National Events in April 2002
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Apr 1
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The Centre bans Al-Badar, and the Jamiat-ul-Mujahideen under the POTA. The Delhi High Court declares the Jaish-e-Mohammad chief, Masood Azhar, proclaimed offender in the December 13 attack on Parliament.
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The oil industry moves to a new decontrolled era as the Centre diamantles the administered pricing mechanism.
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Apr 2
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The President gives his assent to the POTA.
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Senior BJP leader and former Union Minister, Sikander Bakht is appointed Kerala Governor.
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The Centre gives its nod for the national policy on AIDS prevention and blood transfusion services.
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Apr 3
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India fully supports the unity, territorial integrity and sovereignty of Indonesia, says the President, K.R. Narayanan, at a banquet in honour of his Indonesian counterpart, Megawati Sukarnoputri in New Delhi.
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The Supreme Court grants bail to Mumbai-based diamond merchant and film financier, Bharat Shah held for his alleged links with the underworld don, Chhota Shakeel.
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The Centre revises rules for conferment of Arjuna awards and scraps those given in the lifetime achievement category.
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Apr 4
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Gujarat events a "blot" on India, saya the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee in Ahmedabad.
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Apr 5
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The Supreme Court rejects the Centre's request for the extension of the January 31 deadline to run diesel buses in New Delhi and imposes hefty fines for non-compliance with directive on switchover to CNG mode.
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Apr 7
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The NBA leader, Medha Patkar is mobbed and journalists injured in police lathicharge as violence breaks out in a peace meeting at Sabarmati Gandhi Ashram, in Ahmedabad.
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Apr 8
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The Centre bans the Al-Qaeda under POTA.
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Justice S.D. Dave, retired judge of the Gujarat High Court, is appointed the one-man enquiry to probe the lathicharge on scribes.
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Apr 9
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Suspected Al-Qaeda terrorist, Mohammed Afroz Abdul Razak, is released from the Byculla prison in Mumbai following grant of bail by a special court.
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Apr 11
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The Prime Minister, A.B. Vajpayee, rules out lifting the ban on the LTTE.
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An apex court Constitution Bench hearing petitions on the scope of the rights of minorities reframes questions to include "majority" to establish and administer educational institutions.
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Police arrest top SIMI activist and Godhra carnage accused, Anwar Rashid, in Bhadohi district of U.P.
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Apr 16
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Bank and PSU staff launch a nationwide strike to protest the Centres anti-labour policies and privatisation drive, causing a loss of Rs. 100 crores.
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To commemorate the 150th year of Indian Railways, a steam engine chugs out of Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus recreating its maiden run from the erstwhile Bori Bunder to Tannah (Thane) on April 16, 1853.
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Apr 18
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India signs a $146 million arms deal with the U.S. for purchasing eight weapon locating radars.
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The Union Cabinet gives its nod for setting up a panel on delimitation of the Parliamentary and Legislative Assembly Constituencies after 25 years.
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Apr 19
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The Supreme Court quashes the gift of 51 acres to the Bharat Yatra Kendra Trust headed by the former Prime Minister, Chandra Shekhar by the Bhondsi gram panchayat, Haryana.
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Apr 22
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The Punjab Government cancels 639 Public Service Commission recruitments in the light of the arrest of its chairman, Ravinder Pal Singh Sidhu.
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Apr 24
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A Mumbai sessions court convicts Abdul Daud Rauf Merchant in the 1997 murder of the audio cassette producer, Gulshan Kumar but acquits 18 co-accused for want of evidence.
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Apr 27
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The Chairman and CEO of Mindtree Consulting Pvt. Ltd., Ashok Soota, takes over as the Confederation of Indian Industry President and Anand Mahindra becomes the vice-president.
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Apr 29
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The Union Coal Minister, Ram Vilas Paswan quits Cabinet protesting against the Gujarat Governments failure to control communal violence and continuation of Narendra Modi as Chief Minister.
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Abdul Rauf Daud Merchant, gets lifer in the Gulshan Kumar murder case.
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Apr 30
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The Government wins after chaotic scenes mark the marathon debate on the Samajwadi Party-sponsored censure motion on Gujarat in the Lok Sabha.
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The Minister of State for External Affairs, Omar Abdullah, offers to quit Cabinet.
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