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Following high-level talks in Delhi, India and the United States sign a military agreement on sharing sensitive satellite data. The "Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement on Geospatial Cooperation" (BECA) gives the Indian Armed Forces access to a range of sensitive geospatial and aeronautical data for military use. Agreements on nuclear energy, earth sciences and alternative medicine are also signed.
2020-10-27

Forty-three workers are killed in a fire in a factory in Delhi, India.
2019-12-8

A stampede among Hindu pilgrims headed to Varanasi, India, kills at least 24 people and injures at least 20.
2016-10-15

Water supply is restored to the Indian city of Delhi as repairs are made to the vital Munak canal after the Jat reservation agitation is resolved.
2016-02-23

Bus drivers in the Indian city of Delhi call off a strike to protest the murder of a driver after the state government invokes the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA).
2015-05-12

Police in India charge five men with the murder of a 23-year-old woman who was gang-raped on a bus in Delhi on December 16, 2012.
2013-01-3

A power grid failure in Delhi leaves more than 300 million people without power in northern India. Minister for Power Sushilkumar Shinde announces that all those affected should have power restored within "hours".
2012-07-30

Indian superhero film "Ra.One", the most expensive Bollywood film to date, is released to coincide with the Hindu festival of Diwali.
2011-10-26

A magnitude 5.4 earthquake strikes western Nepal near the Indian border, and is felt in Delhi.
2011-04-4

The United States and Australia issue travel warnings for India following the shooting of two Taiwanese tourists outside the Jama Masjid mosque in Delhi.
2010-09-20