: Joining an elite group of nations, India today successfully launches its first space research observatory ASTROSAT that will help in a detailed understanding of the universe and also put into orbit six foreign satellites including the first from the US.
Sept 28: New Delhi: India today signs a nearly USD 3 billion deal for purchase of 22 Apache attack helicopters and 15 Chinook heavy-lift choppers with American aviation giant Boeing and the US government.
Sept 28: New Delhi: In the wake of frequent incursion bids by Chinese People's Liberation Army, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) will be establishing a new command at Leh and the process of setting up over 40 modern border outposts in the icy heights of Ladakh has been initiated.
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Sept 30: Mumbai: Families of the victims of the 2006 serial train blasts here that killed 189 people today hailed as a "correct punishment" the death penalty awarded to five of the 12 convicts and life sentence to the remaining, observing that justice has been delayed but not denied.
Oct 1: New Delhi: Ahead of the climate change summit in Paris later this year, India has pledged to curb its greenhouse gas emissions by up to 35 per cent from the 2005 level.
Oct 1: New Delhi: Midday meals provided to students of schools should be mandatorily tested by accredited labs each month for quality and nutrition under new rules notified by the government which will also make available an allowance if food is not given.
Oct 1: New Delhi: Visva Bharati Vice Chancellor Sushanta Dattagupta, facing charges of administrative and financial irregularities, has emailed his resignation to President Pranab Mukherjee.
Oct 2: Dadri(UP): Six persons have been arrested in connection with the lynching of a man over suspected beef consumption at Bishada village near Dadri and a manhunt launched to arrest the rest named accused in the case, a senior police officer says.
Oct 2: Mumbai: Former media magnate Indrani Mukerjea, accused of killing her daughter Sheena Bora, was today hospitalised after drug overdoze with doctors describing her condition as "serious", leading to speculation that she might have attempted suicide.
Dec 2: Kolkata/New Delhi: Presence of army personnel at
toll plazas in West Bengal triggered a row with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee remaining at the state secretariat overnight in protest, asking was it an "army coup", drawing a a stinging condemnation from the Centre which said the remark showed her "political frustration".
Dec 3: New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar asked the Centre to "not tamper" with the idea and autonomy of Nalanda University, days after its chancellor George Yeo quit his post alleging the varsity's autonomy was being affected as he was not kept in the loop about leadership change at the institution.
Dec 4: Amritsar: Russia's special envoy on Afghanistan said all parties involved in the war-torn country's reconstruction must work together and that the Heart of Asia was not the platform for India and Pakistan to score brownie points.
Dec 4: Amritsar: Pakistan claimed that its Prime Minister's Foreign Affairs Advisor Sartaj Aziz was not allowed to visit the Golden Temple and speak to Pakistani media persons at the hotel where he was staying, even as India said it was done due to security considerations.
Dec 5: Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, a popular leader who pioneered pro-poor programmes and remained a pole for three decades, died here leaving a big void in the state politcs.
Dec 6: Srinagar: Separatist leaders, who have been spearheading the five-month-long unrest in Kashmir, in a surprise move invited tourists and pilgrims to visit the Valley to enjoy the traditional hospitality of its people while promising them safety.
Dec 7: Kolkata: The West Bengal assembly passed a ruling TMC-piloted resolution against demonetisation, but failed to enlist the support of the Congress and Left Front which are with it at the national level in opposing the exercise undertaken by the Modi government.
Dec 7: New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered all assistance to Indonesia which was hit by a powerful earthquake, killing nearly 100 people and causing widespread destruction.
Dec 8: New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley rejected Aam Aadmi party's (AAP) charges of giving contract for printing of new Rs 500 and Rs 2,000 notes to a blacklisted company, saying his ministry has no dealing with the British company named in the "false" social media campaign.
Dec 9: New Delhi: In a significant development, India and influential East Asian nation Vietnam signed a civil nuclear cooperation agreement, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserting that it will further strengthen the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries.
Dec 9: New Delhi: With its lawmaker Bhagwant Mann suspended for the remainder of the Winter Session, AAP claimed the move appeared to be pre-planned with MPs belonging to BJP, Shiromani Akali Dal and Congress coming together to award the stringent punishment.
Dec 10: New Delhi: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi
dared Prime Minister Narendra Modi to face Parliament and answer the questions raised by MPs, saying people are tired of his "monologues".
Dec 11: Kathua (J&K): Home Minister Rajnath Singh accused Pakistan of "conspiring" to divide India along religious lines and warned the neighbouring country that it would be "splintered" into 10 nations if it failed to quell terrorism.
Dec 12: Chennai/Amrawati: Very severe cyclonic storm 'Vardah', the most intense to have hit the Tamil Nadu capital in two decades, claimed four lives, flattened homes, snapped communication lines and threw into disarry rail, road and air traffic as it crossed the coast here, pounding Chennai, Tiruvallur and Kanchipuram with heavy rain and squall.
Dec 12: New Delhi: India and Indonesia, which has the world's largest Muslim population, decided to expand their strategic ties in defence and maritime security spheres and resolved to work closely to combat the threat of terrorism, calling for "zero tolerance" towards it.
Dec 13: Mumbai: Cyrus P Mistry was removed as director of Tata Group's crown jewel, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) with 93.11 per cent of shareholders present at the extra-ordinary general meeting voting for his ouster.
Dec 13: New Delhi: Retail inflation fell to a two-year low of 3.63 per cent in November following the Centre's demonetisation drive that led to lower consumer spending on various food items including vegetables.
Dec 14: New Delhi: Foggy weather continued to affect train operation with as many as 20 trains including Patna Rajdhani, Bhubaneswar Duronto and Amritsar Shatabdi cancelled and 70 are running behind schedule by several hours causing inconvenience to passengers.
Dec 15: New Delhi: In first major reshuffle in the party since he took over as BJP President for second time, Amit Shah appointed first time Lok Sabha MP Poonam Mahajan as the party's youth-wing President, replacing Anurag Thakur who was at the helm for over six years.
Dec 16: New Delhi: Reservation for disabled is set to increase by 2 per cent in colleges while one per cent in government jobs, with the passage of the Disabilities Bill in both Houses of Parliament.
Dec 17: New Delhi: In a bid to clear the air on tax exemption to political parties, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley says they can not accept donations in old 500 and 1,000 rupee notes since these bills were junked last month and clarified that there is no new exemption granted.
Dec 17: Chandigarh/Shimla: In a setback to Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) dismisses the appeal filed by him against the order of the Income Tax department, which had sought fresh assessment of his tax returns related to the financial year of 2009-10 to 2011-12.
