Events in December 2004
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Dec. 2
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The Government introduces in the Lok Sabha the Prevention of Terrorism (Repeal) Bill, 2004 seeking POTA repeal. |
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Dec. 3
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India and Russia sign a joint declaration on bilateral ties, besides nine agreements, including one on Indian use of the Russian global satellite navigation system (Glonass). Direct banking ties also agreed upon. President Putin backs India's candidature for U.N. Security Council permanent seat. |
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Gopalkrishna Gandhi is appointed West Bengal Governor. |
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Babri Masjid demolition "an act of God", says the former U.P. Chief Minister, Kalyan Singh deposing for the first time in 12 years before the Liberhan panel. |
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The Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh sets up the Board for Reconstruction of Central Public Sector Enterprises. |
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Dec. 4
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Russia for India entering the U.N. Security Council with veto power, says the President, Vladimir Putin, in New Delhi. |
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Dec. 5
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The Government names industrialist, Ratan Tata to head the Investment Commission, with Deepak Parekh and Asoke Ganguly being the other two members. |
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Dec. 6
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The Lok Sabha passes a bill repealing POTA. |
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Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna (72), former Karnataka Chief Minister is sworn in Maharashtra Governor. |
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The NDTV president, Prannoy Roy is presented with the Award for Excellence in Journalism by the President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam for the channel's stories on the stamp paper scam, in New Delhi. |
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Dec. 7
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The Government will make a "sincere effort to find a honourable way out" to the over five-decade-old Naga problem, says the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh after talks with the NSCN (IM) leaders, Isak Chishi Swu and Thuingaleng Muivah, in New Delhi. |
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Dec. 8
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Senior BJP leader and former MP, Sunil Shastri quits party. |
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Anil Ambani queers pitch in Reliance empire tussle by questioning elder brother Mukesh's claims on ownership issue. |
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Dec. 9
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Parliament passes Prevention of Terrorism (Repeal) Bill and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill that replaces POTA. |
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Iran's 'Beautiful city' by Asghar Farhadi sweeps awards at the 35th edition of the IFFI in Panaji, Goa. |
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Dec. 11
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Legendary Carnatic musician, Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi (88) dies in a Chennai hospital. A Bharat Ratna awardee (1998), the other honours to adorn her, include the Padma Bhushan (1954), Padma Vibhushan (1975), Kalidas Samman (1988) and the Ramon Magsaysay award (1974). |
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Dec. 12
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M.S. Subbulakshmi is cremated with full State honours. The President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam leads the nation in paying homage. |
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Dec. 14
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Thirtyeight persons are killed and over 200 injured as two trains collide near Mukerian town of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab. |
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Gopalkrishna Gandhi takes over as West Bengal Governor. |
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The Government appoints Ratan Tata as Chairman of the Investment Commission. |
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Two satellite channels to telecast live Parliament proceedings are launched. |
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Dec. 15
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Green signal for Bill to amend Hindu Succession Act giving equal property rights to daughters. |
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India and the U.S. sign an agreement to prevent customs offences. |
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The Union Cabinet approves the draft National Rural Employment Guarantee Bill, the draft Right to Information Bill, 2004. |
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THE HINDU Group of Publications launches an online image library, www.thehinduimages.com in Chennai. |
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For the first time in the history of the BSE, the Sensex breaches the 6,400 mark. |
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Dec. 16
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The Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, launches DD Direct Plus, the country's only free-to-air direct-to-home (DTH) service, with 33 television and 12 radio channels. |
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Dec. 17
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The Peruvian Film Dias De Santiago (Days of Santiago), directed by Josue Mendez wins the Golden Crow Pheasant Award for the best feature film at the Ninth International Film Festival of Kerala in Thiruvananthapuram. |
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The Supreme Court declines to grant interim bail to the Kanchi Sankaracharya arrested on November 11 in the 'Sankararaman murder case'. |
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Dec. 18
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Twenty Three-year-old twins, Namrita Kaur and Suprita Kaur, create history in the annals of the IAF on being commissioned as Flying Officers at the Air Force Academy near Hyderabad. |
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The CEO of Baazee.com, Avnish Bajaj, is remanded to judicial custody in connection with the multimedia messaging scandal involving two school students in New Delhi. |
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Dec. 19
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Appu alias Krishnaswamy, prime accused in the Sankararaman murder case, is 'arrested' at his farmhouse in Balakrishnapuram in Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh. |
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M. Damodaran quits as Chairman and Managing Director of UTI Mutual Fund and administrator of UTI-I. |
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Dec. 20
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As India "looked east", Malaysia is "looking west" at India and West Asia, says the visiting Malaysian Prime Minister, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, in New Delhi and suggests a trade pact after talks with Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh. |
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Dec. 21
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At least 25 persons are killed after the bus carrying them falls into a gorge near Ghansali in Uttaranchal. |
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The Delhi High Court grants bail to Baazee.com CEO Avnish Bajaj. |
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Dec. 22
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English author Upamanyu Chatterjee, Malayalam short story writer Paul Zachariah, Tamil and Hindi poets, Tamizhanban and Viren Dangwal, are among 22 winners of the Sahitya Akademi Awards for 2004. |
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Dec. 23
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The former Prime Minister, Pamulaparti Venkata Narasimha Rao (83), passes away at the AIIMS, New Delhi following a cardiac arrest. |
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Mukesh Ambani goes on the offensive against brother Anil by giving up Rs. 50-crore shares acquired as sweat equity from Reliance Infocomm (RIC). |
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Ailing Communist stalwart and former Tripura Chief Minister, Nripen Chakraborty, is back in the CPI(M).He was expelled from CPI(M) Polit Bureau for six years in 1995. |
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Dec. 24
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The BJP president, L.K. Advani, revokes the former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Uma Bharti's suspension from the party. |
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Dec. 25
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The former Prime Minister, P.V. Narasimha Rao's mortal remains are consigned to flames with full military honours on the banks of the Hussainsagar Lake in Hyderabad. |
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The All India Muslim Personal Law Board executive committee approves the draft model 'Nikahnama' containing guidelines for married couples. |
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Dec. 26
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Over 15,000 people are killed, 10,000 in Andamans alone, and 7,397 in Tamil Nadu,as huge seismic waves (tsunami), triggered by a massive undersea earthquake off Sumatra in Indonesia lash many coastal regions of India. |
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The junior Sankaracharya of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam, Sri Vijayendra Saraswathi, is questioned by the police in connection with the Sankararaman murder case. |
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Ravi Subramanian, the prime accused in the Sankararaman murder case, is arrested in Guruvayur. |
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Dec. 28
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Onkar S. Kanwar, CMD, Apollo Tyres, takes over as the FICCI president. |
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Dec. 29
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The Government permits domestic private airlines to fly overseas except for the Gulf region. |
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C. Rangarajan is appointed Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister with the Cabinet rank. |
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Dec. 30
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Raghu, younger brother of the junior Sankaracharya of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam, Vijayendra Saraswathi, is arrested in connection with the Sankararaman murder case. |
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Dec. 31
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S.P. Tyagi takes over as the Chief Of Air Staff from S. Krishnaswamy. |
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The former Tamil Nadu Law Minister, Aladi Aruna, is murdered by a three-member gang in Alangulam, Tirunelveli district. |
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