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panel headed by former CJI R. M. Feb. 10: The Aam Aadmi Party NATIONAL Lodha to decide penalty. sweeps to power with 67 seats in the Indian-American author Jhumpa 70-member Assembly. JANUARY Lahiri wins the $ 50,000 DSC prize Facebook launches Internet.org for Literature for her book, The in at a function in . Jan. 1: The Modi government sets Lowland . ICICI Bank launches the first dig- up NITI Aayog (National Institution Prime Minister ital bank in the country, ‘Pockets’, on for Transforming India) in place of launches the Beti Bachao, Beti Pad- a mobile phone in Mumbai. the Planning Commission. hao (save daughters, educate daugh- Feb. 13: Srirangam witnesses The Karnataka High Court sets up ters) scheme in Panipat, Haryana. over 80 per cent turnout in bypolls. a Special Bench under Justice C.R. “Sukanya Samrudhi” account Sensex gains 289.83 points to re- Kumaraswamy to hear appeals filed scheme unveiled. claim 29000-mark on stellar SBI by AIADMK general secretary Jaya- Sensex closes at a record high of earnings. lalithaa in the disproportionate as- 29006.02 Feb. 14: Arvind Kejriwal takes sets case. Jan. 24: Poet Arundhati Subra- oath as Delhi’s eighth Chief Minis- The Governor K. Ro- manian wins the inaugural Khush- ter, at the Ramlila Maidan in New saiah confers the Sangita Kalanidhi want Singh Memorial Prize for Delhi. award on musician T.V. Gopalak- Poetry for her work When God is a Feb. 16: The AIADMK candidate rishnan at the ‘Sadas’ at The Music Traveller at the Zee Litera- S. Valarmathi scores a massive victo- Academy in . ture Festival. ry in the Srirangam Assembly by- Jan. 3: The title Natya Kala Jan. 25: A declaration of friend- polls bagging 1,51,561 votes. Acharya is conferred on Bharatana- ship, a renewed 10-year defence The Trinamool Congress wins a tyam artist Leela Samson at the Mu- partnership and the nuclear break- thumping victory in the Lok Sabha sic Academy’s dance festival in through mark the second summit and Assembly byelections in West Chennai. between Prime Minister Narendra Bengal. Bags Bongaon LS seat by a Jan. 4: The Indian Science Con- Modi and the U.S. President Barack Prime Minister Narendra Modi presenting to the U.S. President record margin of 2.11 lakh votes. gress makes history with a symposi- Obama in . Barack Obama a reproduction of a telegram sent by USA to the India and Sri Lanka sign a Civil um on “Ancient Sciences through BJP patriarch L. K. Advani, Pun- Indian Constituent Assembly in 1946, in New Delhi. Nuclear Cooperation pact after talks Sanskrit.” jab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Ba- between Prime Minister Narendra Jan. 5: Pro- dal, nuclear scientist M. R. gy projects and $1 billion from the date will be held as null and void if he Modi and President Maithripala Sir- fessor Arvind Panagariya is appoint- Srinivasan and actors Amitabh Exim Bank of the U.S. at the India- fails to disclose full details of his isena, in New Delhi. ed NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman. Bachchan and promi- US Business Summit in New Delhi. criminal antecedents at the time of Feb. 19: A six-member relay Jan. 6: Sensex plummets by 855 nent among the nine Padma Vib- Military might showcased in the nomination, rules the Supreme team, including Manav Mehta, a points in its worst crash in five-and- hushan awardees. 66th Republic Day parade. In a first, Court. class 9 student, sets a new open-sea a-half years and closes at 26987.46. Former CEC N. Gopalaswami, all-woman contingents of the three Feb. 6: The Delhi High Court en- swim world record by swimming Jan. 8: Tamil writer Perumal Mu- constitutional expert Subhash C. Services take part. hances to 30 years the term from to Mumbai in 156 hours. rugan flees home town following fu- Kashyap, Carnatic vocalist Sudha Jan. 29: S. Jaishankar takes awarded to Vikas Yadav and his cou- Feb. 20: Veteran CPI leader Go- rore over his book Mathorubhagan . Raghunathan, Microsoft founder charge as Foreign Secretary. sin Vishal Yadav for the February vind Pansare dies of gunshot wounds Jan. 9: Jammu and Kashmir and his wife Melinda Gates Sensex gains 122.59 points to a 2002 killing of Nitish Katara. sustained in an attack in Kolhapur comes under Governor’s rule. and Fields Medal winner Manjul new closing peak of 29681.77, after Marathi writer Bhalchandra Ne- on Feb. 16. at the Breach Candy Hos- Vistara, the new airline of Tata Bhargava among 20 reaching a lifetime high of 29740.63. made known for works like Kosal pital in Mumbai. SIA Airlines, begins commercial op- awardees. Jan. 30: Former Union Environ- (Cocoon) and Hindu is selected for Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram erations in New Delhi. Violinist Kanyakumari Avasarala, ment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan the Jnanpith award for 2014. Manjhi resigns. Jan. 10: Sindhushree Khullar is filmmaker , in- quits the Congress. Feb. 7: Delhi registers a record Feb. 22: Senior JD (U) leader Nit- appointed CEO of NITI Aayog. dustrialist T. V. Mohandas Pai, actor In its largest-ever disinvestment, 67.08 percent turnout in the As- ish Kumar takes oath as Bihar Chief Jan. 13: Tamil writer Perumal , badminton play- the Centre raises Rs. 22,557.63 crore sembly polls. Minister in Patna. Murugan gives up writing and with- er P. V. Sindhu, Syedna Mohammad from the sale of its 10 per cent share- Feb. 9: Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Feb. 23: Yaduveer Gopal Urs is draws all his books. Burhanuddin and Kumar Sinha holding in Coal India Ltd. Ram Manjhi is expelled from the Ja- formally adopted as heir to the Wa- Jan. 15: Leela Samson quits as (both posthumous) among 75 Padma Jan. 31: The former Union Minis- nata Dal (United). diyar dynasty at a ceremony in Amba CBFC chairperson. Shree recipients. ter Matang Singh is arrested in Kol- Vilas Palace, Mysuru and given the Hari Shankar Brahma takes over Jan. 26: The U.S. President Ba- kata by the CBI in the multi-crore name Yaduveer Krishnadatta Cham- as the 19th CEC at Nirvachan Sadan, rack Obama announces $4 billion in rupee Saradha chit fund scam. araja Wadiyar. New Delhi. bank loans, $ 2 billion for green ener- Feb. 24: R.K. Pachouri, Chairper- Jan. 17: Ashok Srinivasan is pre- FEBRUARY son of the Intergovernmental Panel sented The Hindu Prize 2014 at the Feb. 1: Veteran actor Dilip Kumar on Climate Change, resigns. Lit for Life 2015 for his debut collec- is conferred Lifetime Achievement The Union Cabinet gives nod for tion of 13 short stories , Book of Com- Award at the Jaipur International setting up the New Development mon Signs, in Chennai. Film Festival. Bank and the BRICS Contingent Re- Jan. 19: Filmmaker Pahlaj Niha- takes charge serve Arrangement. lani is appointed CBFC chairperson. as the first woman Editor of The Feb. 25: The 2015-16 Railway Jan. 21: Sensex sets a life-time Hindu . budget (Plan outlay Rs.1,00,000 high of 28958 points and NSE Nifty Feb. 4: Union Home Secretary crore) leaves passenger fares untou- records a historic 8741 points. Anil Goswami is sacked for allegedly ched. Freight rates hiked. Jan. 22: The Supreme Court in a trying to stall the arrest of former Feb. 28: Union Finance Minister benchmark verdict says BCCI o- Minister Matang Singh. L.C. Goyal allocates Rs. 70,000 cials cannot have commercial inter- appointed in his place. crore for public spending on infras- ests in the IPL. Gurunath Feb. 5: L.C. Goyal takes charge as tructure to spur growth in the econ- Meiyappan and Raj Kundra found Union Home Secretary. omy, presenting the Union Budget guilty of betting. Three-member Dr. Arvind Panagariya. The election of a returned candi- CPI leader Govind Pansare. 2015-16. Announces Atal Innovation THE HINDU THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 2016 DIARY OF EVENTS 2015 3

Mission and the Atal Pension Yoja- dawn-to-dusk Kerala-wide hartal in in Nepal trigger house collapses. na. Nirbhaya Fund gets Rs. 1,000 protest against the alleged assault on Prime Minister Narendra Modi crore. its MLAs inside the Assembly hits presents the Jnanpith Award for life. 2014 to Marathi writer Bhalchandra MARCH March 17: The Supreme Court Nemade, New Delhi. March 1: Mufti Mohammad Say- sets aside the quota for Jats. April 27: The apex court declares eed takes oath as the 12th Chief Min- The Union Cabinet gives nod for “bad in law” the appointment of Bha- ister of Jammu and Kashmir The Undisclosed Income and Assets vani Singh as SPP by the Tamil Nadu heading a PDP-BJP coalition Minis- (Imposition of Tax) Bill. government in the disproportionate try. March 20: At least 38 passen- assets case. March 2: The Nasdaq Composite gers, of the -Varanasi Ja- April 28: The Karnataka govern- Index surges above 5,000 for the first nata Express are killed and nearly ment appoints former AG B.V. time in 15 years, since the massive 150 injured after four coaches derail Acharya as Special Public Prosecu- dotcom crash of 2000. near the Bachrawan station in Rae tor in the disproportionate assets Animal Preservation Bareli district, U.P. Rescue work on at the mishap site at Bachrawan, in UttarPradesh. case. (Amendment) Bill 1995, banning March 21: A Delhi court acquits April 29: The Union Cabinet cow slaughter gets Presidential nod. all 16 accused in the May 22, 1987 Vajpayee at the latter’s residence in April 8: Prime Minister Narendra launches the Smart Cities Mission March 3: Three senior brokerage Hashimpura massacre at Meerut New Delhi. Modi launches the Pradhan Mantri and the Atal Mission for Rejuvena- ocials are arrested by the Mumbai that left 42 dead, for lack of evidence. March 28: The AAP removes Micro Units Development and Refi- tion and Urban Transformation police in connection with the Rajendra Singh dubbed the “Wa- founder-members Yogendra Yadav nance Agency Ltd. (MUDRA) Yoja- which replaces the JNNRUM with a Rs.4,600-crore National Spot Ex- terman of India”, instrumental in re- and Prashant Bhushan from its na- na, in New Delhi. MUDRA Bank total outlay of nearly Rs. 1,00,000 change Scam. viving numerous water bodies in tional executive. launched. crore. March 4: BSE Sensex crosses his- Rajasthan is chosen for the Stock- ISRO’s PSLV C-27 successfully April 9: A special Court in Hyd- toric 30000 mark and the NSE Nifty holm Water Prize. launches Indian Regional Naviga- erabad sentences to seven years RI MAY touches the 9100 milestone in early March 23: Veteran actor-pro- tion Satellite I-System (IRNSS) 1-D the former Chairman of Satyam May 3: President Pranab Muk- trade. ducer is chosen for into the intended orbit. Computers Services Ltd., B. Ramal- herjee presents to The Lok Sabha clears the long- the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for The NDA government announces inga Raju and nine others in a the 62nd National Film Award for pending Insurance Laws (Amend- 2014. the removal of Dr. Aziz Qureshi as Rs.7,000-crore corporate fraud case. Best Actress for her role in Queen ment) Bill. March 24: The Supreme Court Mizoram Governor. The Union Home Ministry sus- and award for best feature film to March 5: The Maharashtra gov- strikes down Section 66A of the In- March 30: Freedom fighter and pends the registration of Green- debut director Chaitanya Tamhane. ernment ocially scraps the five per formation Technology Act terming it founder of Banaras Hindu Universi- peace India under the Foreign May 6: A Mumbai sessions court cent reservation for Muslims in edu- unconstitutional. ty Madan Mohan Malviya is post- Contribution Regulation Act for six holds actor Salman Khan cational institutions, despite a Bom- Director Chaitanya Tamhane’s humously conferred the Bharat months and freezes its seven ac- guilty of homicide in the September bay High Court ruling in its favour. quadrilingual film Court emerges as Ratna at a function in New Delhi. counts, prohibiting donations from 28, 2002 hit-and-run case and sen- The Delhi High Court upholds the the best feature film and Kangana March 31: The Assembly abroad. tences him to 5-years RI. January 2013 conviction of the for- Ranaut is adjudged best actress for passes the landmark Gujarat Control April 13: The Union government The Constitution (122 nd Amend- mer Haryana Chief Minister Om her role in Vijay Bahl’s Queen at the of Terrorism and Organised Crime notifies the National Judicial Ap- ment) Bill for introduction of Goods Prakash Chautala, his son and 53 62nd National Film Awards in New Bill 2015. pointments Commission (NJAC) and Services Tax sails through the others in the junior teachers recruit- Delhi. Kannada actor Vijay bags the A Division Bench of the Kerala law and brings to an end the dec- Lok Sabha. ment scam that took place in 2000. best actor award for role in Nanu High Court upholds the UDF gov- ades-old collegium system of ap- The Rajya Sabha unanimously The Centre bans telecast on In- Avanalla Avalu . ernment’s liquor policy that permit- pointing judges. passes the Constitution (119 th) ternet a documentary India’s March 25: Shailesh Yadav, son of ted bars to function only in hotels of April 17: Hurriyat leader Masarat Amendment Bill to enable the rat- Daughter by British director Leslee Madhya Pradesh Governor Ram Na- five star and above categories. Alam is arrested on charges of orga- ification of the Land Boundary Udwin on the Dec.16, 2012, Delhi resh Yadav and an accused in the The Karnataka Assembly adopts nising a pro-freedom rally and rais- Agreement with Bangladesh hanging gangrape that was aired on the BBC’s Vyapam scam is found dead at his the Right of Children to Free and ing a Pakistani flag in Srinagar. fire since 1974. Channel 4 earlier in the day. father’s residence in Lucknow. Compulsory Education (Karnataka April 19: Rajya Sabha member Sensex tanks 723 points to close at March 7: Senior separatist leader March 26: The Madras High Amendment) Bill 2015 and the Kan- Sitaram Yechury is elected the fifth 26717.37 on huge sello by FIIs. Masarat Alam, one among the main Court Bench in Madurai restrains nada Language Learning Bill 2015. general secretary of the CPI(M) at May 7: The Juvenile Justice organisers of the pro-Azadi protests the Centre from permitting start of the 21st Party Congress in (Care and Protection of Children) in the Valley in 2010, is freed from work at the proposed INO project in APRIL Visakhapatnam. Bill that provides for trying juveniles prison by the J& K police. Pottipuram, Theni district. April 1: The Supreme Court stays Nasim Zaidi takes over as the 20 th aged between 16 and 18 years for March 10: The Land Acquisition March 27: President Pranab summons issued by a Special Court CEC in New Delhi. heinous crimes under laws for adults (Amendment) Bill is approved in the Mukherjee confers Bharat Ratna on against the former Prime Minister April 20: The AAP expels rebel is passed by the Lok Sabha. Lok Sabha. former Prime Minister Atal Bihari and five others in leaders Yogendra Yadav, Prashant Parliament unanimously ap- March 12: Rajya Sabha passes the the coal scam case. Bhushan, Anand Kumar and Ajit Jha Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill, The Andhra Pradesh government from the party. 2015. decides to name the new capital Am- April 22: Gajendra Singh, a farm- March 13: The Kerala Assembly aravati. er from Dausa district, Rajasthan witnesses unprecedented violence April 3: President Pranab Muk- commits suicide at a political rally as the Opposition LDF tries to pre- herjee signs the new Land Acquisi- organised by the AAP against the vent the Finance Minister K.M. Ma- tion Ordinance. Centre’s land ordinance at Jantar ni who faces bribery charges in the April 7: Twenty woodcutters Mantar in New Delhi. bar licence row from presenting the from Tamil Nadu found felling red April 24: The Rajya Sabha passes, budget. sanders are killed by police in an for the first time in 45 years, a pri- Suzette Jordan who was allegedly alleged encounter in the Seshacha- vate member’s bill protecting and raped in a moving car on Park Street lam forest in Andhra Pradesh. providing rights for transgenders. in in February 2012 dies in The Union Cabinet gives nod for April 25: At least 51 persons are the city after a brief illness. Jnanpith awardee Bhalchandra the Real Estate (Regulation and De- killed across Bihar, U.P. and West The new CPI(M) general March 14: The LDF-sponsored Nemade. velopment) Bill. Bengal after tremors from the quake secretary, Sitaram Yechury. 4 DIARY OF EVENTS 2015 THE HINDU THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 2016 proves The Constitution (119 th first Rangaswami Parthasarathy Me- Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa in Amendment) Bill, operationalising morial Award to veteran journalist the disproportionate assets case. the Land Boundary Agreement with at a function in June 24: The Prime Minister Na- Bangladesh. Chennai. rendra Modi launches Housing for Achal Kumar Jyoti, a former Chief The Supreme Court upholds the All, Atal Mission for Rejuvenation Secretary of Gujarat is appointed constitutional validity of the Nation- and Urban Transformation (AM- Election Commissioner. al Company Law Tribunal and its RUT) and Smart Cities schemes, in The RJD expels five-time MP Ra- appellate forum under the Compa- New Delhi. jesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav from nies Act of 2013. Gokulraj, a Dalit youth is found the party for six years. May 18: Aruna Shanbaug, former murdered with head severed on a May 8: The Bombay High Court nurse at Mumbai’s King Edward Me- railway track near Pallipalayam, Ti- suspends the five-year jail term morial Hospital dies of pneumonia ruchengode, Tamil Nadu. awarded to actor Salman Khan and after being in a coma since Novem- June 29: Tamil Nadu Chief Min- grants him bail. ber 27, 1973 following a sexual as- Passengers waiting to board the inaugural run of the Metro train ister Jayalalithaa inaugurates the May 9: Prime Minister Narendra sault by a ward boy. in Chennai. Metro Rail network in Chennai, cur- Modi launches two insurance May 21: The AIADMK Legisla- rently being operated from Koyam- schemes, Pradhan Mantri Jeevan ture Party elects Jayalalithaa leader. decides to file an appeal in the Su- ident becomes the first visually chal- bedu to , through video Jyoti Bima Yojana, Pradhan Mantri O. Panneerselvam resigns as Chief preme Court against verdict acquit- lenged to be selected for the IFS. conferencing from the Secretariat. Suraksha Bima Yojana and the Atal Minister. ting Jayalalithaa and three others in June 13: The Union Government The Hindu art work on special cover. Bima Yojana, at a function in May 23: Jayalalithaa takes oath the disproportionate assets case. launches an Insurance pool of Rs. June 30: Tamil Nadu Chief Min- Kolkata. as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister for the The trial run of the Kolkata-Dha- 1,500 crore mandatory under the ister Jayalalithaa wins the Radhak- Veteran journalist Vinod Mehta is fifth time at a function in Chennai. A ka-Agartala bus service begins in Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage rishnan Nagar Assembly by-poll posthumously honoured with the new Cabinet takes oce. Kolkata. Act. with a record margin of over 1.50 G.K. Reddy Memorial National May 24: The heat wave toll in A.P. June 2: The Hindu June 15: The Supreme Court can- lakh votes. Award at a function in New Delhi. and Telangana touches 470. launches www.bloncampus.com or cels the All India Pre Medical and Telangana TDP MLA A. Revnath May 10: Bollywood veteran May 25: The Delhi High Court BLOC, a first of its kind website tai- Pre Dental Entrance Test held on Reddy arrested in a cash-for-vote Shashi Kapoor is presented with the rules that the Delhi government’s lored for B-Schoolers and B-School May 3, 2015 due to exam fraud. case is granted conditional bail by Dadasaheb Phalke award by the ACB has jurisdiction to arrest police aspirants. Ex-servicemen launch an indefi- the Hyderabad High Court. Union I & B Minister Arun Jaitley in personnel. Sensex plummets 660.61 points to nite fast across the country seeking Mumbai. May 27: The Tripura government close at 27188.38 implementation of the One Rank JULY May 11: The Karnataka High revokes the Armed Forces (Special June 3: The Centre lodges a com- One Pension scheme. July 1: “Dignity of a woman is Court acquits former Tamil Nadu Powers) Act, in force since February plaint against Nestle Maggi noodles June 18: At least 102 people are part of her non-perishable and im- Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and 1997. with the National Consumer Dis- killed after consuming illicit liquor mortal self”, holds the Supreme three others in the disproportionate May 28: Yaduveer Krishnadatta putes Redressal Commission. at Malvani in Malad, Mumbai. Court ruling out room for compro- assets case. Her disqualification un- Chamaraja Wadiyar is crowned the June 4: Tamil Nadu bans the June 19: Mumbai comes to a mise in rape cases. der the RPA stands negated. new Maharaja at the Amba Vilas Pal- manufacture, stocking and sale of standstill following heavy torrential The Black Money (Undisclosed The Lok Sabha passes the Undis- ace in Mysuru. Maggi and three other noodle brands rain measuring close to 300 mm over Foreign Income and Assets) and Im- closed Foreign Income and Assets May 29: Pradeep Kumar Sinha is for three months. 24 hours. position of Tax Act comes into force. (Imposition of Tax) Bill, 2015. appointed Cabinet Secretary. June 5: Nestle withdraws Maggi June 21: Prime Minister Naren- July 2: Maharashtra decides to A metropolitan sessions court in The TDP goes national at the Ma- and the Food Safety and Standards dra Modi leads 35,985 people in label students of madrasas or vedic Hyderabad grants bail to former Sa- hanadu in Hyderabad. Authority of India orders recall of all breaking the Guinness World Re- schools ‘uneducated’. tyam Computers Chairman B. Ra- May 30: The U.P. government nine varieties of the noodles from cord for the largest number of people The External Aairs Ministry re- malinga Raju and nine others. files a case against Nestle India after the market. doing Yoga at Rajpath, New Delhi on instates IFS ocer Devyani Khobra- India names private banker K.V. excess lead is detected in Maggi June 7: Manabi Bandyopadhyay the occasion of the first Internation- gade and posts her to the newly Kamath as the first president of the noodles. becomes the nation’s first openly al Day of Yoga. created ‘States division’. $100-billion BRICS bank named gets the final ap- transgender college principal as she June 22: Thirtyseven persons July 4: Tamil Nadu Chief Minis- New Development Bank. proval for starting operations. takes charge at Krishnagar Women’s travel by the first commercial bus ter Jayalalithaa takes oath as an May 12: Seventeen persons are May 31: President Pranab Muk- College in Kolkata. service (Kolkata-Dhaka-Agartala) MLA at the Secretariat. killed across east and north India in herjee repromulgates the Land Ordi- June 10: The which took o from Karunamayee The mystery surrounding the Vya- tremors triggered by fresh after- nance for the third time. dismisses petitions by Sun TV and Stand in Salt Lake. pam scam in Madhya Pradesh turns shocks of the quake in Nepal. Kal Comm Pvt. Ltd. against attach- June 23: The Karnataka govern- murkier after Akshay Singh, a TV Sensex tumbles by 629.82 points JUNE ment of assets by the ED in the Air- ment files an SLP in the Supreme journalist dies at Meghnagar area to close at 26877.48. June 1: The Karnataka Cabinet cel-Maxis case. Court against the acquittal of Tamil near Jhabua town soon after inter- May 13: In a landmark judgment, K.V. Chowdhary takes oath as viewing the parents of an accused the Supreme Court restrains the CVC and Vijai Sharma is sworn in as who herself was found dead in 2012. government from publishing the Chief Information Commissioner, in Ira Singhal from Delhi, becomes photographs of political leaders, New Delhi. the first physically challenged wom- ministers or prominent persons in Neyveli Santhanagopalan (Car- an to top the Civil Services exam. government advertisements. natic vocal), Ashwini Bhide Desh- July 5: The Vyapam scamclaims The Rajya Sabha approves The pande (Hindustani vocal), Ronu another victim, with Arun Sharma, Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Majumdar (flute) among 36 artists Dean of the Jabalpur-based Netaji Income and Assets) and Imposition chosen for the Sangeet Natak Subhas Chandra Bose Medical Col- of Tax Bill, 2015. Awards for 2014. lege, being found dead in a Delhi May 14: SBI launches SBIin- June 12: Telangana announces hotel. Touch, its contactless debit and its maiden industrial policy with a July 6: The Chennai Corporation credit card using latest near field unique feature to cut delays — Right announces a major decision, permit- technology. to Clearance, on the lines of RTI, in Relatives mourning a hooch ting residents to build houses on May 17: Mr. N. Ram, Chairman, Hyderabad. victim at a cemetery at Malad, land of any size in the city. Kasturi and Sons Ltd., presents the Bollywood actor Shashi Kapoor. N.L. Beno Zephine, a Chennai res- Mumbai. The DMK challenges in the Su- THE HINDU THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 2016 DIARY OF EVENTS 2015 5 preme Court the acquittal of Tamil the IIM in , Meghalaya. daughter Sheena Bora in Raigad dis- Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa in The Supreme Court refuses to stay trict on April 24, 2012. the disproportionate assets case. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayala- Aug. 26: Six persons are killed as The Supreme Court rules unwed lithaa’s acquittal in the dispropor- the Gujarat bandh turns violent. Ar- mother can be the sole guardian of a tionate assets case. my called in. minor child. July 28: Mumbai’s iconic dabba- The Supreme Court suspends all July 8: Sensex slumps by 483.97 wallas go online with the launch of proceedings against the two Italian points to close at 27687.72 fuelled by www.dabbewale.com marines accused of killing two Indi- the Chinese equity turmoil. July 29: The Supreme Court dis- an fishermen o the Kerala coast in July 10: The ISRO’s PSLV C-28 misses the review petition filed by 2012. launches five satellites weighing the then UPA government challeng- The Centre unveils a list of 98 1,440 kg for a U.K.-based company ing the commutation of death penal- smart cities, with Uttar Pradesh and from the Space Cen- ty to life term of three convicts in the Tamil Nadu taking the largest share tre in Sriharikota. assassination case. of developing 13 cities and 12 July 11: The Madras High Court July 30: The 1993 Mumbai blasts Raju Burman, a resident of Poatarkuti, Bangladesh, celebrating respectively. recalls order suggesting mediation convict Yakub Memon is hanged at the newfound citizenship of India. The ISRO launches communica- between a rape survivor and the the Nagpur central prison hardly tion satellite GSAT-6, with an indig- convict. two hours after Supreme Court re- in the teachers’ recruitment scam in the illegal phone exchange case. enous cryogenic stage aboard a July 13: The CBI begins probe jects his petition. case of 2000. Aug. 13: The Bombay High Court GSLV D-6 rocket from Sriharikota, into the Vyapam scam (fraud in the The former President A.P.J. Abdul Amalendu of the TIFR, revokes the nationwide ban on Mag- Andhra Pradesh. pre-medical tests held from Kalam is laid to rest with full state Mumbai, wins the Ramanujan Prize gi Noodles, but orders fresh tests on Aug. 28: The NDA government 2006-2013). honours in Pei Karumbu village in for 2015. all variants of the product. allows the land acquisition ordi- July 14: The R. M. Lodha panel on Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu. Aug. 4: At least 25 persons are Aug. 14: Delhi police try to evict nance to lapse. the IPL betting scandal suspends July 31: Gandhian and anti-li- killed after several coaches of the ex-servicemen on a relay hunger Aug. 30: Veteran Kannada writer CSK and RR for two years. Gurunath quor crusader Sasi Perumal dies dur- Kamayani Express and the Janata strike for 61 days at Jantar Mantar M.M. Kalburgi (77) known for his Meiyappan and Raj Kundra slapped ing a protest atop a mobile phone Express derail and plunge into the seeking implementation of OROP. stand against superstition, is shot with life ban. tower near Marthandam in Tamil Machak river while crossing flooded Aug. 15: Prime Minister Naren- dead at his home at Kalyan Nagar in At least 27 persons are killed and Nadu’s Kanyakumari district. tracks near Harda in Madhya Pra- dra Modi announces the “Start-up Dharwad, Karnataka. 36 injured in a stampede at the Go- The former President A.P.J. Abdul desh. India Stand Up India” scheme , in his Aug. 31: The Supreme Court re- davari Maha Pushkaram in Rajah- Kalam’s birthday, October 15, to be Aug. 5: Two BSF jawans Rocky address during the 69 th Independ- stores the Jain religious practice of a mundry, Andhra Pradesh. observed as ‘Youth Awakening Day’ and Suvendu Singh are killed and ence Day celebration in New Delhi. ritualistic fast unto death staying the July 15: The Manipur Regulation every year in Tamil Nadu. eight injured in an attack on a con- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jaya- August 10 order of a Division Bench of Visitors, Tenants and Migrant voy near Udhampur, J&K. A Pakista- lalithaa presents the first A.P.J. Ab- of the Rajasthan High Court. Workers Bill 2015 passed on March AUGUST ni militant is shot dead and another dul Kalam Award to ISRO scientist Rajiv Mehrishi replaces L.C. Goyal 16 is withdrawn at a special Assemb- Aug. 1: At least 14,854 people join captured. N. Valarmathi. as Union Home Secretary. ly session, following protests during India after shedding a stateless ex- A Mumbai special court issues an Aug. 17: The Supreme Court up- Five persons are killed during a which a student died in police firing istence for years in 51 Bangladesh NBW against former IPL Commis- holds the conviction of Vikas Yadav, general strike in Manipur to protest (on July 8). enclaves. sioner Lalit Modi in London since Vishal Yadav and Sukhdev Yadav in the passage of Protection of Manipur July 17: The All India Railway Aug. 3: The government signs a 2010. the 2002 murder of Nitish Katara, an People’s Bill, 2015 and two amend- Helpline number 1512, for victims of peace deal with the NSCN (IM) in Aug. 7: Prime Minister Narendra MBA graduate. ment bills in the Assembly. crimes on railway property is un- New Delhi. Modi inaugurates the first National Vipul Garg (17) from Haryana’s veiled at a function in New Delhi. The flood toll in West Bengal goes Handloom Day in Chennai and Jind district tops the All India Pre- SEPTEMBER July 21: The Supreme Court lifts up to 69 and 2.1 lakh people shel- launches the Indian Handloom Medical Test entrance exam 2015. Sept.1: Three persons are killed its year-long embargo on State gov- tered in over 1,500 relief camps. Mark. Aug. 19: India Post, Reliance In- in police firing on a mob in Mani- ernments from freeing life convicts. The Supreme Court dismisses the The Tripura Assembly passes a dustries Ltd. among 11 entities pur’s Churachandpur district as the Rajiv killers cannot be freed. appeals of the former Haryana Chief resolution against death penalty. granted in principle nod by the RBI protests against the passage of bills July 23: Nobel laureate and cli- Minister O.P Chautala, his son Ajay Aug. 10: Nivin Pauly ( for setting up payment banks. escalate. mate scientist R.K. Pachauri is re- Chautala and three others against Days and 1983) shares the Best Actor The Supreme Court allows the re- Nine persons are sentenced to life moved as Director General of TERI. their conviction on January 16, 2013 Award with Sudev Nair ( My Life al estate magnates Gopal and Sushil by a Special Court in Thiruvanan- July 25: A sessions court in New Partner ) at the Kerala State Film Ansal to walk free in the 1997 Uphaar thapuram for the August 21, 2009 Delhi discharges 36 accused, includ- awards for 2014. Nazriya Nazim bags Cinema fire case. murder of businessman Paul Muth- ing cricketers S. Sreesanth, Ajit Best Actress Award for Om Shanthi Aug. 21: The Gujarat High Court oot George near Nedumudy in Ker- Chandila and Ankeet Chavan in the Oshana and Bangalore Days . stays the government notification ala’s Alappuzha district. IPL spot fixing case of 2013. Aug. 11: Aadhaar not mandatory, making voting compulsory in the The Prime Minister Narendra says the Supreme Court. civic bodies and panchayat polls. Modi presents The Hindu ’s senior The Prem Bhatia Memorial Award Aug. 24: Sensex tumbles by journalist Gargi Parsai with the for 2015 is awarded to Suhasini Hai- 1624.51 points to close at 25741.56. ICAR award for Excellence in Jour- dar, Diplomatic and Strategic Aairs Aug. 25: Police crackdown after a nalism in Agricultural Research and Editor with The Hindu. mammoth rally of Patels in Ahmeda- Development, 2014, at a function in The government sues Nestle, bad, Gujarat seeking quota in jobs Patna. manufacturer of Magi Noodles for triggers violence. Hardik Patel, July 27: Seven persons, including Rs. 639 crore. spearhead briefly detained. an SP Baljit Singh are killed in an Aug. 12: The Lok Sabha debates Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jaya- attack on a police station in Dinana- the Lalit Modi saga on the penulti- lalithaa announces a comprehensive gar in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district. mate day of the monsoon session. AMMA Master Health-Check-up A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (83), former The Supreme Court stays the Ma- plan in the Assembly. President who played a key role in dras High Court order cancelling the Indrani Mukherjea, former CEO India’s nuclear tests dies after col- Former President, Dr. A.P.J. anticipatory bail of former Union of INX Media Limited is held by the lapsing on stage during a lecture at Abdul Kalam. Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran for the murder of her M. M. Kalburgi. 6 DIARY OF EVENTS 2015 THE HINDU THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 2016

Sept. 2: The Union Cabinet gives pends Internet services on mobile Fiftythree per cent voting is regis- nod for a new policy for the auction across the state. tered in the third phase of Bihar As- of 69 small and marginal oil fields to Sept. 21: The Hindu makes public sembly polls. private and foreign firms. online destruction of documents re- Oct. 29: The Delhi Declaration The nationwide strike by workers garding a military intelligence unit 2015, unveiled at the conclusion of seeking hike in minimum wages, hits set up during Gen. V.K. Singh’s ten- the India- Forum Summit banking and transport services. ure. An army general court martial calls for a global plan to combat The Government cancels the Reg- had on May 9, 2015 sentenced ha- cross-border terrorism and faster istration of Greenpeace India. vildar Sham Das D. to 10 years RI for reform of the UNSC. Sept. 4: The Delhi High Court leaking them. Oct. 30: Chandrabhan Sanap, allows women to be granted perma- The Rajasthan Assembly decides convicted of raping and murdering nent commission in the Navy. to increase quota limit to 68 per cent. techie Esther Anuhya is sentenced to Sensex plummets by 563 points to Two bills to ensure 5 per cent reser- death by a special women’s court in end at 25201.90 following heavy sell- vation for Gujjars and 14 per cent to Mumbai. ing in global stocks. Economically Backward Classes Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiling the plaque to lay the Tamil Nadu Governor K. Rosaiah Sept. 5: Defence Minister Mano- passed. foundation stone of Amaravati, the new capital of Andhra Pradesh. presents The Hindu Saregama M.S. har Parrikar announces the imple- Sept 24: The Centre clears the Subbulakshmi Award 2015 to S. mentation of the one rank, one Gujarat Control of Terrorism and OCTOBER the 99th Constitutional Amendment. Adithyanarayanan, a mathematics pension (OROP) scheme for Organised Crime Bill 2015 and sends Collegium system is operative again. student, in Chennai. ex-servicemen. it to the President for assent. Oct. 3: Vishal, the son of a local Over 55 per cent voting recorded Oct. 31: India’s tallest person and Sept. 6: Veterans call o stir after Sept. 26: The CBI registers a case BJP leader accused of inciting a mob in the second phase of Bihar As- Asia’s second tallest, Kolipaka Gat- Prime Minister Narendra Modi clar- against Himachal Pradesh Chief to lynch Mohammed Akhlaque over sembly polls. taiah, dies of heart attack while being ifies that all service personnel who Minister Virbhadra Singh, his wife rumours of cow slaughter in Bishara Oct. 17: National Blood Policy treated at a hospital in Hyderabad. had taken premature retirement are and associates in a disproportionate village in Dadri, Uttar Pradesh on modified. Blood banks can borrow also entitled to OROP. assets case after raids at 13 places. September 28 is arrested. from one another in case of shortage. NOVEMBER Sept. 7: An Army Court martial Sept. 28: The ISRO launches As- Oct. 5: India and Germany agree Oct. 19: The Gujarat police ar- Nov. 1: Bihar registers 57.59 per awards lifer to six of its personnel for trosat, its first dedicated multi- to form the Climate and Renewable rests Hardik Patel on sedition charg- cent turnout in phase IV of Assembly the killing of three youth on April 29, wavelength space observatory into Energy Alliance. es in Rajkot. polls. 2010 in the Machil Sector of Kup- space, besides six satellites for Cana- Oct. 6: Maharashtra Cabinet de- Oct. 22: The Prime Minister Na- Nov. 3: A Fast Track court in New wara district in J&K in a fake da, Indonesia and the U.S. cides to revive Ratnagiri Gas and rendra Modi lays the foundation for Delhi sentences to lifer Uber cab encounter. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jaya- Power Private Limited — the erst- Amaravati, the “People’s Capital” of driver Shiv Kumar Yadav for raping a Sept. 9: Tamil Nadu Chief Minis- lalithaa launches “Amma mobile while Dabhol Power Project. Andhra Pradesh at Uddandrayuni- woman executive on Dec. 5, 2014. ter Jayalalithaa inaugurates projects phones’’, a scheme under which Eminent litterateur Nayantara palem on the banks of the Krishna Haryana drops chargesheet worth Rs.2,568 crore at the opening women SHG trainers are to be pro- Sahgal returns her Sahitya Akademi between Vijayawada and Guntur. against senior IAS ocer Ashok of the first Global Investors Meet vided cellphones. award in protest against the killing Oct. 23: The Sahitya Akademi , Khemka. 2015, in Chennai. Sept. 29: The government flags of writer M.M. Kalburgi and ratio- passes resolution condemning the Nov. 4: The collegium system is The Gandhi Peace Prize is be- o its Green Highways (Plantation, nalist Govind Pansare. killing of Kannada writer M. M. Kal- back and the CJI H. L. Dattu suggests stowed on the ISRO and accepted by Transplantation and Maintenance) Oct. 8: The Bombay High Court burgi, at an emergency meeting in the name of Justice Tirath Singh its Chairman A.S. Kiran Kumar from Policy 2015 at a function in New sets aside a tax demand of Rs. 3,700 New Delhi. Thakur to be his successor. President , at the Delhi. crore imposed on Vodafone India by Oct. 25: launch- A special court in Mumbai frames . Sept. 30: A special court in Mum- the IT authorities. es the digital edition in charges against Sayed Zabiuddin An- Sept. 12: At least 89 people are bai awards death sentence to five and Oct. 9: Noted writer Shashi Desh- Chennai. sari alias Abu Jundal in the Novem- killed and over 100 injured after an lifer to seven persons for the July 11, pande quits the Sahitya Akademi Oct. 26: Geeta, a dierently abled ber 26, 2008 serial terror strikes in explosion in Petlawad town of Jha- 2006 serial train blasts. Council. woman who had wandered across Mumbai. bua district, Madhya Pradesh. For the first time in the history of Oct. 10: Poet K. Satchidanandan the India- border in 2002 The Registrar of Societies in Tamil Sept. 16: Majed Hassan Ashoor, Indian judiciary, the Madras High and feminist writer Sara Joseph, and looked after by the Edhi Foun- Nadu cancels the registration of the Saudi Arabian diplomat accused Court allows live telecast of con- both from Kerala quit Sahitya Aka- dation in Karachi arrives in New Greenpeace India as a society. of sexual assault on two Nepali tempt proceedings against two Mad- demi and return awards. Delhi. Nov. 5: The Supreme Court maids leaves India. urai advocates for their activities The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet de- A massive earthquake rocks north throws open the collegium system to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister against the compulsory helmet rule. cides to rename Rajahmundry as India. Jammu and Kashmir badly public scrutiny. Chandrababu Naidu completes the Rajamahendravaram. hit. A 19-year-old is raped in a moving rivers Godavari-Krishna link as part Oct. 12: Fiftyseven per cent vot- Navy opens its doors to women bus in Bengaluru. of the Pattiseema project in West ing is recorded in phase I of Bihar pilots, who for the time being will be Godavari district. Assembly polls. shore-based. The RBI grants ‘in principle’ ap- Oct. 14: The government to begin The Maharashtra Government proval for 10 firms to set up small declassification of Netaji Subhas withdraws circular on sedition. finance banks. Chandra Bose files from January 23, Oct. 27: The Gujarat High Court Sept. 17: The Supreme Court 2016. upholds sedition charge against Pa- stays the operation of a new pan- Kerala plantation labour call o tel agitation leader Hardik Patel. chayat law in Haryana laying down stir. Oct. 28: Documentary film-mak- minimum educational qualifications Oct. 15: The Supreme Court stays er Anand Patwardhan returns his to contest local bodies polls. ban on the operation of dance bars in national award along with nine oth- Sept. 18: The West Bengal Gov- Mumbai. ers in solidarity with the FTTI stu- ernment declassifies 64 files relating The Government cannot insist on dents who end their 139-day strike. to Subhas Chandra Bose. production of Aadhar card, rules the Facebook’s Free Basics and Zero Sept. 19: The detention of Hardik Supreme Court. Rating did not violate Net neutrality, Patel, leader of the Patidar Andolan Oct. 16: The Supreme Court re- says CEO Mark Zuckerburg in a Samithi by the Surat police triggers Astrosat all set for launch in jects the National Judicial Appoint- town hall-style event on the IIT, Del- violence. Gujarat government sus- Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. ments Commission (NJAC) Act and hi campus. Geeta. 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Prime Minister Narendra Modi The Supreme Court opens the tences to death seven accused in the unveils the Gold Monetisation door for Navy woman ocers re- gangrape-cum-murder of a Nepali Scheme, Sovereign Gold Bond leased from service after September woman in February 2015. Scheme and Gold Coin and Bullion 26, 2008 to return to the force. Dec. 22: The Rajya Sabha clears Scheme, at a function in New Delhi. Music maestro Ilayaraja is confer- the Juvenile Justice (Care and Pro- Nov. 6: Underworld don Chhota red with the Centenary Award at the tection of Children) Bill. Rajan is arrested after being brought 46th IFFI inaugural in , Goa. Artist Chintan Upadyay is arrest- to New Delhi from Indonesia. Nov. 21: The Wednesday Child ed for the murder of his wife Hema Nov. 7: Prime Minister Narendra from Hungary and Ella from Col- and her lawyer Harish Bhambhani. Modi announces an economic pack- ombia are given the best film and Dec. 23: The BJP suspends Darb- age of Rs. 80,000 crore for J&K at a director awards at the 21st Kolkata hanga MP Kirti Azad for levelling function in Srinagar. International Film Festival. corruption charges in DDCA aairs. The Union Government notifies Nov. 23: The Centre sanctions The UP police file chargesheet the one rank one pension scheme, Rs. 939.63 crore as immediate flood against 15 in the Dadri lynching case. but ex-servicemen reject it. relief to Tamil Nadu. The Nagpur bench of the Bombay Nov. 8: The Nitish Kumar-Lalu Nov. 26: Parliament holds a dis- High Court cancels the bail of DU Prasad duo leads the Grand Alliance cussion to commemorate the Con- professor G.N. Saibaba held in May to a historic, two-thirds majority in stitution and its framer Dr. B.R. for alleged Maoist links. the Bihar Assembly polls. Ambedkar. Chennai residents carrying children as they wade through Dec. 24: The Delhi Chief Minister Nov. 9: Heavy rain lashes the Nov. 27: The Hindu launches its floodwaters. Arvind Kejriwal unveils the blue- coastal districts of Tamil Nadu, with Mumbai Edition. print for the odd-even car rollout Neyveli receiving 45 cm within a few Nov. 29: Two espionage rackets from January 1. hours. Parts of Puducherry, Chennai with links to Pakistan’s ISI are bust- Dec. 9: The Hindu launches India Dec. 15: A CBI raid on the secre- The ULFA general secretary Anup too hit. Cuddalore gets 266 mm in ed in Jammu and Kolkata, and five for Chennai (# India for Chennai), a tariat of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Chetia is freed from the Guwahati two days. persons are held. national editorial campaign to col- Kejriwal triggers a political storm. Central Jail following grant of bail. Nestle India resumes sale of Mag- Nov. 30: Chennai records 1049.3 lect funds to help the rain-hit. Sangita Kalanidhi M.S. Subbu- Dec. 26: In the first verdict in the gi noodles. mm rainfall, missing the 1088.4 mm Dec. 10: The Bombay High Court lakshmi Award is conferred on Car- M.P. Vyapam scam cases, two per- Nov. 10: Kerala Finance Minis- registered in November 1918. acquits actor Salman Khan of all natic vocalist Sanjay Subrahmanyan sons are awarded three years RI by a ter, K.M. Mani resigns over the bar Adventure drama Embrace of the charges in the September 28, 2002 at the Music Academy in Chennai. court in . bribery allegations. Serpent bags the Golden Peacock for hit-and-run and drunk-and-drive Dec. 16: Appointment of priests Dec. 28: Meat recovered from The Centre announces ‘Big Bang’ Best film at the IFFI 2015 in Goa. case in which one person died out- in Tamil Nadu temples as per Aga- Dadri lynching victim Mohammad FDI reforms, easing norms across 15 side the American Express Bakery in mas not a violation of the right to Akhlaq’s house mutton not beef, says sectors, including defence, banking. DECEMBER . equality, rules the Supreme Court. probe report. Nov. 16: Tamil Nadu Chief Minis- Dec. 1: Chennai registers a record The Supreme Court upholds the The Supreme Court bans registra- Amitabh Kant is NITI Aayog CEO. ter, Jayalalithaa announces Rs. 500 29.4 cm rain and 49 cm. Haryana Panchayati Raj (Amend- tion of luxury diesel vehicles in the An IAF man is dismissed after be- crore for relief and rehabilitation in Dec. 2: The seven life-term con- ment) Act, 2015 which mandated National Capital Region of Delhi up ing held on espionage charge by the the wake of the rain havoc in the victs in the Rajiv Gandhi assassina- that only those having “minimum’’ to March 31, 2016. Delhi Crime Branch Police. State. People in many marooned lo- tion case merit no hope of freedom, educational qualifications were eli- The ISRO launches six Singapore Dec. 29: The Supreme Court up- calities in Chennai are airlifted and holds the Supreme Court. gible to contest panchayat polls. satellites from Sriharikota in Andhra holds the liquor policy in Kerala. ferried by boats. Dec. 3: Prime Minister, Narendra A special court in Mumbai grants Pradesh. Eminent Gujarati writer Raghu- The CISF takes over security in Modi undertakes an aerial survey of pardon to LeT operative David Cole- The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet de- veer Chaudhary is chosen for the Madras High Court. the rain-hit areas of Chennai and man Headley and accepts his pro- cides to appoint a judicial commis- Jnanpith Award for 2015. Nov. 17: Chittoor Mayor Katari announces an additional Rs. 1,000- posal to turn approver in the sion to probe ‘call money sex racket.’ Dec. 30: India successfully test- Anuradha and her husband Katari crore package. November 26, 2008 terror attacks. Dec. 17: Tamil writer A. Madha- fires Barak NG, a surface-to-air mis- Mohan both belonging to the TDP Dec. 4: Eighteen patients are The Centre announces the Tamil van is chosen for the 2015 Sahitya sile system from INS Kolkata on the are killed in an attack at the killed between Dec. 2 and 3 at the Nadu floods to be a ‘Calamity of Se- Akademi award for his collected western seaboard. chamber. MIOT International in Manapak- vere Nature’. Toll put at 347. prose writings Ilakkiya Chuvadukal . Dec. 31: Over 200 Delhi ocials Nov. 18: President Pranab Muk- kam, Chennai following power fail- Dec. 11: Malayalam film Ottal BJP and rebel Congress MPs ‘vote go on leave opposing the suspension herjee appoints Supreme Court ure after the hospital is flooded (The Trap) wins four top awards at out’ Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minis- a day earlier of two colleagues held Judge Justice C.P. Thakur as the owing to the breaching the IFFK. ter Nabam Tuki and elect Kalikho void by the Centre. 43rd CJI with eect from Dec. 3. its banks. Three persons are sentenced to 10 Pul. The Guwahati High Court stays Music maestro Ilayaraja is chosen A Mumbai special court allows years RI in the February 5, 2012 Park all decisions. for Kerala Tourism’s Nishagandhi plea to make Pakistan-born Amer- Street gangrape case in Kolkata. The Union Cabinet gives nod for Puraskaram 2016. ican terror operative David Coleman Dec. 12: India and Japan an- Rs. 40,000-crore defence deal. Headley, an accused in the Novem- nounce a series of military and stra- Dec. 18: Mumbai’s Marine Drive, ber 26, 2008 attacks. tegic agreements. completes 100 years. Nov. 19: The CBI arrests former The bodies of noted artist Hema Former Defence Secretary R.K. TV network owner Peter Mukherjea Upadhyay and her lawyer Harish Mathur is named new Chief Infor- in the . Bhambhani are found in a sewage mation Commissioner. The first batch of 62 persons resid- drain in Kandivali, Mumbai. Dec. 19: A Delhi court grants con- ing in Bangladesh enclaves arrives in Dec. 13: Actor Dileep Kumar is ditional bail to Congress president West Bengal’s Cooch Behar district. presented the Sonia Gandhi and vice-president Ra- Nov. 20: Nitish Kumar is sworn award by Home Minister, Rajnath hul Gandhi in the National Herald in Bihar Chief Minister for the fifth Singh at his home in Bandra, case. time. Mumbai. Dec. 20: The youngest convict in The Madras High Court stays for Dec. 14: Justice L. Narasimha the December 16, 2012 Delhi gan- four weeks the Tamil Nadu Govern- Reddy is appointed the one-man ju- grape is released and moved to the ment’s order cancelling the registra- Bihar Chief Minister Nitish dicial commission to look into OROP care and protection of an NGO. tion of Greenpeace India. Kumar. implementation. Dec. 21: A court in Rohtak sen- Tamil writer A. 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cons of slain police personnel Birdman bags Oscars for Best Pic- INTERNATIONAL Franck Brinsolaro, Ahmed Merabet ture, Best Director, Best Original and Clarissa Jean-Philippe, at the Screenplay at the 87th Academy JANUARY Paris police headquarters. Awards in Hollywood, California. Jan. 14: Charlie Hebdo makes a Eddie Redmayne gets Best Actor Jan. 3: IS militants burn alive defiant return with the “survivors award (The Theory of Everything ). Jordanian pilot Maaz-al-Kassasbeh issue” with the print order going up Julianne Moore bags Best Actress captured on December 24, 2014 after to 5 million. honours for role in Still Alice . Wes his F-16 set crashed while on a mis- Pope Francis canonises 17 th centu- Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Ho- sion over northern Syria. ry priest Joseph Vaz — Sri Lanka’s tel wins four awards on its nine nom- Jan. 5: The euro sinks to a nine- first Saint — at a ceremony near Col- inations. year low. ombo’s seafront. Former Maldives President Mo- Jan. 7: Two masked Islamist gun- Jan. 15: Switzerland uncouples hammed Nasheed is arrested in Male men attack the headquarters of the the Swiss franc from the euro. under anti-terrorism laws for alleg- satirical French weekly magazine Jan. 20: Shia militia fighters Firefighters carry an injured person on a stretcher in front of the edly ordering the arrest of a senior Charlie Hebdo in Paris over its lam- seize the presidential palace in the oces of the French magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris. judge in 2012 that triggered violence. pooning of Prophet Mohamed leav- Yemeni capital Sana'a. Feb. 23: Eurozone approves ing 12 persons, including Stephane Jan. 21: Sri Lanka exonerates for- clares the 239 passengers and crew five trophies. Greek reforms plan. Charbonnier, Editor-in-Chief and mer army Chief Sarath Fonseka of all of missing flight MH370 ‘presumed Musician Ricky Kej and activist sta cartoonists dead. charges, and restores his rank and dead’. Neela Vaswani win honours for their Jan. 8: Presidential polls largely medals. Bangladesh’s Parliament passes a work in album Winds of Samsara and peaceful in Sri Lanka with an 81.52 Jan. 22: Yemen President Abed historic proposal to recognise rape the documentary on Malala Yousaf- per cent turnout. Rabbo Mansour Hadi resigns. victims of the 1971 Liberation War as zai at the 57th Annual Grammy Jan. 9: Elite French police storm Jan. 23: Saudi Arabia’s King Ab- freedom fighters. Awards in Los Angeles. The Stay a printing firm in Paris and kill Che- dullah (90), dies in Riyadh. His half- Jan. 30: K. Sripavan, a Tamil With Me fame singer Sam Smith rif and Said Kouachi, the two broth- brother Salman succeeds to the Judge is appointed Sri Lanka Chief scoops four Grammy Awards. ers wanted for the Charlie Hebdo throne. Justice. Feb. 9: Nobel Laureate Amartya attack. An accomplice, Amedy Couli- Thailand’s Parliament votes to Jan. 31: Sergio Mattarella, a Sici- Sen is chosen for the inaugural Char- baly who had held people hostage at impeach the former Prime Minister lian Judge is elected Italy’s new leston-EFG John Maynard Keynes a Jewish grocery shop too killed Yingluck Shinawatra. President. Prize. along with four civilians. Jan. 24: Haruna Yukawa, one of The IS releases video depicting Feb. 10: Three Muslim students Maithripala Sirisena is sworn in two Japanese being held hostage by the beheading of Japanese journalist from one family are shot dead by Sri Lanka’s sixth executive President the IS is beheaded. Kenji Goto. Craig Stephen Hicks, a self-de- at the Independence Square in Col- Jan. 25: Greeks cast ballots in scribed atheist in Chapel Hill, North ombo. UNP leader Ranil Wickramas- parliamentary polls. FEBRUARY Carolina. inghe is sworn in as Prime Minister. Colombia’s Paulina Vega is Feb. 1: deports Al-Jazeera Feb. 11: More than 300 migrants Charlie Hebdo sta start work on crowned Miss Universe 2014 in English reporter Peter Greste to are feared drowned in the Mediter- a new issue in premises loaned by Florida. Australia after holding him for more ranean after their overcrowded "Birdman" Director Alejandro the newspaper Liberation . Jan. 26: Greet left-wing leader than 400 days on charges of backing dinghies sink. Inarritu poses with the Oscars Jan. 10: More than 200,000 peo- Alexis Tsipras is sworn in Prime the Muslim Brotherhood. Feb. 12: Ukraine and pro-Mos- ple pour onto the streets across Minister heading a coalition govern- Feb. 2: Moscow, Beijing back In- cow rebels announce ceasefire after for Best Director, Best Original France in silent marches, paying ment, after anti-austerity Syriza par- dia’s entry into APEC. New Delhi a summit in the Belarussian capital Screenplay and Best Picture at tribute to the 17 victims of the three- ty storms to victory in snap polls. endorses the launch of the Free Minsk. the 87th Academy Awards. day Islamist killing spree. Jan. 27: Greece names radical Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific, at the Danish photographer Mads Nis- The mangled tail of an AirAsia left-wing economist Yanis Varoufa- RIC trilateral in Beijing. sen’s picture of a gay couple “Jon and Feb. 25: French magazine Char- plane that crashed on December 28, kis Finance Minister. Feb. 3: British Parliament votes Alex” wins the World Press Photo lie Hebdo returns to the news stand. 2014 with 162 on board is lifted out Jan. 28: Sri Lanka’s former Chief to allow the creation of babies with award. Feb. 26: “Jihadi John”, the of the Java Sea. Justice Shirani Bandaranayake im- DNA from three people. Two Al-Jazeera journalists, Mo- masked IS militant responsible for Jan. 11: Hundreds of thousands peached in 2013 is reinstated. Feb. 4: Jordan executes Sajida al- hamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed the beheading of Western hostages is of people and over 40 world leaders Jan. 29: Malaysia formally de- Rishawi, a woman would-be suicide are freed from an Egyptian jail after identified as Kuwait-born London march through Paris in a show of bomber and Al-Qaeda member Ziad more than 400 days. computer programmer Mohammed solidarity after terrorist attacks. al-Karboli in response to the burn- Feb. 14: A documentary filmmak- Emwazi. Nearly four million take out a march ing alive of fighter pilot Maaz al-Kas- er Finn Norgaard is killed after a Suspected radical Islamists hack across the country. sasbeh by IS militants on Jan. 3. gunman fires on a café in the Danish to death popular Bangladesh writer The editorial oce of Hamburger Feb. 6: Houthi rebels take over capital Copenhagen as it hosted a and novelist Avijit Roy and seriously Morgenpost German tabloid that re- Yemen and dissolve Parliament. free speech event organised by injure his wife Rafida Ahmed Banna printed cartoons from Charlie Heb- Kayla-Jean Mueller, an American Swedish artist Lars Vilks who drew in Dhaka. do is firebombed. aid worker held hostage by the IS is cartoons caricaturing Prophet Mo- Feb. 27: Russian opposition lead- Boyhood filmed over 12 years bags killed in an airstrike in Syria. hamed. er Boris Nemstov is gunned down top honours at the 72nd Golden Globe An Indian, Sureshbhai Patel, is left Iranian dissident director Jafar near the Kremlin in a drive-by Awards. Michael Keaton ( Birdman ) partially paralysed following police Panahi’s Taxi bags the Golden Bear killing. gets Best Actor award and Amy action in the suburb of Huntsville, in at the 65th Berlinale International Adams (Big Eyes ) Best Actress Madison, Alabama, the U.S. Film Festival. Best acting honours MARCH award. The Grand Budapest Hotel Feb. 8: Coming-of-age drama goes to Charlotte Rampling and Tom March 4: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev bags Best film (musical or comedy). Boyhood bags the best film, best di- Courtenay for Andrew Haigh’s 45 goes on trial in the April 15, 2013 Jan. 13: “France will never break, rector for Richard Linklater and best Years . The Grand Jury Silver Bear is Boston Marathon bombing case. will never yield, never bend,” says supporting actress for Patricia Ar- bagged by Pablo Larrain’s The Club . March 5: NASA scientists unveil President Francois Hollande as he Sri Lanka's newly-elected quette at the BAFTA 2015. The Feb. 22: Mexican director Alejan- evidence of the existence of a mas- lays the Legion d’honneur on the President Maithripala Sirisena. Grand Budapest Hotel takes home dro Gonzalez Inarritu’s dark comedy sive ancient ocean that covered third victory Minister. Tunisia Museum two Tunisian including Act. convicted tenced President mosque meni bombings Nimrud, cient of nearly THE ince, list rence ney aircraft rugged ped” 10 Olympic for Court filming Governor bodyguard tion announce killed ferred military President after Army five behaviour ing by woman Lubitz. from of board French crashed the gapore Minister Benjamin March March March March March March March March March March The France’s Solar Mars. 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State Provincial Leaders launched. dential run-o . Barbara, California. Luxembourg Prime Minister Xa- May 25: Bangladesh Cabinet rat- June 25: The U.S. Supreme Court vier Bettel marries his gay partner ifies the protocol on the Land upholds the A ordable Care Act Gauthier Destenay, a Belgian archi- Boundary Agreement with India. (Obamacare law) passed in 2010 pre- tect, becoming the first EU leader to May 27: At least 80 people are serving health insurance for millions enter into a same-sex union. killed in Saudi-led air strikes near of Americans. Boston Marathon bomber Dzhok- Yemen’s border with Saudi Arabia At least 206 civilians are killed as har Tsarnaev is sentenced to death and in the capital Sana’a. the IS rampages through the Kur- by a U.S. jury for the April 15, 2013 May 28: Indian-Americans Va- dish town of Kobane, Syria. attack. nya Shivashankar and Gokul Venka- June 26: At least 38 persons, May 16: India and China sign 21 tachalam are declared co-champions most of them British, are killed and agreements or MoUs estimated at a of the 2015 Scripps National Spelling 36 others wounded after a gunman total of $22 billion, in Shanghai. Bee in National Harbor, Maryland. launches an assault on a hotel in the An Egyptian court sentences de- May 29: The U.S. removes Cuba Tunisian resort town of Sousse. posed Islamist President Mohamed from its blacklist as a state sponsor The seventh Parliament of Sri Morsy and 100 others to death for of terrorism. Lanka is dissolved. their role in a mass jailbreak during May 31: Solar Impulse 2 aircraft The Vatican signs a treaty with the 2011 uprising. piloted by Andre Borschberg leaves Palestine granting it recognition. May 18: India and South Korea Nanjing in China heading for Hawaii June 27: The Greek Prime Minis- sign seven agreements. Agree to up- on its 8,500 km flight. Rescuers paying a silent tribute to victims of the Chinese cruise ter Alexis Tsipras calls a referendum grade their bilateral relationship to a Key provisions of the U.S.A. Patri- ship mishap in Jianli, Hubei province. on austerity demands from foreign “Special Strategic Partnership”. ot Act lapses without renewal by creditors. May 20: Hungarian writer Laszlo Congress. NSA loses authority to tempting to murder Pakistani June 10: African leaders sign the New York Police kill Richard Krasznahorkai is presented the Man conduct bulk telephone data collec- schoolgirl activist Malala Yousafzai Tripartite Free Trade Area, a 26-na- Matt, one of the two convicts on the Booker International Prize for 2015 tion. are acquitted by court. Two get lifer. tion free trade pact at a summit at run since June 6. at a ceremony at the Victoria and June 6: India and Bangladesh ex- the Red Sea resort town of Sharm The IS Jihadists destroy the fa- Albert Museum in London. JUNE change the instruments of ratifica- el-Sheikh, Egypt. mous limestone statue of the Lion of The Islamic State seizes the an- June 1: Over 442 people are killed tion of the Land Boundary June 13: China launches a freight al-Lat kept outside the museum in cient Syrian city of Palmyra and re- after Eastern Star, a Chinese cruise Agreement in Dhaka. train service between its northeast- Palmyra, Syria. sorts to massacre of a rebellious ship sinks in the Yangtze river in Prime Ministers Narenda Modi, ern city of Harbin and Europe. June 28: Second New York pris- tribe. Hubei province’s Jianli county, after Sheikh Hasina and West Bengal Europe’s tiny robot lab Philae hur- on escapee David Sweat is shot at Indian-American genius Tanishq being caught in a storm. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee tling through space on the back of a and captured in the town of Con- Abraham (11) graduates with three Mauritius designates Ameenah flag o the Kolkata-Dhaka-Agartala comet wakes up after nearly seven stable near the Canadian border. associate degrees from American Gurib-Fakim as President, making and the Dhaka-Shillong-Guwahati months and sends home first June 29: India and 49 other River College in Sacramento, her the first woman to hold the bus services. message. founding members of the Asian In- California. position. Richard Matt and David Sweat, June 14: Talks between Greece frastructure Investment Bank sign May 22: A skull and scalp trans- Solar Impulse 2 is forced to land in both convicted killers escape from and EU-IMF creditors collapse after articles that determine each coun- plant is done on James Boysen, a Nagoya, Japan. the maximum security Clinton Cor- both sides fail to agree on reforms . try’s share and lender’s initial capital software engineer during a 15-hour June 2: Omar Hassan al-Bashir rectional facility in Dannemora June 16: An Egyptian court up- at a ceremony at the Great Hall of the surgery at the Houston Methodist begins new term as Sudan President. town in New York near the Canadian holds death sentence against ousted People, Beijing. Hospital. The U.S. Senate passes and Presi- border. Islamist President Mohamed Morsy Greece shuts down banks plung- May 23: The Republic of Ireland dent Barack Obama signs into law June 7: Saudi Arabia’s Supreme for plotting jailbreaks and attacks on ing the country into a deep crisis. becomes the first country to legalise the NSA surveillance reform. Court upholds a sentence of 10 years police during the 2011 uprising. June 30: Greece defaults on a 1.5 same-sex marriage through vote. June 3: The Large Hadron Collid- in jail and 1,000 lashes against blog- June 17: The Palestinian Unity billion euro ($1.7 billion) IMF loan, The U.S. Senate rejects legislation er at the European Organisation for ger Raif Badawi on charges of in- government resigns. the first by an advanced economy, aimed at reforming NSA intelligence Nuclear Research, Geneva restarts sulting Islam. Nine African-Americans, includ- even as the current European bai- gathering. with nearly doubled energy levels in American rower Sonya Baumstein ing pastor and State Senator Clem- lout expires. U.S. mathematician John F. Nash a key breakthrough. from Orlando, Florida sets out on a enta Pinckney and six women are At least 142 people are feared Jr. (86) known for his theory of non- June 5: Eight of the 10 men re- 6,000-mile journey from Choshi, killed by a gunman Dylann Roof at killed as an Indonesian air force cooperative games and his wife Al- portedly convicted and jailed for at- Tokyo to sail solo across the Pacific the Emanuel African Methodist transport plane crashes in a residen- icia Nash are killed in a car crash in to reach San Francisco. Episcopal Church in Charleston, tial area of Medan on the island of New Jersey. Prime Minister Narendra Modi South Carolina. Sumatra shortly after takeo and May 24: Iraqi forces recapture receives the Bangaladesh Liberation Scientists announce the discovery explodes. territory near Ramadi. Is fighters War Award on behalf of former of COSMOS Redshift 7, the brightest slaughter 400 people since the cap- Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee in galaxy in the early universe and nick- ture of the Syrian city of Palmyra Dhaka. name it CR7 after Portuguese foot- four days earlier. June 8: Vikas Bahl’s drama baller Cristiano Ronaldo. Jacques Audiard’s immigrant dra- Queen and Vishal Bhardwaj’s Haider June 20: Jihadists blow up mau- ma Dheepan wins the Palme d’Or at bag major trophies at the 16th IIFA soleums of two revered Islamic fig- the Cannes Film Festival. Son of Saul awards in Kuala Lumpur. Rajkumar ures in Palmyra. a grim Hungarian holocaust drama Hirani gets the best director award June 22: Nine persons, including by Laszlo Nemes bags the Grand for PK . Deepika Padukone honoured a suicide bomber and five gunmen Prix. French actor Vincent Lindon with the woman of the year award. are killed and 31 injured after securi- bags the best actor award for role in Vanya Shivashankar and Gokul Turkish President Recep Tayyip ty forces foil an attempt by Taliban The Measure of a Man . Best actress Erdogan’s Justice and Development Militants to storm the Afghan award is shared by Rooney Mara Venkatachalam, hold aloft the Party loses absolute majority in Par- Parliament. (Carol ) and Emmanuelle Bercot trophy after winning the 2015 liament for the first time in 13 years. James Horner (61), music com- A prayer service, in memory of (Mon Roi ). Scripps National Spelling Bee in Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic poser for hit movies like Titanic and the church shooting victims, in Andrzej Duda wins Polish presi- National Harbor, Maryland. Party in Parliament for first time. Avatar dies in a plane crash in Santa Charleston, South Carolina. Brussels. after year novel decade-long whizzes arms Vienna. Iran reach stant approach Ufa, Rights against militants of to sacre tion passes bridge gramme. gives THE tructure billion Minister resigns. nance referendum. ingly water lowing 10, U.S. a Prize is matic toric apartment eight hood Police jihadists killed ing’s tion included $18.7 named U.S. The Russia Japan’s July July July July July July July July July July July China Bangladesh’s The over death 2010 Russia for recognising on Organisation bailout summit at deal embargo 17 hit H as ties. in Horizon. nod others Go a U.S. Council 2: ‘No’ leader 3: Beijing-backed kill loan. author 14: 13: 8: 5: the 10: I 1: 16: 1,700 6: 9: a Minister the day controversial New N Sanctions genocide. past Jin Investment billion among a Israel hours nominates in historic Gulf in 24 vetoes ceremony Eurozone in winner to D lower to British wave India Set disapproves senior in and explosion An for Greeks 2014. 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The IS partially destroys the tem- 14 babies and children drown after Hoesung Lee of South Korea is ple of Bel, a UNESCO World Heri- an overcrowded boat capsizes o a elected as head of the Inter-govern- tage site in Palmyra. Greek island. mental Panel on Climate Change at For the first time, Saudi Arabia Sept. 14 : Australian Prime Minis- its 42 nd Session in Dubrovnik, allows women to register to stand in ter Tony Abbott is ousted in a snap Croatia. local elections. party vote by challenger Malcolm Oct. 7: Sweden’s Tomas Lindahl, Turnbull. American Paul Modrich and Turk- SEPTEMBER Sri Lanka announces proposals ish-born Aziz Sancar are awarded Sept. 2 : The EU refugee crisis for a new Constitution and setting the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. deepens. Three members of a Syrian up a truth commission at the U.N. Oct. 8: Svetlana Alexivich, a Bela- family, including Alan Kurdi, his Human Rights Council in Geneva. rusian journalist and prose writer brother Galib and mother Rehana Nepal’s Constituent Assembly re- wins the Nobel Prize in Literature. drown after their boat sinks near Bo- jects calls to revert the Himalayan Oct. 9: Tunisian coalition Nation- drum, Turkey. nation to a Hindu state during voting al Dialogue Quartet wins the 2015 Sept. 3 : Tamil National Alliance on the new statute. Nobel Peace Prize . leader R. Sampanthan becomes the Sept. 15 : Hungary shuts down the Oct. 10: At least 128 people killed first Tamil lawmaker to become the main land route for asylum-seekers and 186 wounded after two suicide Leader of the Opposition in Sri Lan- into the EU. bombers strike at a rally of pro-Kur- ka in 32 years. Malcolm Turnbull is sworn in as dish and labour activists outside the Sept. 5 : Austria and Germany Australia’s 29th Prime Minister. A migrant woman cries as she is embraced by a relative upon railway station in Ankara, Turkey. throw open their borders to Syrian Sept. 16 : Nepal’s Parliament pas- arrival on the shores of the Greek island of Lesbos. Oct. 12: K.P. Sharma Oli is sworn refugees. ses a new national Constitution in a in as Nepal’s 38 th Prime Minister, in Sept. 6 : Austria plans to reimpose marathon vote after discussions for Men) at the 67th Primetime Emmy hundreds of prisoners. Kathmandu. border controls. four days to create a federal state Awards ceremony at the Microsoft Scientists find evidence of salt wa- Professor Angus Deaton, a British The IMF MD Christine Lagarde after violent protests that claimed Theater in Los Angeles. Fantasy dra- ter in liquid form on Mars. economist is awarded the Nobel launches Women’s 20 (W-20), the 40 lives. ma Game of Thrones makes history India and the U.S. ink a $ 3 billion Prize in Economic Science. grouping of women leaders from the Coup in Burkina Faso, military taking home 12 awards. defence deal. Oct. 13: Iranian Parliament pas- world’s 20 largest economies in An- dissolves government. Sept. 21 : Alexis Tsipras is sworn Cesare Tavella, an Italian aid ses a bill supporting the nuclear deal kara, Turkey. Sept. 17 : Refugees flood Croatia, a in Greek Prime Minister for a second worker is shot dead in Bangladesh with world powers. Sept. 7 : Germany pledges € 6 bil- day after clashes with Hungarian time. capital Dhaka’s diplomatic quarter. Jamaican writer Marlon James is lion towards providing housing to riot police. Shobhana Bhartia, chairperson Sept. 30: Russia launches air named winner of the Man Booker asylum seekers. Receives 20,000 ref- Sept. 19 : Japan’s Parliament pas- and editorial director of HT Media strikes in Syria after the Duma gives Prize for 2015 for his novel A Brief ugees over the weekend. A record ses security bills allowing troops to and Indra Nooyi, chairman and CEO nod for use of force abroad. History of Seven Killings. number of 7,000 Syrians reach fight abroad for the first time since of PepsiCo are presented the U.S.- Oct. 19: Liberal Party leader Jus- Macedonia. WW II. India Business Council Global Lead- OCTOBER tin Trudeau wins the Canadian par- Sept. 8 : Pope Francis makes it Sept. 20 : Nepal adopts its first ership Awards at a function in Wash- Oct. 1: At least nine persons are liamentary polls. easier for Roman Catholics to secure democratic Constitution. It creates ington which also witnesses the killed and 10 injured after a shooter Oct. 24: The Maldives Vice-Pres- divorce. seven states in a secular, federal launch of the first Indo-U.S. Strate- Chris Harper Mercer shot dead later, ident Ahmed Adheeb Abdul Ghafoor Sept. 9 : Russia begins taking part system. gic and Commercial Dialogue. after a gun battle with police, goes on is arrested on charge of “high in operations in support of Syria. Former Greek Prime Minister Sept. 23 : Egypt pardons two Al- the rampage at the Umpqua Com- treason”. Sept. 10 : The U.S. Senate votes to Alexis Tsipras wins parliamentary Jazeera journalists Mohamed Fah- munity College in Roseburg, Oregon, Oct. 25: Argentina, Poland, Tan- uphold the nuclear accord with Iran. polls. my and Baber Mohamed sentenced the U.S. zania, Guatemala, Haiti and Ivory Venezuelan opposition leader Le- Pope Francis, Latin America’s to three years in jail. Inuit and Arctic activist Sheila Coast hold polls. opoldo Lopez is jailed for 14 years for first Pope meets Cuban revolution- Volkswagen CEO Martin Winter- Watt-Cloutier of Canada wins the Fugitive don Rajendra Sadashiv inciting violence during protests in ary leader Fidel Castro at his home. korn resigns taking responsibility 2015 Right Livelihood Award. She Nikalje alias Chhota Rajan, is arrest- February 2014. Viola Davis breaks the colour ‘bar- for the rigging of U.S. emission tests shares the prize with Ugandan activ- ed soon after his arrival at the Den- Sept. 11 : At least 115 people, in- rier’ to bag an Emmy ( How to Get in the biggest scandal in the German ist Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera pasar airport at Bali in Indonesia. cluding 11 Indians are killed and 184 away with Murder ) and Jon Hamm Carmakers’ 78-year history. and Italian doctor Gino Strada. Oct. 26: A 7.5 magnitude quake injured after a construction crane registers a win after eight years ( Mad Sept. 24: At least 769 people, in- Oct. 3: At least 22 persons are jolts Pakistan and Afghanistan leav- crashes into the Grand Mosque in cluding 35 Indians are killed and 934 killed and 37 injured after an air ing 390 people dead. Makkah, Saudi Arabia. injured in a stampede during Haj at strike by the U.S. hits a hospital run Comedian and political neophyte Singapore’s ruling People’s Action Mina, near the holy city of Mecca in by Doctors Without Borders in the Jimmy Morales is elected Guatema- Party wins a sweeping victory in Saudi Arabia. Afghan city of Kunduz. la President. snap parliamentary polls. Treat immigrants humanely, Pope A Japanese citizen Hoshi Kunio is Sept. 12 : Veteran socialist and Francis tells U.S. in an address to the shot dead in Kaunia town in Bangla- eight-time MP Jeremy Corbyn is U.S. Congress, the first by a Pope. desh’s Rangpur district. elected leader of Britain’s Labour Sept. 25: The very goal of a sus- Oct. 4: The IS blows up the iconic Party. tainable future cannot be met with- Arch of Triumph situated at the en- Desde Alla (From Afar), a debut out addressing the problem of trance to Palmyra’s historic colon- feature by Venezuelan director Lo- poverty, says Prime Minister Naren- naded street. renzo Vigas bags the Golden Lion for dra Modi at a special summit of the Oct. 5: Tu Youyou of China, Ja- best film at the Venice Film Festival. U.N. in New York. pan’s Satoshi Omura and Irish-born The Silver Lion for best director goes Sept. 27: Technology giants an- William Campbell are jointly award- to Argentina’s Pablo Trapero for The nounce strategic investments after ed the Nobel Prize in Medicine. Clan . Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Oct. 6: Takaaki Kajita of the Uni- Sept. 13 : Germany reinstates bor- Security forces cordon o the speech at the ‘’Digital India’’ road versity of Tokyo and Arthur B. der controls to stem the current in- site where pilgrims were show in San Jose, California. McDonald of Queen's University, flux of refugees. trampled to death during the Sept. 28: The Taliban seizes Kun- Canada are awarded the 2015 Nobel Nepalese people celebrating the Thirtyfour persons, among them Haj in Mina, Saudi Arabia. duz city in Afghanistan and frees Prize for Physics. adoption of the Constitution. tainee Bay troops decides as Ying-jeou Ebola-free. years, nese spacecraft dia 18yearsafterhisarrestinDhaka. top boat blast Adeeb impeaches party. tice THE tenced policy. jail human the historic millions Caparo alist his on nounced German parliamentary electoral velopment grand sula, tainous up sian ka. publisher an Bhandari elects on i’s concedes Solidarity Shaker The The Nov.11: Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Poland’s Saudi Angad Guenter Faisal National Canada’s President. 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JANUARY Jan. 2: Vasant Ranchhod Gowari- kar (81), who played a key role in India’s space programme, in Pune . Jan. 4: Adusumilli Janardhana Vara Prasad (57), Telugu actor, in Rajni Kothari V.S. Raghavan R. K. Laxman Terry Pratchett Gunter Grass Gopulu Christopher Lee Hyderabad. Jan. 7: B.S. Abdur Rahman (88), noted sociologist in Pune . Chennai after a brief illness. AUGUST (1982 to 2011), in Kolkata. educationist and founder of B.S. Ab- Govindrao Adik (76), former Mah- Nov. 9: Allen Toussaint (77), R&B dur Rahman University, at Apollo MARCH arashtra Minister, at a hospital in Aug. 9: Kayyara Kinhanna Rai legend, in Madrid. Hospitals in Chennai. March 7: G. Karthikeyan (66), Mumbai. (100), Kannada poet and freedom Nov. 14: Kamala Laxman (88), a Jan. 11: Anita Ekberg (83), best Kerala Assembly Speaker, of multi- June 7: Christopher Lee (93), fighter, at his residence in Badiyadd- noted writer of children’s books and known for her performance in the organ failure at a Bengaluru hospital. British movie actor famous as ‘Drac- ka in Kerala’s Kasaragod district. wife of R. K. Laxman, in Pune. iconic 1960 movie La Dolce Vita in March 8: Vinod Mehta (73), ula’ at the Chelsea and Westminster Aug. 22: Ieng Thirith (83), the Saeed Jarey (86), actor at a hos- Italy, in Rome. founding editor of Outlook of mul- Hospital in London. most powerful woman in the Khmer pital in London. Jan. 19: Rajni Kothari (86), emi- tiple organ failure in New Delhi. June 13: Shiela Kaul (100), for- Rouge, in Pailin, Cambodia. Nov. 17: Ashok Singhal (89), VHP nent scholar and political scientist, March 9: Deepak Khaitan (59), mer Union Minister in Ghaziabad, Aug. 30: Wes Craven (76), who leader in Gurgaon. in New Delhi. industrialist in Kolkata, of cancer. U.P. directed the slasher classic A Night- Pithukuli Murugadass (95), devo- Anne Kirkbride (60), ‘Coronation March 12: Terry Pratchett (66), June 16: Charles Correa (84), mare on Elm Street , of brain cancer tional and bhajan singer, in Chennai. Street’ star who played Deirdre Bar- British author, in London after a chief architect of , in at his home in Los Angeles. Nov. 24: A.S. Ponnammal (88), low, at a Manchester hospital. long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Mumbai. seven-time MLA from Tamil Nadu, Jan. 24: V.S. Raghavan (90), vet- March 20: John Malcolm Fraser June 17: Suleyman Demirel (90), SEPTEMBER at Government Rajaji Hospital, eran Tamil film and theatre actor, in (84), former Australian Prime Min- Turkey’s former President and Sept. 4: Wilfred de Souza (88), Madurai. Chennai . ister in Melbourne. Prime Minister, at the Guven Hospi- former Goa Chief Minister, at the Nov. 26: Noboru Karashima (82), Jan. 26: R.K. Laxman (93), leg- March 31: S.R. Patil (94), veteran tal in Ankara. Manipal Goa hospital. Japanese Tamil scholar and histori- endary cartoonist of a cardiac arrest Congress leader and freedom fighter June 23: Sister Nirmala (81), who Sept. 19: Jackie Collins (77), the an of South Asia, in Tokyo. at Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital, in Bengaluru. succeeded Mother Teresa as the su- best selling British-born author, of in Pune. perior-general of the Missionaries of breast cancer in Los Angeles. DECEMBER Jan. 27: Charles H. Townes (99), APRIL Charity, in Kolkata. Sept. 20: Dalmiya Dec. 2: M.A.M. Ramaswamy (84), legendary physicist and Nobel lau- April 8: Jayakanthan (81), fire- (75), BCCI President, in Kolkata. veteran industrialist, at a Chennai reate whose brainchild is the laser, at brand Tamil writer, in Chennai . JULY Sept. 27: Syed Ahmed (70), Mani- hospital. Oakland, California. Nagore E.M. Hanifa (97), noted July 1: Nicholas Winton (106), a pur Governor, at Mumbai’s Lilavati Dec. 12: Sharad Joshi (81), Shet- Jan. 29: Subhash Ghisingh (80), singer, in Chennai. Briton, who helped organise the Hospital. kari Sanghatana founder at his Pune Gorkhaland movement leader, at Sir April 13: Gunter Grass (87), Ger- evacuation of 700 children in 1938, residence. Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi. many’s Nobel winning author, at a in Slough, Berkeley. OCTOBER Dec. 13: Benedict Anderson (79), hospital in Luebeck. July 3: Y.K. Sabharwal (73), for- Oct. 4: Edida Nageswara Rao (81), a leading voice in South Asian stud- FEBRUARY April 21: Janaki Ballav Patnaik mer CJI, in New Delhi. producer of landmark movies like ies in Malang, Indonesia. Feb. 4: Gaur Hari Singhania (80), (83), former Chief Minister of Od- July 9: P.A. Seshan (102), former Sankarabharanam, Sagara Sanga- Dec. 17: Noorul Huda (86), veter- Chairman, JK Group, in Kanpur fol- isha, in Tirupati, in Andhra Pradesh. Finance and Commercial Editor, mam in a hospital in Hyderabad an CPI (M) leader , in Kolkata. lowing a heart attack. April 29: Gopulu (91), noted car- The Hindu , in Chennai. City. Dec. 22: V.S. Malimath (86), for- Feb. 7: Atmaram Bhende (91), toonist, in Chennai. July 10: Omar Sharif (83), the Oct. 9: N. Ramani (82), flautist in mer Chief Justice of Kerala and Kar- veteran Marathi theatre artist and Egyptian-born actor and Holly- Chennai. nataka High Courts, at Manipal film actor, at the Ratna Memorial MAY wood’s favourite Sheikh, of heart at- (71), veteran music Hospital in Bengaluru. Hospital, in Pune. May 2: Ruth Rendell (85), British tack in Cairo. director-singer-lyricist at Lilavati Dec. 23: Susanne Hoeber Ru- Feb. 16: R.R. Patil (57), former crime writer, at a London hospital July 14: M.S. Viswanathan (87), Hospital in Mumbai. dolph (85), a pioneering political sci- Maharashtra Home Minister in Lila- May 14: B.B. King (89), the great music director, in Chennai. Oct. 10: (78), actor- entist of modern India, at a hospice vati hospital, Mumbai. U.S. bluesman, in Las Vegas. July 17: C.V. Narasimhan (90), singer, comedienne, in Chennai of in Oakland, California. Feb. 18: Daggubati Ramanaidu IPS topper in 1948, in Chennai. multiple organ failure. Dec. 25: Sadhana (74), ac- (78), veteran film producer, in JUNE July 25: R.S. Gavai (86), senior tor, in Mumbai after a brief illness. Hyderabad. June 5: Tareq Aziz (79), who RPI leader and former Governor of NOVEMBER Dec. 27: Haskell Wexler (93), Os- Feb. 22: Bhadrashyam Kothari served as the voice of Saddam Hus- Bihar and Kerala, at a private hospi- Nov. 1: Brijmohan Lall Munjal car-winning U.S. cinematographer, (53), Chairman and Managing Direc- sein’s regime at a hospital in Nasiri- tal in Nagpur. (92), Hero MotoCorp patriarch in a in Santa Monica, California. tor of Kothari Sugars and Chemicals yah, Iraq. July 28: Suniti Solomon (75), hospital in South Delhi. Dec. 28: Ian Fraser Kilmister in Houston, the U.S. . June 6: Sulochana Sampath (86), who detected the first strains of HIV Nov. 2: Hashim Abdul Halim (70), English heavy metal singer , in Feb. 26: Meera Kosambi (75), senor AIADMK functionary, in in the country, in Chennai . (80), former West Bengal Speaker Los Angeles.

Jagmohan M.A.M. M.S. Viswanathan Jackie Collins Dalmiya N. Ramani Manorama Ramaswamy Sharad Joshi V.S. Malimath Sadhana Haskell Wexler Ballon National women’s in vika the Carolina pionships Trophy Nadu laysian Bengaluru. by 16 THE Australian crown. Mouma tles en’s tional Kolkata. tournament Syed singles Nehwal Kanmani National in Kolkata. women’s cel Chennai. women’s golf Zurich title. Australian nis and White den Mar. Mar. Mar. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Pankaj Railways Anirban Vijaywada. Kolkata. Delhi Chennai Nationals crore respectively women’s tournament. All to National Shivani Modi H in defeats d’Or. 22: Chess 31: 24: 11: 19: win Open 12: 5: I 14: 12: 8: 25: 16: 1: billiards 17: Das England crowns N 8: win the title Marin Badminton win 14: Daredevils Advani National fee D in National singles B. India Lahiri Novak Anirban wins the Viswanathan Stan Open Serena U Arantxa Open. final Pankaj win in Birmingham. the FEBRUARY Cristiano Yuvraj Open Karnataka Saina PSBB emerge Classical Sai in the JANUARY golf SPORT after P. Soumyajit table team at MARCH England’s Lucknow. in Indian Puducherry. Welshman in the Masters Kashyap men’s Praneeth Wawrinka respectively both in men’s wins the wins badminton the tournament. championship titles champions Djokovic volleyball Puducherry. women’s Williams wins Advani Mumbai. titles defeating tennis Nehwal T billiards Singh Lahiri Sanchis men’s Championships for men’s HURSDAY singles IPL the title. the the Ronaldo Open Indian and retains and respectively a both at badminton Anand Ricky Ghosh auction record men’s and men’s men’s and wins singles picked and and wins table women’s wins women’s bags wins loses snooker Michael titles title final singles singles Cham- Open at Tamil at men’s Ruth- Ranji wom- Amee Wal- Saina wins Ma- wins Air- Na- and ten- the , and and the Rs. the the the at in ti- up in in JANUA in to Bengaluru. of Sydney. to paign test Tianwei Jaipur. Cup and the Australian THE the best 2-1 games. League at unification Manny in Mayweather Masters. top crown. ings. and minton singles cricket. at Zealand World championship aged Richie May May Tamim Apr Apr. Apr. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Chelsea Jordan K. Saina Michael MGM Melbourne. R boxing India in Australia second of Y against World climbs Srikanth women’s AUSSIE individual 84. table Fed ends, 14, Benaud the Cup 10: 13: 15 18: Pacquiao 29: 26: title 4: 20: title 3: Grand of by tournament Nehwal to Spieth Iqbal Cup tennis 2 history takes : Clarke Singapore championship Abhinav crown to innings seven Sania Mirzaclimbstothe Former Xu Pakistan following 016 Cup. at retain cricket India Jr. Australia American with tennis India’s Karnataka bags SPIRIT: in passes the in the in Arena Xin singles wins APRIL scores test MAY the doubles in Mumbai. Hyderabad. wins wins the wickets 83 retires after defeating top of beats Indian the

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July 20: BCCI drops Duleep tro- Tareq creates history by becoming team skipper Kumar Sangakkara re- third grand slam in 2015 beating Rog- The pair of and Marti- phy from the domestic calendar for the youngest swimmer ever to com- tires from International cricket. er Federer 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 to clinch na Hingis wins the doubles’ titles in the 2015-16 season. pete at the world championships Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann his second US Open title. Singapore beating Garbine Muguru- July 25: A session’s court in New when she took part in the 50m but- Fraser-Pryce becomes the first wom- Sania Mirza & Martina Hingis za & Carla Suarez Navarro 6-0, 6-3. Delhi discharges 36 accused, includ- terfly heats at the World Aquatics an to win three world 100m titles. wins the US Open women’s doubles Nov. 6: R. Ashwin becomes the ing cricketers S. Sreesanth, Ajit Championships in Kazan. Aug. 27: Jamaica's Usain Bolt re- title beating Casey Dellacqua & Ya- fastest Indian to take 150 wickets in Chandila and Ankeet Chavan in the Aug. 8: Australia's Emily See- tains his men's 200m gold at the roslava Shvedova 6-3, 6-3. his 29 th Test match on the second day IPL spot-fixing case of 2013. bohm wins the women's 200m back- World athletics championships in Australia defeats England by eight against South Africa in Mohali. Hockey India names Roelant Olt- stroke gold to complete a double Beijing. wickets in the fifth ODI match to win Nov. 11: Younis Khan retires from (100m and 200m) at the World Aq- Aug. 29: Tennis icon Sania Mirza the series 3-2 at Manchester. ODI’s. uatics Championships in Kazan; Ka- conferred the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Rat- Sept. 20: India loses to Czech Re- Nov. 17: Mitchell Johnson retires tie Ledecky claims her fifth gold, na award. public in the Davis Cup World Group from international cricket at the end winning the women's 800m freestyle American Ashton Eaton wins the play o in New Delhi. of the second Test against New Zeal- to complete a sweep of freestyle men's decathlon gold with a word BCCI President Jagmohan Dalmi- and in Perth. titles. record at the World athletics cham- ya passes away aged 75 in Kolkata. Nov. 20: England beats Pakistan New Zealand beats Zimbabwe in pionships in Beijing. Sept. 22: Former Indian football- by 84 runs in the fourth ODI in Dubai the one-o T20I at Harare; Creates Usain Bolt completes a golden er Prashanta Sinha. member of the to clinch the series 3-1. record for the highest team total in sweep in men's sprint helping Jamai- 1962 Asian Games gold medal-win- Nov. 21: Pankaj Advani wins the T20s in Zimbabwe. ca win the men's 400m relay. ning squad passes away aged 77 in IBSF world snooker title in Hurgha- Aug. 10 : Hockey India's disciplin- Aug. 30: Ethiopia's Mare Dibaba Kolkata. da, Egypt. INDIA’S PRIDE: , ary committee hands a nine-month and Almaz Ayana win the women's Sept. 27: Pankaj Advani wins the Nov. 22: Novak Djokovic defeats who won two international suspension to Indian midfielder Gur- marathon and 5000m gold medals IBSF World Billiards championship Roger Federer 6-3, 6-4 to win the titles, ended the year at No. 2 in baj Singh. while Kathrina Molitor of Germany in Adelaide, Australia. ATP Tour Finals in London. the World. Aug. 11: Pankaj Advani wins the wins gold in the women's javelin Former England fast bowler Frank Nov. 29: Britain clinches the Da- IBSF world 6-red snooker title in Ka- throw at the World athletics cham- Tyson passes away aged 85 in vis Cup for the first time in 79 years mans the new coach of the national rachi. pionships in Beijing. Australia. beating Belgium 3-1 in Ghent. men's hockey team. Aug. 15: Saina Nehwal becomes Derek Drouin of Canada clinches Australia beats New Zealand by July 26: Chris Froome wins his the first Indian to reach the final of the men's high jump gold as USA and OCTOBER three wickets to win the first day- second Tour de France title. Jamaica win gold medals in the Oct. 4: Shashank Manohar takes night Test in Adelaide and win the July 28: Clive Rice, South Africa's men's and women's 1600m relay. over as the BCCI President for the series 2-0. first cricket captain of the post-isola- second time following the demise of Britain's Tyson Fury is crowned as tion era passes away. SEPTEMBER Jagmohan Dalmiya. the new heavyweight champion beat- Sept. 1: India beats Sri Lanka by Oct. 8: India lose the T20 series to ing Wladimir Klitschko in Berlin. AUGUST 117 runs in the third Test at Colombo South Africa 2-0 after the third Aug. 3: Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom and wins the series 2-1; R. Ashwin match is washed out in Kolkata. DECEMBER wins the women's 100m butterfly named Man of the Series. Oct. 10: Poland defeats Sweden to Dec. 6: India settles for bronze gold with a new world record timing; Sept. 5: Apurvi Chandela wins sil- lift the Bermuda Bowl title in the after beating Netherlands on penal- Adam Peaty becomes the first Briton ver in the 10m air rifle at the shooting 42nd World Bridge Championship ties in the World Hockey League to become world champion in 40 ELOQUENT SOUTHPAW:Kumar World Cup in Munich. held in Chennai. tournament in Raipur. years in the men's 100m Sangakkara, who retired from Sept. 12: Flavia Pennetta wins the Oct. 18: Jayanta Talukdar and Dec. 7: India defeats South Africa breaststroke. all forms of cricket. US Open women’s singles beating Deepika Kumari by 337 runs in the fourth Test at Aug. 4: Katie Ledecky of the USA compatriot Roberta Vinci 7-6 (4), wins the men’s Delhi to clinch the series 3-0. wins the women's 1500m freestyle the World Badminton 6-2. and women’s re- Dec. 8: Pune and Rajkot are two gold with a new world record timing. Championships. The pair of & Marti- curve title re- new cities to replace Chennai and Aug. 6: Ryan Lochte of the USA Aug. 16: Australia's Jason Day na Hingis wins the US Open mixed spectively in the Rajasthan in the IPL following Chen- wins the U.S. PGA Golf Champion- doubles title beating the pair of Sam national ar- nai Super Kings and Rajasthan Roy- ship with a record 20-under par total. Querrey & Bethanie Mattek-Sands chery cham- als’ suspension from the league for Saina Nehwal wins World Badmin- 6-4, 3-6, 10-7. pionships in two years. ton Championships silver after los- Narsingh Yadav wins the bronze Meerut. Dec. 17: Chelsea sacks manager ing to Carolina Marina in the final at medal in the World wrestling cham- Oct. 20: Vi- Jose Mourinho. Jakarta. pionship at Las Vegas and secures his render Sehwag Dec. 20: Chennaiyin FC beats FC Aug. 19: Britain's Sebastian Coe berth for 2016 Olympics in Rio de ADMINISTRATOR announces his Goa 3-2 to win the second edition of becomes the new President of the Janeiro. NON-PAREIL: retirement the ISL. International Association of Athlet- Sept. 13: Novak Djokovic wins his Jagmohan from interna- Dec. 21: FIFA bans Sepp Blatter ics Federations. Dalmiya, former tional cricket. and Michel Platini for eight years for Aug. 23: Jamaican sprinter Usain BCCI President Oct. 25: ethics violations. THE MONARCH OF SPRINT:Usain Bolt wins his third consecutive men's South Africa Bolt of Jamaica proved he’s the 100m gold at the World Athletics who passed beats India by best winning the 100 & 200m Championships in Beijing. away in 214 runs in the World Championship titles. Australia posts a consolatory win Kolkata. fifth and final against England in the fifth and final ODI in Mumbai makes history by becoming the first Ashes test at The Oval as Aussie skip- to clinch the bilateral series 3-2. man to win the 200m individual me- per Michael Clarke retires from In- Lewis Hamilton wins the US GP in dley for the fourth consecutive time ternational cricket; England takes Texas and clinches his third title. at the World Aquatics Champion- the series 3-2. AT THE TOP: Sania Mirza and ships in Kazan; Katie Ledecky wins U Mumba beats Bengaluru Bulls at NOVEMBER ONE FOR THE CITY:Chennaiyin her fourth gold, winning the wom- Mumbai to claim the ProKabaddi Martina Hingis, who ended the Nov. 1: Agnieszka Radwanska FC, which won the second en's 4x200m freestyle title. League title. year as No. 1 in women’s beats Petra Kvitova to win the WTA edition of ISL, dedicated the Aug. 7: Bahrain schoolgirl Alzain Aug. 24: Former Sri Lanka cricket doubles. Finals title in Singapore. Trophy to the people of Chennai.