Events; Appointments; Etc.: October 2009

APPOINTED; ELECTED; Etc. Ashok Chavan: He has been re-elected as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra. Bhupinder Singh Hooda: He has been re-elected as the Chief Minister of Haryana. Dorjee Khandu: He has been elected as the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh. Sam Pitroda: He has been appointed as the Advisor to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Infrastructure, Innovation and Information. He will have the rank of a Cabinet Minister. K. Radhakrishnan: He has been appointed as the Chief of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Alok Prasad: Senior diplomat and Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, he has been appointed as the Deputy National Security Adviser. Kanuru Sujatha Rao: She has been appointed as the Union Health Secretary in the Central government. DISTINGUISHED VISITORS Stephen Smith: Foreign Minister of Australia. Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner: President of Argentina. Michel Sidibe: UNAIDS Executive Director. Gen. Ken J. Gillespie: Chief of Army of Australia. DIED Inderjeet Hassanpuri: The maestro of Punjabi language who weaved words with pastoral flavour like "Sare pind ch puare paye ...", "kurti mal mal di". EVENTS OCTOBER 1—China celebrates 60 years of Mao Zedong declaring the birth of a Communist People's Republic of China. 3—Floods in northern and parts of coastal Karnataka leave more than 170 people dead. This is the first time in 60 years that such a deluge is experienced in Karnataka. 7—More than 800 people are killed as a powerful earthquake rocks western Indonesia. Padang, a coastal city and capital of West Sumatra province is hit the hardest. 8—Seventeen people are killed in a blast outside India's Kabul Embassy. Three-ring security cordon saves Indians inside the Embassy. 8—In yet another brazen attack on the State, Naxalites kill 17 policemen belonging to Maharashtra's C-60 anti-Naxal force on Gadchiroli district. 9—At least 50 people are killed in a massive car bomb blast in the busy Khyber Bazar in Peshawar, Pakistan. 10—Taliban terrorists storm Pakistan Army Headquarters in Rawalpindi and kill a Brigadier, a Lt Col and four other army men, as also take more than 50 people as hostage. 10—The dramatic 22-hour siege of the Pakistan Army Headquarters in Rawalpindi ends after commandos storm the premises and free 42 hostages from the terrorists. 12— A devastating suicide bomb hits north-west Pakistan killing 41 people as a bomber, reported to be aged about 13, flings himself at a military convoy passing through a busy market in Shangla, a north-west district near Swat. 12—Nuclear-capable Prithvi-II missile test-fired successfully from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur. 12—Forty one people are killed in a suicide attack in Shangla district in Pakistan's Malakand division. 13—Maharahtra, Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh go to polls to elect new Legislative Assemblies. 15—Terror strikes in three cities of Pakistan (suicide blast in Kohat, Car bomb in Peshawar, attack on security forces in Lahore) leaves more than 39 dead. 16—Police station in Peshawar, Pakistan, is hit by a suicide car bomb, killing more than 13 people. 18—Pakistani jets and artillery pound Taliban bases killing 60 militants in the lawless Waziristan region. 18—Top military brass is among 50 killed in suicide blast in the city of Pisheen in Iran, near the border with Pakistan. 20—At least six persons are killed in twin suicide blasts on the new campus of Islamabad's International Islamic University. 21—Twenty two people are killed as Goa Sampoornkranti Express rams stationary Mewar Express train near Mathura. 23—More than 26 people are killed in Pakistan as three blasts rock the country in 24 hours. Among the places targeted is Pakistan Aeronautical Complex at Kamra, in Punjab province. 25—Twin suicide bomb blasts in Baghdad kill more than 135 people, delivering a blow to the heart of the fragile city's government. 27—Armed cadres of People's Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCPA) as well as Maoists hijack Bhubaneshwar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express near Jhargram town. The train is released after a five-hour drama. 28—Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inaugurates Anantnag-Qazigund rail section in south Kashmir. 28—Car bomb kills 95 people in Peshawar, Pakistan. 28—Taliban storm UN house in Kabul and kill 10 persons, including six of UN staff. 29—A major blaze at Jaipur IOC depot leaves more than 5 people killed. MILESTONES Meira Kumar: Lok Sabha Speaker, she has been chosen to head Asia-Pacific Parliamentary panel.

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with warm regards

Harish Sati
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)
Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-110068

(M) + 91 - 9990646343 | (E-mail) Harish.sati@gmail.com

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