Unforgettable episodes of 2014
Highlights
This year saw some shaking, traumatic events that took the country by surprise. From catastrophic natural calamities to medical disasters this country saw it all. This country shall learn from its mistakes. Avoid the avoidable, be prepared for the impending and be more united than ever.
This year saw some shaking, traumatic events that took the country by surprise. From catastrophic natural calamities to medical disasters this country saw it all. However this country shall learn from its mistakes. Avoid the avoidable, be prepared for the impending and be more united than ever.
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On January 9, the arrest of Devyani Khobragade in New York caused a major diplomatic rift between India and US.
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On January 29, Nido Taniam (20), a student from Arunachal Pradesh died after he was beaten up by locals in Lajpat Nagar, New Delhi. This triggered protests all over the country and highlighted the discrimination faced by people of northeastern origin in other parts of the country.
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On February 28, Subrata Roy, chairman of Sahara India, was arrested on orders of the Supreme Court when his company failed to return money to investors. He is still behind bars.
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On June 2, the country saw the birth of Telangana, the 29th state of the union.
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On June 8, 24 students from Hyderabad on a picnic trip were washed away in the Beas river in Himachal Pradesh.
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On July 30, heavy rainfall caused a landslide in the village of Malin in Pune district which resulted in the destruction of 44 houses and death of nearly 200 people.
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On August 3, Syndicate Bank’s chairman SK Jain was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation in a bribery case.
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On August 25, All the 218 coal block allocations made between 1993 and 2011 were declared illegal by the Supreme Court.
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September 4–10, floods devastated the city of Srinagar, causing unprecedented destruction.
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On September 27, a special court in Bangalore convicted Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa for acquiring assets disproportionate to her known sources of income.
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On November 8, 11 women died in a botched mass sterilization operation in Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh).
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On December 1, 14 CRPF jawans were gunned down when they were ambushed by Naxals in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma.
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On December 5, in a militant attack on an army camp Uri (Jammu and Kashmir), 11 security personnel, including eight soldiers, died along with all six attackers.
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On December 8, an Uber cab driver allegedly raped a passenger in New Delhi.
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