Monday, August 13, 2007

Current Evens In India

August 11, 2007: India celebrates 103 years of the patriotic song Sare Jahan Se Achcha
August 6, 2007 : 50 feared dead when a boat carrying 130 passengers overturned in the midstream of River Ganga in Bihar, India.
August 5, 2007: Bodies of two students of the Indian Institute Of Management who are swept in flash floods are recovered.
August 3, 2007: Moderate to heavy rains sweep North India, disturbing normal life in.
August 1, 2007: The Bombay Stock Exchange Sensex lost 615 points in a single day becoming the third biggest such crash in its history.
August 1, 2007: Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Museum and Library acquires draft of rare article written by Mahatma Gandhi that was acquired by the Indian Government recently.
July 31, 2007: Popular Hindi Actor Sanjay Dutt gets six-year rigorous imprisonment by a TADA court for illegal possession of arms.
July 30, 2007: Goa Chief Minister Digamber Kamat survives test in the 40-member State Assembly as BJP and opposition members stages walkout.
July 28, 2007: Seven killed in police firing in the Khammam district of Andhra Pradesh, India as protest rally turns violent.
July 27, 2007: BSE Sensex witness correction, looses 542 points in a single day, drops to 15,160 points in noon.
Pratibha Patil is sworn in as the first women President of India. She took oath of office administered by the Chief Justice of India, Justice K G Balakrishnan

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