Events in November 2008
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Nov. 2
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West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and Union Steel Minister Ram Vilas Paswan escape an IED blast while passing through Kalaichandi in Paschim Medinipur District. |
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Sensex regains the 10000 mark continuing its upsurge for the fourth day in a row. |
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Nov. 4
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Eminent Hindustani vocalist of the Khirana Gharana Pandit Bhimsen Joshi is chosen for the Bharat Ratna Award. |
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The Government decides to declare Ganga a national river and set up a high-power Ganga River Basin Authority to stop its pollution. |
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Chandrayaan-1 becomes the first Indian-built space craft to leave the earth’s gravity. |
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Mumbai police arrest for the first time ever a serving Army Officer Lt. Col. Prasad Shrikant Purohit for terrorism-related crimes. |
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Nov. 6
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Kashmiri poet Abdul Rahman Rahi is presented the 40th Jnanpith Award by the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Delhi. |
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A Chennai court frees MDMK General Secretary Vaiko and Presidium chairman M. Kannappan held on sedition charges. |
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The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs gives nod for the first rail link to Sikkim. Integrated checkposts to come up on borders. |
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Sensex dips below the 10000 level shedding 385 points following a steep fall in blue chip stocks led by Reliance Industries. |
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Nov. 7
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George Fernandes and four other Janata Dal (United) MPs quit Lok Sabha in protest against the Centre’s “inaction” on the issue of attacks on North Indians in Maharashtra. |
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Nov. 8
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Chandrayaan-1 is safely inserted into the lunar orbit. |
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Nov. 10
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Sensex regains the 10000 level buoyed up by China’s multi-billion dollar stimulus plan for its economy. |
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Nov. 11
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Senior Congress leader Margaret Alva resigns as general secretary after alleging that the party indulged in election ticket sale. |
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Sensex loses 696.47 points to close at 9839.69 |
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A rare cardiac surgery to repair an aneurysm is done for the first time in the nation at a Kochi-based hospital. |
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Nov. 12
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Shourya, a new surface-to-surface missile is successfully test-fired from the Integrated Test Range at Balasore in Orissa. |
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The senior Congress leader. Margaret Alva is removed from all party posts. |
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Sudhakar Dwivedi alias Amritanand the Peethadeeshwar of Sharada Sarvagya Peeth in Jammu is detained for his alleged role in the Malegaon blasts, at his brother’s house in Ramatpur village, Kanpur. |
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Nov. 13
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The second summit of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation BIMSTEC in New Delhi agrees on a pact on combating terrorism. |
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The Congress removes Yogendra Makwana as chairman of its Scheduled Castes department. |
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Nov. 14
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The Moon Impact Probe on board Chandrayaan-1 successfully ejects and lands on the lunar surface near the Shackleton crater on the South pole. |
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Fifty-five percent turnout in first phase of Chhattisgarh Assembly polls. |
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IAF officer killed in Naxal attack on chopper ferrying poll material from Bijapur. |
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Nov. 15
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The former Union Minister Yogendra Makwana launches new outfit National Bahujan Congress Party. |
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Nov. 17
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Fifty-five percent polling is recorded in the first phase of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election. |
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Nov. 18
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India and Egypt sign an extradition treaty at a bilateral summit being held after 11 years in New Delhi. |
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The Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is conferred the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding for 1995. |
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The BSP expels the former External Affairs Minister K. Natwar Singh and his son Jagat Singh for anti-party activities. |
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Lt. Gen. Noble Thamburaj is appointed next Army Vice-Chief. |
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Sensex closes at 8937.20 extending the losing streak for the fifth straight day. IT stocks suffer the most. |
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Nov. 19
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The International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei is chosen for the Indira Gandhi prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2008. |
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A man and two priests arrested in the 16-year-old Sr. Abhaya murder case are remanded to CBI custody. |
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Sensex falls for the sixth trading day in a row and has lost 1762 points in the said period. |
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Nov. 20
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Sixtyeight per cent polling is recorded in the second and final phase in Chhattisgarh. |
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Nov. 22
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The 39th International Film Festival of India gets under way in the Goa capital Panaji. |
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Ravindra Rajaram Kelekar eminent Goan writer in Konkani is declared the joint winner of the 42nd Jnanpith award for 2006. |
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Nov. 23
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Sixty-two percent polling is recorded in the second phase of J&K Assembly elections. |
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Nov. 24
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SBI to enter general insurance business. Forms joint venture with Insurance Australia Group of Australia. |
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Nov. 26
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At least 125 persons are killed and 327 injured in a series of explosions and firing by Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists at seven places in Mumbai. |
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Anti-terrorism squad chief Hemant Karkare dies while seeking to assist in an operation near the Cama and Albless Hospital. Additional Commissioner of Police (East) Ashok Kamte and inspector Vijay Salaskar also lay down their lives. Fiftysix persons are killed and 98 injured in the terrorist rampage at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus. |
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Sensex regains the 9000 level after nine days on hectic buying across counters by funds. |
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Nov. 27
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Four terrorists holed up in Mumbai’s Taj Mahal hotel are killed as NSG commandos and the Army launch a counteroffensive. Hundreds evacuated from hotels. The BSE and the NSE remain closed. |
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Nine foreigners are killed and 11 injured in the multiple terror attacks in Mumbai. |
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The wife and two sons of Taj Hotels General Manager Karambir Kang are killed in the attack a day earlier. |
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The former Prime Minister Vishwanath Pratap Singh (77) remembered most for ordering the implementation of the Mandal Commission recommendations dies after a prolonged illness at the Apollo Hospital in New Delhi. |
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Sixty percent turnout is recorded in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections. |
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Nov. 28
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Nine inmates and three terrorists are killed in the Chabad-Lukovich Jewish religious centre in Nariman House in Colaba area. Five hundred people are rescued from the Oberoi/Trident hotel. Thirty-six people die in the attacks. |
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Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan NSG commando leading the rescue efforts at the Taj hotel falls to terrorists’ bullets. |
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Nov. 29
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At least 172 persons including 21 foreigners lose their lives in the Mumbai terror attacks. Nine terrorists are killed in the 60-hour gun battle with security forces dubbed Operation Cyclone. |
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Cyclone Nisha batters Chennai city besides wreaking havoc in almost all the districts of Tamil Nadu leaving over 100 dead. Chennai receives about 370mm rainfall in a span of 72 hours. |
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Sixty per cent polling is recorded in the Delhi Assembly elections. |
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Over 10,000 poultry birds are culled in a bird flu affected area of Assam’s Kamrup district. |
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Nov. 30
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Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil resigns and Finance Minister P. Chidambaram replaces him. Prime Minister to hold Finance portfolio. |
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The Centre plans to set up a Federal Investigation Agency. |
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Sixtytwo per cent polling is recorded in the third phase of J&K Assembly elections. |
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