Events in November 2007
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Nov. 2
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Ashish Dey (50), the co-owner of a leading shoe company is gunned down by motorcycle-borne assailants in Sakchin area of Jamshedpur. |
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India’s Ambassador to the U.S. Ronen Sen offers an unconditional apology to the Rajya Sabha Privileges Committee for his “headless chickens” comment related to the nuclear deal. He appeared before the Lok Sabha Privileges Committee on October 29. |
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Nov. 5
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The Tamil Nadu Government decides to develop a land bank of 10,000 acres to provide space for industrial parks. |
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Narrow political considerations can distort national vision, says the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, delivering the inaugural address at the 4th International Conference on Federalism in New Delhi. |
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Nov. 6
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Four persons are killed in a landmine blast in Nandigram in West Bengal. |
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The first India-Africa Hydrocarbons Conference opens in New Delhi. |
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Nov. 7
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After a 27-hour surgery Lakshmi Tatma (2), the “eight-limbed” girl from Araria village in Bihar is separated from her parasitic twin by a 36-member team of doctors at a Bangalore hospital. |
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The visiting Swiss President Micheline Calmy-Rey holds talks with President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi. |
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The Tamil Nadu Cabinet approves the Rs. 9,757-crore 46.5 km metro rail project in Chennai. |
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Nov. 8
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President’s rule is revoked in Karnataka. |
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The Planning Commission approves the draft Eleventh Five Year Plan, which projects a nine per cent economic growth. |
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Nov. 12
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The BJP leader Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yeddyurappa is sworn in Karnataka Chief Minister. |
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Samir K. Brahmachari takes over as CSIR Director-General. |
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Normal life is affected in Kolkata due to a strike in protest against the recent Nandigram incidents. |
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Nov. 14
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The former Finance Secretary Vijay L. Kelkar is named chairman of the 13th Finance Commission. |
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Sensex registers its biggest one-day gain of 893.58 points to settle at 19929.06. |
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Sixty per cent polling is recorded in the three tribal Assembly constituencies of Himachal Pradesh. |
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Nov. 15
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The Justice K. N. Saikia Commission report indicts the former Assam Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta for the “extra-constitutional killings” of family members of ULFA cadre during 1998-2001. |
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The ISRO successfully tests the indigenously developed cryogenic stage at Mahendranigiri in Tamil Nadu. |
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Nov. 16
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The UPA-Left Committee on the India-U.S. Civil Nuclear Cooperation gives its nod for the Government to hold talks with the IAEA. |
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Nov. 19
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The Karnataka Chief Minister, B. S. Yeddyurappa, resigns rather than face trust vote in the Assembly following coalition partner Janata Dal (S)’s decision to vote against the motion. |
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The President, Pratibha Patil, presents the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development to Nobel laureate Wangari M. Maathai in New Delhi. |
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The Prime Minister Manmohan Singh launches the Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme in New Delhi. |
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Nov. 20
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Sushil and Gopal Ansal owners of the Uphaar Cinema in Green Park, New Delhi, and 10 others are held guilty by a sessions court for the June 13, 1997 fire mishap that killed 59 people. |
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President’s rule is imposed in Karnataka for the second time in over a month. |
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Nov. 21
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The Army moves into Kolkata to quell disturbances by demonstrators seeking cancellation of visa for the Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen. Curfew imposed in some areas. |
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Indian stock markets dip by 678 points ending the day at 18602.62. |
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Nov. 22
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Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen arrives in Jaipur, Rajasthan after having been escorted out of Kolkata by police. |
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The Lok Sabha Privileges Committee says the Ronan Sen issue over the “headless chickens” remarks be treated as closed following the envoy’s apologies. |
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Nov. 23
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At least 13 persons, including four lawyers are killed in simultaneous serial blasts in Lucknow, Faizabad and Varanasi courts in Uttar Pradesh. |
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Sushil Ansal and Gopal Ansal owners of Uphaar cinema are sentenced to two years RI for the 1997 fire tragedy. |
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Taslima Nasreen is shifted to New Delhi. |
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Ariyalur becomes the 31st district of Tamil Nadu after being carved out of Perambalur. |
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Nov. 24
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One person is killed and 260 injured as violence breaks out during a rally in Guwahati by the All Adivasi Students Association of Assam demanding ST status for adivasis. |
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Nov. 25
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Two persons are killed and 18 injured in four blasts in Assam. |
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The Kerala Law Commission headed by the former Supreme Court judge V. R. Krishna Iyer, becomes functional. |
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Nov. 26
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One person is killed as sporadic violence mars the All-Adivasi Students’ Association of Assam-sponsored 36-hour Statewide bandh to protest attack on adivasis. |
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The Rajya Sabha Privileges Committee accepts Ronen Sen’s apology for his “headless chickens” remark. |
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Parliament approves imposition of President’s Rule in Karnataka. |
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Nov. 27
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The Supreme Court grants bail to actor Sanjay Dutt and 16 others sentenced to imprisonment by the Mumbai TADA court. |
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Nov. 28
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Lok Sabha debates the India-United States civilian nuclear deal but fails to produce a “broad National consensus”. |
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Karnataka Assembly is dissolved. |
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Nov. 29
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Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt returns home after being freed on bail from Pune’s Yerawada jail. |
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Nov. 30
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The Centre removes P. Venugopal as AIIMS Director. |
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