The following is a list of events for the year 2025 in India.
Incumbents
National government Position Name ImageSince President of India Droupadi Murmu(Age ) 25 July 2022 Vice-President of India/ Chairman of Rajya Sabha C. P. Radhakrishnan(Age ) 12 September 2025 Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi(Age ) 26 May 2014Chief Justice of India Surya Kant(Age ) 24 November 2025 Speaker of the Lok Sabha Om Birla(Age ) 19 June 2019 Chief Election Commissioner of India Gyanesh Kumar(Age )19 February 2025 Chief of Defence Staff Anil Chauhan(Age ) 30 September 2022Governor of Reserve Bank of India Sanjay Malhotra(Age )11 December 2024 Lok Sabha 18th Lok Sabha 24 June 2024
State governments StateGovernorChief MinisterPartyPolitical allianceChief JusticeAndhra PradeshS. Abdul NazeerN. Chandrababu NaiduTDPN.D.A.Dhiraj Singh ThakurArunachal PradeshKaiwalya Trivikram ParnaikPema KhanduBJPVijay BishnoiAssamLakshman Prasad AcharyaHimanta Biswa SarmaVijay BishnoiBiharArif Mohammad KhanNitish KumarJD(U)K. Vinod ChandranChhattisgarhRamen DekaVishnu Deo SaiBJPRamesh SinhaGoaAshok Gajapathi RajuPramod SawantDevendra Kumar UpadhyayaGujaratBhupendrabhai PatelSunita AgarwalHaryanaAshim Kumar GhoshNayab Singh SainiSheel NaguHimachal PradeshShiv Pratap ShuklaSukhvinder Singh SukhuINCI.N.D.I.AM. S. Ramachandra RaoJharkhandSantosh Kumar GangwarHemant SorenJMMM. S. Ramachandra RaoKarnatakaThawar Chand GehlotSiddaramaiahINCNilay Vipinchandra AnjariaKeralaRajendra ArlekarPinarayi VijayanCPI(M)Nitin Madhukar JamdarMadhya PradeshMangubhai PatelMohan YadavBJPN.D.A.Suresh Kumar KaitMaharashtraAcharya DevvratDevendra FadnavisBJPDevendra Kumar UpadhyayaManipurAjay Kumar BhallaPresident's ruleBJPSiddharth MridulMeghalayaC. H. VijayashankarConrad SangmaNPPS. VaidyanathanMizoramV. K. SinghLalduhomaZPMRegional Vijay BishnoiNagalandAjay Kumar BhallaNeiphiu RioNDPPN.D.A.Vijay BishnoiOdishaKambhampati Hari BabuMohan Charan Majhi BJPChakradhari Sharan SinghPunjabGulab Chand KatariaBhagwant MannAAPRegionalSheel NaguRajasthanHaribhau Kisanrau BagdeBhajan Lal SharmaBJPN.D.A.Manindra Mohan ShrivastavaSikkimOm Prakash MathurPrem Singh TamangSKMBiswanath SomadderTamil NaduR. N. RaviM. K. StalinDMKI.N.D.I.ASanjay V. GangapurwalaTelanganaJishnu Dev VermaRevanth ReddyINCAlok AradheTripuraN. Indrasena ReddyManik SahaBJPN.D.A.Aparesh Kumar SinghUttarakhandGurmit SinghPushkar Singh DhamiGuhanathan NarendarUttar PradeshAnandiben PatelYogi AdityanathArun BhansaliWest BengalC. V. Ananda BoseMamata BanerjeeAITCI.N.D.I.AT. S. Sivagnanam
Union territory governments StateLieutenant governor and AdministratorsChief MinisterPartyPolitical allianceChief JusticeAndaman and Nicobar IslandsDevendra Kumar Joshi (Lieutenant governor)T. S. Sivagnanam (Calcutta High Court)ChandigarhGulab Chand Kataria (Administrators)Sheel Nagu (Punjab and Haryana High Court)Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and DiuPraful Khoda Patel (Administrators)Alok Aradhe (Bombay High Court)DelhiVinai Kumar Saxena (Lieutenant governor)Rekha GuptaBJPN.D.A.Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya (Delhi High Court)Jammu and KashmirManoj Sinha (Lieutenant governor)Omar AbdullahJKNCI.N.D.I.AArun Palli (High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh)LadakhKavinder Gupta (Lieutenant governor)Arun Palli (High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh)LakshadweepPraful Khoda Patel (Administrators)Nitin Madhukar Jamdar (Kerala High Court)PuducherryKuniyil Kailashnathan (Lieutenant governor)N. RangaswamyAINRCN.D.A.Kalpathi Rajendran Shriram (Madras High Court)
Events January 1 January – Five female members of the same family are fatally stabbed in a suspected honour killing by a relative in Lucknow. 3 January – The body of journalist Mukesh Chandrakar, who went missing on 1 January, is found inside a septic tank at a compound belonging to a road construction contractor in Bijapur, Chhattisgarh. The first HMPV Virus case in India is detected in Bengaluru, Karnataka. 5 January – A HAL Dhruv helicopter of the Indian Coast Guard crashes during a training flight in Porbandar, Gujarat, killing all the three crew members. 6 January – 2025 Bijapur Naxal attack: Nine people, including eight police officers, are killed after their vehicle hits a landmine planted by Naxalites in Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh. Nine miners are killed in the flooding of a coal mine in Dima Hasao, Assam. 8 January – At least six people are killed and many others are injured in a stampede at the Venkateswara Temple, Tirumala in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. 9 January – Larsen & Toubro chairman S. N. Subrahmanyan's statement on a 90-hour work week and working day on Sunday sparks outrage and debate on work–life balance. 13 January – The Sonamarg Tunnel in Jammu and Kashmir is inaugurated in a ceremony attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 13 January–26 February: 2025 Prayag Maha Kumbh Mela. 16 January – Actor Saif Ali Khan is stabbed multiple times, allegedly by an illegal Bangladeshi national, during an attempted robbery at his Mumbai residence. 18 January – 2024 Kolkata rape and murder : Sanjay Roy is convicted in the 2024 Kolkata rape and murder case by the Sealdah court in Kolkata, West Bengal. 19 January – A fire caused by an exploding gas cylinder destroys at least 18 temporary tents at the 2025 Prayag Maha Kumbh Mela festival grounds. No injuries are reported. 20 January – 2024 Kolkata rape and murder: The Sealdah Court in Kolkata sentences Sanjay Roy to rigorous life imprisonment following his conviction in the 2024 Kolkata rape and murder case. 22 January – Thirteen people are killed and five others are injured after a passenger train collides with a group of people that disembarked from another train following a false fire alarm near Pachora, Maharashtra. A truck falls into a ravine along National Highway 63 in Yellapur, Karnataka, killing 10 people and injuring 15 others. 23 January – Tamil Nadu's Chief Minister M. K. Stalin releases the report Antiquity of Iron: Recent Radiometric Dates from Tamil Nadu, declaring that the Iron Age began in Tamil Nadu “[s]ome 5,300 years ago", based on AMS and OSL dating of samples from sites such as Sivagalai (Thoothukudi district), Adichanallur (Tirunelveli district), and Mayiladumparai (Krishnagiri district). 24 January – Nine people are killed in an explosion at an ordnance factory in Bhandara, Maharashtra. 29 January – 2025 Prayag Maha Kumbh Mela crowd crush: At least 30 people are killed and more than 60 are injured in a crowd crush at the 2025 Prayag Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh.
February 1 February – NAAC rating bribery case: The CBI arrests the chairman and six members of NAAC for accepting bribes for a favorable NAAC rating. 2 February – A bus carrying pilgrims falls into a gorge near Saputara, Gujarat, killing five people and injuring 35 others. 5 February – 2025 Delhi Legislative Assembly election: The Bharatiya Janata Party wins a two-thirds majority in the Delhi Legislative Assembly. 6 February – A Dassault Mirage 2000 fighter jet of the Indian Air Force crashes in Shivpuri district, Madhya Pradesh. The two pilots on board eject safely. 9 February – Thirty-one Naxalites and two military personnel are killed in the 2025 Bijapur clash. N. Biren Singh resigns as the Chief Minister Of Manipur amid ongoing ethnic violence in the state. 10 February – Ranveer Allahbadia's remarks on the show India's Got Latent sparks nation-wide outrage and debate on free speech and laws on obscene content on social media. 13 February – The Union Government imposes President's rule in Manipur amid ongoing ethnic violence in the state. 14 February – A series of police raids on bookstores are carried out in Jammu and Kashmir, resulting in the seizure of 668 books released by a publishing house associated with the outlawed Islamic organisation Jamaat-e-Islami. 15 February – An SUV carrying pilgrims to the 2025 Prayag Maha Kumbh Mela collides with a bus in Prayagraj, killing all ten people aboard the SUV. At least 18 people are killed in a crowd crush at New Delhi railway station. 16 February – Suicide of Prakriti Lamsal. 19 February – The BJP names Rekha Gupta as Chief Minister of Delhi. 21 February – The Invest Kerala Global Summit is held by the Kerala state government. The Drugs Controller General of India orders a ban on the manufacture and export of the opioids tapentadol and carisoprodol following reports of widespread addiction and deaths caused by the said drugs in West African countries. 22 February – An SUV crashes into a truck near Dhanbad while traveling to the 2025 Prayag Maha Kumbh Mela, killing six people and injuring two others. The Srisaliam Left Bank Canal collapses in Nagarkurnool district, Telangana, leaving eight workers missing.
26 February – An army truck is attacked by militants in Rajouri district, Jammu and Kashmir. 28 February – An avalanche hits a Border Roads Organisation camp in Mana, Uttarakhand, killing eight people.
March 1 March – Delhi orders a ban on vehicles aged 10 years and above from refuelling inside city limits effective 31 March due to air pollution concerns. 7 March – A SEPECAT Jaguar of the Indian Air Force crashes during a training exercise in Panchkula district, Haryana. The pilot ejects safely. An Antonov An-32 of the Indian Air Force crashes on landing at Bagdogra Airport in West Bengal. No fatalities are reported. 9 March – India wins the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy for a record third time, in Dubai. 17 March – 2025 Nagpur violence: At least 30 people are injured in clashes demanding the removal of the tomb of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in Nagpur, Maharashtra. 18 March – Three people are convicted and sentenced to death by a special court in Mainpuri for the killing of 24 Dalits in the village of Dehuli, Uttar Pradesh in 1981. 20 March – Thirty Naxalites and one military personnel are killed in clashes between police and naxalites in Dantewada district and Kanker district, Chhattisgarh. 27 March – Four police officers and three militants are killed in clashes in Kathua District, Jammu and Kashmir. 29 March – Sixteen Naxalites are killed in clashes with police in Sukma district, Chhattisgarh. 30 March – Eleven cars of a Bengaluru-Kamakhya train derail near Nirgundi Train Station in Cuttack, killing one person and injuring eight others. 31 March – Eight members of the same family are killed in an explosion caused by a gas cylinder at a house that doubled as an illegal firecracker factory in Patharpratima, West Bengal.
April 1 April – At least 21 people are killed in an explosion at an illegal fireworks factory in Deesa, Gujarat. Two trains collide near Sahebganj, Jharkhand, killing two people and injuring four others. 2 April – 2025 India–Pakistan heat wave: India and Pakistan are struck by a heatwave with temperatures nearing 47 °C to 53 °C in several regions. The event is linked to climate change and shifting weather patterns across South Asia. A SEPECAT Jaguar fighter jet of the Indian Air Force crashes in Jamnagar district, Gujarat, killing a pilot and injuring another. 5 April – The Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 comes into effect replacing the Mussalman Wakf Act, 1923 and amend the Waqf Act, 1995. 8 April – Murshidabad violence: Three people are killed in clashes in protest against the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 in Murshidabad, West Bengal. 10 April – Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a Pakistani-born Canadian national and terrorist wanted by India for his role in the 26/11 attacks, arrives in Delhi following his arrest and extradition from the United States. 12 April – 2025 Nainital child sexual assault case: A 12-year-old girl is raped by a 73-year-old man in Nainital, Uttarakhand. 19 April – Eleven people are killed in the collapse of a residential building in New Delhi. 21 April – The Central Government declares a three-day state mourning period over the death of Pope Francis.