Events in June 2008
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Jun. 2
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Tata Motors announces completion of the $2.3 billion acquisition of British luxury brands Jaguar and Land Rover in an all cash transaction. |
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Jun. 3
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The bodies of 16 Gujjar protestors killed in police firing at Pilupura in Bharatpur district are cremated 13 days after they died. |
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The SEBI announces move to allow exchange-traded currency at the annual meeting of the Assocham in New Delhi. Sajjan Jindal takes over as Assocham president. |
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Sensex falls below 16000 amid uncertainty over hike in fuel prices. |
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The Assam Education Minister, Ripun Bora, is dropped from the Cabinet following his arrest by the CBI on bribery charge |
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Jun. 4
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The UPA government announces a steep hike in fuel prices. |
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Jun. 5
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Normal life is hit in West Bengal during a 12-hour strike called by the Left Front against the fuel price hike. Tripura also observes a 12-hour bandh. |
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The Centre approves the amendment of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. |
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Jun. 6
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B.R. Kundal becomes the first serving Chief Secretary to join politics and takes oath as a Minister in the Jammu and Kashmir Cabinet. |
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Jun. 8
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The Uttar Pradesh Minister of State for Fisheries, Jamuna Prasad Nishad, is sacked for alleged role in the ransacking of the Maharajgang police station a day earlier. |
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Jun. 9
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Sensex loses 506.08 points and ends day at 15066.10 fuelled by rising oil prices and inflationary pressures. |
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The government announces the formation of a Space Cell to counter “the growing threat to our space assets”. Nod for Defence Informatics Centre. |
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Jun. 10
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Sacked Uttar Pradesh Minister Jamuna Prasad Nishad is arrested. |
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Soumitra Chatterjee bags the Best Actor award for his role in the Bengali film Podokkhep and Priyamani the Best Actress award for her role in Tamil film Paruthi Veeran at the 54th National Film Awards for 2006. Malayalam film Pulijanmam is adjudged Best Feature Film and Lage Raho Munnabhai the best popular film. |
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Jun. 11
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Thousands of people in five villages in north Gujarat are evacuated following a huge breach in the Narmada main canal. |
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Japanese drug firm Daiichi Sankyo announces the acquisition of a majority stake in domestic major Ranbaxy for over Rs. 15,000 crore. |
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Sensex gains 296 points to snap the three-day losing streak. |
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The Tamil Nadu government-sponsored health insurance scheme comes into effect. |
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Jun. 12
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The Centre announces a Rs. 28.81 crore relief package for the next of kin of the 844 people killed and 22 injured in the October 1989 Bhagalpur riots in Bihar. |
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Violence erupts in Siliguri, West Bengal in protest against the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha’s call for an indefinite bandh to highlight its statehood demand. |
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Jun. 16
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The Gorkha Janamukti Morcha begins enforcing an indefinite bandh in the Darjeeling hills in support of its demand for a separate Gorkhaland state. |
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Jun. 17
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The DMK snaps ties with the PMK. |
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Jun. 18
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The Gujjars call off their 27-day violent stir following an agreement with the Rajasthan government. |
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New quota announced for Economically Backward Classes. |
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India and Syria sign three agreements following talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and visiting President Bashar al-Assad. |
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Sixteen lakh people are affected by flash floods in West Bengal following torrential rains. Seven hundred mm rainfall recorded in Paschim and Purbo Medinipur districts over a three-day period. |
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Jun. 19
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Rail, road blockades cease in Rajasthan. |
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The flood situation remains grim in West Bengal’s Paschim and Purbo Medinipur districts. Rail link between the state and South India badly hit. |
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Sensex loses over 300 points. |
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Jun. 20
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‘Nishant’, India’s unmanned Aerial Vehicle developed by the DRDA is successfully test-fired near Kolar. |
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Sensex plunges by 500 points on rising inflation bringing it to a one-month low of 14571.29. |
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Jun. 21
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The BSP withdraws support to the United Progressive Alliance government. |
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Jun. 22
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The Gorkha Janamukti Morcha relaxes bandh for 60 hours. |
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Jun. 23
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T. Devender Goud quits Telugu Desam Party and also resigns from the Assembly. |
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Jun. 24
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The Construction of the Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor at Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu crosses a “mega milestone” following installation of the 160 tonne safety vessel inside the reactor vault. |
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The Gorkha Janamukti Morcha suspends Darjeeling bandh till July 5. |
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Violent protests against a land-use grant to Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board continue for the second day affecting pilgrim traffic. |
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Jun. 25
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GMR Infrastructure buys 50 per cent stake in the U.S.-based Intergen N.V. in the largest ever acquisition of a global energy utility by an Indian company. |
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The ‘India Islamic Index’ that provides platform for investment under the Shariah law is launched in New Delhi. |
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The former Union Home Secretary Narender Nath Vohra takes over as Jammu and Kashmir Governor. |
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Two boys are killed and 70 persons injured as protests against land allotment spreads to other parts of Jammu and Kashmir. |
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Jun. 26
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The former Rajasthan Chief Minister Shiv Charan Mathur is appointed Assam Governor. R.S. Mooshahary becomes Meghalaya Governor. Balmiki Prasad Singh is named Sikkim Governor. |
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Jun. 27
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Field Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw (94), hero of the 1971 liberation war that helped create Bangladesh dies at the Wellington Military Hospital in the Nilgiris. |
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Sensex dips to its nearly 14-month low at 13802.22 by losing 619.60 points on heavy selling pressure. Record oil prices send bourses worldwide into a tailspin. |
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Jun. 28
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The People’s Democratic Party withdraws support to the Ghulam Nabi Azad-led coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir, over the issue of land transfer to Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board. |
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Jun. 29
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Five persons are killed and 80 injured in two bomb blasts in Assam. |
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Kashmir valley remains shut down for the seventh consecutive day in protest against the transfer of land to Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board. |
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Thirty two Greyhound constables of the Andhra Pradesh police are feared dead after naxalites attack their motor launch in the Chitrakonda reservoir in Orissa. |
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Jun. 30
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Violent protests in Jammu against the Governor saying that the Shrine Board will not pursue its request for forest land. Kashmir valley remains shut for the eighth day. |
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The Prime Minister Manmohan Singh unveils the National Action Plan on Climate Change in New Delhi. It focuses on eight missions. |
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Sensex loses 340 points to close at 13,461.60 following a fresh surge in crude prices |
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