| Aug. 1 | The Government orders a ban on child labour in restaurants and households effective October 10. | Full Story |
| Aug. 2 | Parliament approves Bill seeking to consolidate laws relating to food. | Full Story |
| | Lok Sabha passes Actuaries Bill, 2005. | Full Story |
| Aug. 3 | The Justice R. S. Pathak Inquiry Authority raps Natwar Singh and his son Jagat Singh for misusing positions in getting Iraq oil contracts. | Full Story |
| | The Rajya Sabha passes the Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Bill. | Full Story |
| Aug. 7 | The R. S. Pathak Inquiry Authority report is tabled in Parliament. | Full Story |
| | The "leakage" of the R. S. Pathak Inquiry Authority report holds up proceedings. | Full Story |
| | Major dams in Gujarat overflow swamping many towns. The toll in Maharashtra goes up to 52. | Full Story |
| | The havoc in Andhra Pradesh leaves 100 dead even as the Godavari and its tributaries flood many villages and island habitations. | Full Story |
| Aug. 8 | The Congress suspends the former External Affairs Minister, Natwar Singh from party primary membership. | Full Story |
| | Over 2.5 lakh people are evacuated as the flood situation worsens in Gujarat. Surat city under 10 feet water. | Full Story |
| | Bhadrachalam in Andhra Pradesh lies submerged as the Godavari flows above danger level. | Full Story |
| | Parliament passes the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Bill, 2006. | Full Story |
| Aug. 10 | The President, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, confers the 39th Jnanpith Award on Marathi writer Vinda Karandikar. | Full Story |
| Aug. 11 | The toll in Maharashtra rains touches 255. | Full Story |
| | The Centre announces Rs. 400 crore flood relief for Gujarat. | Full Story |
| Aug. 13 | The Centre suspends operations against the ULFA. | Full Story |
| Aug. 17 | "There is no question of our strategic nuclear autonomy being compromised," says the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, in the Rajya Sabha replying to a day-long marathon discussion on the Indo-U.S. civilian nuclear deal. | Full Story |
| | The Lok Sabha adopts a motion to set up a 15-member Joint Parliamentary Committee to define "office of profit." | Full Story |
| Aug. 18 | The President, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, gives his assent to the amended Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Act, 1959, popularly known as the office of profit bill. | Full Story |
| Aug. 19 | The Thar Express chugs off from Munabao, Rajasthan on a historic journey six months after resumption of the Munabao-Khokhrapar route between India and Pakistan. | Full Story |
| | The Government decides not to bring in amendments to the Right to Information Act for now. | Full Story |
| Aug. 21 | Shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan (90), passes away in Varanasi. The U.P. Government institutes a Sangeet Ratna award in his memory. | Full Story |
| | A Bill to rename the Union Territory of Pondicherry as Puducherry is passed by the Rajya Sabha. | Full Story |
| | The Union Cabinet gives its nod for bill to provide for quota for the Other Backward Classes in Central educational institutions. | Full Story |
| Aug. 22 | Domicile requirement not needed to get elected to the Rajya Sabha, rules the apex court. Upholds open ballot for RS polls. | Full Story |
| | The Telangana Rashtra Samiti president K. Chandrasekhara Rao and party leader A. Narendra quit the Union Cabinet and the United Progressive Alliance. | Full Story |
| Aug. 24 | The Lok Sabha approves Bill to rename Pondicherry as Puducherry. | Full Story |
| | The Union Cabinet concedes Uttaranchal Government plea to rename the State Uttarakhand. | Full Story |
| | The Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Bill is passed by the Lok Sabha. | Full Story |
| Aug. 25 | The Bill to provide 27 per cent quota for OBCs is introduced in Lok Sabha. | Full Story |
| Aug. 28 | The toll in Rajasthan floods goes up to 138 with Barmer district bearing the brunt. | Full Story |
| Aug. 31 | The Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan, Shivshankar Menon is appointed new Foreign Secretary. | Full Story |
| | The Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister, Muzzafar Hussain Beigh loses post as People's Democratic Party Legislature Party leader. | Full Story |
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