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Monday, March 7, 2011

FAMOUS DAYS OF FEBRUARY 2010

CURRENT AFFAIRS 2010
FEBRUARY
Feb 2:
Samajwadi Party Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh and Rampur MP Jayaprada are expelled from the party.

Feb 3:
The government constitutes a five-member committee under Justice Srikrishna on the Telangana issue.
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P.Sainath, Rural Affairs Editor of The Hindu is given the Bharat Asmita national award for using the mass media for public awakening at a function in Pune. He shares it with film and theatre director Jabbar Patel.

Feb 5:
The Calcutta High Court upholds death sentence for two persons for their role in January 22, 2002 attack on the American Center. Three get lifer and two freed.

Feb 8:
The Andhra Pradesh High Court strikes down quota for sections of Muslims in education and public employment.
Feb 9:
Nitin Godkari is elected BJP President for a three year term

Feb 10:
S.C. Sinha is appointed Director-General of the National Investigation Agency.

Feb 11:
India signs a “declaration” on civilian nuclear cooperation with the U.K. in New Delhi.

Feb 13:
Nine Persons, mostly youth, including four women are killed and 40 injured in a bomb blast which ravages the famous German Bakery on North Main Avenue in Pune’s Koregaon Park near the Osho Ashram.

Feb 14:
Fourteen MLAs from the Telangana region resign to protest against the terms of reference of the SriKrishna Committee.

Feb 16:
The toll in the Pune blast goes up to 10 with the death of Abhishek Kumar of Lucknow.
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India offers a $230 million line of credit to Nepal following talks between Nepalese President, Ram Baran Yadav and Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh in New Delhi.

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