National Events in December 2002

Dec 2 The Supreme Court stays trial against the three Hinduja brothers in the Rs. 64-crore Bofors payoffs case. Full Story
Malaysian court rejects India's plea to extradite Italian businessman, Ottavio Quattrocchi. Full Story
Parliament passes the SEBI Bill giving more teeth to the Board to punish market offenders. Full Story
Dec 4 The visiting Russian President, Vladimir Putin and the Prime Minister, A. B. Vajpayee sign a "Delhi Declaration" to enhance strategic cooperation. Full Story
Dec 8 The former Karnataka Minister, H. Nagappa (66), is found dead in Chengadi forest, Kamagere in Kollegal taluk after being held captive for 106 days by the forest brigand Veerappan. Full Story
Dec 9 The Government announces divestment of HPCL, BPCL. Full Story
Dec 10 Parliament gives its nod for the Cable TV Bill.
Dec 11 Biological Diversity Bill gets approval of Parliament. Full Story
Dec 12 Lok Sabha nod for Bill amending The Representation of the People Act. Full Story
Dec 13 Producer-director of some of Bollywood's biggest successes, Yash Chopra, selected for the 2001 Dada Saheb Phalke Award. Full Story
The cricket Bible Wisden has rated Sachin Tendulkar as the second greatest Test batsman ever, behind the legendary Sir Don Bradman of Australia. Full Story
Dec 14 Chief Justice of India, G. B. Pattanaik, exonerates Justice M L Singhal of charges of "misuse of official position" to get jobs in the Punjab Public Service Commission. Full Story
SPIC Chairman, A.C. Muthiah takes over as FICCI president. Full Story
Parliament gives nod for Freedom of Information Bill. Full Story
Dec 15 BJP scores a resounding victory in the Gujarat Assembly elections with a record haul of 126 seats in the 182-member House, totally crushing the Congress challenge. Full Story
Dec 16 Caretaker Gujarat Chief Minister, Narendra Modi, who led the BJP to an impressive victory in the Assembly elections, was today unanimously elected leader of the legislature party. Full Story
Dec 17 Supreme Court holds that "lawyers have no right to go on strike or give a call for boycott, not even on a token strike". Full Story
Dec 18 Special POTA court sentences to death S.A.R. Geelani, Shaukat Hussain Guru, and Mohammed Afzal for the December 13 attack on Parliament. Full Story
Dec 19 The JPC probing stock market scam clears the then Union Finance Minister, Yashwant Sinha, but indicts the Ministry for the UTI fiasco, points to nexus between stockbroker, Ketan Parekh, banks and corporate houses. Full Story
Justice Visheshwar Nath Khare, senior-most judge of the Supreme Court, sworn in as 33rd Chief Justice of India succeeding Justice G.B. Pattanaik who retired after a brief tenure of 41 days. Khare has a 16-month tenure. Full Story
Dec 20 Strongly indicting the Central Government, the Supreme Court quashes the omnibus notification issued by it on August 9 cancelling all the 3,760 allotments (except 413 cases) of petrol pumps, gas and kerosene dealerships made after January 2000. Full Story
The one-and-a-half month-old coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir suffers a setback when militants shoot dead the People's Democratic Party Member of the Legislative Assembly, Abdul Aziz Mir, in Pampore town of south Kashmir. Full Story
Dec 21 The National Development Council approves Tenth Five-Year Plan (2002-2007), envisaging eight per cent growth per annum during each of the five years, and creation of an additional 50 million jobs. Full Story
In a major train accident in Andhra Pradesh in recent years, 20 persons were killed and 80 injured when nine coaches of the Bangalore-bound Kacheguda-Bangalore Express derailed near Pagidirai village in Kurnool district. Full Story
Dec 22 Militants kill three children at a village in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir. Full Story
Jammu and Kashmir Government releases senior leader of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference and general secretary of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front, Bashir Ahmed Bhat. Full Story
Dec 23 Delhi court acquits former Congress MP from Outer Delhi, Sajjan Kumar, and a former Congress MLA, Jaikishan, in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. Full Story
Dec 24 The 8.3-km Shahdara-Tis Hazari Metro corridor of the Delhi Metro Railway inaugurated. Full Story
Dec 26 India, US sign agreement whereby neither country will surrender persons of the other country to any international tribunal without the other country's express consent. Full Story
Dec 27 Centre announces it would soon hold a dialogue with the "elected representatives and others" to resolve the crisis in Jammu and Kashmir. Full Story
Vijay Kelkar modifies some tax proposals to provide additional relief to senior citizens and widows while encouraging long-term savings. Full Story
Dec 28 Ratan Tata, who turned 65, gives up his executive posts in the Tata empire. He will become the non-executive Chairman. Full Story
Dec 31 Economic growth to be better this fiscal year. Full Story
New Army Chief takes over. Full Story
Events 2002