Sources: BBC
Five Indian soldiers are killed in Ladakh, India, after their tank sinks in abruptly increased water levels in the Shyok River during a military exercise. 2024-06-29
Four people are killed and 60 others are injured in a stampede at a music festival in Kochi, Kerala, India. 2023-11-25
A chariot in a Hindu religious procession strikes an overhead power line leading to several electrocutions and a fire resulting in eleven deaths and over a dozen injuries in Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India. 2022-04-27
Militants shoot and kill a civilian in Budgam district, Jammu and Kashmir, India. 2022-03-21
Albania reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant, which was originally detected in India, 2021-07-25
It is revealed that the Ganges river in India has had hundreds of human bodies floating in its waters and buried in its banks in recent days, including some thought to have died of COVID-19. 2021-05-19
Flooding caused by heavy monsoon rains has caused over 100 deaths in India over the past week with tens of thousands of people taking shelter in refugee camps. 2015-08-3
India's Supreme Court sentences actor and politician Sanjay Dutt to 5 years in prison over illegal arms possession, related to the 1993 Mumbai bombings. The death sentence of Yakub Memon, convicted mastermind of the bombings, has been upheld. 2013-03-21
Cyclone Laila approaches landfall in southeastern India, having already caused at least ten deaths and prompting the evacuations of 10,000 people in Tamil Nadu.2010-05-19
India launches its new 2011 biometric census, the largest census in the world. [http:--timesofindia.indiatimes.com-india-Counting-a-billion-India-begins-new-census--articleshow-5749740.cms ("The Times of India")] [http:--news.bbc.co.uk-2-hi-south_asia-8598159.stm (BBC)] [http:--www.guardian.co.uk-world-2010-apr-01-india-begins-census-billion-people ("The Guardian")] [http:--www.france24.com-en-20100401-india-census-population-south-asia-government-patil (France24)] [http:--www.bangkokpost.com-news-asia-173432-counting-a-billion-india-begins-new-census ("Bangkok Post")]date=August 2019 2010-04-1