2010 Disaster

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January 2nd 3 train accidents occur in Uttar Pradesh amid thick fog, 10 people died and45 injured

January 9th An Indian is set on fire in Melbourne, Australia

January 16th 2 express train collide in thick fog in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh, 3 died and around a dozen injured

January 17th A car is hit by a train at an unmanned crossing in Barabanki district, 2 people killed and 4 others were injured

January 22nd A goods train derailed near Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh, no one wasinjured

January 30th 12 people drown and atleast 20 others were missing after a boat accidentin West Godavari District, Andra Pradesh

February 5th The last native of India's Andaman Islands fluent in the Aka-Bo languagedies as the language now becomes extinct

February 8th Over 17 Indian soldiers killed in an avalanche in Kashmir

February 13th 17 people killed and at least 60 injured in Pune German Bakery bombing

February 15th Naxalite attack at Slida army camp in West Bengal kills 24 soldiers

February 17th At least 22 people were killed in a bus crash in Northern India, Jalaundistrict

March 3rd 3 killed at Indian Navy air show crash in Hyderabad India

March 4th At least 63 people died after a stampede at a Hindu temple in Pratapgarh,Uttar Pradesh

March 30th Somali pirates hijack 8 Indian vessels abducting 120 sailors, off the coast of Kismayo

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April 3rd About 10 Indian security personnel were killed when Maoist guerrillas blewup a police bus in Orissa's Koraput district

April 6th Over 70 Indian soldiers were killed in an attack by Naxalites in the Dantewadadistrict of Chhattisgarh

April 13th Eastern India storm left thousands homeless, killing over 140 people in WestBengal

April 17th Twin bombs injure 8 people outside M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangaloreahead of IPL-3

May 6th Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist involved in the 2008 Mumbai attacks,is sentenced to death

May 8th Naxalite rebels blow up a bullet-proof vehicle of the CRPF in the Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh killing 7 officers

May 19th Cyclone Laila hits Southeastern India

May 22nd Air India Express Flight 812 overshoots the runway at MangaloreInternational Airport, killing 158 and leaving 8 survivors

May 23rd Clashes break out between Indian and Pakistani troops near the border in thedisputed Kashmir region

May 28th Gyaneshwari Express train derailment kills about 25 people and leaves 150injured

June 2nd A heat wave strikes India and South Asia reaching 53 degree Celsius (127F)and kills hundreds of people

June 7th Magistrate court in Bhopal convicts 8 people for their role in the Bhopaldisaster industrial catastrophe 25 years ago in 1984

June 13th A 7.5 magnitude earthquake hits west of India's Nicobar Islands

June 17th Heavy rains claim 46 lives in Maharashtra

June 23rd A person is killed as crane crashes at Chennai International Airport

June 29th Maoist attack in Narayanpur, the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh

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July 5th A nationwide strike takes place in India in protest against rise in fuel prices

July 14th Indian Army officer Major A.K.Thinge is killed in battle in Kashmir

July 19th 2 trains collide in Birdhum district of West Bengal with over 50 people feareddead

July 21st Unidentified gunmen shoot Indian civil rights campaigner and environmentalistAmit Jethwa in Ahmedabad, Gujarat

August 6th Flash floods in Ladakh region of India's J&K kill over 100 people

August 7th Mumbai oil spill occurs in the Arabian Sea offshore MumbaiAugust 18th A school building collapses due to heavy rain in the village of Sumgarh inUttarakhand killing about 20 school children

August 27th Police kills Umakanta Mahato, a top Maoist in connection with theGyaneshwari Express train derailment in May 2010

September 20th About 20 people were killed and dozens injured after 2 trains collide inthe Shivpuri district of Madhya Pradesh

September 23rd Speeding train kills 7 elephants in Eastern India

October 10th Over 40 people die after an overloaded boat capsizes on the Ganges River in Buxar district of Bihar

October 30th Over 20 people drown and 70 missing after an overcrowded ferry sink in ariver in West Bengal

November 1st Over 70 people drown after a ferry-boat capsizes on the Muri GangaRiver in West Bengal

November 15th Over 60 people die after a building collapses in eastern New Delhi

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