News roundup October: Patna blasts, Phailin cyclone, onions, coal scam, row over Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Narendra Modi, P C Parakh, Rahul Gandhi, Nobel Prize
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News roundup October: Patna blasts, Phailin cyclone, onions, coal scam, row over Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Narendra Modi, P C Parakh, Rahul Gandhi, Nobel Prize
Though there were many tragedies--- Phailin cyclone, Patna blasts and temple stampede, October was also the month of festivities-- Ramzan and Dasara, apart from Nobel Prizes. A look at the most happening month that was.- India's iconic cricketer Sachin Tendulkar shocked the nation on October 10 when he announced that he will retire after playing his 200th Test match against West Indies next month. Tendulkar, 40, who made his Test debut in 1989 as a 16-year-old, has
- Nobel Prize: The global chemical weapons watchdog charged with overseeing destruction of Syria's chemical weapons stockpile during a civil war won the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize. Here are other winners: Alice Munro (in pic) literature; Martin Karplus,
- New Zealand author Eleanor Catton won the 2013 Man Booker prize for English fiction on Tuesday for her novel "The Luminaries", to become the youngest winner in the award's 45-year history. The 28-year-old novelist poked fun at the size of her 848-
- For most part of the month, the onion prices were around Rs 90-100, leaving both consumers and the government worried. Traders attributed floods and heavy rains in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha for the price rise.
- Even as rationalists questioned the excavation, ASI said the decision was taken based on the surface findings. Days later, justifying the government decision, Union Culture Minister Chandresh Kumari Katoch said the ASI is not digging for gold but
- In a bizarre hunt, archaeologists on October 18 began digging for treasure beneath a 19th century fort at Unnao in UP, after Hindu swami Shobhan Sarkar said a former king appeared to him in a dream. The swami said the spirit of King Rao Ram Baksh
- Even as Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced setting up of a judicial commission to probe, a war of words broke out between Congress and the ruling BJP. Congress demanded Chouhan's resignation, inviting a rebuff from BJP which accused it
- A stampede on the bridge across the Sindh river at the Ratangarh temple in MP's Datia district claimed 115 on October 13. It was a wake-up call to the administrations across the country. The stampede appeared to have been caused by sheer
- Even as Parakh-Manmohan episode began to roll, it was established that Parakh had warned the government of coal scam, that has cost exchequer Rs. 1.86 lakh crore, way back in 2005 after then coal minister Shibu Soren had tried to nip Parakh's
- Former coal secretary P C Parakh sparked off a new controversy in the coal scam after he was named in a CBI FIR over coal allocation to Hindalco, a Birla subsidiary. Questioning the CBI move, he said if he is made an accused, PM Manmohan Singh too
- Days after BJP and Left criticised the Ordinance, Rahul Gandhi in a letter to the PM Manmohan Singh slammed it and said, "Tear it and throw it away." And that was when the Centre decided to go back on its decision. That was embarrassing for Singh as
- The SC order on immediate disqualification of MPs was the bone of contention after the Union Cabinet passed an Ordinance over-ruling the SC order on October 2, but it withdrew the Ordinance after a chaos. Though the opposition had voiced its
- The first RS member to lose seat owing to SC order was Congress leader, Rasheed Masood, who was on October 1 sentenced to four years in jail by a Delhi court in a corruption case. He was accused of allotting MBBS seats to undeserving candidates when
- In one of the most widely-awaited judicial pronouncements in recent times, RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav was on October 3 sentenced to five years in jail in a 17-year-old case of the Rs 950-cr fodder scam. As per the SC order, he was disqualified as
- BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on October 2 kicked up a controversy when he said, "Build toilets first and temples later. He said he dared to say so even though his image as a Hindutva leader did not allow him. His remark didn't
- Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh was hit with fresh violence toward the end of October and continues to be tense. Four persons were killed on October 30 as communal violence erupted afresh in Budhana area of Muzaffarnagar district which was hit by
- Attacking Rahul over his revelation in Indore that Intelligence Bureau had told him that that some Pakistani agencies were approaching the victims of Muzaffarnagar riots, Modi said, "When Shahzada says ISI is in touch with Muslim youth in
- Throughout the month, Rahul Gandhi and Narendra Modi took potshots at each other. After Gandhi made an emotional pitch saying, ""My grandmother was killed, my father was assassinated. I may also be killed," Modi made a sarcastic comment at Jhansi on
- At the inauguration of the Sardar memorial, PM Manmohan Singh and Gujarat CM Narendra Modi shared the dais but crossed swords on Sardar Patel. Modi made a veiled attack on Jawaharlal Nehru as he said the country's 'fate' would have been different if
- The row started with the tweet of Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh, who tweeted: "BJP and RSS have been trying to appropriate Gandhiji and Patel as they have no leader who they can claim to be in the Freedom Movement.Sad !... I compliment
- All of a sudden, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's legacy became the centre of fight between the BJP and Congress. It was in the wake of the initiative of Gujarat CM Narendra Modi's initiative to establish a Sardar memorial and installation of the 182-
- Casualties were minimal as the state government had evacuated over a million people, a biggest in the country. But post-cyclone misery was even more grave. Heavy rains caused by the strongest cyclone to hit India in 14 years left Budhabalanga river
- Cyclone Phailin left a trail of destruction in many parts of Odisha after it pounded Orissa and its southern neighbour Andhra Pradesh on October 12. The toll was put at 25 while over 2.5 lakh people were marooned. Over two dozen of rivers, flowing
- The Jabbar Travels bus was overloaded with 52 though the capacity of the bus was only 43. The blaze was so intense that the bodies of most victims were reduced to lumps of burnt flesh. The bus was going at 130 kmph, but the government can't act on
- In a most tragic accident, 45 passengers of a Volvo bus were charred to death in Mehboob Nagar after the Bangalore-Hyderabad bus hit a culvert resulting in the burst of the fuel tank on October 30. Only seven persons, including driver Feroz Pasha
- Another Indian Mujahideen suspect Mehrem Alam, who was arrested on October 31, escaped from NIA custody near a lodge in Muzaffarpur. Patna blasts occurred three months after there were a series of blasts in June at Bodhgaya temple in Bihar, which
- While Nitish maintained the state didn't have an Intelligence alert, he said adequate security arrangements were made for the rally where BJP PM candidate Narendra Modi addressed the gathering. Holding him responsible for lack of security, the BJP
- In a gap of three months, Bihar became a target of terror with Indian Mujahideen unleashing terror across Patna on Oct 27 with seven low-intensity explosions, killing six people. IM mastermind Mohammed Tehseen Akhtar, who was arrested after blasts
Though there were many tragedies--- Phailin cyclone, Patna blasts and temple stampede, October was also the month of festivities-- Ramzan and Dasara, apart from Nobel Prizes. A look at the most happening month that was.
News roundup October: Patna blasts, Phailin cyclone, onions, coal scam, row over Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Narendra Modi, P C Parakh, Rahul Gandhi, Nobel Prize
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