The death of 10 BSF officers in a plane crash, catastrophic floods in Chennai, the Dadri lynching incident, row over beef ban that began in Maharashtra, 'award wapsi' by writers and artistes against "intolerance", the One Rank One Pension besides the Patel quota stir in Gujarat made headlines in the year 2015.
Assembly elections brought landslide victory for the AAP in New Delhi and saw the coming together of Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad in Bihar. PDP veteran Mufti Mohammed Sayeed was sworn-in as Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir in a coalition with BJP.
The demise of technocrat President APJ Abdul Kalam, Sheena Bora murder case and Vyapam admission and recruitment scandal in Madhya Pradesh were other issues that made news.
A "landmark" bill was signed to settle the 41-year-old border issue with Bangladesh. The popular 'two-minute' noodles Maggi was taken off shelves before it made a comeback.
The year saw celebrations for the International Yoga day while 1993 Bombay serial blasts convict Yakub Memon was hanged to death.
Following is the diary of domestic events:
Jan 3: Mumbai: Ease of doing research is as important as ease of doing business, Prime Minister Narendra Modi says as he reached out to the scientific community promising to cut red tape and sought their cooperation in "transforming" the country.
Jan 3: Pune: Calling for an end to "lazy banking", Prime Minister Narendra Modi says he is against any political interference in functioning of banks but supports necessary "intervention" in the public interest.
Jan 4: New Delhi: A probe into the activities of Areeb Majeed, an alleged recruit of the dreaded terror group ISIS, has led National Investigation Agency (NIA) to send requests to the US among other countries for cyber evidence.
Jan 5: New Delhi: The Cabinet approves an ordinance for auction of iron ore and other minerals, yet again opting the emergency route that was adopted for coal, insurance and land acquisition reforms.
Jan 6: New Delhi: Pushing for time-bound effort to stop pollution of the Ganga, Prime Minister Narendra Modi says legal actions should be taken against polluting industrial units and suggested setting up of environment- friendly crematoria along the river in achieving the goal.
Jan 6: New Delhi: Delhi Police, which has registered a case of murder in the mysterious death of Sunanda Pushkar, will send her viscera samples to a laboratory either in Britain or the US to identify the poison including whether it could be radioactive isotopes that cannot be detected in Indian labs.
Jan 7: Lahore/Gandhinagar: The Dosti bus service
connecting Delhi
and Lahore has been restricted to Wagah border by Pakistan for the first time since the bus link with India was launched in 1999.
Jan 8: Gandhinagar: Seeking deeper engagement of the Indian diaspora for the country's growth, Prime Minister Narendra Modi says a whole lot of possibilities were awaiting them in India as it has "risen" with new strength.
Jan 8: New Delhi: Coal workers across the country have resumed work after a two-day strike and promised to make up for an estimated 1 million tonne production loss, as the government assured that state-run behemoth Coal India will not be privatised and employees' interests would be paramount.
Jan 9: New Delhi: Governor's rule was imposed in Jammu and Kashmir after political parties failed to muster the requisite number in the 87-member Assembly for staking claim to form the government.
Jan 10: New Delhi: India says that the withdrawal of NATO forces from Afghanistan would not only have security implications for South Asia but also for the US and other countries even as he called for maximum caution in the wake of the development.
Jan 10: New Delhi: Sounding poll bugle in Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi wooed voters by making promises like electricity portability and housing for all as he singled out "anarchist" AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal for attack and asked people to punish him for "wasting" one year.
Jan 11: Gandhinagar: Setting a positive tone for US President Barack Obama's visit, Secretary of State John Kerry says it is the perfect time to tap "incredible possibilities" between India and the US, as he praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying his initiatives like 'Make in India' will be a win-win situation for the world.
Jan 11: Gandhinagar: Calling for zero tolerance on terrorism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi says the time has come for all humanitarian forces to join hands to end the menace.
Jan 12: Gandhinagar: Corporates from India and abroad pledged to invest an astonishing Rs 25 lakh crore and signs 21,000 MoUs at the Vibrant Gujarat Summit, matching the hype associated with this biennial event conceived by Narendra Modi in 2003 as the then Chief Minister of the state.
Jan 14: New Delhi: Former CBI Director A P Singh, who ran into rough weather over his purported links with controversial meat exporter Moin Qureshi, has resigned as UPSC member after a special court in Mumbai termed charges levelled against BJP President Amit Shah in fake encounter cases as being "politically" motivated.
Jan 14: Unnao (UP): In a curious case, over 100 bodies
have been fished out from river Ganga in this area of Uttar Pradesh over the past two days, prompting the Centre to rush a team of officials to enquire the reason behind it.
Jan 14: New Delhi: The government has ordered a cut of about Rs 13,000 crore in the capital outlay for the Army, Navy and the Air Force in the current fiscal to meet the defence force's revenue expenditure.
Jan 15: New Delhi: Former Team Anna member Kiran Bedi joins BJP and will contest the February 7 Delhi Assembly polls, a move seen as the party's effort to contain Aam Aadmi Party in the national capital.
Jan 16: New Delhi: Hari Shankar Brahma, who took over as the 19th Chief Election Commissioner, says his priority and "mission objective" is to ensure free and fair conduct of Delhi Assembly polls.
Jan 16: New Delhi: Babbar Khalsa militant Jagtar Singh Tara, convicted for life in the then Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh's assassination, was brought by a team of Punjab Police after being extradited from Bangkok.
Jan 19: New Delhi: Brushing aside dissent within, BJP names new-entrant Kiran Bedi, a former IPS officer, as its Chief Ministerial candidate for the February seven Delhi Assembly elections and declared 62 of the 70 candidates.
Jan 19: New Delhi: Filmmaker Pahlaj Nihalani was appointed chairperson of the Censor Board, days after Leela Samson resigned as its chief alleging interference by the government in its matters.
Jan 20: New Delhi: Tiger population in the country has risen to 2,226 in 2014, a 30 per cent increase since the last count in 2010, the latest census count.
Jan 22: Panipat (Har): Making an emotional appeal for saving the girl child, Prime Minister Narendra Modi denounced the practice of female foeticide for which he blamed the "mental illness" in the society and attacked doctors for the same.
Jan 22: Jaipur: Indian-American author Jhumpa Lahiri wins the USD 50,000 DSC Prize for Literature, one of South Asia's top literary awards for her book "The Lowland."
Jan 25: New Delhi: India and the US broke the 7-year-old logjam in operationalising their landmark civil nuclear deal besides deciding to jointly produce military hardware including advanced unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) during talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Barack Obama.
Jan 25: New Delhi: Indian cinema's two greatest actors- Dilip Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan- were selected for the Padma Vibhushan while directors Jahnu Barua and Sanjay Leela Bhansali and lyricist Prasoon Joshi are among others who will get Padma awards.
Jan 27: New Delhi: A special radio programme featuring US
President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is aired devoid of any hard issues like politics and foreign affairs but focussed on social issue and personal matters related to the two leaders.
Jan 27: New Delhi: President Barack Obama winds up his three-day trip here with a strong pitch for religious tolerance, cautioning that India will succeed so long as it was not "splintered along the lines of religious faith".
Jan 29: Jammu: Pakistani troops heavily shelled border hamlets and 8 Border outposts (BoPs) including Arnia town along International Border (IB) in Jammu district resulting in injuries to three persons.
Jan 29: New Delhi: S Jaishankar takes charge as Foreign Secretary, replacing Sujatha Singh whose tenure was abruptly "curtailed" late last night.
Jan 30: Chennai/New Delhi: In a setback to Congress, senior leader Jayanthi Natarajan quits the party and mounted a scathing attack on Rahul Gandhi accusing him of interference in Environment ministry during her stint even as Government indicated a review of green clearances of the UPA regime.
Jan 31: Kolkata: Former Union Minister Matang Sinh is arrested in connection with the Saradha scam by CBI which is now probing his alleged "deep nexus" with a senior bureaucrat in the Home ministry, who had purportedly helped him evade arrest.
Jan 31: Jamnagar (Guj): A MiG-21 fighter jet of the Indian Air Force crashes during a sortie near Bed village in Jamnagar district today while the pilot managed to eject safely, the second such incident this week involving MiG series aircraft.
Jan 31: Balasore(Odisha): Marking another milestone in the country's deterrence capability, India successfully carries out the maiden canister-based trial of its most potent missile Agni-V, which has a strike range of over 5000 kms and can carry a nuclear warhead of over one ton.
Feb 1: New Delhi: Documents handed over by the US to India in connection with the probe into the plot to carry out terror strikes on American and Israeli consulates in the South have established communication between Sakir Hussain, undergoing jail term in the case, and 'Shahjee', a Pakistani national introduced to the accused allegedly by a Pakistani diplomat working in Colombo.
Feb 2: New Delhi: In the fifth such incident since November, a church was vandalised by some unidentified persons in South Delhi's Vasant Kunj area, sparking outrage among the Christian community which alleged that it is part of a "hate campaign".
Feb 4: New Delhi: Union Home Secretary Anil Goswami is shown the door in the wake of the controversy over his alleged attempt to stall the arrest of Saradha scam accused Matang Sinh, a former Congress minister at the Centre.
Feb 7: New Delhi: The 39 Indians taken hostage by ISIS
more than one-and-a-half-years ago from Mosul in Iraq are alive, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj tells their families, based on her recent meetings with Arab and Palestinian leaders who indicate to this effect.
Feb 8: New Delhi: Notwithstanding allegations of sexual harassment by a former colleague, TERI Chief R K Pachauri is appointed Executive Vice Chairman of the green body after new Director General Ajay Mathur takes over the charge from him.
Feb 9: Mumbai: Terror outfits LeT, Jaish-e-Mohammad and Hizbul Mujahideen are given "financial" and "military" support by the ISI, Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley says as he makes fresh revelations including about an aborted plan to target Indian defence scientists and famous Siddhivinayak temple here.
Feb 10: New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee yet again asks Governors to act within the framework of the Constitution and that "they must not only be fair but also be seen to be fair".
Feb 10: New Delhi: Against the backdrop of a row over actions of Arunachal Pradesh Governor, Prime Minister Narendra Modi says Governors should work as catalytic agents in the states, speeding up and improving processes "without themselves becoming a part of them".
Feb 11: New Delhi: Delhi Police registers a case of sedition in connection with an event at JNU against the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru following complaints by BJP MP Maheish Girri and RSS's student front ABVP.
Feb 11: Mumbai: Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley tells a special court that college girl Ishrat Jahan - who was killed in an alleged fake encounter in 2004 in Gujarat - was an operative of terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba.
Feb 11: New Delhi: Siachen braveheart Lance Naik Hanamanthappa Koppad dies due to multiple organ failure, after waging a grim battle for life for nine days.
Feb 12: New Delhi: Former DU lecturer SAR Geelani has been booked for sedition in connection with an event here, in which a group shouted slogans hailing Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru with police today saying an "early arrest" is expected in the case.
Feb 12: New Delhi: JNU students' Union President Kanhaiya Kumar is arrested in a sedition case over an event at the varsity's campus against hanging of parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, sparking massive outrage among students and criticism from non-BJP parties which dubbed it as an "emergency-like" situation.
Feb 12: New Delhi: Facing flak, TERI's executive vice chairman R K Pachauri proceeds on leave from two other bodies -- TERI and its governing council, which also appointed former Competition Commission chief Ashok Chawla as the new chairman in an apparent damage control measure.
Feb 12: New Delhi: JNU students' Union President Kanhaiya Kumar is arrested in a sedition case over an event at the varsity's campus against hanging of parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, sparking massive outrage among students and criticism from non-BJP parties which dubbed it as an "emergency-like" situation.
Feb 13: New Delhi: Reacting strongly, India summons US
Ambassador Richard Verma to convey its "displeasure and disappointment" over Obama administration's decision to sell F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan.
Feb 14: New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh unleashes a political storm with a claim that an event at JNU to protest the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru had received "support" from LeT founder Hafiz Saeed amid an escalating showdown over the crisis at the varsity.
Feb: 15: New Delhi: Violence breaks out in the Patiala House court complex when groups of lawyers thrash journalists and students and teachers of JNU while the political slugfest over the arrest of the university's student leader snowballed with BJP chief Amit Shah targeting Rahul and Sonia Gandhi on the issue.
Feb 16: New Delhi: Delhi Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) chief M K Meena, who had been at the loggerheads with the Arvind Kejriwal government, is transferred along with 14 senior Delhi Police officials in a major reshuffle.
Feb 17: Kolkata: A day after pro-Afzal Guru slogans are raised in Jadavpur University (JU), posters calling for 'freedom' for Kashmir, Manipur and Nagaland are found in the campus even as two rival groups of students bring out rallies in the varsity premises.
Feb 18: Chandigarh: Violence breaks out during Jat agitation for quota in Rohtak leaving at least 15 persons injured even as Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar convenes an all-party meet tomorrow to find a way out of the impasse.
Feb 18: Surajkund (Har): The national flag is set to fly atop a 207-ft tall flag mast on the campuses of all 46 Central Universities "prominently and proudly" to signify a "strong India", a resolution adopted at a meeting of their Vice Chancellors with HRD Minister Smriti Irani.
Feb 19: Itanagar: Dissident Congress leader Kalikho Pul is sworn in as Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh after more than two months of political crisis, shortly after the Supreme Court paves the way for government-formation and President's rule is lifted from the state.
Feb 19: Rohtak (Haryana): Army is called in nine districts of Haryana and curfew imposed in two districts along with shoot-at-sight orders after one person dies and 25 injured during the Jat stir for quota which turned violent with mobs resorting to widespread arson.
Feb 20: Raipur: Three unidentified men allegedly hurl acid like chemical on tribal activist and Aam Adami Party (AAP) leader Soni Sori in Chhattisgarh's Maoist-hit Dantewada district.
Feb 22: Chandigarh: Haryana government announces full compensation for damage caused to private properties as well as ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh to the kin of the 19 killed in the Jat agitation for reservation.
Feb 22: New Delhi: Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar, named by India as the mastermind of the Pathankot attack, has been under "protective custody" since January 14, says Pakistan Prime Minister's Foreign Affairs Advisor Sartaj Aziz.
