Sources: Reuters
Tanzanian authorities charge hundreds of people with treason over protests linked to the disputed elections, including opposition officials such as Chadema secretary-general John Mnyika, while additional arrest warrants are issued for others, including Kawe MP Josephat Gwajima. 2025-11-8
A court in Bangladesh orders the arrest of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 45 others for crimes against humanity. Hasina is in exile in India. 2024-10-17
Four Indian troops and two rebels are killed in gunbattles in Rajouri district, Jammu and Kashmir, India. 2023-09-13
Brunei reports its first cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant, which was first detected in India, in 20 samples of COVID-19 cases that were sent for genome sequencing. 2021-08-26
Indonesia reports its first two cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant, first discovered in India, in two people from Jakarta. The country also reports its first case of the Lineage B.1.351 variant, first discovered in South Africa, in a person from Bali. 2021-05-3
A second attempt is made to extinguish burning container ship MV "SSL Kolkata" in the Bay of Bengal off India after rough conditions prompted an abandonment of yesterday's efforts. 2018-06-18
A recent Global Slavery Index report estimates the number of people born into servitude, trafficked for sex work, in debt bondage, or forced labour to be 45.8 million. India is reported to have the highest number at an estimated 18.4 million slaves, and North Korea the highest ratio, 4.4 percent of its population. 2016-05-31
At least seven people are killed and 30 injured in a bus accident in Ranchi, the capital of the Indian state of Jharkhand. 2016-05-9
India and Pakistan exchanged gunfire and mortar bombs along their disputed frontier, killing five civilians and injuring more than a dozen. 2015-07-16
Somali pirates seize a Panamanian-flagged ship with 15 Indian crewmen on board, off the coast of Tanzania. 2010-09-30