Jul 1: Role of some more prominent political leaders from West Bengal in the Saradha scam are under the scanner of CBI which is now focusing on calculating losses incurred to investors.
Jul 1: India will pay China over Rs 82 lakh annually for crucial flood data of the Brahmaputra to improve flood forecasting even as the two sides agreed to allow their water experts to conduct study tours on both sides of the river which originates in Tibet.
Jul 2: Nearly 600 Indians leave conflict-hit Iraq after being facilitated by the External Affairs Ministry and about 900 more are to follow even as the Indian embassy in Baghdad was in touch with the 46 nurses stuck in Tikrit who are "safe and unharmed".
Jul 2: Reacting strongly to reports of BJP being spied upon by US National Security Agency (NSA), India summons a top US diplomat here to raise the issue, saying it was "highly objectionable" and "unacceptable" and sought an assurance that it would not happen again.
Jul 3: Controversy over claims by AIIMS Forensic Department head that he was pressurised to manipulate the autopsy report of Sunanda Pushkar which he resisted, refused to die down with Sudhir Gupta sticking to his stand.
Jul 4: Inaugurating the rail link to Katra, the base of Vaishno Devi shrine, Prime Minister Narendra Modi says more trains would be introduced from places such as New Delhi,Howrah Ahmedabad, Mumbai and Bangalore to the pilgrim town.
Jul 4: The Enforcement Directorate(ED) slaps a a money laundering case against former IAF chief SP Tyagi and 20 others in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal to probe alleged kickbacks of Rs.360 crore.
Jul 5: A special Air India flight carrying 46 Indian nurses set free by Sunni militants ISIS in strife torn Iraq and 137 others arrived in Mumbai.
Jul 6: The questioning of two former governors ,M K Narayanan and BV Wanchoo has led CBI's probe into the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP helicopter deal to the role of the previous NDA regime as both have informed the agency that a decision to decrease the flying altitude was taken in principle in 2003, when it was in power.
Jul 6: The spectre of drought looms large over several parts of the country this year as predictions of poor monsoon gain ground, raising fears of a fall in output of food crops and difficulties on water and power fronts even as the Centre coordinates with the states on tackling the situation.
Jul 7: Resignation of Bharat Vir Wanchoo as Governor of Goa was accepted and Rajasthan Governor Margaret Alva was given the additional charge of the post.
Jul 7: The weapons systems for the country's nuclear triad, including submarine-launched ballistic missiles, are "fully ready" for deployment, DRDO chief Avinash Chander says.
Jul 8: Defence Minister Arun Jaitley ruled out release of the classified Henderson Brooks Report on the 1962 India-China war that is said to be openly critical of the Indian political and military structure of the time, saying its disclosure would not be in national interest.
Jul 8: Having already effected a steep hike, the railway budget for 2014-15 spared passengers of any fresh revision in fares and freight rates but pitched for reforms by proposing private and Foreign Direct Investment and Public Private Partnership (PPP) to meet the resource crunch.
Jul 8: India successfully test-fires an advanced version of the 290-km range Brahmos supersonic cruise missile off the coast of Odisha, giving the country the capability to hit enemy targets hidden behind mountains or in a cluster of buildings with "pinpoint accuracy".
Jul 9: Amit Shah, who scripted BJP's stunning victory in key Uttar Pradesh in Lok Sabha elections, was rewarded by being appointed the party President, reflecting the total grip of Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the ruling dispensation.
Jul 9: The Home Ministry orders a probe into leakage of Intelligence Bureau report that claimed certain NGOs and their international donors are planning to target many fresh economic development projects including those in Gujarat.
Jul 10: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley doles out income tax sops by raising threshold exemption and investment limits by Rs 50,000, raised duties on cigarettes, tobacco, pan-masala and aerated drinks, widened service tax base and announced measures to spur growth manufacturing and revive investor confidence.
Jul 11: India remained non-committal on the time-frame for a meeting between its Foreign Secretary and her Pakistani counterpart, a day after Islamabad says they will meet soon.
Jul 11: The government says every possible efforts "well beyond diplomatic possibilities" were being explored for the safe return of 39 Indians who are in the captivity of Sunni militants ISIS in conflict hit Iraq.
Jul 12: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the new leader of the reconstituted BJP Parliamentary Party in both Houses of Parliament.
Jul 13: Names of five senior BJP leaders, including former Petroleum Minister Ram Naik, have been firmed up by the government for appointment as Governors in states including Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Gujarat, highly placed sources say.
Jul 13: In yet another naval mishap, a warship suffered damage while operating in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands territory prompting the force to order a detailed investigation into it.
Jul 14: The Narendra Modi government is understood to have ruled out changes in the controversial AFSPA in Jammu and Kashmir and favoured its continuation in the present form in the state.
Jul 14: Senior BJP leader and former Union Minister Ram Naik is appointed Governor of Uttar Pradesh and party's veteran Delhi leader O P Kohli will move to Gujarat, in the first appointment of five Governors by the Narendra Modi government.
Jul 15: With the opposition seeking to corner it, Government condemned the meeting that a journalist had with 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed and says it has sought a report from the Indian High Commission in Islamabad about whether they were aware of this.
Jul 15: CBI filed its chargesheet against Lt Gen (retd) Tejinder Singh for allegedly offering a bribe of Rs 14 crore to the then Army Chief V K Singh, who is now a Union Minister, in connection with the Tatra truck deal.
Jul 16: A BSF trooper was killed and six, three of them security force personnel, were injured when Pakistan Rangers fired heavily at Indian forward positions along the International Border in Jammu district, the third ceasefire violation by Pakistan this month.
Jul 16: Another batch of 175 Indian nationals will reach here from conflict-hit Iraq even as the number of Indians to be evacuated from that country will be 3000 in next few days.
Jul 16: Government has detected over Rs one lakh crore of undisclosed income in the last financial year, a figure more than double as compared to the search and seizure action undertaken by the Income Tax department during 2012-13 to check black money.
Jul 17: As electricity demand peaks due to sub-normal monsoon, state-owned NTPC has warned that power plants are running on very low coal stock of less than two days, prompting government to take steps to fix the crisis.
Jul 18: Air India and Jet Airways have stopped using the Ukrainian airspace following the shooting down of a Malaysian airliner that claimed 298 lives, even as the government says there were no Indian nationals on board the ill-fated aircraft.
Jul 18: Security forces apprehended top Maoist commander Sabyasachi Panda from Berhampore in Odisha.
Jul 19: Pressing ahead with its policy to promote domestic military industry, the government cleared procurement proposals worth over Rs 21,000 crore and also okayed a project for the production of transport aircraft which is open only to Indian private sector companies.
Jul 20: A 31-year-old skating instructor at a public school , hailing from Bihar, was arrested in connection with the alleged rape of a six-year-old student, six days after the incident came to light triggering public outrage ( Bangalore child Rape Case ) .
Jul 20: In a major ceasefire violation, Pakistan Rangers indulged in heavy firing and shelling on 15 border outposts and several villages along the International Border in Jammu district, damaging houses and livestock.
Jul 21: A controversy breaks out over an allegation by former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju, now Chairman of Press Council of India, that three ex-Chief Justices of India made "improper compromises" during UPA rule in allowing a judge in Tamil Nadu under corruption cloud to continue in office.
Jul 21: More than 180 Indians returned from Basrah on a special flight of Iraqi Airways, taking the number of people who have come back from conflict-hit Iraq to over 3,500.
Jul 22: CBI has not been able to establish any link between Lt Gen (retd) Tejinder Singh and manufacturer of Tatra trucks on whose behalf he has been accused of offering bribe to the then Army Chief Gen (retd) V K Singh.
Jul 22: The Centre says it has no plans to amend or repeal Section 377 of the IPC, criminalising sex among homosexuals, till the issue is settled by the Supreme Court.
Jul 23: A Shiv Sena MP was caught on a video footage apparently force-feeding a fasting Muslim employee in the New Maharashtra Sadan here sparking outrage and a huge uproar in Parliament amid demands for action against its MPs involved in the incident and calls to avoid giving communal tinge.
Jul 23: New Delhi: India figures third among top 10 countries where highest number of rape have taken place in 2010 while in cases of murder, the country comes second in 2012, Rajya Sabha was informed.
Jul 24: A Telangana BJP leader stoked a controversy over Sania Mirza being made the new state's brand ambassador, calling her Pakistan's "daughter-in-law", sparking outrage and drawing a fierce response from the tennis ace who says she will remain an Indian until the "end of her life".
Jul 24: The navies of India, the US and Japan kickstart their Malabar series of naval wargames in the Pacific Ocean, ignoring Chinese objections.
Jul 25: New Delhi: India's own version of Madame Tussauds museum is inaugurated by President Pranab Mukherjee, with fiberglass statues of former Presidents and eye-catching gifts received by them from abroad on display.
Jul 26: Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches a website MyGov that aims to help citizens contribute in governance by giving their opinions and views on important issues like clean Ganga or skill development.
Jul 26: Against the backdrop of repeated incursions by China into Indian territory, a top Army commander says the situation on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) was "absolutely peaceful and calm" and such incidents happen due to differences in perception.
Jul 27: In a major step to increase role of women in armed forces, the NDA government is going to allow lady officers to command battalions in army's branches such as aviation, engineers and signal.
Jul 27: India will be informing Sri Lanka about an official working with the Pakistan High Commission in Colombo who was allegedly playing a key role in planning terror strikes at the behest of ISI on the US and Israeli consulates in the southern part of this country.
Jul 27: The Additional Protocol (AP) related to scrutiny of India's civilian nuclear facilities by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), mandatory under the Indo-US nuclear deal, has finally come into force.
Jul 28: Mobs go on a rampage setting afire kiosks and damaging property as communal clashes, sparked by an alleged act of sacrilege, erupted today in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district, prompting authorities to call out Army.
Jul 29: Delhi Police claimed the arrested top Lashkar-e-Taiba operative Abdul Subhan was planning to kidnap some top corporate honchos and finance terror activities from the ransom money.
Jul 29: Pitching for greater use of research for boosting the agriculture sector, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave the slogan 'Lab-to-Land', saying that farmers should be able to enhance production to increase their income and feed the country as well as the world.
Jul 30: Centre rushed around 300 personnel of the NDRF to help rescue people who are trapped following a landslide in Pune.
Jul 30: IAF chief Arup Raha took over as the Chairman, Chiefs of Staffs Committee from incumbent Gen Bikram Singh.
Jul 31: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and US Secretary of State John Kerry co-chaired fifth Indo-US Strategic Dialogue here during which the two sides discussed "transformative initiatives" in key areas of security and energy.
Jul 31: US Secretary of State John Kerry met Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and discussed India's stance on the ongoing WTO's Trade Facilitation Agreement talks which are set to conclude at Geneva later in the day.
Jul 1: India will pay China over Rs 82 lakh annually for crucial flood data of the Brahmaputra to improve flood forecasting even as the two sides agreed to allow their water experts to conduct study tours on both sides of the river which originates in Tibet.
Jul 2: Nearly 600 Indians leave conflict-hit Iraq after being facilitated by the External Affairs Ministry and about 900 more are to follow even as the Indian embassy in Baghdad was in touch with the 46 nurses stuck in Tikrit who are "safe and unharmed".
Jul 2: Reacting strongly to reports of BJP being spied upon by US National Security Agency (NSA), India summons a top US diplomat here to raise the issue, saying it was "highly objectionable" and "unacceptable" and sought an assurance that it would not happen again.
Jul 3: Controversy over claims by AIIMS Forensic Department head that he was pressurised to manipulate the autopsy report of Sunanda Pushkar which he resisted, refused to die down with Sudhir Gupta sticking to his stand.
Jul 4: Inaugurating the rail link to Katra, the base of Vaishno Devi shrine, Prime Minister Narendra Modi says more trains would be introduced from places such as New Delhi,Howrah Ahmedabad, Mumbai and Bangalore to the pilgrim town.
Jul 4: The Enforcement Directorate(ED) slaps a a money laundering case against former IAF chief SP Tyagi and 20 others in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal to probe alleged kickbacks of Rs.360 crore.
Jul 5: A special Air India flight carrying 46 Indian nurses set free by Sunni militants ISIS in strife torn Iraq and 137 others arrived in Mumbai.
Jul 6: The questioning of two former governors ,M K Narayanan and BV Wanchoo has led CBI's probe into the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP helicopter deal to the role of the previous NDA regime as both have informed the agency that a decision to decrease the flying altitude was taken in principle in 2003, when it was in power.
Jul 6: The spectre of drought looms large over several parts of the country this year as predictions of poor monsoon gain ground, raising fears of a fall in output of food crops and difficulties on water and power fronts even as the Centre coordinates with the states on tackling the situation.
Jul 7: Resignation of Bharat Vir Wanchoo as Governor of Goa was accepted and Rajasthan Governor Margaret Alva was given the additional charge of the post.
Jul 7: The weapons systems for the country's nuclear triad, including submarine-launched ballistic missiles, are "fully ready" for deployment, DRDO chief Avinash Chander says.
Jul 8: Defence Minister Arun Jaitley ruled out release of the classified Henderson Brooks Report on the 1962 India-China war that is said to be openly critical of the Indian political and military structure of the time, saying its disclosure would not be in national interest.
Jul 8: Having already effected a steep hike, the railway budget for 2014-15 spared passengers of any fresh revision in fares and freight rates but pitched for reforms by proposing private and Foreign Direct Investment and Public Private Partnership (PPP) to meet the resource crunch.
Jul 8: India successfully test-fires an advanced version of the 290-km range Brahmos supersonic cruise missile off the coast of Odisha, giving the country the capability to hit enemy targets hidden behind mountains or in a cluster of buildings with "pinpoint accuracy".
Jul 9: Amit Shah, who scripted BJP's stunning victory in key Uttar Pradesh in Lok Sabha elections, was rewarded by being appointed the party President, reflecting the total grip of Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the ruling dispensation.
Jul 9: The Home Ministry orders a probe into leakage of Intelligence Bureau report that claimed certain NGOs and their international donors are planning to target many fresh economic development projects including those in Gujarat.
Jul 10: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley doles out income tax sops by raising threshold exemption and investment limits by Rs 50,000, raised duties on cigarettes, tobacco, pan-masala and aerated drinks, widened service tax base and announced measures to spur growth manufacturing and revive investor confidence.
Jul 11: India remained non-committal on the time-frame for a meeting between its Foreign Secretary and her Pakistani counterpart, a day after Islamabad says they will meet soon.
Jul 11: The government says every possible efforts "well beyond diplomatic possibilities" were being explored for the safe return of 39 Indians who are in the captivity of Sunni militants ISIS in conflict hit Iraq.
Jul 12: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the new leader of the reconstituted BJP Parliamentary Party in both Houses of Parliament.
Jul 13: Names of five senior BJP leaders, including former Petroleum Minister Ram Naik, have been firmed up by the government for appointment as Governors in states including Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Gujarat, highly placed sources say.
Jul 13: In yet another naval mishap, a warship suffered damage while operating in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands territory prompting the force to order a detailed investigation into it.
Jul 14: The Narendra Modi government is understood to have ruled out changes in the controversial AFSPA in Jammu and Kashmir and favoured its continuation in the present form in the state.
Jul 14: Senior BJP leader and former Union Minister Ram Naik is appointed Governor of Uttar Pradesh and party's veteran Delhi leader O P Kohli will move to Gujarat, in the first appointment of five Governors by the Narendra Modi government.
Jul 15: With the opposition seeking to corner it, Government condemned the meeting that a journalist had with 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed and says it has sought a report from the Indian High Commission in Islamabad about whether they were aware of this.
Jul 15: CBI filed its chargesheet against Lt Gen (retd) Tejinder Singh for allegedly offering a bribe of Rs 14 crore to the then Army Chief V K Singh, who is now a Union Minister, in connection with the Tatra truck deal.
Jul 16: A BSF trooper was killed and six, three of them security force personnel, were injured when Pakistan Rangers fired heavily at Indian forward positions along the International Border in Jammu district, the third ceasefire violation by Pakistan this month.
Jul 16: Another batch of 175 Indian nationals will reach here from conflict-hit Iraq even as the number of Indians to be evacuated from that country will be 3000 in next few days.
Jul 16: Government has detected over Rs one lakh crore of undisclosed income in the last financial year, a figure more than double as compared to the search and seizure action undertaken by the Income Tax department during 2012-13 to check black money.
Jul 17: As electricity demand peaks due to sub-normal monsoon, state-owned NTPC has warned that power plants are running on very low coal stock of less than two days, prompting government to take steps to fix the crisis.
Jul 18: Air India and Jet Airways have stopped using the Ukrainian airspace following the shooting down of a Malaysian airliner that claimed 298 lives, even as the government says there were no Indian nationals on board the ill-fated aircraft.
Jul 18: Security forces apprehended top Maoist commander Sabyasachi Panda from Berhampore in Odisha.
Jul 19: Pressing ahead with its policy to promote domestic military industry, the government cleared procurement proposals worth over Rs 21,000 crore and also okayed a project for the production of transport aircraft which is open only to Indian private sector companies.
Jul 20: A 31-year-old skating instructor at a public school , hailing from Bihar, was arrested in connection with the alleged rape of a six-year-old student, six days after the incident came to light triggering public outrage ( Bangalore child Rape Case ) .
Jul 20: In a major ceasefire violation, Pakistan Rangers indulged in heavy firing and shelling on 15 border outposts and several villages along the International Border in Jammu district, damaging houses and livestock.
Jul 21: A controversy breaks out over an allegation by former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju, now Chairman of Press Council of India, that three ex-Chief Justices of India made "improper compromises" during UPA rule in allowing a judge in Tamil Nadu under corruption cloud to continue in office.
Jul 21: More than 180 Indians returned from Basrah on a special flight of Iraqi Airways, taking the number of people who have come back from conflict-hit Iraq to over 3,500.
Jul 22: CBI has not been able to establish any link between Lt Gen (retd) Tejinder Singh and manufacturer of Tatra trucks on whose behalf he has been accused of offering bribe to the then Army Chief Gen (retd) V K Singh.
Jul 22: The Centre says it has no plans to amend or repeal Section 377 of the IPC, criminalising sex among homosexuals, till the issue is settled by the Supreme Court.
Jul 23: A Shiv Sena MP was caught on a video footage apparently force-feeding a fasting Muslim employee in the New Maharashtra Sadan here sparking outrage and a huge uproar in Parliament amid demands for action against its MPs involved in the incident and calls to avoid giving communal tinge.
Jul 23: New Delhi: India figures third among top 10 countries where highest number of rape have taken place in 2010 while in cases of murder, the country comes second in 2012, Rajya Sabha was informed.
Jul 24: A Telangana BJP leader stoked a controversy over Sania Mirza being made the new state's brand ambassador, calling her Pakistan's "daughter-in-law", sparking outrage and drawing a fierce response from the tennis ace who says she will remain an Indian until the "end of her life".
Jul 24: The navies of India, the US and Japan kickstart their Malabar series of naval wargames in the Pacific Ocean, ignoring Chinese objections.
Jul 25: New Delhi: India's own version of Madame Tussauds museum is inaugurated by President Pranab Mukherjee, with fiberglass statues of former Presidents and eye-catching gifts received by them from abroad on display.
Jul 26: Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches a website MyGov that aims to help citizens contribute in governance by giving their opinions and views on important issues like clean Ganga or skill development.
Jul 26: Against the backdrop of repeated incursions by China into Indian territory, a top Army commander says the situation on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) was "absolutely peaceful and calm" and such incidents happen due to differences in perception.
Jul 27: In a major step to increase role of women in armed forces, the NDA government is going to allow lady officers to command battalions in army's branches such as aviation, engineers and signal.
Jul 27: India will be informing Sri Lanka about an official working with the Pakistan High Commission in Colombo who was allegedly playing a key role in planning terror strikes at the behest of ISI on the US and Israeli consulates in the southern part of this country.
Jul 27: The Additional Protocol (AP) related to scrutiny of India's civilian nuclear facilities by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), mandatory under the Indo-US nuclear deal, has finally come into force.
Jul 28: Mobs go on a rampage setting afire kiosks and damaging property as communal clashes, sparked by an alleged act of sacrilege, erupted today in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district, prompting authorities to call out Army.
Jul 29: Delhi Police claimed the arrested top Lashkar-e-Taiba operative Abdul Subhan was planning to kidnap some top corporate honchos and finance terror activities from the ransom money.
Jul 29: Pitching for greater use of research for boosting the agriculture sector, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave the slogan 'Lab-to-Land', saying that farmers should be able to enhance production to increase their income and feed the country as well as the world.
Jul 30: Centre rushed around 300 personnel of the NDRF to help rescue people who are trapped following a landslide in Pune.
Jul 30: IAF chief Arup Raha took over as the Chairman, Chiefs of Staffs Committee from incumbent Gen Bikram Singh.
Jul 31: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and US Secretary of State John Kerry co-chaired fifth Indo-US Strategic Dialogue here during which the two sides discussed "transformative initiatives" in key areas of security and energy.
Jul 31: US Secretary of State John Kerry met Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and discussed India's stance on the ongoing WTO's Trade Facilitation Agreement talks which are set to conclude at Geneva later in the day.
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