Sources: Reuters
At least eleven people are injured in a grenade explosion caused by an unknown militant group in a flea market in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. 2024-11-3
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
The death toll from the landslides caused by torrential rains in Kerala, India, increases to 296 people, with at least 240 others still missing. 2024-08-1
A vehicle carrying 26 soldiers crashes in the Shyok River in Ladakh, India, killing seven soldiers. 2022-05-27
Pakistan asked India to reverse its “unlawful and destabilizing actions” in Kashmir as a result of large scale movement of Indian army forces into the disputed region. Tension between the states have been high since Narendra Modi stripped Jammu and Kashmir of its autonomy in August 2019. There is concern that the territory would be further partitioned into the state of Jammu and union territory of Kashmir. 2021-06-8
India reports a world record of 412,262 new cases in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 21 million. The country also reports a record 3,980 deaths from COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 230,168. 2021-05-6
The Supreme Court of India strikes down a law criminalizing adultery as unconstitutional, stating it treated women as property of their husbands. [https:--www.bbc.com-news-world-asia-india-45404927 (BBC) ]2018-09-27
27 people are killed after their bus plunges into a gorge in Assam, eastern India. 2011-05-31
India summons the Iranian chargé d'affaires to protest against remarks by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei regarding Kashmir. It also abstains on a vote on Iranian human rights for the first time. 2010-11-19
At least 100 people are killed in India after a powerful storm demolished thousands of homes in West Bengal. 2010-04-14