January • 2 January – At least 14 people die and several people are hospitalised after drinking contaminated water in
Indore,
Madhya Pradesh. • 5 January – A magnitude 5.1 earthquake hits
Assam, injuring three people. • 9 January – • Fourteen people are killed and over 30 others are injured when a bus falls into a
gorge near
Nahan,
Himachal Pradesh. • At least 20 people are reported killed after being attacked by a single wild elephant roaming the forests of
West Singhbhum district,
Jharkhand since 1 January. • 19 January – •
Nitin Nabin is elected as the
National President of the
Bharatiya Janata Party. • At least nine people are killed and 80 others are injured when a bus overturns in
Latehar,
Jharkhand.. • 20 January – At least two people are killed in clashes after a youth's murder in
Kokrajhar,
Assam. • 21 January – • An outbreak of
Nipah virus is reported in
West Bengal, with at least two cases recorded in
Barasat. • A
Pipistrel Virus of the
Indian Air Force crashes into a pond after an engine failure in
Prayagraj,
Uttar Pradesh. No injuries are reported. • 22 January – A
Casspir of the
Indian Army falls into a gorge in
Doda, Jammu and Kashmir, killing 10 soldiers and injuring 10 others. • 24 January – A fire at a four-story building in
Hyderabad,
Telangana, kills six people. • 26 January – Protests break out across the country over the
UGC Bill 2026. • 27 January – India and the
European Union reach a
free trade agreement. • 28 January –
2026 Baramati Learjet 45 crash: Five people, including
Maharashtra deputy chief minister,
Ajit Pawar, are killed after a
Learjet 45 crashes and explodes at
Baramati Airport in
Maharashtra.. • 29 January – The
Supreme Court of India stays the implementation of the
UGC Equity Regulations, 2026 citing misuse by specific groups.. • 30 January – At least 25 people are killed in a fire at a
Wow! Momo restaurant in
Kolkata.
February • 2 February – US president
Donald Trump announces a trade agreement with India that sees the reduction of US tariffs on Indian exports to 18% in exchange for India stopping purchases of Russian oil. • 4 February –
Yumnam Khemchand Singh takes oath as the
Chief Minister of Manipur after
President's rule ends in the state. • 5 February – Eighteen people are killed in an explosion at an illegal coal mine in
East Jaintia Hills district,
Meghalaya. • 7 February – 8 March –
2026 Men's T20 World Cup. • 10 February – Six people are killed after a car collides with a truck in
Dausa district,
Rajasthan. • 16–20 February –
AI Impact Summit in
New Delhi. • 17 February – A woman and her infant child are burned to death by a mob after the former is accused of witchcraft in
Kudsai,
Jharkhand. • 21 February – Brazil and India sign an agreement to strengthen cooperation on critical minerals and rare earth elements. • 23 February – A
Beechcraft C90 air ambulance operated by Redbird Airways
crashes into a forest shortly after takeoff from
Ranchi during a medical evacuation mission, killing all seven people on board. • 27 February – A special court in
Delhi discharges
Arvind Kejriwal,
Manish Sisodia,
K. Kavitha and 22 others in the
Delhi liquor scam case. • 28 February – Twenty-one people are killed in an
fireworks explosion in Vetlapalem village,
Kakinada district,
Andhra Pradesh.
March • 1 March – At least 15 people are killed and 18 others are critically injured in an explosion at an explosives factory in
Nagpur district,
Maharashtra. • 2 March – Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Canadian Prime Minister
Mark Carney announce that Canada and India have agreed to a deal that would strengthen their economic partnership, in a move aimed at boosting ties after two years of strained relationship between the two countries. • 4 March – The United States allows India to buy Russian oil until 4 April. • 5 March – •
Nitish Kumar announces his resignation as chief minister of
Bihar to run in the
2026 Rajya Sabha elections. • An
Su-30MKI fighter jet of the
Indian Air Force crashes shortly after takeoff for a training flight in
Karbi Anglong district,
Assam, killing its two pilots. • 7 March – The government allows the Iranian Navy vessel
IRIS Lavan to dock in
Kochi on humanitarian grounds amid the
2026 Iran war. • 8 March –
India beat
New Zealand in the final match and win the
2026 Men's T20 World Cup in cricket. • 11 March – •
Farooq Abdullah, the former
Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, survives an assassination attempt in a marriage function in
Jammu. • The Supreme Court rules in favor of removing life support from Harish Rana, who had been in a vegetative state following a fall in 2013, marking the first time that
passive euthanasia has been allowed by an Indian court. • 14 March –
Sonam Wangchuk is released from jail after the
government quashes the
National Security Act (India) against him in aftermath of the
Ladakh protests. • 16 March – At least 10 patients are killed in a fire at
SCB Medical College in
Cuttack,
Odisha. • 18 March – • At least seven people are killed after a
short circuit at an
EV charging station in
Indore. • At least nine people are killed in a building fire near
Palam metro station in
Delhi. • 19 March – The Government of India constitutes the
National Dental Commission (NDC), replacing the
Dental Council of India established under the Dentists Act, 1948, to align dental education and regulation with global standards. • 19–21 March – President
Droupadi Murmu undertakes a three-day spiritual tour of
Uttar Pradesh, visiting
Ayodhya,
Mathura and
Vrindavan, where she offers prayers at the
ISKCON Temple and
Prem Mandir, Vrindavan. • 23 March – • At least five people are killed and nine people are injured in a building collapse in
Prayagraj,
Uttar Pradesh. • A special court in
Madurai convicts all nine
police personnel involved in the
2020 Sathankulam custodial death case. • March 2026 – India is awarded hosting rights for the
2028 World Athletics Indoor Championships, with
Bhubaneswar selected as the host city, making India the fourth Asian nation to host the event. • 24 March – A special
NIA court sentences Kashmiri separatist
Asiya Andrabi to
life imprisonment for her involvement in terrorist activities in
Kashmir. • 25 March – At least 14 people are killed and 20 people are injured in a fire following a bus collision with a lorry in
Markapuram district,
Andhra Pradesh. • 26 March – At least nine people are killed and around 30 others are injured when a bus collides with a truck and overturns in
Chhindwara district,
Madhya Pradesh. • 27 March – Lawmakers from the
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference protest outside the
legislative assembly of
Jammu and Kashmir, in solidarity with
Iran and against the
assassination of supreme leader
Ali Khamenei amidst the Iran war. Additionally, a major confrontation breaks out between
INC lawmaker
Irfan Hafiz Lone and
BJP lawmaker
Yudhvir Sethi during the protest. • 28 March – The
Noida International Airport is inaugurated by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi. • 30 March – India says it has ended the
Naxalite insurgency after home minister
Amit Shah reported that most of the remaining Naxal fighters had been killed, arrested, or had surrendered following intensified
security operations. • 31 March – At least eight people are killed in a crowd crush in a temple in
Nalanda,
Bihar.
April • 4 April – One person is killed and at least six others are reportedly trapped after a four-story hotel collapses in
Anuppur,
Madhya Pradesh. • 6 April – • A special court in
Madurai sentences all nine policemen accused in the
2020 Sathankulam custodial death case to death. •
Telangana makes cancer a notifiable disease, and mandates one-month reporting timeline. • 7 April –
2023 Manipur violence: Two people are killed and five others are injured in protests following a bombing that kills two children in
Bishnupur,
Manipur. • 8 April – At least 60 people are injured in clashes between police and tribal villagers over a bauxite mining project in
Rayagada district,
Odisha. • 9 April – •
2026 Assam Legislative Assembly election: The BJP retains its majority in the
Assam Legislative Assembly. •
2026 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election • 10 April – At least 10 people are killed after a boat capsizes in the
Yamuna river near
Mathura,
Uttar Pradesh. • 11 April – • The India-flagged
LPG gas tanker
Jag Vikram crosses the
Strait of Hormuz, becoming the first Indian vessel to cross the Hormuz since
the Iran war ceasefire. It is expected to arrive in
Mumbai on April 15. • A bus crashes into two trucks in
Katihar district,
Bihar, killing 13 people and injuring 30 others. • 13 April – A cement mixer truck collides with a van in
Thane district, Maharashtra, killing 11 people. • 14 April – •
Nitish Kumar resigns as the
Chief Minister of Bihar with
Samrat Choudhary succeeding him. •
2026 Manipur bombing: At least 18 people are injured in violent protests against the killing of two children in a bomb blast in
Manipur. • Thirteen people are killed in a boiler explosion at a power plant in
Sakti district,
Chhattisgarh. • The Uttar Pradesh government announces increase in wages of some workers following the
2026 Noida workers protest. • 17 April – The
Delimitation Bill, 2026 proposing the increase in
Lok Sabha seats from 543 to 850 to implement
Women's Reservation Bill fails to pass in the
Parliament of India due to a lack of a two third majority in the
Lok Sabha. • 19 April – At least 23 people are killed and six others are injured in an explosion at a firecrackers factory in
Virudhunagar,
Tamil Nadu. • 20 April – A bus falls into a gorge in
Udhampur,
Jammu and Kashmir, killing 21 people and injuring 45 others. • 21 April – At least 13 people are killed and more than 40 people are injured in an explosion at a firecrackers unit in
Thrissur,
Kerala. • 23 April –
2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: The
TVK emerges as the single largest party in the
Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. • 23–29 April –
2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: The BJP wins a majority of seats in the
West Bengal Legislative Assembly. • 28 April – The
New Zealand–India Free Trade Agreement is signed in
New Delhi.
Scheduled Events • April – June – November –
2026 Rajya Sabha elections. ==Deaths==