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West Bengal Police fire tear gas and water cannons at protesting university students and medical professionals demanding the resignation of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her handling in the rape and murder case of a medic in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
2024-08-27

Thousands of doctors and university students participate in walkouts and protests against sexual violence in cities across India after the alleged rape and murder of a female medical trainee in Kolkata last week.
2024-08-13

India surpasses 20 million cases of COVID-19, becoming the second country to do so after the United States.
2021-05-4

India reports 352,991 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, a world record for the fifth consecutive day, and thereby bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 17.3 million. The country also reports a record 2,812 deaths in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 195,123.
2021-04-26

The United Kingdom surpasses 100,000 deaths from COVID-19, becoming the fifth country to do so after the United States, Brazil, India, and Mexico.
2021-01-26

At least 21 people are killed, 70 injured and up to 150 people are feared trapped after a half-built overpass collapses in the Indian city of Kolkata.
2016-03-31

An explosion on a train in the Indian city of Kolkata results in at least 17 people being injured.
2015-05-12

Afzal Guru is hanged at Tihar Jail in New Delhi, India, for his role in the 2001 Indian Parliament attack.
2013-02-9

The 14th Dalai Lama formally submits his resignation as Tibet's political leader to the Tibetan Parliament-in-exile in Dharamsala, India.
2011-03-14

The last native of India's Andaman Islands fluent in the Aka-Bo language dies, rendering the language extinct.
2010-02-5