National Events - June 2013 (INDIA)

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NATIONAL EVENTS

JUNE 1

Manipur Home Minister Gaikhangam on Saturday

appealed the JACILPS to withdraw its agitation to press for

implementation of Inner Line Permit system for restricting

entry into the state and said the matter has been taken up

with the Centre.

Kerala has reported the season's first death due to H1N1

virus ahead of the onset of southwest monsoon as various

types of viral fever spread in the state, including a large

number of dengue cases.

With an eye on poll, and an apparent attempt to reach out

to minorities, the UPA Government has announced to set

up five universities with as much as 50 percent reservation

for religious minorities.

India and Nepal to exchange information to combat

terrorism, curb human and drug trafficking and smuggling

of notes across border.

Parks and memorials built during the previous Mayawati

regime will be opened to the poor for holding marriage and

other ceremonies free of cost, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister

Akhilesh Yadav said on Saturday.

UPA Co-ordination Committee meeting to be held on

Monday to discuss Food Security Bill.

A CRPF jawan was killed in an encounter with Naxals in

Dhantari district of Chhattisgarh today.

Jammu and Kashmir unit of CPI(M) today criticized the

latest hike in fuel prices, accusing the Centre of not being

concerned about the common man.

The first all-women bank wholly-owned by Government is

expected to start operations from November 2013 through

six branches. To make all-women bank a reality by

October, the Finance Ministry has approached the Reserve

Bank for clearance to set up the country’s first such bank.

Andhra Pradesh Health Minister D L Ravindra Reddy, who

had been a vocal critic of various schemes launched by

Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, was sacked from the

cabinet on Saturday night.

Nagaland government awards honors 51 students for

achieving top positions in 2013 school and universityexamination.

A BJP MLA was chargesheeted along with four others by a

local court today in a case of bank loot 14 years ago. Satish

Chandra Dubey is the BJP MLA from Narkatiaganj in West

Champaran district.

Noting that recent cases of crimes against women have

shaken the nation's conscience, President Pranab

Mukherjee today advocated inculcation of ancient values in

young minds so that these social evils can be checked.

Congress MLA Harish Dhami was today released on bail

by a court in Didihat after having spent 15 days in jail in

connection with a case relating to his alleged role in a

clash between two groups in 2007.

Against the backdrop of scams such as the VVIP chopper

deal, a new defence procurement policy came into force

today which aims at enhancing transparency and probity in

military purchases and gives first right of refusal to Indian

vendors to promote indigenous industry.

The Coal Regulatory Authority Bill which seeks to set up an

independent regulatory authority for the coal sector to

address contentious issues such as pricing, supply and

quality has been approved by a Group of Ministers (GoM).

The bill will now be forwarded to the Cabinet for further

approval.

Noted film-maker Rituparno Ghosh (49) passed away.

During his two-decade long filmy career, he made 19

movies and won 12 National Awards and several

international honours. His acclaimed and award winning

Bengali films include Bariwali, Asukh, Utsab, Shubho

Mahurat, Chokher Bali, Dosar, Shob Charitro Kalponik

and Abohoman.

The telecom ministry has decided to set up mobile towers in

9 Naxal-affected States [Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha,

Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh,

Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh] to give operational

advantage to security forces while dealing with the menace

of Left Wing Extremism (LWE). Of the total amount, `1,469

crore would go for setting up of 2,199 cellular towers,

while around `1,600 crore would be spent on operating

these towers over the next 5 years.

JUNE 2

Oil prices were lower in Asian trade on 2nd June 2013

after OPEC kept its output ceiling unchanged and voiced

concerns over weak global economic growth dragging

crude demand.



In view of extensive use of IT based gadgets in every sphere

of life and increasing incidents of cybercrime, the Haryana

government has decided to constitute special teams of

persons possessing professional skills so as to detect and

investigate cybercrimes.

TCS has bagged a 6-year ` 1,100-crore systems integration

contract from India Post as part of the latter’s ‘India Post

2012’ programme including developing and supporting

mail, finance and accounts, HR, and customer interaction

management solutions for all channels including Rural ICT

platform. TCS will also manage data migration,

infrastructure, Service Level Agreement (SLA), call centre

and centralized 24x7 service desk operation for Department

of Post (DoP).

Faridabad and Gurgaon (Haryana) will soon have ‚One-

Stop Crisis Centre‛ (OSCC) facility which will

provide legal aid, police services and counseling women

victims under one roof.

NSL Renewable Power which develops and operates

renewable energy projects across India, will be provided

funding of $5 million by the International Finance

Corporation (IFC) – a member of the World Bank Group

(not to be confused with World Bank) to support the

company to double its power generation capacity over the

next 18 months. This is the 2nd time this company isreceiving funds from the IFC after getting a $20-million

equity investment that IFC had made in the company in

2011.

JUNE 3

S. Ravind has been appointed as Director of the Bangalore-

based Electronics & Radar Development

Establishment (LRDE), a unit of the Defence Research and

Development Organisation (DRDO).

After probing various aspects of bribery scam in railways,

CBI is all set to question former Railway Minister Pawan

Kumar Bansal this week.

Union Minister Charan Das Mahant was on Monday

appointed as the acting President of the Chhattisgarh

Pradesh Congress Committee, PCC.

Encouraged by his Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar's

'Adhikar' rally demanding special category state status,

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will organise a

'Swabhiman' rally in New Delhi on June 12.

The Special Court trying the disproportionate asset case

against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa

adjourned till tomorrow further recording of defence

witnesses and their cross examination.

The Financial Intelligence Unit, which is tasked with

looking into suspicious financial transactions, will sign

MoUs with various agencies to ensure better exchange of

information to check blackmoney and tax evasion.

BJP president Rajnath Singh on Monday asked the

government to advance the monsoon session of Parliament

to pass the food security bill.

India will remain on top in medical tourism for at least a

decade despite attempts from countries like China and

Japan to tap into the flourishing business as Indian

hospitals have English language and skilled manpower

advantages.

Two former legislators - R K Rana and Dhruv Bhagat -

were on 3rd June sentenced to five years imprisonment by a

special CBI court here in the fodder scam case.

JUNE 4

Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today said

that the state government is formulating an ambitious plan

for development of Faridabad. Hooda stated this at a

function organized by Faridabad Industries Association

(FIA) in Faridabad, said an official release.

Bollywood actress Jiah Khan of Nishabd fame was found

hanging from the ceiling at her Juhu residence on late

Monday night.

Bihar government has set a target to enhance the skills of

one crore people in various works in the next five years so

as to lift them above the poverty line, Chief Minister Nitish

Kumar said today.

National Commission for Protection of Child Rights

(NCPCR) today came down heavily on the Meghalaya

Labour department for its failure in handling the issue of

child labour in the state and directed it to conduct a

comprehensive child labour survey in all districts of the

state to draw plans to eliminate the problem.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy

today launched the annual State Credit Plan with a total

outlay of `1.33 lakh crore.



The Planning Commission has approved ‚Project Ananta‛,

the `8,000-crore pilot project aimed at development of the

drought-prone Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh.

Finance Minister P Chidambaram: No decision on

promulgating an Ordinance for food security, not brought

up before Cabinet today.

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit appointed 3-time MLA

Parlad Singh Sawhney as her Parliamentary Secretary.

Pig disease virus which causes reproductive failure in

breeding stock and respiratory tract illness detected in

India for first time.

Haryana Agriculture department: In view of declining

water table, cultivation of 'Sathi' variety of paddy banned

up to June 15.

Karnataka government on Tuesday said the ban imposed on

gutka would stay, rejecting the demand of the opposition

BJP which argued that the move would hit arecanut

growers in the State.

Kerala state launched the seaplane service on the Asramam

banks of Ashtamudi Lake for tourists who wish to have a

panoramic view of Kerala landscape. The service will be

offered by using 6-seat Cessna 206 H amphibian aircrafts

which can land and take-off from both land and water.

JUNE 6

The government will introduce changes to the Direct Taxes

Code (DTC) bill that would integrate its various versions,

in the forthcoming Monsoon Session.

Punjab National Bank's (PNB) Chairman and Managing

Director K R Kamath re-elected as Indian Banks'

Association Chairman for 2013-14.

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) plans to make an all-out bid

for securing the contract for 3,00,000 barrels per day

refinery project in Iraq, sources said.

Gorkha Janmukti Morcha wants areas under Gorkha

Territorial Administration (GTA) to have 3 tier panchayat

system like WestBengal.

TamilNadu CM Jayalalithaa urged PM to instruct External

Affairs Ministry to secure release of 49 fishermen by

Lankan Navy.

President Pranab Mukherjee Thursday inaugurated a tribal

museum here and said it can serve as a useful focal point

for facilitating a dialogue and mutual exchange between

tribal and urban societies.

BJP to hold its national executive meet in Goa today; to

discuss issues including election strategy for upcoming

2014 general elections.

Maharashtra govt to distribute`

2,172 cr fund received from Centre over last few years towards drought mitigation

to farmers in cash.

To promote tourism in Reasi district which houses Shiv

Khori shrine Jammu and Kashmir govt plans to introduce

cable car and helicopter service.

Alarmed over unabated Naxal violence, the Centre and the

state governments have decided to go after the top

leadership of CPI (Maoist) through intelligence based

operations.

JUNE 7

Perhaps for the first time in the BJP's history, L K Advani

on Saturday skipped the party's national executive meeting

against the backdrop of his pursued opposition to project

Narendra Modi as head of the campaign committee for the

next Lok Sabha elections.

Eminent Telugu music director and playback singer

JettiVeera Raghavulu passes away at the age of 82

following brief ill.

Even as the BJP has alleged that the Marathwada and

Vidarbha regions were being sidelined as far as drought

relief measures were concerned, Maharashtra government

today said 1,423 new concrete check dams would be

inaugurated in Western Maharashtra region on Sunday.

The Jammu and Kashmir government will develop

unexplored tourist destinations in the Valley in order toease the rush of visitors to the famous ski-resort of

Gulmarg and other known picturesque spots here.

To showcase its rich legacy and cultural heritage, Punjab

government has decided to formulate a cultural heritage

policy with assistance from UNESCO.

Haryana's first biomass project, that will generate power

using farm residue, has been commissioned in Khurawata

village of Mahendergarh district.

Uttar Pradesh police will now have specialized units in

every district to tackle terror activities and counter

hardened criminals. They decided to set up Special



Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) teams in every district of the

state which will be part of the crime branches of the police.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh gave green signal to the

Amritsar-Delhi-Kolkata industrial corridor and constituted

an inter-ministerial panel to prepare the feasibility report

for setting it up.

Larsen and Toubro Ltd and Japan-based Sojitz bags

`6,700-cr railway contract for 640-km track to form part of

western freight corridor.

JUNE 8

Public sector Indian Bank said its Chairman and Managing

Director T M Bhasin has been re-elected as Deputy

Chairman of Indian Banks' Association for 2013-14.

North East Tea Association (NETA), a leading tea growers

union in Assam demands the state govt. to include a chapter

on tea in school syllabi.

Special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court

freezes `1.63 cr in bank of owners of chitfund Cos in

Haryana and Punjab.

Railways to launch SMS-based service for immediate

response to passenger complaints regarding housekeeping

service in coaches.

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways plans to

award projects totaling a length of 380 km in the naxal-hit

regions of five states, including Chhattisgarh and

Jharkhand, by the end of this calendar year.

An NGO in Uttarakhand has bagged a French award for its

contribution to protection of human rights.

Indian economy has resilience to overcome its problems,

President Pranab Mukherjee said today and asked people

not to panic by negative sentiments expressed in certain

quarters.

Direct benefit transfer programme for cooking gas (LPG)

hits quarter million transactions with `10 cr subsidy given

to consumers directly.

World Oceans Day observed (8th June 2013).

Social activist Anna Hazare to start UPJantantra Yatra

tour on June 23.

A national seminar on Cyber Crimes to be held on June 27

by the Corporate Relations Institute in

Thiruvananthapuram.

Indian shuttler K Srikanth entered the final of the Thailand

Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament.

Indian junior women's 10m Air Rifle team bags gold medal

in the International Junior Shooting Championship in Suhl,

Germany.

Indian qualifier AnkitaRaina ends runner-up at ITF Women

tennis tournament in Karshi, Uzbekistan.

JUNE 9

Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said he is

ready to facilitate the withdrawal of foreign troops from

neighbouring Afghanistan but US drone strikes in his

country "must stop" as they are a violation of sovereignty

and "simply unacceptable".

Three persons were killed and two others injured when pro-

Taliban militants attacked several NATO container trucks

in the restive Khyber tribal region of Pakistan on Monday,

officials said.

North and South Korea reached Monday a patchy

agreement to hold a high-level meeting in Seoul, following

marathon talks aimed at rebuilding trust after months of soaring tension and threats of nuclear war.

Syrian army kills 100 people fleeing Qusair after it was

captured by army troops & fighters from Lebanese

Shi'ite group Hezbollah last week.

Israel has been the target of a growing number of cyber-

attacks from Iran and its militant allies Hezbollah and

Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on

Sunday.

India and Canada must sign two key trade agreements to

unlock the full potential of their economic ties, Canadian

Foreign Minister John Baird has said as he called for a

"robust" collaboration to combat terrorism and

proliferation of nuclear weapons.

JUNE 10

Pakistani troops fired on Indian posts along the Line of

Control.

(LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, the

second ceasefire violation in the past four days.



BJP chief Rajnath Singh says party's Parliamentary Board

has rejected its patriarch LK Advani's resignation and has

asked him to withdraw the same. "We have rejected

Advani's resignation unanimously. As the party president, I

would not accept the resignation letter at any cost," he

says.

A ban order has been issued on mining of limestone for

causing damage to environment along Indo-Bangladesh

border in West Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya.

GoM headed by P Chidambaram likely to hold meeting to

discuss ways to revive BSNL and MTNL.

Hotelier Vikram Aggarwal arrested by Crime Branch-CID

of Tamil Nadu Police in connection with IPL betting case.

Manipur government present Rs 9,397.78-crore budget for

2013-14 financial year.

Shares of ICICI Bank and Axis Bank have fallen more than

2% each on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) after the

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) imposed a fine on these banks

for violating its instructions.

JUNE 11

Former IPS officer Kiran Bedi was honoured with USD

10,000 'Nomura Award' in Singapore for her humanitarian

works on Monday.

Congress leader and former minister V.C. Shukla, who was

injured in the 25 May attack by Maoists in Chhattisgarh,

died on Tuesday in Gurgaon.

June 12 observed as World Day Against Child Labor to

raise awareness of the plight of child laborers world-wide.

World's oldest person Jiroemon Kimura dies in Japan at

116.

Tech giants Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Twitter urge

Obama Administration to make national security

information more "transparent"

Chief Economic Adviser Raghuram Rajan Finance Minister

to take to Cabinet, proposals to increase foreign investment

in various sectors.

Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan claims

assassination plot during May 11 election rally.

JUNE 12

The World Bank on Thursday forecast a 6.7 per cent

growth rate for India by next fiscal as exports and private

investment are projected to strengthen and provide a boost

to growth.

Maharashtra government to setting up separate education

commissionaires to provide education to students from the

tribal community.

The world's largest database of cancer patients is being set

up in England in an attempt to revolutionise care, Public

Health England has announced. It will collate all the

available data on each of the 350,000 new tumours

detected in the country each year.

Competition Commission member HC Gupta, the former

Coal Secretary who is set to be questioned by CBI, has

submitted his resignation to the government.

With dip in gold imports, the Government has ruled out any

further hike in Customs duty and said economic indicatorslike current account deficit will improve drastically if

Indians do not import it for a year.

JUNE 13

The Haryana government has prohibited manufacture,

storage, sale and distribution of steel and steel products

specified in the schedule, which do not conform to the

specified standards and do not bear standard mark of

Bureau of Indian Standards.

Goa has been shortlisted as one of the venues to host the

World Team

Championship in the mindsport of Bridge in 2015, it was

announced by the President of the World Bridge Federation

(WBF), Gianarrigo Rona.

Justice Usha Mehra, who headed a commission to probe

lapses on part of authorities in the December 16 gang-rape

case, was appointed as full-time member of the Law

Commission.

The Chalo Assembly agitation called by the Telangana

Joint Action Committee has passed off peacefully amidst

unprecedented security arrangements in and around

Hyderabad.

Director Aparna Sen will head the Jury of the 2nd Ladakh

International Film Festival (LIFF) 2013 to be held from

July 5 - 7.

Arunachal Pradesh government appoints Tirap district

deputy commissioner Dr. Sachin Shinde as new secretary to

Governor of state.



Government revises upwards factory output growth rate in

April to 2.2 per cent from 2 per cent announced yesterday.

A special monitoring cell with the Jharkhand Special

Branch is monitoring the movement of important leaders in

Naxal-dominated areas in the wake of the Maoist attack on

Chhattisgarh Congress leaders last month.

Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde held discussions with

key NDA constituent JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav in a bid to

evolve a consensus on the Food Security Bill.

World Bank sees India's growth touching 6.7% in two

years.

JUNE 14

Kirloskar Vasundhara International Film Festival, which is

to feature 40 films from 15 countries, will be screening

films to reflect the regional environmental problems with a

view to directing a possible solution.

In the midst of churning in NDA, the Left parties waded

into the scene for formation of a non-Congress, non-BJP

front to fight the next Lok Sabha elections.

Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir will inaugurate the

Jammu and Kashmir State Judicial Academy (JKSJA)

complex at Bemina area in Srinagar on Sunday, officials

said.

Indian Navy has disposed 90 unexploded ordinances

recovered during dredging operations carried out in the

Arabian Sea off Mumbai.

Russia's Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to

reach space 50 years ago, shouting "Take off your hat, sky,

I'm coming!" as she blasted off and into orbit.

Indira Gandhi International Airport named world's 2nd

best airport by Airport Council International.

President will inaugurate a 726 mw gas based thermal

power project at Palatana in Tripura during his 2-day visit

to the state from June 20.

Rajasthan Housing Board (RHB) has announced to build

15,000 new houses in all categories for various income

groups in the current fiscal year.

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