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FEBRUARY JANUARY The Central government affirmed that India may break off business, transport and tourist ties with Pakistan, if it does not cooperate with India to investigate the 26/11 Mumbai attacks.
Pakistan finally admitted that the brutal Mumbai attacks were planned on its soil. Officials said that six of the main suspects were already in their custody.
MARCH A Special CBI Court sentenced the fake stamp paper kingpin Abdul Karim Telgi to seven years imprisonment. An accomplice, Siddarth was awarded five years' imprisonment
MAY Manmohan Singh led UPA won the General Elections with a thumping majority by winning 262 seats in the Parliament.
APRIL Navin Chawla took over as the head of the Election Commission of India as Chief Election Commissioner following the retirement of N Gopalaswami.
JUNE 64-year-old Meira Kumar was unanimously elected as the Lok Sabha Speaker, thus becoming the first woman to occupy the post.
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JULY Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone arrested terrorist claimed before the Court that he was guilty of the horrendous act of 26/11, which claimed over 180 lives.
Fourteen-year-old Rida Shaikh became the first casualty of the influenza A (H1N1) virus in India. Her family sued the Pune-based Jehangir Hospital for negligence.
SEPTEMBER The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) formally called off the Chandrayaan -1 moon mission. High radiation causing loss of radio contact was cited as the main reason of the pull-off.
NOVEMBER OCTOBER Around 400 guerillas of the Dima Halam Daogah (Jewel) formally put down their arms before Assam CM Tarun Gogoi. Also known as Black Widow, DHD (J) guerillas deposited 148 weapons.
Twenty-one judges, including Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan of the apex court declared their assets, making it public for the first time in the Indian judicial history.
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DECEMBER With the state in turmoil, the government decided to carve out a new state called Telangana out of Andhra Pradesh.
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