INDIA 2012

42% of Indian children are malnourished - Hunger and Malnutrition - Report says

Two fishermen - mistaken for pirates - Kerala coast - by Italian ship

Six killed in stampede - Bhavnath temple - Gujarat

magnitude 8.6 Mw earthquake - Indonesia near the province of Aceh - tremors felt in Chennai and Kolkata

Successfully test fires - 5000 km range Agni-V ICBM

Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon kidnapped - by Maoists in Chhattisgarh

Sachin Tendulkar, Rekha and Anu Aga - nominated to Rajya Sabha 

100 feared dead after a ferry capsizes - Brahmaputra river, Assam

Over 100 Air India pilots go on strike

Indian parliament celebrates 60th anniversary

Dara Singh - wrestling champion and actor- passes away

Rajesh Khanna - Bollywood actor and director died 

Pranab Mukherjee - elected as India's 13th President

London olympics - was India's most successful Olympics - Won a total of 6 medals (0 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze)

Indian Filmmaker - Yash Chopra died

Indian poet and novelist - Sunil Gangopadhyay died

Ajmal Kasab hanged - 2008 Mumbai Attacks

IK Gujral - Ex Prime Minister of India - Passed away

A female physiotherapy student - gang raped in Delhi - died due to multiple organ failure