Events in March 2007
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Mar. 1
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The Union Cabinet clears the merger of Air India and Indian. |
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The Union Cabinet approves the re-introduction of The Communal Violence (Prevention, Control and Rehabilitation) Bill. |
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Mar. 2
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Parkash Singh Badal is sworn in Punjab Chief Minister. |
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Ibobi Singh who has the distinction of being Manipur’s first Chief Minister to complete a full term is sworn in for a second consecutive term. |
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Mar. 4
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Jharkand Mukti Morcha MP Sunil Kumar Mahato (38) is shot dead by naxalites at Bakuria village in East Singhbhum district. |
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Mar. 5
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Indian stock markets close deep in the red and the Sensex loses 471.09 points on sustained pullout by foreign institutional investors. |
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Mar. 8
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Major General (Retd.) Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri is sworn in Uttarakhand Chief Minister, in Dehra Dun. |
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The Lok Sabha passes the Sports Broadcasting Signals Bill, 2007 making it mandatory for private broadcasters to share the live feed of national sports events with DD and AIR on free-to-air basis. |
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Mar. 9
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The Rajya Sabha gives its nod to the Signals Bill. |
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The West Bengal Government signs a 90-year deal with Tata Motors for the small car project at Singur in Hooghly district. |
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Mar. 10
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D.D. Lapang is sworn in Meghalaya Chief Minister after J.D. Rymbai quits post. |
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Mar. 13
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The Madras High Court suspends jail terms for 25 persons in the Dharmapuri bus-burning case. |
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Mar. 14
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Eleven persons are killed in police firing on a violent crowd in the strife-torn Nandigram area in West Bengal’s Purbo Medinipur district. |
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Mar. 19
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The Lok Sabha approves the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill to phase out Central Sales Tax by March 31, 2010. |
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Mar. 20
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The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Bill, 2007 is tabled in the Lok Sabha. |
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The IAF bids adieu to the MiG – 23 MF aircraft which played a key role for the past 25 years in the Western sector. |
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Mar. 22
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The Union Cabinet approves a Rs. 106.57 crore relief and rehabilitation package for victims of the 2002 Gujarat communal riots. |
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The CBI files the first charge sheet in the Nithari serial killings case against businessman Moninder Singh Pandher, his servant Surinder Koli and the former Nithari police post in charge Simranjeet Kaur. |
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The Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding – 2005 is conferred on Kenyan Nobel laureate Wangari Muta Maathai by the President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, in New Delhi. |
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Sensex regains the 13000-mark. |
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Mar. 23
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A U.P. Sessions court convicts all the eight accused in the murder of IOC official Shanmugham Manjunath on November 19, 2005. |
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The President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, presents the Padma awards to eminent personalities at a function at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. |
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Mar. 26
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India and the UAE sign a pact for exchange of information between the stock exchange regulators after talks between the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UAE Vice-President and Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Makhtoum. |
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Mar. 29
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The Supreme Court stays law providing for 27 per cent reservation for OBCs in central higher educational institutions for 2007-08. |
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Mar. 31
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Tamil Nadu observes a bandh in protest against the Supreme Court stay on reservation for OBCs. |
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Madhukar Gupta takes over as the Union Home Secretary. |
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Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major assumes office as IAF Chief. |
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