A bus carrying 45 passengers collides with a truck in
Golaghat District,
Assam killing 12 and injuring 30 others.[4]
6 January
Aditya-L1 spacecraft, India's first solar mission, successfully enters its final orbit around the first Sun-Earth
Lagrangian point (L1), approximately 1.5 million kilometers from
Earth.[5]
30 January - Three
CRPF personnel are killed and 14 others injured in a
Naxal attack in near Tekalgudem village in
Chhattisgarh. The incident occurs during a search operation by a joint team of security personnel. The deceased include constables from the
CoBRA and CRPF
battalions.[15]
A
firecrackerfactoryexplosion in
Harda,
Madhya Pradesh, leaves 11 dead and over 100 injured. The explosion, followed by a blaze, destroys 60 nearby houses, leading to the evacuation of over 100 houses.[18]
A unanimous judgement by the constitutional bench of the
Supreme Court of India strikes down the
Electoral bond scheme, stating it to be unconstitutional, arbitrary and violative of right to information under article 19 of the Constitution.[26]
A fire breaks out at a paint factory in
Alipur, Delhi, resulting in 11 deaths and 4 injuries.[27]
17 February:
ISRO successfully launches the
INSAT-3DS satellite to enhance the country's capabilities to monitor Earth's surface, atmosphere, oceans, and environment.[28][29]
20 February - PM Modi visits
Jammu and Kashmir, where he launches multiple development projects worth ₹30,500 crore ($3.679 billion). The initiatives include the inauguration of railway lines, electrification of sections, establishment of educational institutions like
IITs,
IIMs, and
AIIMS, as well as the development of civic infrastructure and public facilities across the region.[31]
24 February – A tractor carrying a wagon loaded with Hindu pilgrims overturns and falls into a pond in
Kasganj District, Uttar Pradesh, killing 23 people and injuring nine.[33]
At least six people are killed and three others are reported missing after a boat capsizes along the
Jhelum River in
Srinagar.[49]
2024 Kanker clash:Twenty-nine suspected Naxalites are killed in a police raid in
Kanker District, Chhattisgarh. Three members of the security forces are injured.[50]
19 April –
2024 Indian general election: Indians begin voting to elect members to the 18th
Lok Sabha. With 968 million people eligible to vote, this election is expected to be the largest election in history. Voting will continue in a total of seven phases, lasting until June.[51]
19 April – A restaurant fire that spreads to an adjacent hotel in
Patna kills six people and injures 20.[52]
29 April – Two people die in southern India heatwave.[53]
May
1 May — Several schools in Delhi and NCR region
received bomb threats, leading to immediate evacuation and closure of schools.[54]
17 February: Suhani Bhatnagar, the actress who played young
Babita Phogat in the movie '
Dangal', passed away at the age of 19 in a hospital in
Delhi.[80]
A bus carrying 45 passengers collides with a truck in
Golaghat District,
Assam killing 12 and injuring 30 others.[4]
6 January
Aditya-L1 spacecraft, India's first solar mission, successfully enters its final orbit around the first Sun-Earth
Lagrangian point (L1), approximately 1.5 million kilometers from
Earth.[5]
30 January - Three
CRPF personnel are killed and 14 others injured in a
Naxal attack in near Tekalgudem village in
Chhattisgarh. The incident occurs during a search operation by a joint team of security personnel. The deceased include constables from the
CoBRA and CRPF
battalions.[15]
A
firecrackerfactoryexplosion in
Harda,
Madhya Pradesh, leaves 11 dead and over 100 injured. The explosion, followed by a blaze, destroys 60 nearby houses, leading to the evacuation of over 100 houses.[18]
A unanimous judgement by the constitutional bench of the
Supreme Court of India strikes down the
Electoral bond scheme, stating it to be unconstitutional, arbitrary and violative of right to information under article 19 of the Constitution.[26]
A fire breaks out at a paint factory in
Alipur, Delhi, resulting in 11 deaths and 4 injuries.[27]
17 February:
ISRO successfully launches the
INSAT-3DS satellite to enhance the country's capabilities to monitor Earth's surface, atmosphere, oceans, and environment.[28][29]
20 February - PM Modi visits
Jammu and Kashmir, where he launches multiple development projects worth ₹30,500 crore ($3.679 billion). The initiatives include the inauguration of railway lines, electrification of sections, establishment of educational institutions like
IITs,
IIMs, and
AIIMS, as well as the development of civic infrastructure and public facilities across the region.[31]
24 February – A tractor carrying a wagon loaded with Hindu pilgrims overturns and falls into a pond in
Kasganj District, Uttar Pradesh, killing 23 people and injuring nine.[33]
At least six people are killed and three others are reported missing after a boat capsizes along the
Jhelum River in
Srinagar.[49]
2024 Kanker clash:Twenty-nine suspected Naxalites are killed in a police raid in
Kanker District, Chhattisgarh. Three members of the security forces are injured.[50]
19 April –
2024 Indian general election: Indians begin voting to elect members to the 18th
Lok Sabha. With 968 million people eligible to vote, this election is expected to be the largest election in history. Voting will continue in a total of seven phases, lasting until June.[51]
19 April – A restaurant fire that spreads to an adjacent hotel in
Patna kills six people and injures 20.[52]
29 April – Two people die in southern India heatwave.[53]
May
1 May — Several schools in Delhi and NCR region
received bomb threats, leading to immediate evacuation and closure of schools.[54]
17 February: Suhani Bhatnagar, the actress who played young
Babita Phogat in the movie '
Dangal', passed away at the age of 19 in a hospital in
Delhi.[80]