January 28 - The Pakistan Hizbul Mujahideen in Pulwama district of south Kashmir and recovers a "huge quantity" of ammunition and explosives. Acting on a tip-off, the security personnel raided the hideout at Remu village in the early hours and recovered around 12,000 rounds of AK ammunition, 2.5 kg RDX and three grenades according to a BSF spokesman.
August 31 - Union minister Ghulam Nabi Azad's brother Ghulam Abbas Azad is attacked by militants, seriously injuring his security guard in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir.
January 28 - Commerce minister Arun Jaitley announced the Cabinet decision to free gold and silver imports from all restrictions.
January 28 - The Lucknow bench of the AllahabadHigh Court fixed February 23 for further hearing of te revision petition filed against deputy prime minister L. K. Advani's discharge in the Babri Masjid demolition case by a special CBI court at Rae Bareli.
February - T S Krishnamurthy is appointed Chief Election Commissioner of India
July 15 - Maninder Pal Singh Kohli, prime accused in the high profile rape and murder of British teenager Hannah Foster is arrested by West Bengal police in Darjeeling district while trying to flee to Nepal.
July 28 - Maninder Pal Singh Kohli admits to having raped and murdered British teenager Hannah Foster in an interview to a private television channel.
Meanwhile, India continues to reject the existing nuclear nonproliferation regime on the grounds that it perpetuates an unjust distinction between a small group of states that are allowed nuclear weapons, and the rest of the world's states that are denied this right.
India's Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) announced in September 2002 that the naval variant of the Prithvi (Dhanush) has completed sea trials and is ready for "induction." Five tests of different versions of the intermediate-range Agni ballistic missile were conducted between May 1989 and January 2001.
India is not a member of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR); in November 2002, it rejected a draft of the International Code of Conduct (ICOC) on ballistic missile proliferation on grounds that it is discriminatory and interferes with the peaceful uses of space technology.
See also: 2003 in India, other events of 2004, 2005 in India and the Timeline of Indian history.
January 28 - The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court fixed February 23 for further hearing of te revision petition filed against deputy prime minister L. Advani's discharge in the Babri Masjid demolition case by a special CBI court at Rae Bareli.
The major Muslim festivals are also observed as holidays in India.
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