Events in December 2007
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Dec. 2
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The former Haryana Chief Minister, Bhajan Lal, quits the Congress Party, and floats "Haryana Janhit Congress" at a rally in Rohtak. |
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Parliament approves the Sahastra Seema Bal Bill 2007, giving armed forces status to the Central force. |
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Dec. 3
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The Supreme Court stays the execution of the death sentence awarded to the Lashkar-e-Taiba militant Mohammad Afshaq for the attack on the Red Fort on December 22, 2000. |
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The Rajya Sabha gives its nod to the Indira Gandhi National Tribal University Bill 2007. |
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Swami Atmasthananda is elected president of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission in Kolkata. |
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Dec. 6
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India successfully test-fires a hypersonic Advanced Air Defence interceptor missile from Wheeler Island, off the Orissa coast. |
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The Madras High Court confirms death sentence on three AIADMK members for the Dharmapuri bus burning incident on February 2, 2000 which led to the death of three TNAU students. |
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The Central Government scraps a tender to import helicopters worth Rs. 17,000 crore as Eurocopter vitiates the selection process. |
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Parliament nod for Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Bill, 2007. |
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Dec. 8
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The former Gujarat Chief Minister, Suresh Mehta, quits the BJP. |
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The Cambodian Prime Minster, Hun Sen, arrives in New Delhi on a four-day state visit. |
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Dec. 9
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India and Cambodia ink six agreements, including one on intensive ties between their state-owned oil majors. |
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Dec. 11
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Sixty per cent polling is recorded in the first phase of the Gujarat Assembly elections. |
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Abhishek Tyagi (14), a private school student of Gurgaon is shot dead by two of his classmates. |
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Sensex scales new peak closing above the 20000 mark. The NSE Nifty crosses the 6000 mark. |
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Dec. 13
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Five passengers of the Dibrugarh-Guwahati-Delhi Rajdhani Express are killed in a blast near the Chungajan railway station in Upper Assam’s Golaghat district. |
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Dec. 14
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Sixteen persons are killed after a minibus rams the speeding Sutlej Express train at a manned railway crossing at Nuchur Chak village in Moga distrct, Punjab. |
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Nellore district is to be named after Potti Sreeramulu. |
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Dec. 15
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The first India-Russia-China trilateral business conference is held in New Delhi. |
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Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited is renamed Tata Communications Limited. |
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Dec. 16
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Sixtyfour per cent polling is recorded in the second and final phase of Gujarat Assembly elections. |
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Over 299 inmates of the Dantewada jail in Chhattisgarh escape after overpowering the guards. |
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Dec. 17
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A Mumbai sessions court convicts Praveen Mahajan of killing his elder brother and BJP leader Pramod Mahajan. |
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Vinod Rai to be the new Comptroller and Auditor General of India. |
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Sensex plunges by 769.48 points, being the second highest single day fall. |
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Nifty records its biggest-ever single day fall with a loss of 270.70 points. |
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The Jas Raj Chopra Committee, which looked into Gujjars’ demand for inclusion in the Scheduled Tribes category, submits report to the Rajasthan Chief Minister, Vasundhara Raje. |
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A top Maoist leader Malla Raji Reddy alias Sattenna is arrested in Kerala’s Ernakulam district. |
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Dec. 18
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Praveen Mahajan is sentenced to life imprisonment for the Pramod Mahajan killing. |
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The trial in the July 11, 2005 Mumbai serial train blasts that claimed 187 lives begins at a special court. |
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A Delhi court rejects the CBI’s closure report in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler. |
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Dec. 19
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The National Development Council endorses the Eleventh Plan document. |
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In a mega merger, private carriers Deccan and Kingfisher Airlines decide to create a single entity. |
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Sixtyseven per cent polling is recorded in the second phase of Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections. |
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Dec. 23
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The BJP sweeps the Gujarat Assembly polls. |
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Dec. 24
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The Union Cabinet gives nod to amend the Indian Trusts Act. |
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Dec. 25
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Narendra Modi is sworn in Gujarat Chief Minister for the third time in a row. |
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Dec. 27
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Three persons are killed in police firing in Orissa’s communal violence-hit Kandhamal district. |
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Dec. 28
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The BJP wins the Himachal Pradesh Assembly polls. |
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Dec. 30
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Prem Kumar Dhumal is sworn in Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister. |
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The former Kerala Chief Minister, K.Karunakaran, is back in the Congress. |
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The Trinamool Congress leader Mamta Banerjee launches Progressive Secular Democratic Front comprising 16 parties, in Kolkata. |
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