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Sixteen people are killed and eleven others are injured when an electricity transformer explodes on the banks of the Alaknanda River in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, India.
2023-07-19

In India, the Karnataka High Court upholds restrictions on the wearing of the hijab in its schools, with Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi saying in the court's judgement that the wearing of the hijab "does not form a part of essential religious practice in Islamic faith."
2022-03-15

Five people are killed in a fire at a Serum Institute of India facility in Pune, Maharashtra, India.
2021-01-21

Complete lockdowns are announced in 30 states and union territories of India in an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19.
2020-03-24

Pakistan arrests Hafiz Saeed, the founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba, which has been blamed by the United States and India for the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks that left more than 160 people dead.
2019-07-17

The first of a series of British satellites, known as NovaSAR, is launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in India. The Surrey Satellite Technology satellite is designed to monitor suspicious shipping activity.
2018-09-16

India and Penguin books ban the book "The Hindus: An Alternative History" by Wendy Doniger for "blasphemy".
2014-02-14

The "'riots"' between two religious communities started at Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India.
2013-08-27

Six people are injured in a bomb explosion on a bus in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal.
2013-08-18

Indian troops report three deaths in Maidanpora, Kupwara, Kashmir.
2011-07-15