Sources: UPI
Five tourists and a pilot are killed, and one other person is injured, when a Bell 407 helicopter crashes and falls into a deep gorge near Bhagirathi River in Uttarakhand, India. 2025-05-8
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
Millions of people in southeast India face water shortages due to drought and depleted groundwater. 2019-06-19
Naxalite Maoists are holding 250 villagers hostage to protest the building of a bridge in India's Chhattisgarh state. 2015-05-9
Writer Salman Rushdie withdraws from the Jaipur Literature Festival in India due to new concerns about his possible assassination. 2012-01-20
A Liberian owned cargo vessel with 24 Filipino crew is seized by Somali pirates 550 nautical miles from the coast of India. 2010-12-13
Somali pirates hijack a Bangladeshi cargo ship off the coast of India. [https:--www.bbc.co.uk-news-world-south-asia-11925616 (BBC)] [https:--web.archive.org-web-20101207041937-http:--www.straitstimes.com-BreakingNews-Asia-Story-STIStory_611002.html ("Straits Times")] [http:--www.capitalfm.co.ke-news-Africa-Pirates-steering-ship-towards-Somalia-10766.html (Capital FM Kenya)]date=August 2019 2010-12-6
Somali pirates seize a Panamanian-flagged ship with 15 Indian crewmen on board, off the coast of Tanzania. 2010-09-30
Somali pirates hijack 8 Indian vessels abducting 120 sailors, biggest abduction count till date, off the coast of Kismayo. 2010-03-30
A Turkish ship is hijacked by Somali pirates more than 1,000 miles away from the coast of Somalia and closer to India. 2010-03-23