Sources: Straits Times
Eleven people are killed and sixty others are injured when a cargo train collides with a Kanchanjungha Express passenger train in Darjeeling district, West Bengal, India. 2024-06-17
Nine workers are killed and three others are injured by an explosion at a factory in Nagpur district, Maharashtra, India. 2023-12-17
India begins administering COVID-19 vaccine booster doses for high-risk individuals, such as healthcare workers and people over the age of 60 with comorbidities. 2022-01-10
India reports its single largest increase in a day, recording 95,735 new infections. The Health Ministry also reported 1,172 deaths in the past 24 hours. The ministry says the increase is due to a surge in testing as experts warn that the virus is spreading to towns and villages. 2020-09-10
A curfew has ended in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir after 52 days of protest allowing for an all-party delegation to visit the state on Sunday. 2016-08-29
Police in Burma break up a three-month-long protest against the expansion of a copper mine run by the military and a Chinese company. 2012-11-29
A train fire kills 32 passengers and injures 27 on the Tamil Nadu Express in Andhra Pradesh, India. 2012-07-30
India's Central Bureau of Investigation raids the homes of former telecommunications minister A. Raja, his family and associates in connection with a corruption scandal. 2010-12-8
About 20,000 people flee Burma to escape fighting between the Burmese military and the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army in Karen State after the recent general election. 2010-11-9
Burmese military ruler General Than Shwe begins a five-day visit to India. 2010-07-25