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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

A 6.4 magnitude earthquake hits the Indian states of West Bengal and Assam, part of Meghalaya, and part of Bangladesh, causing damage to houses and buildings. Two people die from heart attacks, while ten others are wounded by the earthquake itself.
2021-04-28

The Indian union territory of Lakshadweep reports their first case of COVID-19 in a man who left for Kavaratti by ship from Kochi, making it the last territory to report their first case.
2021-01-18

In an election occurring in the midst of massive protests against the central government, the incumbent right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party is projected to lose its majority to the United Progressive Alliance parties in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand.
2019-12-23

India formally splits Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories, dubbed Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. Both entities will be directly governed from New Delhi.
2019-10-31

In India, about 2.3 million people respond to the state of Uttar Pradesh's announcement of 368 low-level government jobs openings that pay 16,000 rupees ($240) a month. At least 255 of the applicants had a doctorate and over 200,000 had master's degrees.
2015-09-18

Voting is in progress in 89 constituencies spread across seven states and two union territories.
2014-04-30

In India, six police and election officials have been killed as violence hits restive Maoist region and Kashmir.
2014-04-24

At least nine children are killed and another 20 injured after their school bus collides with a truck in the Indian city of Hanumangarh in Rajasthan state.
2013-07-30

A serial blast injures 5 people near Mahabodhi temple at Bodh Gaya, in the Indian state of Bihar.
2013-07-7