CBI files a chargesheet in a Mumbai court against stockbroker Ketan Parekh and five others, in the Rs. 137 crore pay order scam.

- Air Marshal S. Krishnaswamy is appointed the new Vice-Chief of Air Staff.

President's rule enacted in Manipur.

Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), the world's smallest lightweight supersonic fighter complets its first block of flights ahead of schedule.

- World's highest observatory centre is in operation at mount Saraswat Hanlay in frontier region of Ladakh in Jammu & Kashmir.

Prime Minister announces a five-year Excise Duty holiday for industries in the earthquake-ravaged Kutch District in Gujarat.

Congress leader Manmohan Singh, UP BJP chief Kalraj Mishra and former BJP Assam president Indramoni Bora elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha.

For the first time, two Volleyball referees from India, including a woman have been nominated by the International Volleyball Federation to officiate in major international competitions.

The US embassy announces a new visa processing procedure under which eligible applicants will receive their passports through courier to any of their addresses in north India.

Brigadier Surendra Singh is discharged from service on charges of disclosing vital information and dereliction of duty during the Kargil war.

Gujarat Government enacts a law containing incentives and disincentives to encourage people of all communities to have not more than two children per family.

An Indian scientist gets a patent from the US for developing a cost-effective technique of regeneration of organs in mammals.

- P. Gopichand becomes the second Indian ever to reach the quarter-finals of the World Badminton Championship.

June 9

India's tennis players Mahesh Bhupati and Leander Paes win men's doubles final of the French Open.

India wins the Junior Asia Cup Hockey title defeating Uzbekistan by 7-0.

- India beats Zimbabwe in the first test of the two match series played at Zimbabwe.

Defence scientists of India and Russia successfully test fire PJ-10, a medium range surface-to-surface missile from the interim test range at Chandipur-on-sea.

- Ms. Nirupama Rao takes over as spokeswoman of foreign affairs.

J.M. Lyngdoh takes over as the Chief Election Commissioner.

A computer virus, suspected to be a creation of Pakistani hackers, infects computer network linking India's foreign missions.

China honours Indian agronomist Gurdev Singh Khush for his contribution to research in rice production.

- Centre decides to amend the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) to prevent witness from turning hostile during trial.

The cease-fire, which was confined to Nagaland, will now extend to the entire North East for one year.

An attempt by international terrorist, Osama Bin Laden, to blast the US Embassy at New Delhi foiled by the Delhi Police.

A suicide bomber blows himself up outside a popular beachside discotheque at Tel Aviv in Israel leaving 18 dead and over 100 injured.

King of Nepal, Birendra and Queen Aishwarya with six other members of royal family allegedly gunned down by Crown Prince Dipendra.

Hank Ketcham, the creator of famous cartoon strip Dennis the Menace passes away.

Pakistan releases 158 Indian fishermen from various prisons in Karachi.

The first prototype of an aircraft intended to revolutionise travels and shatter speed records is destroyed during its maiden flight in California.

Anthony Quinn, the Oscar winner, remembered for his role as the earthy hero in 'Zorba the Greek' and in 'Lawrence of Arabia' passes away.

Alejandro Toledo become Peru's first freely elected president of native Indian descent.

A French woman desginated the oldest person in the world by the 'Guinness Book of World Records', Marie Bremont passes away at the age of 115 in Cande.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labour Party wins a landslide victory in the general elections of England.

The world's largest cosmic laboratory jointly funded by China and Italy inaugurated at Yangbajain in China.

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is sentenced to a three-year imprisonment for her failure to appear in the Islamabad court in corruption cases.

The Iranian President Mohammad Khatami wins a decisive mandate to forge ahead with his democratic reforms.

Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi gets another chance to form Italy's 59^th post-war government.

Keith Vaz, Britain's Minister for Europe and the only Asian representative in the Tony Blair Cabinet removed from the Cabinet.

- Oklahoma bomber Timothy Mc Veigh executed by a lethal injection and pronounced dead in Terre Haute in Indiana.

Devyani Rana, girlfriend of late crown prince Dipendra, accused of killing his father, refuses to depose before the high-level committee probing the palace massacre in Kathmandu.

The official probe into Nepal's palace massacre held the late King Dipendra 'solely' responsible for the killing of his father king Birendra, Queen Aishwarya and seven others of the royal family.