THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 2016 2 DIARY OF EVENTS 2015 THE HINDU THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 2016 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 Delhi Assembly. JANUARY Lahiri wins the $ 50,000 DSC prize Facebook launches Internet.org for Literature for her book, The in India at a function in Mumbai. Jan. 1: The Modi government sets Lowland . ICICI Bank launches the first dig- up NITI Aayog (National Institution Prime Minister Narendra Modi 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 Tamil Nadu 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 Jaipur Litera- S. Valarmathi scores a massive victo- Academy in Chennai. 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 New Delhi. 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: Columbia University 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 Dilip Kumar 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 life term from Goa 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 Bill Gates 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 Padma Bhushan 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 Sanjay Leela Bhansali, 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 Kota Srinivasa Rao, 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 Pran 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- Malini Parthasarathy 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 Arun Jaitley 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 Dehradun-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 Maharashtra 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.