Events 2008 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Events in December 2008

Dec. 1 The interrogation of Mohammad Ajmal Amir Iman, the only terrorist of the ten-member group involved in the Mumbai mayhem to be caught alive unfolds background story. Full Story

The Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister R. R. Patil resigns. Full Story

India serves demarche on Pakistan asking it to take action against the perpetrators of the Mumbai massacre. Full StoryDec. 2 Three persons are killed and 30 injured after extremists trigger a powerful blast on board the Lumding-Tinsukia passenger train at Diphu station in Assam�s Karbi Anglong district. Full Story

Over 72 per cent voting is recorded in Mizoram Assembly polls. Full Story

Kazakh film director Sergei Dvortsevoy�s Tulpan bags the Golden Peacock at the 39th IFFI. Dvortsevoy also gets the Best Director�s award. Full StoryDec. 3 Eight kg of RDX is found near the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai. Full Story

No terrorist or enemy of our republic can destroy nation�s unity, says the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the IISc centenary fete inaugural in Bangalore. Full Story

Vikar Ahmed, a terror suspect wanted in the May 18, 2007 Mecca Masjid blast case escapes after firing at policemen in Hyderabad�s Santoshnagar area. Full StoryDec. 4 The Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh submits resignation to Governor S. C. Jamir. Full Story

Over 68 per cent polling is recorded in Rajasthan Assembly elections. Full Story

Bird flu spreads to fresh areas of Assam�s Kamrup district. Full Story

Historian Romila Thapar is chosen for the 2008 Kluge Prize for Lifetime Achievement in the Study of Humanity. Full StoryDec. 5 India and Russia clinch a mega uranium deal in New Delhi following a summit between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Dmitry Medvedev. Four more nuclear power plants for Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu. Full Story

Ashok Chavan Industry Minister in the Vilasrao Deshmukh Cabinet is named Maharashtra Chief Minister. Chhagan Bhujbal is to be Deputy Chief Minister. Full Story

Sensex slips below the 9000 - mark again with IT stocks taking a beating. Full StoryDec. 6 The Congress suspends Narayan Rane for his outburst against the party leadership. Full Story

�Hand in Hand 2008�, the Sino-Indian joint military exercise gets under way in Belgaum, Karnataka. Full StoryDec. 7 The Government unveils a stimulus package to shore up economy. Four per cent cut in Cenvat, Rs.20,000 crore set apart for industry, export sectors for the current fiscal. Full Story

Fifty five per cent polling is recorded in the fourth phase of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections.

The Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Chander Mohan is sacked for being �absent from his office since past some time�. Full StoryDec. 8 The Congress retains Delhi for the third term, wrests Rajasthan from the BJP and dislodges the Mizo National Front in Mizoram securing a four-fifths majority. The BJP holds on to Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. Full Story

Ashok Chavan is sworn in Maharashtra�s 24th Chief Minister. Chhagan Bhujbal takes office as Deputy Chief Minister. Full Story

Rajiv Mathur to be new Intelligence Bureau Director. Full StoryDec. 9 The Mumbai police release the names of the nine terrorists killed for their role in the November 26 bloodbath. Full Story

Forty pilgrims are killed after the bus in which they were travelling catches fire in Firozabad, U.P. Full StoryDec. 10 Lok Sabha MP, Chaudhary Munawwar Hasan dies of injuries sustained in a road accident in Haryana. Full StoryDec. 11 Parliament condemns with one voice the Mumbai terror attacks. The Prime Minister Manmohan Singh apologises for the government�s inability to prevent the carnage and says Pakistan is the epicentre of terrorism. Full Story

Lalthanhawla is sworn in Mizoram Chief Minister and is the first to be elected to head the state for a fourth term. Full Story

Avian flu spreads to six districts in Assam and till date 2.5 lakh birds have been culled. Full StoryDec. 12 Shivraj Singh Chauhan is sworn in Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister. Raman Singh takes office as Chhattisgarh Chief Minister. Full StoryDec. 13 Ashok Gehlot is sworn in Rajasthan Chief Minister. Full Story

Fiftyseven per cent polling is recorded in J & K fifth phase elections. Full StoryDec. 14 �Pakistan has a great deal to answer for�, says the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown after talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi. Dec. 15 The Union Cabinet gives nod for setting up a National Investigation Agency. Proposal to amend the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967 cleared. Full Story

The Right to Children to Free and Compulsory Education Bill, 2008 is tabled in the Rajya Sabha. Full StoryDec. 16 The government introduces in the Lok Sabha a bill on setting up a National Investigation Agency and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, 2008. Full Story

The Kishore Chandra Deo parliamentary panel exonerates SP and Congress MPs Amar Singh and Ahmed Patel in the �cash for votes scam�. Full Story

Sensex regains the 10000 level after 22 sessions. Full StoryA postage stamp on Field Marshal Manekshaw is released at a function in

New Delhi. Full StoryDec. 17 The Lok Sabha passes two Bills � the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act Amendment Bill, 2008 and the National Investigation Agency Bill, 2008. Full Story

Sheila Dikshit takes oath as Delhi Chief Minister for the third consecutive term. Full Story

Sixty per cent polling is recorded in phase six of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections. Full Story

Parliament passes the Unorganised Workers� Social Security Bill, 2008. Full Story

Rajya Sabha nod for Gram Nyayalaya Bill, 2008. Full StoryDec. 18 BrahMos supersonic cruise missile is test-fired in a vertical launch configuration for the first time by the Navy. Full Story

Parliament nod for anti-terror Bills. Full StoryThe indigenous cryogenic engine passes a �flight acceptance hot test� at Mah

endragiri, Tamil Nadu. Full StoryDec. 19 Union Minority Affairs Minister A.R. Antulay whose remarks on the killing of three senior Maharashtra police officers in the Mumbai carnage created a furore �submits resignation�. Full Story

The Delhi High Court reduces to one year the two-year RI awarded to the Ansal brothers in the June 13, 1997 Uphaar cinema fire that claimed 59 lives. Full StoryDec. 20 More than 4.25 lakh birds culled in Assam so far even as the avian flu has struck 120 villages in seven districts. Full StoryDec. 21 �We can be hurt but not knocked down,� says Ratan Tata as the Taj Mahal Palace And Tower in Mumbai reopens its doors. Full StoryDec. 22 The Insurance Laws (Amendments) Bill, 2008 seeking to hike FDI c

ap on private insurance firms from 26 per cent to 49 per cent is tabled in the Raj Sabha. Full Story

The Life Insurance Corporation (Amendment) Bill is introduced in the Lok Sabha. Full StoryDec. 23 Parliament passes Information Technology (Amendment) Bill that provides for stringent punishment for cyber crimes. Cyber Appellate Tribunal planned. Full Story

Satyam Computer is barred from doing business with the World Bank for eight years on charges of data theft. Full Story

Tamil poet Melanmai Ponnusamy among 21 litterateurs chosen for the Sahitya Akademi awards for 2008. Full StoryDec. 24 Voters defy secessionists and exercise ballot in final phase of Jammu and Kashmir polls. Full StoryDec. 25 The Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed offers help in �Observing� the Indian Ocean. India extends a $ 100-million standby credit. Full StoryDec. 28 The National Conference emerges single largest party in Jammu and Kashmir as the poll verdict throws up a hung Assembly. Full StoryDec. 30 The Congress to support the NC government under Omar Abdullah. Full StoryDec. 31 The new anti-terror laws come into force after presidential assent. Full Story

The Indian Maritime University is inaugurated in Chennai. Sensex closes the year at 9647.31 having surrendered 10640 points in the

said period. Full Story

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