Sources: ABC BBC
India's food ministry reports a 341% surge in tomato prices from 24.68 link=yes (US$0.30) to 108.92 ($1.33) per kilogram, attributed to extreme weather and the tomato mosaic virus affecting major tomato-producing states. Farmers have reported incidents of tomato theft in response to the report. 2023-07-12
At least 15 students are killed when a school bus overturns in Manipur, India. 2022-12-21
India reports that it has increased its troop presence along the Sino-Indian border in response to the skirmish that occurred between Indian and Chinese troops in Tawang district earlier this month. 2022-12-20
Saskatchewan reports its first case of the Lineage B.1.617 variant, which was first discovered in India. 2021-05-14
Former chief minister of Indian-administered Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti, has been released by India. She was detained on 5 August last year, when the government stripped the region of its partial autonomy. She was in house arrest under a controversial law that allows detention without charge for up to two years. 2020-10-14
A mob storms the central jail in Dimapur, India, and kills Farid Khan, an undocumented migrant from Bangladesh in custody as a rape suspect. The mob ransacks and destroys over 20 shops and torches ten vehicles including a police jeep. 2015-03-5
Convicted Indian spy Sarabjit Singh dies after being attacked by fellow inmates in a Pakistani prison. He is flown home to India where the government of Punjab has declared him a martyr. 2013-05-2
Pakistan claims another of its soldiers is killed from gunfire by Indian troops near the Line of Control. This is the fifth such fatality reported in the past two weeks from either of the neighboring countries who each claim the disputed territory. 2013-01-15
Areas in Delhi, India, are flooded by heavy rain, with record rainfall recorded at Indira Gandhi International Airport. 2011-09-16
More than 700 species of ancient insects are discovered preserved in amber in an ancient rainforest in India. 2010-10-25