term, convicting 7 others in the Fodder Scam case in Bihar. January 6–11 people died in an avalanche in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir. January 8 - Law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad states that the government was committed to freedom of the press, amid criticism of press censorship after UIDAI filed an FIR against a journalist of The Tribune for exposing illegal data access to Aadhaar database. January 9 - Supreme Court of India made playing the National Anthem of India in movie halls not mandatory, reversing its earlier order after the Indian Central Government opposed the move and formed a committee to form guidelines about the issue. January 12 - Indian Space Research Organisation places 31 satellites in orbit through its launch vehicle Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle including a Cartosat-2 series satellite. The launch comes four months after the failure of a PSLV launch. In an unprecedented move, four senior-most judges of Supreme Court of India expressed public displeasure over the functioning of the Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and call for his impeachment. January 15 - Government of India abolishes Haj subsidy. January 19 - Bellandur Lake, a heavily polluted lake in Bangalore city caught fire and burned for nearly 30 hours. January 20 - India won 2018 Blind Cricket World Cup. January 21 - President suspended the membership of Vidhan Sabha of 20 MLAs of Delhi Government under the Office of Profit. January 26 - Kasganj violence in Uttar Pradesh Pakki encounter by Punjab Police February 3 - Attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra following clashes between workers of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena and Samajwadi Party at Dadar. March 5 - A statue of Vladimir Lenin knocked down in Belonia, Tripura following end of 25 year long Communist Party of India (Marxist) rule in the state. March 12 - Kisan Long March, Maharashtra reached Mumbai. Nearly 30,000 farmers under the aegis of All India Kisan Sabha marched to Mumbai for loan waiver and implementation of M. S. Swaminathan Commission recommendations. April - June April 2 - April 2018 caste protests in India April 7 - 2018 Tamil Nadu protests for Kaveri water sharing April 11 - IRNSS-1I successfully launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre. Indian WhatsApp lynchings June 8 - 2018 Karbi Anglong lynching taken place due to Fake news spread through WhatsApp. June 20 – Government report warns that in 21 cities