Events in December 2006
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Dec. 1
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The Punjab and Haryana High Court convicts BJP MP and former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu of causing the death of Gurnam Singh on Dec 27,1988 over a parking row in Patiala. He submits resignation letter to the Lok Sabha Speaker. |
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Dec. 2
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At least 37 persons are killed as a road overbridge collapses on the Howrah-Jamalpur Express near Bhagalpur station in Bihar. |
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Dec. 3
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Chinese Director Hasi Chaolu’s The Old Barber wins the Best Film Award and Golden Peacock at the 37th IFFI in Goa. A Short Life bags the Silver Peacock and Bangladesh director Abu Sayeed’s Nirontor gets the Special Jurry Award. |
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Dec. 4
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One hundred of the 123 accused in the 1993 Mumbai polls are convicted on various counts and the Judge P.D. Kode concludes delivery of verdict begun on September 12. |
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The West Bengal Assembly passes the Calcutta Hackney Carriage (Amendment) Bill, 2006 abolishing the hand-pulled rickshaw. |
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Byelections to 11 Assembly seats and two Lok Sabha constituencies are held. |
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Dec. 5
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A Delhi court awards life imprisonment to former Union Minister, Shibu Soren for the 1994 murder of his private secretary Shashinath Jha. |
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The Assembly passes the Tamil Nadu Value Added Tax Act, 2006. |
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The Supreme Court holds unconstitutional the controversial Foreigners (Tribunals for Assam) order, 2006. |
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The Lok Sabha passes Bill renaming Uttaranchal as Uttarakhand. |
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The Sensex crosses the 14000-mark. |
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Dec. 6
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No prior sanction needed for prosecuting a public servant in corruption cases, rules the Supreme Court. |
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A Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court awards a three year jail term for Navjot Singh Sidhu. |
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The Tamil Nadu Government abolishes Common Entrance Test for admission to professional colleges. |
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Dec. 7
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The Telangana Rashtra Samiti chief K. Chandra Sekhar Rao wins the Karimnagar Lok Sabha byelection by over 2 lakh votes. The Congress bags five Assembly seats and the Bobbili Lok Sabha constituency. |
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Decks are cleared for renaming Uttaranchal as Uttarakhand with the Rajya Sabha passing a Bill. |
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Dec. 11
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The hunger strike by the Trinamool Congress Chief against the alleged forcible acquisition of farmland for an automobile project in Singur of West Bengal’s Hooghly district enters the eighth day. |
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Dec. 12
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Parliament nod for Bill to accord central university status to the Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages, Hyderabad. |
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Dec. 13
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Family members of security personnel killed in the December 13, 2001 attack on Parliament return medals to the President demanding execution of the death penalty to Mohammed Afzal. |
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Dec. 14
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The strike called by the Left backed trade unions against the Government’s “anti-people” policies throws life out of gear in West Bengal, Kerala and Tripura. |
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The Lok Sabha passes bill to extend 27 per cent quota for OBCs in Central higher educational institutions. |
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The Rajya Sabha passes the Prevention of Child Marriage Bill, 2004. |
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Dec. 15
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The Lok Sabha passes the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest (Dwellers) (Recognition of Forest rights) Bill, 2005. |
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The Assam Assembly passes resolution to effect a change in the name of the State to Asom. |
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Dec. 18
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The Special CBI Court in Patna acquits Railway Minister, Lalu Prasad and his wife and former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi in the disproportionate assets case, an offshoot of the fodder scam. |
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Parliament nod for Quota Bill, Forest Bill. |
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Dec. 20
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The Delhi High Court sentences Siddharth Vashishtha alias Manu Sharma to life in the Jessica Lal murder case. |
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Dec. 21
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The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs clears the Government’s proposal to exit from Maruti Udyog Limited. |
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The indefinite hunger strike by the Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee enters its 18th day. |
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Dec. 22
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The President clears the appointment of K.G. Balakrishnan as the 37th Chief Justice of India with effect from January 14, 2007. |
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The RBI allows FDI and Foreign Institutional Investment (FII) in stock exchanges and depositories upto 49 per cent. |
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Dec. 23
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The BJP president Rajnath Singh begins a three-year tenure at the party’s national council session in Lucknow. |
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Dec. 24
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Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee continues fast for the 21st day turning down a written request from the Prime Minister to call it off. |
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Lt. Gen. Deepak Kapoor is appointed next Vice Chief of Army Staff. |
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Dec. 25
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The Janata Dal (Secular) national executive revokes the suspension of the Karnataka Chief Minister, H. D. Kumaraswamy and 39 other MLAs from primary membership. |
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Dec. 27
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The Prime Minister Manmohan Singh orders medicare for the fasting Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee. |
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Baljeet Singh Lalli is selected Prasar Bharati CEO. |
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Dec. 28
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The Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee calls off her hunger strike. |
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Dec. 29
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Skeletons of children are recovered from a dry gutter in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. |
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