check defection. |
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The apex court upholds POTA provisions and says Parliament alone competent to enact law to fight terrorism. |
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Dec. 17
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Kannada thespian, Rajkumar, is selected for the N. T. Rama Rao National film award, 2002. |
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Dec. 18
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Rajya Sabha passes the Dual Citizenship Bill. |
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Dec. 19
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Stamp paper scam is a result of "a systemic failure of serious proportions," says the Finance Minister, Jaswant Singh in the Lok Sabha. |
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Abdul Karim Telgi, the main accused in the multi-crore fake stamp paper scam undergoes a lie-detector test, in Bangalore. |
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Dec. 20
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The DMK pulls out Ministers, T.R. Baalu and A. Raja from the Union Cabinet and is to extend outside support to the NDA. |
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Dec. 22
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The former Prime Minister , P. V. Narasimha Rao, is acquitted in the Lakhubhai Pathak case by a special CBI court in New Delhi. |
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Dec. 23
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The Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister, Chhagan Bhujbal, resigns owning moral responsibility for the attack on the Zee Television office in Andheri, Mumbai by NCP activists. |
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The Rajya Sabha gives its nod for Bill to include Bodo, Santhali, Maithali and Dogri in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution. |
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Dec. 24
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Noted novelists Prafulla Roy, Sara Joseph and Tamil lyricist, Vairamuthu are among 22 selected for the Sahitya Akademi Awards for 2003. |
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Dec. 25
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The senior Nationalist Congress Party leader, Vijaysinh Mohite Patil, is named Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister. |
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Dec. 26
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Karnataka Cabinet decided to hand over the investigation of the multi-crore fake stamp paper scam to CBI. |
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A Division Bench of the Gujarat High Court dismissed the Gujarat government's plea for re-trial of the Best Bakery case. |
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Dec. 27
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A severe cold wave continued to assail large areas of North India with 16 more people succumbing to the bone-chilling cold and taking the death toll to 54. |
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Dec. 28
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The Centre today rejected the banned outfit ULFA's offer of talks and said it would continue its "pro-active" policy against the insurgents. |
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Noted RSS leader and former BJP President Khushabhau Thakre died following prolonged illness at 82. |
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Dec. 29
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MDMK quits the National Democratic Alliance coaltion that governs India at the Centre. |
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Dec. 30
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The Punjab Government set up an inquiry commission to go into the allegations of hawala transactions against the Chief Minister, Amarinder Singh's son, Raninder Singh. |
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Dec. 31
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The communal riots in Gujarat in the wake of the Godhra carnage in 2002 were planned, according to Nobel laureate Amartya Sen. |
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