Events in February 2005
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Feb. 2
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The Goa Governor, S. C. Jamir dismisses the 32-month-old Manohar Parrikar-led BJP coalition Government just a few minutes after its winning the trust vote in the Assembly. |
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Senior Congressman, Pratapsingh Rane is sworn in Chief Minister. |
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Bengali filmmaker, Mrinal Sen, is presented with the Dada Saheb Phalke Award by the President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, at the 51st National Film Awards ceremony at the Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi. Tamil actor Vikram gets the best actor award for his role in “Pithamagan” and Meera Jasmine bags the best actress award for the Malayalam film, “Padam Onnu Oru Vilapam”. |
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The Union Cabinet gives its nod for hiking FDI in the telecom sector to 74 per cent. National electricity policy gets green signal and tax pact among SAARC nations okayed. |
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The Government accepts the 12th Finance Commission recommendations in toto as an “award”. |
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Feb. 3
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Thirteen persons are killed in violence as in the first phase of the Assembly polls in Bihar and Jharkhand. One-day polling for all the 90 seats in Haryana. |
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Fifty two persons are killed as a local train rams a tractor-trolley at an unmanned level crossing 30 km from Nagpur. |
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The Centre and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak Muivah) resume peace talks, in New Delhi. |
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Feb. 4
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The Delhi High Court stays the trial in the 15-year-old Bofors gun deal case. |
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The Kerala Finance Minister, Vakkom Purushothaman, presents a Rs. 21,764.91 crore State Budget for 2005-06. |
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The President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, presents the first-ever Lakshmipat Singhania — IIML National Leadership Awards 2004 to the CSIR Director General, R.A. Mashelkar; Founder, Self-Employed Women’s Association, Ela Bhatt; and the Chairman of the Tata Group, R.N. Tata, in New Delhi. |
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Feb. 5
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S. K. Srivatsav, former Director-General of the India Meteorological Department is arrested by the CBI for alleged criminal misconduct and for possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. |
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The All India Shia Muslim Women Personal Law Board is floated in Lucknow. |
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Feb. 6
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Thirtytwo persons are killed as a bus falls into a 300-ft. gorge at Barman in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district. |
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A top naxalite leader and historian, Saketh Rajan, is killed in an encounter in Karnataka’s Chikmagalur district. |
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Feb. 7
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India begins phase-I of the first-ever human clinical trial of the AIDS vaccine tgAACo9 (RAAV — recombinant adeno-associated viral vector) at the National AIDS Research Institute, Pune. |
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Feb. 8
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Syed Abdullah Rehman Geelani, the Delhi university lecturer acquitted in the December 21, 2001 Parliament attack case is shot at and injured near Basant Enclave, in New Delhi. |
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Feb. 9
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Girija Vyas, is named the National Commission for Women Chairperson. |
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G. T. Nanavati, who headed the panel brobing the 1984 anti-sikh riots submits report to the Union Home Minister, Shivraj Patil. |
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The Kerala Forest Minister, K. P. Viswanathan, quits Cabinet following High Court remarks that he had links with sandalwood mafia. |
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The Kerala Cabinet lifts ban on State lotteries. |
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Militants gun down a senior National Conference activist, Mohammad Shah Khakhsar (75) and newly elected corporator from Ikhrakpora locality. |
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Feb. 10
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The Madras High Court grants conditional bail to the junior Sankaracharya, Vijayendra Saraswathi, in the Sankararaman murder case. |
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India along with China can well drive the global economy “if we keep our economy open and continue on the same path of liberalisation chosen in 1991”, says the Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram, at the inaugural of the Platinum jubilee annual meeting of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), India, in New Delhi. |
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Feb. 11
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The Supreme Court declares 112 private universities in Chhattisgarh illegal. |
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The Madras High Court terms the freezing of the Kanchi Sankara Mutt’s bank accounts illegal. |
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Feb. 14
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The Sensex hits a historic peak of 6719.20 during early deals at the Bombay Stock Exchange. |
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Feb. 15
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Over fifty per cent voting is recorded in the second phase of polls in Bihar and 55-60 per cent turnout in Jharkhand. |
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India and Italy sign eight MoUs. |
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Feb. 16
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The Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, launches two major projects — the International Container Transhipment Terminal and the second stage of the NTPC’s Kayankulam Thermal Power Station at functions in Kochi and Kayankulam in Alappuzha district. |
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Girija Vyas takes over as the National Commission for Women Chairperson. |
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Feb. 17
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The IDBI Chairman and Managing Director, M. Damodaran, is appointed Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India. |
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The Union Cabinet announces a Rs. 821.88-crore package for the tusnami-hit Andaman and Nicobar islands. |
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Feb. 18
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The Andhra Pradesh Finance Minister, K. Rosaiah presents a tax-fre Rs. 55,331 crore budget for 2005-06. |
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India and the U.K. sign an agreement on the transfer of sentenced persons. |
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Feb. 19
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G. Madhavan Nair, ISRO chairman, is selected for the Dr. Nayudamma Memorial Award for 2004. |
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Feb. 20
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More than 100 people, including 26 children and 18 women are killed in avalanches that sweep across a number of villages in the south Kashmir district of Anantnag. |
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Feb. 23
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An estimated 52 per cent of the electorate cast their votes in the final phase of polling for 93 Assembly seats in Bihar and 28 seats in Jharkhand. |
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Feb. 24
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The Government allows 100 per cent Foreign Direct Investment in the construction industry through the automatic route. |
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The Union Cabinet extends by three months the term of the U.C. Banerjee Committee probing the Godhra train fire. |
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Sashi Kumar's debut Hindi feature film, Kaya Taran (Chrysalis) has won the Aravindan Puraskaram for 2004. |
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Indian Airlines to fly to Kabul, Afghanistan capital from Delhi from March 27 following an accord on civil aviation after talks between the visitng President, Hamid Karzai, and Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, in New Delhi. |
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Feb. 25
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Israel’s Simha Bakher is crowned Mrs. World 2005 at Amby Valley near Mumbai. |
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Feb. 26
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The Railway Minister, Lalu Prasad, presents a Rs. 15,349-crore populist budget sparing fares and freight. Proposals, include 46 new trains and booking of tickets online from landline phones. |
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Feb. 27
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The Congress sweeps to power in Haryana winning absolute majority. In Bihar a hung Assembly is the outcome and the Jharkhand verdict leaves the major contenders in a win win situation. |
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Dr. Muralidhar Devidas “Baba” Amte is conferred with the Paulos Mar Gregarios Award 2005. |
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Feb. 28
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The Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram, presents the budget for 2005-06 the highlights being nil tax for income up to Rs. 1 lakh, no rebate under section 88 and abolition of section 80 L. Allocation for defence is raised to Rs. 83,000 crores. |
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The Goa Speaker, Vishwas Satarkar, and the Deputy Speaker, Narahari Haldankar, resign before the Chief Minister, Pratapsingh Rane could move his motion of vote of confidence. |
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