: India successfully launches its heaviest rocket yet and tested an unmanned crew module in a step towards its manned space mission in twin achievements that gave a big push to its space prowess.
Dec 19: New Delhi: India has conveyed to Pakistan its "strong concern" on grant of bail to key Mumbai attack handler Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, saying the release will make a mockery of Pakistan's commitment to fight terror groups without hesitation and without making distinctions.
Dec 19: Bhubaneswar: India tests a 1,000 kg indigenously -developed glide bomb, which successfully hit a target 100 kms away, in the Bay of Bengal off the Odisha coast, making the country self-reliant in guided precision bombs.
Dec 19: New Delhi: India says it attached highest importance to bilateral relations with Bangladesh and that there is a "wish" and "will" to strengthen this.
Dec 20: Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir witnessed highest voter turnout in over two decades as estimated 66 per cent electorate voted in 20 constituencies of Jammu's border region in the last leg of assembly election in the state amid threat of firing from across the border.
Dec 20: New Delhi: A disciplinary as well as an administrative action of "compulsory wait" is taken against diplomat Devyani Khobragade, who had hit the headlines last year after she was arrested in the US in a visa fraud case, even as the foreign service officer remained defiant that she has not done anything wrong.
Dec 22: New Delhi: A central team initiates a "micro plan", which includes house-to-house survey, to prevent Avian Influenza from spreading to humans in Chandigarh after several wild birds died due to the disease at Sukhna Lake.
Dec 22: New Delhi: Opposition parties stage protests in the Parliament complex, cornering the government over blackmoney and reconversion issues.
Dec 23: New Delhi: Four personnel of the Armed forces nabbed for spying for Pakistan in recent years, with one of the accused being dismissed from service, Rajya Sabha was informed.
Dec 23: Srinagar/Ranchi: Jammu and Kashmir returns a highly-fractured verdict in which the PDP emerged the single largest party throwing up different possibilities in government formation while the BJP stormed to power with an ally in Jharkhand giving it the first stable government.
