Events in November 2004
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Nov. 1
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Vilasrao Deshmukh is sworn in Maharashtra Chief Minister. The NCP's R.R. Patil is the Deputy Chief Minister. |
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Writers are the nation's "conscience-keepers", says the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh at the inaugural of the Sahitya Akademi Golden Jubilee fete, in New Delhi. |
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Nov. 2
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Senior Congress leader Buta Singh is appointed Bihar Governor and Pratibha Patil Governor of Rajasthan. |
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Nov. 3
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The VSNL signs a Rs. 500-crore-pact with Cisco Systems for deployment of India's largest broadband Metro Ethernet solution for Tata Indicom Broadband Services, in Mumbai. |
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The naval version of Brahmos supersonic cruise missile in successfully test-fired off the Orissa coast. |
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The key witness in the Gujarat Best Bakery case, Zahira Sheikh, retracts her statements before a Mumbai court, in Vadodara. |
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Surjit Singh Barnala is sworn in Tamil Nadu Governor. |
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The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs clears setting up of a Board for Reconstruction of Public Sector Enterprises. |
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Nov. 4
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Sushil Kumar Shinde is sworn in Andhra Pradesh Governor. |
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Nov. 5
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A Governor can sanction Minister's prosecution in prevention of corruption cases without the "aid and advice" of the Council of Ministers, says the Supreme Court. |
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Nov. 6
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The NCP leader, Babasaheb Kupekar is elected Maharashtra Assembly Speaker. |
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India and Sri Lanka agree to set up a Joint Working Group during the Sri Lankan President, Chandrika Kumaratunga's New Delhi visit. |
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Nov. 8
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The former Army Chief, Gen. S. F. Rodigues is appointed Punjab Governor. |
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Nov. 10
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The BJP suspends the former M.P. Chief Minister Uma Bharti from the party's primary membership. |
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"The days of development financial institutions seem to be over. The current fashion is the Universal Bank," says the President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam spelling out a six-point mission at "BANCON", the bankers' meet, in New Delhi. |
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Nov. 11
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The Kanchi Sankaracharya, Sri Jayendra Saraswathi is arrested in Mahbubnagar in Andhra Pradesh on charges of "abetting the murder" of Sankararaman, manager of Varadarajaperumal temple in Kancheepuram on September 3. |
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Nov. 17
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"The time has come to put forward a new blueprint, a fresh vision for Kashmir and for the Kashmiri people, free from the fear of war, want and exploitation," says the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, in Srinagar. Promises a Rs. 24,000-crore revival package. |
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The Madras High Court Chief Justice, B. Subhashan Reddy is transferred and posted as the Kerala High Court Chief Justice. |
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Nov. 18
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Salim Zarda, the Godhra carnage mastermind is arrested on the outskirts of Godhra, Gujarat. |
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Bridging the disparities between and within nations is an essential step "we have to take to strengthen the fabric of democracy," says the Lok Sabha Speaker, Somnath Chatterjee inaugurating the first India and Asia Regions Commonwealth Association Conference, in Hyderabad. |
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Nov. 19
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Thai Princess, Maha Chakris wins the Rs. 25-lakh Indira Gandhi Award for 2004 for peace, development and disarmament. |
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Nov. 20
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Blueprint under way for developing Assam, the "Gateway of India to the East", says the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh in Dispur. |
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Nov. 22
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Onkar Kanwar is elected FICCI president. |
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Nov. 23
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"I wish to have sustainable peace in South Asia and also to promote objectives of the SAARC, says the visiting Pakistan Prime Minister, Shaukat Aziz, in New Delhi. |
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The Kanchi Sankaracharya, Sri Jayendra Saraswathi is arrested in the case of attack on a couple in Chennai on Sept. 20, 2002. |
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Nov. 24
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New Delhi says it is not looking at "territorial solutions" to the J&K issue after talks between Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart, Shaukat Aziz. |
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The Union Cabinet decides to grant constitutional status to the National Commission for Minorities. |
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The Centre extends the term of the Godhra probe panel up to March 4, 2005. Headed by the former apex court judge, U.C. Banerjee, it is probing the fire abroad the Sabarmati Express in Feb. 2002 that killed 58 persons. |
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Nov. 25
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The Congress Jananayaga Peravai floated by the Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram merges with the Congress. |
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Quality is like integrity and therefore non-negotiable, says the Wipro Chairman, Azim Premji in his inaugural address at the CII's 12th Annual quality summit, in Bangalore. |
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Nov. 26
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The judicial custody for the Kanchi Acharya in the Sankararaman murder case is extended till Dec. 10. |
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Former Delhi High Court judge M.S.A. Siddiqui is appointed head of the three-member National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions. |
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Nov. 27
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The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader, Shibu Soren is reinducted into the Union Cabinet and gets back the Coal Ministry. The Labour and Employment portfolio goes to K. Chandrasekhara Rao, Telengana Rashtra Samiti chief and the incumbent Sis Ram Ola is given the Mines Ministry. |
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S.M. Krishna, former Karnataka Chief Minister is appointed Maharashtra Governor. |
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Lt. Gen. Joginder Jaswant Singh is named the new Army Chief. |
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Nov. 28
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The first home-built Sukhoi-30 MKI multi-role fighter aircraft is handed over to the IAF at a function in Nasik, Maharashtra. |
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Justice Markandey Katju is sworn in Madras High Court Chief Justice. |
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Nov. 29
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The International Film Festival of India gets off to a colourful start in the Goa capital Panaji. |
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Nov. 30
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The surface-to-air missile, 'Akash' is test-fired with live warhead in Orissa. |
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Wajahat Habibullah is named New Panchayati Raj Secretary. |
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Tamil Nadu's 2005-06 annual plan is fixed at Rs. 9,100 crores. |
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