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At least 15 people are killed after an Indian Navy craft collides with a passenger ferry off the coast of Mumbai, India.
2024-12-18

Five people are killed and 34 others are injured in a crash between a government vehicle and a bus in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India.
2023-06-25

The Nagaland Legislative Assembly publicly demands that the Government of India repeal the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, which has been in effect since 1958. This comes after a massacre occurred in Mon district, Nagaland on December 4.
2021-12-20

The Indian government issues new Standard Operational Procedure (SOP) guidelines that would be mandatory for travelers from the United Kingdom, Europe, Brazil, and South Africa to conduct self-paid molecular COVID-19 testing, beginning from February 22 at 23:59 p.m. IST.
2021-02-17

The Indian Department of Telecommunications bars the state-run telecommunication company Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited from upgrading its 4G network with Chinese equipment, as tensions between India and China mount over the recent border skirmishes.
2020-06-17

The Government of India revokes the Public Health Foundation of India's registration, allegedly for foreign-funded lobbying practices.
2017-04-20

Jat protesters reach an agreement with the Indian government on increased reservations similar to those authorized for economically disadvantaged lower castes. Authorities say at least 19 people have been killed in the three-day demonstrations. Protest leaders call for reopening blockaded roads in the northern state of Haryana. Water restrictions, implemented after protesters damaged the water station's New Delhi feed, remain in effect while engineers repair the equipment.
2016-02-22

The Government of India deploys the Army to the state of Gujarat after two days of caste-related violence results in seven deaths.
2015-08-27

Aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya is commissioned into the Indian Navy at the Russian shipbuilding complex of Sevmash in Severodvinsk, ending a five-year delay to the $2.33 billion project. Russian deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin and Indian Defense Minister AK Antony attend the handing over ceremony.
2013-11-16

Five Somali pirates are sentenced to life in a United States prison plus 80 years for an attack on the United States Navy frigate USS Nicholas.
2011-03-14