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The year 2011 saw change of guard in seven states – in five of them by way of elections. In May, Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress uprooted the CPI(M)-led Left Front…
Mumbai triple blasts India was made to bleed again this year with terror revisiting the country. India’s financial capital Mumbai was attacked on July 13 when three powerful explosions, within…
To call the year 2011 the most difficult year for the ruling UPA will not be an understatement. The beleaguered Congress has had to face several embarrassing moments this year…
The year 2011 saw the emergence of an unlikely leader in Anna Hazare, who took the country by storm through his fight against the corruption. The 74-year-old Gandhian crusader launched…
JanuaryJanuary 1 – Estonia officially adopts the Euro currency and becomes the seventeenth Eurozone country.[2]January 9–15 – Southern Sudan holds a referendum on independence. The Sudanese electorate votes in favour of independence, paving the way for the creation of the new…