Events in July 2008
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Jul. 1
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The Jammu and Kashmir government cancels the order on transfer of 39.88 hectares of forest land to the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board. Seventy people injured in Jammu after protests against the revocation of the order turn violent. |
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Sensex closes below the 13000-mark as high global oil prices drag the domestic stock market indices to a new 16-month low. |
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‘Himadri’ the Indian research station at the Arctic is inaugurated at Ny-Alyund in Norway by the Union Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal. |
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Jul. 2
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Truckers go on a nationwide strike seeking rollback of hiked toll tax, among other things. |
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Sixty persons are injured in fresh violence in Jammu. Army stages flag marches. |
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P. Venugopal retires as AIIMS director. |
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Sensex gains 702.94 points. |
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Jul. 3
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Sensex sheds 570 points closing at 13094.11 triggered by a sharp fall in realty stocks. All broader indices are in the red. |
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Abu Atif, a Lakshkar-e-Taiba lynchpin who provided logistics support for the December 2005 IISc attack in Bangalore is killed in a safehouse in Batpora near Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir. |
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Jul. 4
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Truckers call off stir following an agreement after marathon negotiations. |
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Jul. 5
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Bollywood filmmaker Yash Chopra is conferred the Officer of The Legion of Honour by the French Government, in New Delhi. |
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Jul. 7
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Ghulam Nabi Azad resigns as Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister after withdrawing his confidence motion at a special session of the Assembly. |
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Jul. 8
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The Left parties withdraw support to the United Progressive Alliance government following differences over the civilian nuclear deal with the U.S. |
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Goa Governor S.C. Jamir is appointed Maharashtra Governor and Prabha Rau named Himachal Pradesh Governor. |
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Jul. 9
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India gives go-ahead for the draft safeguards text to be forwarded to the IAEA Board of Governors. |
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The four Left parties snap ties with the UPA government by submitting letters withdrawing support to President Pratibha Patil. |
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Former Shiv Sena MP Madhukar Sarpotdar is jailed for one year for his inflammatory speeches during the 1992 Mumbai riots. |
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Jul. 10
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Governor’s rule is imposed and the State Assembly dissolved in Jammu and Kashmir. |
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Jul. 11
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Rajesh Talwar arrested in connection with the murder of his daughter Aarushi and servant Hemraj in May is granted bail by a special Ghaziabad court. |
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Sensex plunges by over 450 points due to abysmal industrial growth. |
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Jul. 12
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Rajesh Talwar is freed on bail after the CBI gives him a clean chit. |
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Jagat Singh son of the former External Affairs Minister, Natwar Singh, joins the BSP. |
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Jul. 14
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Bhutan Prime Minister Lyonchen Jigmi Y. Thinley arrives in New Delhi. |
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Jul. 15
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Sensex nosedives by 654.32 points to 12676.19 on global concern over fallout from the U.S. credit crisis. |
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The four Indian Embassy blast victims in Kabul are nominated for the Kirti Chakra. |
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The Tamil Nadu government’s Arasu Cable Television Corporation begins operations. |
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Jul. 16
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At least 20 policemen are killed in a landmine blast triggered by Maoists in Orissa’s Malkangiri district. |
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Jul. 17
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The Cabinet approves the setting up of eight new IITs during the current academic session. |
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Ranbaxy Laboratories and Japanese drug major Daiichi Sankyo confirm merger deal. |
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Sensex gains 530 points to end a five-day losing spree. |
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Jul. 21
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Veteran Bengali film director Tapan Sinha is selected for the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2006. |
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The historic trust vote debate in the Lok Sabha begins. |
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Jul. 22
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The United Progressive Alliance government wins the trust vote in the Lok Sabha by a margin of 19 votes after a two-day debate. |
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Three BJP members allege being bribed crores of rupees to abstain. |
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Sensex notches up 250 points to regain the 14000 level. |
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Jul. 23
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The CPI(M) expels Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee for “seriously compromising the position of the party”. |
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The BJP expels eight MPs for bailing out the UPA government during the confidence motion. |
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Four Left Parties, the BSP and five regional parties decide to launch joint campaign against the price rise, nuclear deal. |
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Jul. 24
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Five persons of a family are killed and 18 injured in a grenade blast at the Batmaloo bus stand in Srinagar. |
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The Union Cabinet approves merger of the State Bank of Saurashtra with the State Bank of India. |
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Jul. 25
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Eight low-intensity blasts rock Bangalore leaving a woman dead and seven injured. Embedded chips used as a timer to trigger the explosions. |
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Jul. 26
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Forty people are killed and over 200 injured after 17 serial blasts rock different parts of Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The trauma care centre of the government civil hospital bears the brunt. |
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The Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, orders probe by a seven-member committee into the cash-for-votes issue. |
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Jul. 27
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The toll in the terrorist attack goes up to 46. Two cars with explosives seized in Surat and live bombs defused in Ahmedabad. |
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Jul. 29
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The Surat police unearth and defuse 18 live bombs averting a major tragedy. |
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Sensex tumbles by 558 points following the RBI’s hawkish monetary steps to contain inflation. |
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Three private players HSBC, ICCI Prudential and Reliance Capital to manage EPFO funds along with SBI. |
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Jul. 30
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For the fourth day running, three more powerful live bombs are defused in Surat. The toll in the blasts goes up to 51. |
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The Centre sets up a six-member experts committee to look at an alternative route for the Sethusamudram project. |
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J. Thambi Annan alias Daniel, a top LTTE cadre is arrested in Chennai. |
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Jul. 31
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Himachal Pradesh DGP Ashwani Kumar is appointed CBI Director. |
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