National Events in July 2002
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Jul 1
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Jaswant Singh becomes Finance Minister and Yaswant Sinha Foreign Minister, Jana Krishnamurthi gets Law and Justice in a Cabinet reshuffle which also sees the exit of six Ministers, including Maneka Gandhi.
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Mr. Venkaiah Naidu takes over as the BJP president.
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Kanwal Sibal is the new Foreign Secretary.
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Jul 2
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The Tamil Nadu Liberation Army and the Tamil Nadu Retrieval Troops are banned under POTA.
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Jul 3
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The Government orders a probe into Xerox India scam involving improper payments over sale of equipment to official agencies during 2000.
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Jul 5
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A Delhi Court convicts and sentences the former Union Minister of State for Communications, Sukh Ram, to three years RI in the 1993-94 Rs. 1.68- crore telecom scam.
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Jul 6
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M. Rama Jois, a retired Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, is appointed Jharkhand Governor.
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Sukh Ram quits as Himachal Vikas Congress president and names his son, Anil Sharma, Rajya Sabha MP as successor.
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Jul 8
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The Maharashtra Governor, P.C. Alexander quits.
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An all-party meet rejects the EC norms on assets and antecedents of candidates while filing nominations issued in pursuance of the May 2 apex court order.
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A special court for POTA cases begins formal trial into the December 13 attack on Parliament.
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Jul 11
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The MDMK general secretary and Sivakasi MP, Vaiko is arrested at the Chennai airport under the POTA for his pro-LTTE speech at a meeting at Tirumangalam near Madurai on June 29.
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Jul 12
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Bofors trial should go on, rules the Supreme Court staying the Delhi High Court verdict quashing the chargesheet against the Hinduja brothers.
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The Centre announces the of a delimitation commission under the chairmanship of retired Supreme Court Judge, Kuldip Singh.
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A special court judge sentences to life Dharmarajan, the key accused in the sensational Suryanelli sex scandal of 1996 in Kottayam, Kerala.
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Jul 13
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Twenty five slum dwellers are killed as militants strike at a colony near Narwal bypass, Jammu.
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The Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee lays down an eight-point agenda to sustain growth at the Economic Advisory Panel meeting, in New Delhi. Subsidies to be reduced and retargeted.
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Jul 15
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A.P.J. Abdul Kalam wins the presidential polls defeating Lakshmi Sahgal.
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Supercop K.P.S. Gill, quits as security adviser to Gujarat Chief Minister, Narendra Modi.
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Jul 16
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Former Union Law Minister, Arun Jaitley is appointed negotiator for talks on devolution of powers for Jammu and Kashmir.
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A Kollam Court sentences 13 persons to lifer in the Kalluvathukkal-Pallikal-Pallipuram hooch tragedy which claimed 31 lives.
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A Delhi Court convicts 14 persons in the 1985 Coomar Narain spy case that rattled the Rajiv Gandhi Government.
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Jul 18
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Yogesh T. Maneklal, the main accused in the Coomar Narain spy case gets 14 years RI and 12 others 10 years RI.
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Jul 19
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The Gujarat Assembly is dissolved and the Governor accepts the Chief Minister, Narendra Modis resignation.
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Jul 24
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Uphold tradition of tolerance, says the President, K.R. Narayanan in his farewell address and cautions citizens against the poison of communalism.
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Jul 25
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A.P.J. Abdul Kalam is sworn in the 12th President and pledges unflinching commitment to secularism.
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The former Maharashtra Governor, P.C. Alexander is elected to the Rajya Sabha with a massive majority.
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The Delhi High Court suspends sentence against Sukh Ram in the telecom scam and grants him bail.
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Jul 26
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Lagaan wins eight national awards, Kannada film Dweepa bags the Swarna Kamal and Murali, Shobana and Tabu get the best actors and actresses award at the 49th National Film Awards.
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Jul 27
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The Vice-President, Krishan Kant (75) dies of a massive heart attack at his home, in New Delhi.
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Jul 28
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Kashmir is on international agenda and India should allow outsiders to monitor polls, says the visiting U.S. Secretary of State, Colin Powell, in New Delhi.
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Jul 31
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The Finance Minister, Jaswant Singh, announces a new ann antyodaya scheme to reach food for the poorest of the poor in rural areas and a new tax-free savings avenue.
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Mukesh Ambani, is elected Chairman and Managing Director of the Reliance Industries Limited.
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