THEWEEKTHATWAS
An officer pays his respects to Lieutenant Sushil Khajuria, who was killed in a four-day encounter against terrorists in Kashmir
A martyr’s farewell
S N ACHARYA, PRO DEFENCE-JAMMU
Five terrorists and four Indian security personnel died in four days of fierce gunfire near Srinagar,
September 29. The encounter began September 25, after soldiers raided a terrorist hideout north of the
Jammu and Kashmir capital
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Telangana crisis: 32 lawmakers resign
Thirty two legislators from the Telugu
Desam Party resigned from the Andhra
state assembly, September 28, protesting
the delay in the formation of a separate
state of Telangana.
Minister booked in missing nurse case
Rajasthan Water Resources Minister
Mahipal Maderna was booked, September
28, for allegedly kidnapping and murdering Bhanwari Devi, a nurse from Jodhpur.
She disappeared September 3, after a video
clip showing her and the minister in a compromising position, surfaced. Bhanwari’s
husband has accused Maderna of killing his
wife.
Modi skips BJP national meet
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi
skipped the Bharatiya Janata Party’s two-day national executive meet, starting
September 30. His absence came against
the backdrop of reported differences
between him and senior party leader L K
Advani. Former Karnataka chief minister B
S Yeddyurappa, who was ousted after a
Lokayukta report on illegal mining in the
state, was also not present.
The National Board for Wildlife
opposed India’s Planning Commission’s
proposal to merge three wildlife conservation schemes — Project Tiger, Project
Elephant and the Integrated Development
— under Wildlife Habitat. The board fears
the diminishing tiger population in the
country will be hit by the reduction of
funds.
Lata Mangeshkar felicitated
Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar
received an award, named after her brother
composer Hridaynath Mangeshkar, on her
82nd birthday, September 28. Another
Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan presented the inaugural award comprising a
$2,000 check and trophy.
India successfully test-fires nuclear missile
India test-fired its nuclear-capable, surface-to-surface Agni-II ballistic missile,
September 30, from the Wheeler Island off
the Orissa coast. The missile has a strike
range of 1,242 miles and is equipped with a
special navigation system to achieve accuracy.
Death traps
NAVESH CHI TRAKAR/REUTERS
Ten Indians were
among the 19 people
killed, September 25,
when a small plane
crashed and broke
into pieces at
Kotdanda hills near
Kathmandu, while
returning from a sightseeing trip to Mount
Everest
Rescue workers search
for survivors under the
rubble of a building that
collapsed in old Delhi. At
least eight people were
killed and 25 injured
when a 60-year-old
building collapsed
September 27
