List of Politics Events on June-1997

1- June-1997 Ghulam Rasool Wani, National Conference leader, kidnapped and shot dead by militants at Kaskot in Doda district, Jammu.
3- June-1997 Four women ministers (Renuka Choudhry, Kamala Sinha, Ratnamala Savanur & Jayanti Natarajan) join I K Gujral cabinet.
4- June-1997 Defence Ministry denies Washington Post's report that India has deployed Prithvi missile on Punjab border with Pakistan.
4- June-1997 Special Judge Ajit Bharihoke discharges former Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao and former Union Minister Prof. K. K. Tewary in St. Kitts forgery case for lack of sufficient evidence.
5- June-1997 Prime Minister Gujral went on a 3-day visit to Nepal.
5- June-1997 I. K. Gujral's visit to Nepal was marked by signing of Power Trade Agreement and MoU on civil aviation.
9- June-1997 Portfolio changes were effected by I K Gujral in Union Cabinet.
10- June-1997 18 persons were killed and 10 wounded by suspected National Liberation Front of Tripura militants at Thalchhara near Agartala.
12- June-1997 Sitaram Kesri elected president of Congress I (6224 votes. Sharad Pawar-888; Rajesh Pilot-354).
14- June-1997 India expresses regret over "inadvertent intrusion" of IAF helicopter into Bangladesh territory.
14- June-1997 Rajya Sabha chairman recognises split in AIADMK parliamentary party and designates Jayalalitha-led AIADMK as AIADMK(I) and Thirunavukkarasu group as AIADMK(II).
16- June-1997 K. R. Narayanan, Vice-President, is the joint candidate of Congress(I) and United Front for Presidentship in July 14 election.
19- June-1997 Indian Prime Minister and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif, spoke for first time on restored hotline, to reiterate their committment to comprehensive dialogue, including Kashmir.
20- June-1997 Second round of Foreign Secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan starts in Islamabad.
23- June-1997 India and Pakistan reach accord on joint working groups to address outstanding issues including Kashmir and Siachen.
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