Portal:Current events/India/2006 October 19


 * Veteran Tamil actress and Kalaimamani award winner, Srividya, dies of breast cancer at 53. She started her life as an actress at the age of 13 and had acted in more than 800 films. (Newindpress.com)
 * Northeast monsoon sets in, in South India. (The Hindu)
 * The Central Bureau of Investigation filed a charge sheet against arms dealer Abhishek Verma, son of a former Congress MP, in the Naval War Room Leak case. (DNA India)
 * The Supreme Court of India upholds promotions based on reservations, but rules that quotas should not exceed 50 per cent. (The Hindu)
 * India's state-owned primary domestic airline, Indian, will be merged with the international airline carrier, Air India, by the end of 2006. (Business Standard)
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