March 2012 Current Affairs: In this chapter, information has been given about the latest current affairs based on India and the world in the month of March 2012 from the point of view of upcoming competitive examinations. Here you can find various fields of India and the world like: Appointments, Resignations, Sports and Sportsmen, Politics, Awards and Honors, Important Days, Deaths, Reports, Business, Planning, Politics, Education, Books and Authors, Economy, Accidents, Science, Technology You can get general knowledge about important current affairs related to geography, records, settlement, convention and entertainment etc.

31 March 2012 | Resignations Current Affairs
A day after a court convicted and sentenced her to a five-year jail term in connection with her daughter's abduction, senior Punjab Minister Bibi Jagir Kaur resigned citing 'moral grounds'.
30 March 2012 | Miscellaneous Current Affairs
The past one year has witnessed 43,000 divorces across the country. However, owing to the awareness relating to men's rights nationwide, the number of divorce by mutual consent has also gone up. Today, statistics shows 60 per cent of the divorces is by mutual consent.
29 March 2012 | Politics Current Affairs
The Vijay Bahuguna government won a trust vote in the Uttarakhand Assembly amid a walkout by the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party members. Thirty-nine members voted in favour of the trust motion tabled by Bahuguna, Speaker Govind Singh Kunjwal informed the House.
28 March 2012 | Miscellaneous Current Affairs
Stoking a controversy, the West Bengal government has banned English and mass-circulation Bengali dailies at state-sponsored and aided libraries in the state which will make available only eight selected newspapers.
27 March 2012 | Miscellaneous Current Affairs
After a marathon hearing spanning over a month, the Supreme Court reserved its verdict on a bunch of petitions challenging the Delhi high court verdict decriminalising gay sex among consenting adults in private.
26 March 2012 | Politics Current Affairs
The Supreme Court refused to entertain a petition seeking a direction to the Nanavati Commission, which is inquiring into the 2002 Gujarat riot cases, to summon Chief Minister Narendra Modi for his alleged role in the carnage.
25 March 2012 | Miscellaneous Current Affairs
Rick Santorum easily won the Republican presidential primary in Louisiana, defeating the frontrunner Mitt Romney with more than 20 percentage margin, raising a big question mark on the latter's ability to win the Southern States in coming weeks.
24 March 2012 | Accidents Current Affairs
At least five passengers of a bus were killed and 33 others wounded, including nine critically, in a road accident in hilly Ramban district of Jammu region on Saturday morning.
23 March 2012 | Awards Current Affairs
Slain Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer, Oscar-winning filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy and Interior Minister Rehman Malik were among those who were awarded the country's highest honour on Pakistan Day on Friday.
22 March 2012 | Accidents Current Affairs
A suspected militant was killed and 20 people were injured when an explosive-laden car blew up in Bijbehara town in south Kashmir's Anantnag district, police said.
21 March 2012 | Geography Events Current Affairs
An earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale hit Mexico post midnight IST. According to the US Geological Survey, the epicentre of the quake was Guerrero region, located 186 kilometres from Acapulco city.
20 March 2012 | Appointments Current Affairs
Trinamool Congress leader Mukul Roy was elevated to Cabinet rank to take over as Union railway minister replacing Dinesh Trivedi, who was forced to resign after Congress caved in to Mamata Banerjee's pressure.
19 March 2012 | Politics Current Affairs
Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley, who is seeking a third term to the Upper House filed his nomination papers from Gujarat along with two other candidates of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
18 March 2012 | Resignations Current Affairs
Ending his defiance, Dinesh Trivedi night gave in to his party's demand to resign as Railway Minister bringing the curtain down on the five-day drama after he incurred the wrath of Trinamool Congress for hiking passenger fares in the Railway Budget.
17 March 2012 | Politics Current Affairs
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav is set to expand his ministry. Samajwadi Party veteran Azam Khan, who took the oath of office as cabinet minister along with Akhilesh on March 15, will be sworn in again as he had failed to complete his oath.
16 March 2012 | Accidents Current Affairs
A Turkish military helicopter on a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation mission crashed into a house outside the Afghan capital Kabul on Friday, killing at least 15 people -- 12 soldiers on board and three civilians on the ground.
15 March 2012 | Appointments Current Affairs
Minutes after Akhilesh Yadav was sworn in as the 33rd chief minister of Uttar Pradesh in Lucknow on Thursday, Samajwadi Party workers went berserk with excitement.
14 March 2012 | Person Current Affairs
Eighty five-year-old Shiromani Alkali Dal leader Parkash Singh Badal created two records in one go by becoming the chief minister of Punjab for the fifth time and the first in the reorganised state's history to return to power for the second successive tenure heading the SAD-Bharatiya Janata Party alliance ministry.
13 March 2012 | Appointments Current Affairs
The Maharashtra government has appointed special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam to represent it during the trial of 13/7 Mumbai triple blasts that claimed 27 lives and left several others wounded.
12 March 2012 | Appointments Current Affairs
Sonia Gandhi, president of the Indian National Congress approved the name of Vijay Bahuguna as the new chief minister of Uttrakhand. The decision comes after a week-long stand off. The decision has come as a rude shock to the supporters of Harish Rawat who led the party campaign during the state assembly.
11 March 2012 | Accidents Current Affairs
Sixteen Afghans were killed by a 'rogue' United States soldier who walked off his base and opened fire on them in their homes in the early hours. The dead include nine children and three women, plus five wounded.
10 March 2012 | Miscellaneous Current Affairs
Spiritual leader and Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar will embark on a three-day visit to Pakistan from March 12. This is the spiritual leader's second visit to the neighbouring country (the first one was in July 2004).
9 March 2012 | Resignations Current Affairs
Amid speculation that the Congress is mulling revamp of its leadership in Uttar Pradesh following the poll debacle, state party chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi handed over her resignation to Sonia Gandhi owning full responsibility for the poor performance.
8 March 2012 | Awards Current Affairs
Chintan, an Indian NGO has been chosen for America's first Innovation Award for the Empowerment of Women and Girls. The award funded by the Rockefeller Foundation through the Secretary's International Fund for Women and Girls, would be formally announced by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the Rockefeller Foundation President Dr Judith Rodin, on Friday.
7 March 2012 | Politics Current Affairs
Manohar Parrikar, who spearheaded Bharatiya Janata Party's emphatic win in assembly polls with majority of its own for the first time, today took oath as chief minister of Goa at the head of a 6-member coalition government.
6 March 2012 | Resignations Current Affairs
Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat resigned following the humiliating defeat of Congress in the assembly election. Even as counting for two constituencies, Saligao and Taleigao, was still on, Kamat met the Governor here and submitted his resignation.
5 March 2012 | Person Current Affairs
Megastar Chiranjeevi is likely to get elevated soon to the Rajya Sabha from a member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. His candidature is almost certain for one of the four seats that the ruling Congress can win in the biennial elections to the Upper House of Parliament from the state, slated for March 30.
4 March 2012 | Technology Current Affairs
The army successfully test fired the 290 km range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile at the Pokharan range here to operationalise the second regiment of the weapon system in service.
3 March 2012 | Appointments Current Affairs
The Centre on Saturday announced the appointment of Lieutenant General Bikram Singh as the next army chief from May 31, to succeed General V K Singh. Lieutenant General Singh, the eastern army commander, will head the 13-lakh strong force and have tenure of just over two years, till August 2014.
2 March 2012 | Appointments Current Affairs
The Supreme Court appointed former judge Justice H S Bedi as the chairman of the monitoring authority looking into the case of 22 alleged fake encounter killings in Gujarat between 2002 and 2006.
1 March 2012 | Politics Current Affairs
Nineteen members of Legislative Assembly of opposition Congress in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly gave a notice for a no confidence motion against Speaker Ganpat Vasava following a ruling against Opposition Leader Shaktisinh Gohil.

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