2015 Indian Open, Wildcard round
These matches were played in Mumbai on 10 March 2015. The Indian wildcard players were selected through a qualifying tournament which was held at the PYC Hindu Gymkhana in Pune, India.


2015 Indian Open, Qualifying
These matches were held on 12 and 13 February 2015 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England. The qualifiers were to take place between 18 and 21 September 2014, but were rescheduled as the ranking event was postponed. All matches were best of 7 frames.


2015 Indian Premier League
The 2015 season of the Indian Premier League, also known as IPL 8 or, for sponsorship reasons, Pepsi IPL 2015, was the eighth season of the IPL, a Twenty20 cricket league established by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007. The tournament featured eight teams and was held from 8 April 2015 to 24 May 2015. The tournament's opening ceremony was held at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata on 7 April 2015. Kolkata Knight Riders were the defending champions having won the title in the 2014 season.


2015 Indian Premier League
On 24 May 2015, Mumbai Indians defeated Chennai Super Kings by 41 runs in the final at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, to win the IPL title for the second time. Mumbai captain Rohit Sharma was awarded player of the match in the final for his knock of 50 from 26 balls. Andre Russell of the Kolkata Knight Riders was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the season.


2015 Indian Premier League, Players auction
The eight franchises retained a total of 123 players for the 2015 IPL season before moving into the auction. The released players were provided an option to register themselves for auction. Six players were traded across teams before the auction took place. At the 2015 IPL auction held on 16 February at Bangalore, Yuvraj Singh was sold to Delhi Daredevils for ₹16 crore, a record bid in IPL auction history. A total of 67 players were sold out in the auction and the franchises spent a total of ₹87.60 crore to buy the players.


2015 Indian Premier League, Officials
The 2015 IPL season saw 26 match officials, 13 Indian umpires and four match referees officiating. 26 match officials (umpires and referees) participated in a two-day workshop, organised by the BCCI, in preparation for the 2015 IPL season. The workshop was held at the Cricket Centre, Mumbai, on 4 and 5 April 2015, from 9am to 5pm.


2015 Indian Premier League, Venues
12 venues were selected to host the league stage matches. Mumbai, Pune and Ranchi hosted Qualifier 1, Eliminator and Qualifier 2 respectively and Kolkata hosted the Final.


2015 Indian Premier League, IPL Fanpark initiative
BCCI started a new initiative IPL Fanpark to spread the reach of IPL across the country. As a part of the initiative, IPL was made available in the stadiums across 15 cities, apart from the 12 venues hosting the matches, on a large screen. The access to these stadiums was free and based on first-come first-served basis. Final match at Nashik.


2015 Indian Premier League, Opening ceremony
The opening ceremony was held at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata, on 7 April 2015. The captains of all eight teams signed the "MCC Spirit of Cricket" pledge. The ceremony featured live performances of Hrithik Roshan, Anushka Sharma, Farhan Akhtar, Shahid Kapoor among others. The ceremony began after a one and a half hours delay due to rain.


2015 Indian Premier League, Teams and standings, Points table
("C" refers to the "Champions" of the Tournament. ' R'(2nd Position), '3' and '4' are the positions of the respective teams in the tournament.)


2015 Indian Premier League Final
The 2015 Indian Premier League Final was a day/night Twenty20 cricket match between the Mumbai Indians and the Chennai Super Kings, played on 24 May 2015, at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. It was held to determine the winner of the 2015 season of the Indian Premier League, the annual professional Twenty20 tournament in India. It was the third time these two teams met in the final, having previously played each other in the 2010 and 2013 finals.


2015 Indian Premier League Final
Mumbai defeated Chennai by 41 runs to win their second IPL title, playing in their third IPL final. Their previous IPL victory had come at the same venue against the same opposition in 2013. Chennai were playing their sixth IPL final, attempting to win their third title. Mumbai captain Rohit Sharma was awarded man of the match for his innings of 50. The final was sold out, with a final attendance of around 67,000 people.


2015 Indian Premier League Final, Road to the final, Group stage
Chennai and Mumbai were ranked first and second respectively on the league table. Apart from a defeat to the Rajasthan Royals, Chennai had a successful first half of the league stage, having won six out of seven matches. They suffered a loss of form in the remaining seven games of the second half in which they managed three wins and finished at the top of the table with 18 points. During the league stage, Chennai successfully defended low totals like 150, 134 and 148.


2015 Indian Premier League Final, Road to the final, Group stage
Chennai bowlers Dwayne Bravo and Ashish Nehra produced consistent bowling performances throughout the tournament, with the former holding on to the Purple Cap for most wickets during the season. Chennai's most prolific batsman of the season Brendon McCullum had to depart for England on national duty at the conclusion of the league stage.


2015 Indian Premier League Final, Road to the final, Group stage
Mumbai began the season with five defeats in their first six matches, including four on the trot at the start of the season. At this time, their opener Aaron Finch was ruled out of the tournament with an injury, after which Mumbai found success with their new opening combination of Parthiv Patel and Lendl Simmons. They averaged more than 50 for the first wicket, making them the best opening pair of the tournament.


2015 Indian Premier League Final, Road to the final, Group stage
Mitchell McClenaghan replaced national teammate Corey Anderson in the playing eleven, after the latter suffered a tournament-ending injury, and formed a formidable bowling attack with Lasith Malinga and Harbhajan Singh. Mumbai went on to win seven of their last eight matches, including five wins in succession, to take the second spot on the league table.


2015 Indian Premier League Final, Road to the final, Group stage, Group stage series
In the two group stage matches between Mumbai and Chennai, both teams lost at home. In the first meeting at Mumbai, Mumbai initially struggled and were 57 for 4 in the tenth over before captain Rohit Sharma and Kieron Pollard scored half-centuries and shared a partnership of 75 runs in 33 balls to lift the team to a total of 183 for 7. Chennai started strongly in the run-chase with a 109-run opening stand between McCullum and Dwayne Smith. McCullum was dismissed for 46 and soon Smith followed with 62.


2015 Indian Premier League Final, Road to the final, Group stage, Group stage series
Suresh Raina then came up with an unbeaten 43 to take Chennai to a six-wicket win. In their second encounter, Chennai could put up a total of 158 for 5 mainly due Pawan Negi's innings of 36 off 17 balls and an unbeaten 39 by captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Mumbai were at a strong position of 84 for no loss at the end of their first 10 overs, but were reduced to 86 for 3 after 12. They lost Rohit Sharma in the 18th over and were left with 30 runs to score from the last two overs. Hardik Pandya struck three sixes in the 19th over which yielded 25 runs. Mumbai then sealed the win six wickets and four balls to spare. This was Mumbai's fifth consecutive win of the season and Chennai's first defeat at the Chepauk since 2013.


2015 Indian Premier League Final, Road to the final, Playoff stage
The playoff stage is played according to the page playoff system and provided Chennai and Mumbai, being the top- and second-ranked teams, with two ways of qualifying for the Final. They first faced each other in Qualifier 1 where the winners would qualify for the Final. The losers of Qualifier 1 would play against the winners of the Eliminator in Qualifier 2, the winners of which would also qualify for the Final.


2015 Indian Premier League Final, Road to the final, Playoff stage
In Qualifier 1, Mumbai won the toss and chose to bat first. Mumbai captain Rohit Sharma said the track looked good to bat first and get runs on board, while Dhoni said he wished to bowl first and believed his team could chase down totals. Mumbai's innings began steady with a 90-run opening partnership between Patel and Simmons which ended when Patel was dismissed for 35. After Simmons fell for a 51-ball 65 in the 14th over, Pollard arrived at the crease with the score reading 113 for 2.


2015 Indian Premier League Final, Road to the final, Playoff stage
Even as wickets were falling at the other end, Pollard struck one four and five sixes in his innings of 41 which came off just 17 balls. Mumbai posted a total of 187 for 6 in their 20 overs. Chennai's run-chase started with Smith being dismissed for a duck by Malinga in the first over. They lost the wicket of Michael Hussey in the sixth over and the score read 46/2. Raina and Faf du Plessis then steadied the innings taking Chennai past 80 in the tenth over. In the 11th over, Harbhajan Singh dismissed Raina and Dhoni off consecutive balls. Following this, Chennai started losing wickets at regular intervals and were eventually bowled out for 162.


2015 Indian Premier League Final, Road to the final, Playoff stage
Qualifier 2 was played between Chennai and the Royal Challengers Bangalore. Dhoni won the toss and elected to bowl first expecting dew to play a part in the latter stages of the match, while Bangalore captain Virat Kohli wanted to bat first on what he believed was a dry pitch. Bangalore innings started off slowly and R Ashwin was introduced into the attack early with Chris Gayle at the crease. Nehra struck twice in the fifth over picking up the wickets of Kohli and AB de Villiers.


2015 Indian Premier League Final, Road to the final, Playoff stage
After losing another wicket, Bangalore steadied the innings with a 44-run partnership between Gayle and Dinesh Karthik. In the 14th over, Gayle struck two consecutive sixes but, was dismissed caught and bowled by Raina, trying to hit a third. Sarfaraz Khan then played a useful innings of 31 from 21 balls and lifted Bangalore's total to 139 for 8 in 20 overs. In reply, Chennai lost the wicket of Smith early in their innings.


2015 Indian Premier League Final, Road to the final, Playoff stage
In the tenth over, Yuzvendra Chahal claimed the wickets of du Plessis and Raina and the score read 61 for 3. Dhoni then joined Hussey at the crease and the pair put on 47 runs for the fourth wicket, before Hussey was dismissed for 56. Towards the end, Chennai lost three wickets within six balls, but managed to win the match off the penultimate ball of the innings with a single from Ashwin.


2015 Indian Premier League Final, Match, Background
The Final was played at the neutral venue of Eden Gardens, Kolkata. The 2013 Final between these two teams was also played at this venue where Mumbai had defeated Chennai by 23 runs to win their first IPL title. This was the seventh encounter between these two teams in the knockout/playoff stage of IPL, with Chennai leading 4–2 in such matches prior to this game.


2015 Indian Premier League Final, Match, Background
Chennai had the tournament's leading wicket-taker Dwayne Bravo in their ranks but were without their best batsman of the season Brendon McCullum who was playing for New Zealand in England. Mumbai's leading run-scorer Lendl Simmons was 90 runs behind the Orange Cap holder, while their leading bowler Lasith Malinga was two wickets behind Bravo on the Purple Cap list.


2015 Indian Premier League Final, Match, Report
The toss was won by Chennai who chose to bowl first. Their captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni described the pitch as being dry and predicted it would stay the same throughout the match. Mumbai captain Rohit Sharma said he wanted to bat first and post a good total to defend. Both teams were unchanged from their respective previous matches.


2015 Indian Premier League Final, Match, Report
Mumbai's innings began with opener Parthiv Patel being dismissed run out for a duck in the first over. Rohit Sharma then joined Lendl Simmons at the crease and started aggressively, scoring 16 runs from the second over by Mohit Sharma. The duo of Simmons and Sharma continued to attack the Super Kings bowlers with the former reaching his sixth half-century of the season. Dwayne Bravo was introduced into the attack in the 12th over and Sharma was dismissed soon after completing his fifty which had come off just 24 balls.


2015 Indian Premier League Final, Match, Report
Dwayne Smith then claimed the wicket of Simmons in the first ball of the following over, which was also Smith's first ball of the season. Mumbai were at 120 for 3 in the 13th over, before Kieron Pollard and Ambati Rayudu struck boundaries at regular intervals, with the former striking three sixes and a four in the 17th over by Ashish Nehra. Their partnership had reached 71 runs in less than seven overs before Mohit Sharma dismissed Pollard off the final ball of the 19th over. Mumbai lost Hardik Pandya for a duck in the final over, but were able to post 202 for 5 by the end of their innings. This was the second 200-plus total in an IPL final.


2015 Indian Premier League Final, Match, Report
Chennai's run-chase got off to a slow start as Smith was struggling to time the ball. Mitchell McClenaghan dismissed Michael Hussey in the fifth over for 4. Suresh Raina then arrived at the crease and Smith started to score boundaries. Their partnership had reached 66 runs and was broken when Harbhajan Singh dismissed Smith for 57 in the 12th over. Harbhajan got the wicket Raina in his next over, after which Chennai lost a wicket in each of their following five overs with the required run rate increasing after every over. McClenaghan and Lasith Malinga bowled economically in each of their four overs and had figures of 3 for 25 and 2 for 25 respectively. Ravindra Jadeja and Mohit Sharma added 24 runs for the ninth wicket but their 20 overs ended 41 runs short of the target.


2015 Indian Premier League Final, Match, Summary
It was Mumbai's second IPL title, making them the third team after the Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders to have won the IPL title more than once. Rohit Sharma was awarded man of the match for his 26-ball 50. With 26 wickets in the tournament, Bravo finished as the leading wicket-taker and won the Purple Cap for the second time after the 2013 season. Mumbai won a prize money of ₹15 crore for becoming the champions, while runners-up Chennai were awarded ₹10 crore. Chennai also won the Fair Play Award, while Mumbai were at the bottom of this table.


2015 Indian Premier League Final, Scorecard
Toss: Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bowl.


2015 Indian Premier League Final, Scorecard
Fall of wickets: 1–1 (Patel, 0.5 ov), 2–120 (Sharma, 11.6 ov), 3–120 (Simmons, 12.1 ov), 4–191 (Pollard, 18.5 ov), 5–191 (Pandya, 19.2 ov)


2015 Indian Premier League Final, Scorecard
Fall of wickets: 1–22 (Hussey, 4.4 ov), 2–88 (Smith, 11.5 ov), 3–99 (Raina, 13.3 ov), 4–108 (Bravo, 14.3 ov), 5–124 (Dhoni, 15.5 ov), 6–125 (du Plessis, 16.2 ov), 7–134 (Negi, 17.3 ov), 8–137 (Ashwin, 18.2 ov)


2015 Indian Rajya Sabha elections
Rajya Sabha elections were held in India in 2015 to elect eight members of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. Five by-elections were also held. The regular elections were held to fill seats in the States of Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala, and the Union Territory of Pondicherry.


2015 Indian Rajya Sabha elections, Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir had an election on 7 February 2015.


2015 Indian Rajya Sabha elections, Kerala
Kerala was supposed to have an election on 16 April 2015. But, the election was postponed to 20 April.


2015 Indian Rajya Sabha elections, Pondicherry
Pondicherry held the election on 28 September 2015 to elect one Member of Parliament.


2015 Indian Science Congress ancient aircraft controversy
The 2015 Indian Science Congress ancient aircraft controversy refers to protests that occurred during the 102nd Indian Science Congress in Mumbai, on 4 January 2015 when a paper claiming to prove that aircraft were invented in the Vedic age was allowed to be presented.


2015 Indian Science Congress ancient aircraft controversy, Overview
In December 2014, it was announced that Anand J. Bodas and his copresenter Ameya Jadhav, who claim that aircraft more advanced than today's versions existed in ancient India, would be allowed to speak at the Indian Science Congress and present a paper on aviation in the Vedic age. During an interview, he said that such aircraft were huge and could fly to other planets. He also said that those planes could fly backwards, left, or right, contrary to modern aircraft that can fly only forward.


2015 Indian Science Congress ancient aircraft controversy, Overview
Bodas, who was a principal at a pilot training school in Kerala and Jadhav, currently a lecturer at the Swami Vivekanand International School and Junior College in Mumbai, cited a text called Vaimanika Prakaranam (also called Vaimānika Shāstra) as evidence. Scientists from the Indian Institute of Science studied the text in 1974, concluding that "craft is a decided impossibility” and that the Vaimānika Shāstra was written no earlier than 1904. Bodas stated that modern science rejects anything that it cannot explain. He claimed that of the 500 guidelines described in the text, only 100 to 120 survive today. He attributed this loss to the passage of time, foreign rulers of India and artefacts which had been stolen from India, during that time.


2015 Indian Science Congress ancient aircraft controversy, Overview
The five-day conference was held at the Kalina Campus of the Mumbai University starting on 3 January 2015. The paper was presented on 4 January, as a part of the larger symposium on "Ancient Sciences Through Sanskrit". Other papers presented in the symposium were "Engineering applications of Ancient Indian botany", "Neuro-science of yoga: understanding the process", "Advances in surgery in Ancient India" and "Scientific principles of Ancient Indian architecture and civil engineering".


2015 Indian Science Congress ancient aircraft controversy, Criticism and protests
In late December 2014, Ram Prasad Gandhiraman, a scientist at the NASA's Ames Research Center, started a petition to prevent the paper from being presented at the conference. By 31 December, 220 scientists and academicians had signed the petition. Gandhiraman criticized the paper as pseudo-science and said that mythology should not be mixed with science.


2015 Indian Science Congress ancient aircraft controversy, Criticism and protests
S. M. Deshpande, a professor at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, who has written a paper with four others on aircraft in Sanskrit texts, said that we should not reject such claims as pseudo-science outright but examine them with intellectual curiosity. His paper, however, states that the aircraft described in the Vaimānika Shāstra text would not be capable of flying and the text itself cannot be traced to any date before 1904.


2015 Indian Science Congress ancient aircraft controversy, Criticism and protests
H.S. Mukunda, another professor at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, who was a co-author of the paper, criticized the organizers and said that both sides of the debate should be presented. He asked why had there been no working models made if the persons who presented the paper were convinced that they were right.


2015 Indian Science Congress ancient aircraft controversy, Criticism and protests
Roddam Narasimha, director of National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL), said that there is no credible evidence that aviation existed in ancient India. He added that the Vaimānika Shāstra text has been studied scientifically and the consensus is that descriptions in the text are unscientific.


2015 Indian Science Congress ancient aircraft controversy, Criticism and protests
Noted Indian astrophysicist and founding director of the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics at Pune, India, Jayant Narlikar reacted to the controversy saying that it was good to be proud of ancient Indian science but scientists should not make claims about things they did not have proof of. He commented, "We can boast of things but it should be restricted to what we have proof of. But we shouldn't claim things of which there is no evidence or proof as it reduces the credibility of what our scientists have achieved in the past." He further asserted, "Even the West recognizes the knowledge of mathematics held by Indians. If we start making outlandish claims, the scientific community of world will not look up to us as it does now".


2015 Indian Science Congress ancient aircraft controversy, Criticism and protests
Economist and Nobel laureate Amartya Sen commented that some evidence is required in the controversial claims made in the Indian Science Congress regarding the achievements of ancient Indians. He said, "The idea that human beings can fly is known to human beings from birth. The idea that human beings might be able to be on the air has been talked about a lot. If that was true, then we would like to find some evidence." Further, he elaborated, "As our epics show, Indians have thought about flying for a long time. But it would be fanciful to say that India invented the aeroplane. If ancient India had airfare technology, we would like to see some evidence. I agree there are a lot of claims that have nothing to do with achievements."


2015 Indian Science Congress ancient aircraft controversy, Support
Gauri Mahulikar, the head of the department of Sanskrit at Mumbai University, said that the paper would have been easily dismissed if it had been presented by Sanskrit professors. But, since Bodas was a pilot and Ameya Jadhav had a Master of Technology and Master of Arts in Sanskrit, it cannot be rejected easily.


2015 Indian Super League Final
The 2015 Indian Super League Final was a football match between Goa and Chennaiyin who reached the final of 2015 Indian Super League played on 20 December 2015 at the Fatorda Stadium in Goa. Chennayin defeated Goa 3-2 in the match to win the season.


2015 Indian Super League Final, Match
Goa defeated Delhi Dynamos 3-1 aggregate and Chennaiyin defeated Atletico De Kolkata 4-2 aggregate in semi-final to reach the final.


2015 Indian Super League Final, Match
The match started and straight into the starting minutes, a chance came for Goa when Jofre Mateu Hit the post. The first half went goalless. Second Half started and in the way, Mendoza went down in the box through a foul from Kattimani, and the penalty was rewarded to Chennaiyan F.C. Initially, the penalty taken by Pellisari was saved, but he scored on the rebound. Goa reacted quickly by a goal through Haokip through an assist from Leo Moura.


2015 Indian Super League Final, Match
Then, in the dying minuted Jofre score on the free kick in the 87th minute and it seemed that Goa had won the game. Just after the start, as the players were running inside the penalty box, Wadoo delivered a long ball inside and Kattimani came running to clear it out, but unfortunately, it went back in the net and Chennaiyin found their equaliser through an own goal in the 90th minute. Then straight after the start, Jayesh Rane chipped the ball towards Mendoza, who dribbled 3 players in one run and swapped the ball in the net. Eventually, the game ended with the last shot of Reinaldo who send it out of the park and Chennaiyin lifted the trophy for the first time.


2015 Indian Super League playoffs
The 2015 Indian Super League playoffs was the second playoffs series at the end of the Indian Super League season. The playoffs began on 11 December and culminated on 20 December with the final.


2015 Indian Super League playoffs
The final match was played between FC Goa & Chennaiyin FC at the Fatorda Stadium in Margao, Goa, where Chennaiyin beat Goa 3–2 to become the champions of the 2015 season.


2015 Indian Super League playoffs, Semi-finals
The first legs were played on 11 and 12 December, and the second legs were played on 15 and 16 December 2015. Due to massive floods in Chennai, the first leg of the semi-final between Atlético de Kolkata and Chennayin were played at Pune instead of Chennai.


2015 Indian Super League season
The 2015 Hero Indian Super League was the 2nd season of the Indian Super League, a professional football league played in India since 2014. The season features eight teams. The regular season kicked off on 3 October and ended on 6 December, while the finals began on 11 December, which will conclude with the final match on 20 December. The defending champions Atlético de Kolkata were eliminated in the semi-finals by Chennaiyin FC. The final was played between Goa and Chennaiyin on 20 December 2015 at the Fatorda Stadium in Goa. Chennayin were crowned as champions defeating Goa 3–2 in the final.


2015 Indian Super League season, Foreign players
Besides the marquee player, each Indian Super League side must sign at least eight foreign players with the maximum capped at 10.


2015 Indian Super League season, Attendance, Average home attendances
"Change" refers to change in figures wrt previous edition of the tournament.


2015 Indian counter-insurgency operation in Myanmar
On 9 June 2015, India announced that it had conducted a cross-border operation against insurgents belonging to NSCN-K. According to India, the operation took place in Myanmar and it was in response to ambush of Indian Army convoy of 6 Dogra Regiment in Chandel district of Manipur. Indian officials said that they had crossed the border and inflicted significant casualties against the NSCN-K. According to Indian media reports, around 38 insurgents belonging to NSCN-K were killed during the operation. The operation lasted around 40 minutes.


2015 Indian counter-insurgency operation in Myanmar, Cross-border raid details
Based on precise intelligence inputs, the Indian Air Force and 21 PARA (SF) carried a cross-border operation along the India–Myanmar border and destroyed two Militant camps one each of NSCN (K) and KYKL, along the India–Myanmar border. The operations were carried out inside the Myanmar territory along the Nagaland and Manipur border at two locations. One of the locations is near Ukhrul in Manipur. The army attacked two transit camps of the Naga militants.


2015 Indian counter-insurgency operation in Myanmar, Cross-border raid details
Seventy-two special forces commandos were reportedly involved in the operation. They were equipped with advanced assault rifles, rocket launchers, grenades and night vision goggles. The commandos wore the uniforms of the 12 Bihar Battalion of Indian army, which was then deployed on the India–Myanmar border. Troops were divided into two groups after they fast roped from Dhruv helicopters just inside the Indian territory near the border with Myanmar. The teams trekked through the thick jungles for at least 50 kilometers before they reached the training camps. Each of the two teams were further divided into two sub-groups.


2015 Indian counter-insurgency operation in Myanmar, Cross-border raid details
While one was responsible for the direct assault, the second formed an outer ring to prevent any of insurgents from running and escaping. The actual operation (hitting the camp and destroying it) took about 40 minutes. Mi-17 helicopters of the IAF were put on standby, ready to be pressed into service to evacuate the commandos in case anything went wrong. In its statement after the operation, the Indian Army said it was in communication with Myanmar and that, "There is a history of close cooperation between our two militaries. We look forward to working with them to combat such terrorism. ".


2015 Indian counter-insurgency operation in Myanmar, Cross-border raid details
According to Indian officials, heavy casualties were inflicted on the attackers behind the ambush on Army on 4 June, which had claimed the lives of 18 Army jawans of 6 Dogra Regiment in Chandel district of Manipur. This has been marked as the biggest attack on Indian Army after Kargil war of 1999.


2015 Indian counter-insurgency operation in Myanmar, Casualties
Initial Indian media reports indicated that around 15 to 20 insurgents belonging to NSCN-K were killed during the operation. However, Times of India, while citing unnamed source from Ministry of Home Affairs (India) claimed that more than 100 insurgents were killed during the whole operation.


2015 Indian counter-insurgency operation in Myanmar, Casualties
Later on, Indian media reports indicated that around 38 insurgents were killed during the operation.


2015 Indian counter-insurgency operation in Myanmar, Aftermath
Indian Army General Dalbir Singh Suhag claimed that the Indian troops had operated along the border with Myanmar. However,  General Dalbir Singh's claims were contradicted by Indian information minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore. Col Rathore claimed that Indian troops had crossed the border to hit insurgents in Myanmar. Similarly Indian Army Chief, Lieutenant General Bipin Rawat, also confirmed that Indian troops had crossed Myanmar's border to attack NSCN-K insurgents.


2015 Indian counter-insurgency operation in Myanmar, Aftermath
Myanmar's government insisted that the operation did not take place on its territory and that Myanmar does not allow rebel groups to use its territory to stage attacks against foreign countries. Zaw Htay, director of Myanmar's presidential office, in a Facebook post claimed that Tatmadaw battalion belonging to Myanmar Army was sent to the location to ascertain the facts. The findings of the battalion confirmed that the operation took place on the Indian side of the territory.


2015 Indian counter-insurgency operation in Myanmar, Aftermath
National Socialist Council of Nagaland Khaplang faction (NSCN-K) also challenged Indian claims. NSCN-K claimed that their camp was not targeted and they did not suffer any casualties. The group challenged Indian Army to display the bodies killed in the attack.


2015 Indian counter-insurgency operation in Myanmar, In media, Documentaries
Special Operations: India "Myanmar" (2018) is a TV documentary about the operation which premiered on History TV18 Channel. It was directed and produced by Prabhu Asgaonkar and Manika Berry Asgaonkar.


2015 Indian counter-insurgency operation in Myanmar, In media, Films
The film Uri: The Surgical Strike briefly depicts the operation.


2015 Indian heat wave
In May 2015, India was struck by a severe heat wave. As of 3 June 2015, it caused the deaths of at least 2,500 people in multiple regions. The heat wave occurred during the Indian dry season, which typically lasts from March to July with peak temperatures in April and May. Although it typically remains hot until late October, Indian monsoons often provide some respite from the heat.


2015 Indian heat wave
The South Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and the neighbouring Telangana, where more than 1,735 and 585 people died respectively, were the areas most affected by the heat wave. Other casualties were from the eastern states of West Bengal and Odisha. The high demand for electricity to power air conditioning led to power outages in some cities. The heat wave saw the highest recorded temperatures since 1995, subsequently surpassed in May 2016 by a separate heat wave in Phalodi.


2015 Indian heat wave, Background
According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), a heat wave is qualified when air temperatures of at least 40 °C (104 °F) in the plains or greater than 30 °C (86 °F) in the hilly regions. For the IMD classification of heat waves, temperatures greater than 46 °C (114.8 °F) are considered and classified as severe heat waves.


2015 Indian heat wave, Background
Every year India experiences severe heat waves in summer, but in the year 2015, casualties were abnormally high. Most of the deaths were concentrated in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha and Bihar. More than 20,000 people have died of heat-related causes in India since 1990. In the recent past, the most severe period of hot weather occurred in 1995, when 1,677 people died due to a series of heatwaves. 793 people died in 2011 while 1,247 died in 2012 due to heat related causes. In 2013, 1,216 people died due to the heat. With over 2,500 deaths, the heat wave has proven to be the most deadly since 1979. The casualties crossed the mark of previous years rapidly in 2015.


2015 Indian heat wave, Causes
The heat wave was caused in large part by sparser pre-monsoon season showers, which brought less moisture than normal to the area, leaving large parts of India arid and dry. The sudden end of pre-monsoon rain showers, an uncommon trend in India, has contributed to the heat waves. Additionally, the monsoon season is later and further south than the normal trend. This weather pattern, coupled with the El Niño effect, which often increases temperatures in Asia, combined to create the record high temperatures. High humidity compounded the effects of the temperatures on residents. The Loo, a dry wind originating from Pakistan and northwest India, has contributed to increasing the temperature in India.


2015 Indian heat wave, Affected areas
The heat wave affected many people in various states and regions, including Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Bihar and Jharkhand. On 21 May the temperature in the Indian capital, New Delhi, was reported to be 42.6 °C (108.7 °F), with black asphalt roads reportedly melting and pedestrian crossing stripes curling. On the same day, a temperature of 45.4 °C (113.7 °F) was recorded in Jharsuguda and at least 12 people were reported dead due to heat stroke the following day. On 24 May in Allahabad, a temperature of 47.7 °C (117.9 °F) was recorded.


2015 Indian heat wave, Affected areas
Cities such as Delhi and Kolkata recorded 44.5 °C (112.1 °F) and 36.0 °C (96.8 °F) on the same day, respectively. In the state of Odisha, 23 people died of heat stroke by 24 May. Many deaths occurred in the state of Andhra Pradesh where at least 246 people have died by 25 May.


2015 Indian heat wave, Affected areas
The temperature in Hyderabad on 21 May was 46 °C (115 °F) and on 22 May was 44.3 °C (111.7 °F), above the normal maximum of 39.9 °C (103.8 °F) recorded on the same day in the previous years. On the following day the temperature in the city was also above a normal maximum temperature, at 43.6 °C (110.5 °F) compared to 39.5 °C (103.1 °F) recorded on the same day in earlier years. On 24 May, Khammam recorded its highest ever temperature at 48.0 °C (118.4 °F). The air temperature on hill stations like Mussoorie, situated 2,010 metres (6,580 ft) above sea level, rose to 36.0 °C (96.8 °F).


2015 Indian heat wave, Affected areas
On 25 May, more than 90 deaths due to sun stroke were recorded in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The temperature on that day continued to be above normal, especially in the coastal Andhra region where the maximum temperature recorded was 47.0 °C (116.6 °F) in Guntur district. The highest temperature in India recorded on that day was at 47.6 °C (117.7 °F) in Titlagarh, Odisha.


2015 Indian heat wave, Affected areas
By 3 June, 50 lakh (five million) chicken were killed by the heat wave across Telangana within a span of two weeks, causing the price of eggs and chickens to rise throughout the state as well as in the neighbouring Andhra Pradesh.


2015 Indian heat wave, Affected areas
On 3 June, rainfall caused the temperatures to decrease in many areas of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. No heat-related deaths were reported on that day across the two states. The highest temperature recorded on the same day was 43 °C (109 °F) in Nizamabad. On 5 June, Odisha reported temperatures to have decreased to less than 40.0 °C (104.0 °F) across the state, but the humidity continued to be high.


2015 Indian heat wave, Relief efforts
The government of Andhra Pradesh announced ₹ 100,000 to the next of kin of people killed in the heatwave in the state. Drinking water, oral rehydration salts and intravenous fluids were made available at public places like railway stations and bus stations. Emergency medical camps are set up across the state. An awareness campaign was launched advising citizens to not leave their homes at noon unless absolutely necessary.


2015 Indian swine flu outbreak
2015 Indian swine flu outbreak refers to an outbreak of the H1N1 virus in India, during early 2015. The states of Gujarat and Rajasthan were the worst affected.


2015 Indian swine flu outbreak
India had reported 937 cases and 218 deaths from swine flu in the year 2014. By mid-February 2015, the reported cases and deaths in 2015 had surpassed the previous numbers. The total number of laboratory confirmed cases crossed 33,000 mark with death of more than 2,000 people.


2015 Indian swine flu outbreak, Background
The H1N1 virus outbreak had previously occurred in India during the 2009 flu pandemic. The virus killed 981 people in 2009 and 1,763 in 2010. The mortality decreased in 2011 to 75. It claimed 405 lives in 2012 and 699 lives in 2013. In 2014, a total of 218 people died from the H1N1 flu, India recorded 837 laboratory confirmed cases in the year.


2015 Indian swine flu outbreak, Background
Every year, there was a rise in number of cases and deaths during winter as temperature affects virus. During 2014–15 winter, there was a spurt in cases at the end 2014. In 2015, the outbreak became widespread through India. On 12 February 2015, Rajasthan declared an epidemic.


2015 Indian swine flu outbreak, Reported cases by states
By 20 March, according to the data released by the Health Ministry, 31,974 cases had been reported and 1,895 person had died to the disease.


2015 Indian swine flu outbreak, Reported cases by states
Although Delhi, Karnataka, Telangana reported a large number of cases, the death toll was lower due to better awareness and a better developed health care sector.


2015 Indian swine flu outbreak, Timeline
On 13 February 2015, the Health Ministry  began the procurement process of 60,000 units of Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) and 10,000 units of N-95 masks. A tender for 10,000 diagnostic kits was floated. The Health Ministry on 18 February 2015 said in a press release that there was no shortage of drugs or logistics problems. By 22 February 2015, more than 13,688 had been infected and death toll was reported to be 812 in the year 2015.


2015 Indian swine flu outbreak, Timeline
The President of the North West Chemist Association, Hakim Kapasi said in mid-February 2015 that, private pharmacies were facing a shortage because Oseltamivir was a controlled Schedule X drug and very few pharmacies had the license to sell it.


2015 Indian swine flu outbreak, Timeline
Aligarh Muslim University and National Law University in Jodhpur suspended classes in mid-February after some of their students tested positive.


2015 Indian swine flu outbreak, Timeline
In mid-February, the Government of Delhi fixed the price of swine flu diagnostics tests at ₹4,500 and the labs charging more that were issued show cause notices subject to cancellation of license. On 24 February, the District Collector of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, prohibited unlawful assembly under Section 144 of the CrPC to prevent spread of the disease.


2015 Indian swine flu outbreak, Timeline, March
A paper published in Cell Host and Microbe stated that the virus had acquired a mutation which made it easier to infect humans, and called for real time surveillance with genetic and phenotypic analysis made available quickly, noting "Given the global reach of influenza, there is an urgent need to develop a comprehensive and at least somewhat standardized response to influenza epidemic outbreaks." This is contrary to the Indian government's claim that no mutations had been found.


2015 Indian swine flu outbreak, Timeline, March
On 2 March, Maharashtra government announced that the cost of treatment of swine-flu patients in the state will be paid by the state government.


2015 Indiana Fever season
The 2015 WNBA season was the 16th season for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association.


2015 Indiana Fever season, WNBA Draft, Playoffs
Round 1 (conference semifinals) vs Chicago Sky won 2-1. Round 2 (conference final) vs New York Liberty won 2-1 WNBA finals lost 3-2


2015 Indiana Fever season, Awards and honors
Tamika Catchings All star 10th appearance                                               Marissa Coleman All Star 1st appearance


2015 Indiana Hoosiers baseball team
The 2015 Indiana Hoosiers baseball team is a college baseball team that represented Indiana University in the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Hoosiers are members of the Big Ten Conference (B1G) and played their home games at Bart Kaufman Field in Bloomington, Indiana. They were led by first-year head coach Chris Lemonis.


2015 Indiana Hoosiers baseball team
Following the conclusion of the regular season, the Hoosiers were selected to play in the 2015 NCAA Tournament, beginning in the Nashville Regional. The Hoosiers would eventually lose in the semifinals of the Nashville Regional to Radford by a score of 3–5.


2015 Indiana Hoosiers football team
The 2015 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented Indiana University Bloomington during the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hoosiers competed in the East Division of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was led by head coach Kevin Wilson, who served in his fifth season. They finished the season 6–7, 2–6 in Big Ten play to finish in fifth place in the East Division. They were invited to the Pinstripe Bowl where they lost to Duke in overtime.


2015 Indiana Hoosiers football team, Previous season
The 2014 Indiana Hoosiers football team finished the regular season 4–8, 1–7 in Big Ten play to finish in last place in the Eastern Division. Their highlight win of the season came against #18 Missouri of the Southeastern Conference.


2015 Indiana Hoosiers football team, Schedule
Indiana announced their 2015 football schedule on June 3, 2013. The 2015 schedule consist of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Hoosiers will host Big Ten foes Iowa, Michigan, Ohio State, and Rutgers and will travel to Maryland, Michigan State, Penn State, and Purdue.


2015 Indiana Hoosiers football team, Schedule
The Hoosiers hosted three of their four non conference games against Florida International (FIU), Southern Illinois and Western Kentucky (WKU). Indiana traveled to Winston-Salem, North Carolina to face the Wake Forest Demon Deacons of the Atlantic Coast Conference on September 26.


2015 Indiana State Sycamores football team
The 2015 Indiana State Sycamores football team represented Indiana State University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Mike Sanford and played their home games at Memorial Stadium. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 5–6, 3–5 in MVFC play to finish in a three way tie for sixth place.


2015 Indianapolis 500
The 2015 Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday May 24, 2015. It was the premier event of the 2015 season of the Verizon IndyCar Series. Juan Pablo Montoya won his second Indianapolis 500, followed in the finish by Will Power, Charlie Kimball, polesitter Scott Dixon, and Graham Rahal.


2015 Indianapolis 500
For the second year in a row, the month of May activities opened with the Grand Prix of Indianapolis over May 7–9. Practice opened on May 11, and time trials were held on May 16–17. Rain interrupted and eventually washed out time trials on May 16, and all qualifications were held on Sunday May 17.


2015 Indianapolis 500
The victory capped off a successful return to Indy car racing for Montoya. The 1999 CART champion and 2000 Indy 500 winner had left American open-wheel racing for Formula One for 2001–2005. He then switched to the NASCAR Cup Series, and also competed in Grand Am. Out of Indy car racing for thirteen seasons, Montoya surprisingly signed with Team Penske for 2014, and finished 5th in the 2014 race, only his second Indy 500 start. Later that year he won the Pocono 500, and by winning the 2015 Indy 500, set a record for most years between two victories - fifteen years (2000 and 2015).


2015 Indianapolis 500
The 2015 race saw the debut of unique aero kits from Chevrolet and Honda, respectively, outfitted for the Dallara DW12 chassis. As part of the ICONIC project, aero kits were originally planned for 2012, but a series of delays due to cost issues put off their homologation and implementation until 2015. During practice, three Chevrolet entries suffered major crashes that resulted in flip-overs. The crashes raised safety concerns around the paddock, and series officials delayed time trials for several hours in order to address the situation with rule and procedural changes, removing qualifying from its status as a points-paying event.


2015 Indianapolis 500
During a practice session on May 18, IndyCar's Holmatro Safety Team was lauded for a life-saving effort in their rescue of driver James Hinchcliffe. During the run, Hinchcliffe was involved in a major crash, and was impaled by a suspension member. The rapid response by the medical crews was credited with likely saving his life, and nine days later he was released from Methodist Hospital, expected to make a full recovery. Hinchcliffe was able to drive the IndyCar two-seater at a promotional event in August at the Golden Gate Bridge, then made his first competitive laps in a Dan Wheldon Memorial karting event in September.


2015 Indianapolis 500, Schedule
Track activities began on Sunday May 3, with Opening Day, featuring the debut of oval aero kits. A full-field open test and rookie orientation took place on the oval from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. During the week, the track was reconfigured to the road course configuration. After the Grand Prix was concluded, the track was closed on Mother's Day, unlike 2014. On Sunday May 10, the track was converted back to the oval configuration, meanwhile, teams had the day to convert the cars from road course to oval set-up.


2015 Indianapolis 500, Schedule
The track re-opened in oval configuration starting Monday May 11. A second session of rookie orientation was reserved for the track on Monday (if needed), with veterans taking to the track in the afternoon. Practice on Tuesday through Friday was held from 12 noon to 6 p.m. For the second year in a row, a post-qualifying practice session was held on the Monday after pole day. For the second year in a row, time trials were conducted with a combined two-day format. The 33 cars that comprised the field was determined on Saturday, while the starting lineup was set on Sunday.


2015 Indianapolis 500, Schedule
* Includes days where trackactivity was significantly limited due to rain


2015 Indianapolis 500, Testing and Rookie orientation, Rookie Orientation / Refresher tests – Sunday May 3
The track was reserved for rookie orientation from 10:45 a.m. to 12 p.m. The 40-lap rookie test consists of three phases, demonstrating car control, placement, and a consistent driving pattern. Phase one consists of 10 laps at 205-210 mph, phase two consists of 15 laps at 210-215 mph, and phase three requires 15 laps at over 215 mph. Series rookie Gabby Chaves completed all three phases, while Stefano Coletti was out of the country and completed the test on May 11.


2015 Indianapolis 500, Testing and Rookie orientation, Rookie Orientation / Refresher tests – Sunday May 3
Refresher tests were completed by Bryan Clauson, Simona de Silvestro, Oriol Servià, Pippa Mann, Justin Wilson, James Jakes, Conor Daly and Sage Karam. Davey Hamilton came out of retirement to drive the Dreyer & Reinbold/Kingdom Racing entry to shake down the car as a substitute for Townsend Bell, who was competing in the IMSA Monterey Sports Car Championships at Laguna Seca.


2015 Indianapolis 500, Testing and Rookie orientation, Promoter's open test – Sunday May 3
Opening day featured a full-field open test on Sunday May 3, concentrating on the new oval aero kits. The track was available for veteran drivers from 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m., then for all drivers from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. A total of 28 cars completed 1,845 laps without incident. Juan Pablo Montoya led the speed chart with a top lap of 226.772 mph. A total of 21 drivers exceeded the fastest lap from opening day of 2014. Though Montoya was the over fastest for the day, Hélio Castroneves reportedly ran the fastest single lap without a tow.


2015 Indianapolis 500, Practice, Monday May 11
The first day of practice was scheduled for Monday May 11. The day opened with rookie orientation and refresher tests. J. R. Hildebrand and Townsend Bell led the early speeds during the refresher tests, while Stefano Coletti completed his rookie test. Heavy rain halted track activity at about 1:45 p.m. The track re-opened at 4:15 p.m. for full-field practice. At 4:32 p.m., James Jakes's crew suffered a broken inertial starter, which in-turn, threw debris and injured a crew member. At 6:15 p.m., Stefano Coletti did a half-spin in pit lane, but did not make contact. A total of 30 cars completed 1,094 laps, with Sage Karam (225.802 mph), the fastest overall for the day. Karam's Ganassi teammate Scott Dixon posted the fastest "no-tow" lap at 224.443 mph


2015 Indianapolis 500, Practice, Tuesday May 12
The second day of practice was scheduled for May 12. At 2:07 p.m., Simona de Silvestro's car started smoking in the exit of turn two. Down the backstretch, a small fire broke out under the engine cover, and de Silvestro stopped the car near the warm up lane at the end of the backstretch. The car quickly became engulfed in flames, and de Silvestro quickly exited the car, uninjured. It was determined the fire was caused by a fuel leak in the refueling buckeye.


2015 Indianapolis 500, Practice, Tuesday May 12
Later in the day at 4:30 p.m., James Jakes car came to a stop at the entrance to the pit area with smoke pouring from the engine, and about 20 minutes later, Jack Hawksworth pulled into the grass in turn two with brake failure. The track closed five minutes early at 5:55 p.m. when Justin Wilson's engine blew going down the main stretch. Hélio Castroneves set the fast lap of the day, both overall (227.514 mph) and "no-tow" (225.315 mph). Several teams, including Andretti Autosport, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, and Team Penske, went out together in groups, conducting drafting practice, ostensibly concentrating on race day set-ups.


2015 Indianapolis 500, Practice, Wednesday May 13
Two single-car incidents marred the third full day of practice. At 12:45 p.m., Hélio Castroneves' car stepped out in turn one. He did a half-spin, and hit the outside wall in the south short chute with the left side of the car. Sliding backwards, the car became airborne and did a flip, landing upright in turn two. Castroneves walked away uninjured. In the final hour, Pippa Mann went high through the exit of turn four, and spun at the north end of the main stretch. The car slid and hit the inside wall, then hit the attenuator at the end of the pit wall. The car violently spun back on to the main stretch, and came to rest against the outside wall. Mann was not seriously injured.


2015 Indianapolis 500, Practice, Wednesday May 13
Track activity was highlighted by Carlos Muñoz, who turned the first 230 mph lap of the month. His lap of 230.121 came during "Happy Hour" with about six minutes left in the day. After the crew worked during the afternoon to prepare his back-up car, Hélio Castroneves was back out on the track turning laps after his wreck earlier in the day. Scott Dixon (226.411 mph) posted the fastest "no-tow" lap.


2015 Indianapolis 500, Practice, Thursday May 14
The second major crash in turn one in as many days occurred on Thursday. At 5:18 p.m., Josef Newgarden lost control in turn one, did a three-quarter spin, and hit the outside wall in the south short chute with the nose. The car flipped over, and slid to a rest upside-down near the entrance to turn two. Newgarden was uninjured, and the crash appeared vastly similar to Hélio Castroneves' a day earlier. The two accidents prompted officials to re-evaluate an optional Chevrolet aero kit rear wheel cap that had been installed on both cars.


2015 Indianapolis 500, Practice, Thursday May 14
Simon Pagenaud led the speed chart both overall (228.793 mph) and on the "no-tow" list (227.628 mph). By the end of the day Thursday, a total of 34 car/driver combinations have been on the track, including Buddy Lazier, who made his first track appearance of the month (under INDYCAR rules, Lazier's program, a single-race program, is not permitted on the track until the Thursday of the week). The last hour of the track saw heavy activity, with over 20 cars on the track at once, conducting race simulations and drafting practice. Three-wide passes and aggressive dicing was observed.


2015 Indianapolis 500, Practice, Thursday May 14
Aside from the potential issues regarding the optional Chevy wheel caps, the Chevy teams also were on the track Thursday without the chassis wicker bill. Officials informed the manufacturers that the centerline chassis wicker would be deemed optional. Chevrolet technicians informed their teams to remove them, while Honda kept them on. Meanwhile, some Honda teams were running Thursday with a modified, single-element, rear wing configuration.


2015 Indianapolis 500, Practice, Fast Friday — Friday May 15
Simon Pagenaud led the speed chart on "Fast Friday," the final day of practice before qualifications. It was the second day in a row Pagenaud was the top driver of the day, and it was the fastest lap turned thus far of the month. Hot and windy conditions kept the speeds down from expected. Teams were allowed increased turbocharger "boost" for Friday, and Scott Dixon set an early "no tow" speed of 230.655 mph during the first hour. No incidents were reported, however, many cars stayed off the track for most of the afternoon. Only 1,055 laps were completed all day, approximately half of previous days. A total of 33 out of 34 cars completed at least one lap over 225 mph.


2015 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, First Day — Saturday May 16
The first day of time trials was scheduled for Saturday May 16. Hélio Castroneves (233.474 mph) turned the fastest lap during the morning practice session, the fastest single lap at the track since 1996. Three cars (Carlos Huertas, Ryan Hunter-Reay, and Scott Dixon) got out onto the track to begin qualifying, but it began to rain during Dixon's run. Dixon had just completed his first lap at 231.357 mph. The rest of the day was washed out, and officials rescheduled time trials for Sunday. The three runs from Saturday were erased.


2015 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Second Day — Sunday May 17
The second day of time trials was scheduled for Sunday May 17. After the rainout on Saturday, originally, the schedule for Sunday was to include practice, first round qualifying, and the annual Fast Nine Shootout. However, during the morning practice session, Ed Carpenter suffered a serious crash in turn two. The car did a half spin and hit the outside wall at the exit of turn two. Sliding backwards, the car flipped over, and slid to a stop upside-down. It was the third blowover crash by a Chevrolet for the week.


2015 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Second Day — Sunday May 17
Series officials postponed qualifying, and huddled with participants to address safety concerns. After a lengthy delay, rules were tweaked for qualifying. Cars were required to qualify in race trim, and the increased turbocharger "boost" for qualifying was eliminated. Each car would get one attempt, and the Fast Nine Shootout was scrapped. Time permitting, there would be a final row "shootout" amongst the four slowest cars to determine positions 31-33, as well as the lone car to be bumped.


2015 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Second Day — Sunday May 17
Scott Dixon, who had his Saturday attempt interrupted by rain, was the third car out to qualify. His speed of 226.760 mph wound up being the fastest of the day. It held up all afternoon, as the rest of the field had to qualify in less-than-ideal track conditions. The entire qualifying line was completed without incident.


2015 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Second Day — Sunday May 17
Due to the last minute rule changes, championship points were not awarded for Indy 500 time trials results as planned. Tristan Vautier qualified the #19 car in substitution for James Davison, a pre-planned arrangement. Davison was racing in the Pirelli World Challenge event at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park the same weekend. Davison was set to take over the car on race day, and per series rules, the car would move to the rear of the field.


2015 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Second Day — Sunday May 17, Last row shootout
Four cars participated in a 45-minute "shootout" for the final three positions. Jack Hawksworth and KVSH Racing teammates Stefano Coletti, and Bryan Clauson completed runs, filling the field. Buddy Lazier, who was not able to make an attempt during the first round, was the only other car eligible. Because of INDYCAR rules, Lazier had limited practice laps for the month, and his first attempt was well short at 219.438 mph. The team made some drastic wing adjustments, and scrambled to get the car to the qualifying line in the final minutes. His second attempt was faster, but still shy of bumping his way into the field.


2015 Indianapolis 500, Post-qualifying practice, Monday May 18, James Hinchcliffe life threatening incident
A post-qualifying practice session was scheduled for Monday May 18 from 12:30 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. Also on-track was the Indy Lights, coming off a weekend high-speed oval compatibility test at Chicagoland Speedway. The practice was marred by a massive crash around 12:45 p.m. involving James Hinchcliffe. Going into turn three, Hinchcliffe was drafting behind Juan Pablo Montoya. Suddenly the car suffered a right front suspension failure, and the car veered into the outside wall.


2015 Indianapolis 500, Post-qualifying practice, Monday May 18, James Hinchcliffe life threatening incident
The right side of the car was disintegrated, and the car slid through the north short chute, tilting up on one side, and coming to rest in turn four. Hinchcliffe was awake and alert, but was pinned in the cockpit and needed assistance from the car. One of the suspension pieces had penetrated the cockpit tub, and punctured Hinchcliffe's thigh, causing profuse bleeding. He was taken to Methodist Hospital for surgery to remove the debris from his thigh, and the quick response work by IndyCar safety crews was credited in likely saving his life. The track was closed while series officials made repairs to the SAFER Barrier, and investigated the cause of the crash. Up to the time of the crash, Simon Pagenaud (225.260 mph) had turned the fastest lap.


2015 Indianapolis 500, Post-qualifying practice, Monday May 18, James Hinchcliffe life threatening incident
The schedule for the day was retooled, with Indy Lights practice moved up, and a second IndyCar practice session scheduled for two hours beginning at 4 p.m. Sage Karam (227.831 mph) set the fastest lap of the second session and overall for the day. The only other incident of the day belonged to Jack Hawksworth, who had an engine failure.


2015 Indianapolis 500, Post-qualifying practice, Special Test - Thursday May 21
With James Hinchcliffe out for the season due to his injuries, veteran Ryan Briscoe was named as a driver replacement in the #5 car. Briscoe (a full-time driver in 2014) had not driven any laps during the month thus far, and also had not yet driven an Indy car outfitted with the 2015 aero kits. IndyCar officials arranged a special one-hour refresher session for Briscoe to acclimate himself with the new aerodynamic specifications.


2015 Indianapolis 500, Post-qualifying practice, Carb Day — Friday May 22
Carb day opened with news that Carlos Huertas had not been medically cleared to race due to an inner ear condition. Tristan Vautier was named to replace him in the number 18 car and was moved to the rear of the field for the race. Vautier had driven in a substitution role for James Davison during time trials, but was scheduled to fly to Silverstone for an endurance race. Vautier was at O'Hare International Airport waiting for his plane when he got a telephone call to return to Indianapolis.


2015 Indianapolis 500, Post-qualifying practice, Carb Day — Friday May 22
The Carb Day practice session saw Will Power set the fastest lap of the day with a lap of 229.020 mph. No major incidents occurred during this session.


2015 Indianapolis 500, Post-qualifying practice, Carb Day — Friday May 22, Pit Stop Challenge
The annual TAG Heuer Pit Stop Challenge was held Friday May 22. A total of twelve drivers/teams qualified. The teams of Marco Andretti, Will Power, Scott Dixon, and Ryan Briscoe (subbing for James Hinchcliffe), received first-round byes, and advanced directly to the quarterfinals. Penske Racing with driver Hélio Castroneves defeated Chip Ganassi Racing (Charlie Kimball) in the final round to win the annual tournament. it was Penske Racing's 15th win in the Pit Stop contest, and Castroneves' sixth, both records.


2015 Indianapolis 500, Starting grid
(R) = Indianapolis 500 rookie; (W) = Former Indianapolis 500 winner


2015 Indianapolis 500, Race
Clear skies and warm temperatures were seen on race day. As the field pulled away for parade laps, Alex Tagliani remained stationary with issues getting the car into gear. The problem was eventually resolved and Tagliani resumed his spot in the starting lineup.


2015 Indianapolis 500, Race
As the field continued the parade laps, fire erupted from underneath the car of Conor Daly. Daly pulled the car to a stop at the North short chute, his day was done before the race even began.


2015 Indianapolis 500, Race, First half, Start
Scott Dixon led the field into turn one. As the field rounded turn one, the first incident of the day occurred when Sage Karam squeezed Takuma Sato into the turn 1 wall. Ryan Briscoe also spun trying to avoid the incident. Karam was out of the race, while Sato and Briscoe were able to effect repairs and continue.


2015 Indianapolis 500, Race, First half, Start
Under caution, behind the pace car, as the field came around for the restart on lap 7, Simona de Silvestro rear-ended Juan Pablo Montoya, damaging de Silvestro's left-front wing and Montoya's right-rear bumper, which detached just before Montoya entered pit lane for repairs, causing an extended caution period to clear the debris. After two more restart attempts, the race finally went green on lap 13. The race became a three-way battle for the lead between Scott Dixon, Tony Kanaan, and Simon Pagenaud, with the three swapping the lead regularly. The first round of green flag pit stops briefly promoted Montoya, who had refueled during his stop for repairs, into the lead. When he pitted, Dixon resumed the lead.


2015 Indianapolis 500, Race, First half, Second quarter
The second caution of the race came on lap 64, when Bryan Clauson drifted wide in turn four and hit the outside barrier. During yellow flag pit stops, Simon Pagenaud was able to jump ahead of the Chip Ganassi Racing teammates and take the lead.


2015 Indianapolis 500, Race, First half, Second quarter
The race restarted on lap 71, and the battle between Pagenaud, Dixon, and Kanaan continued from where it left off. Another round of green flag pit stops came, during which Hélio Castroneves briefly inherited the lead. When stops were cycled through, Pagenaud emerged the leader again.


2015 Indianapolis 500, Race, Second half, Halfway
The third caution of the race came on lap 113, when Ed Carpenter clipped Oriol Servià and sent both into the wall in turn one. During this caution, an incident involving all three of the Dale Coyne Racing cars occurred on pit lane. James Davison was released just as his teammate Pippa Mann was passing his pit stall. The two made contact, and Davison slid into the car and crew of his other teammate, Tristan Vautier. Two crew members from Vautier's team were hit, and one suffered a broken ankle. Both Vautier and Davison retired from the race due to the incident.


2015 Indianapolis 500, Race, Second half, Halfway
The race restarted on lap 122, with Will Power joining Pagenaud, Dixon, and Kanaan in the battle for the lead.


2015 Indianapolis 500, Race, Second half, Fourth quarter
Green flag pit stops again came with roughly 50 laps left in the race. As the pit stop cycle neared completion, the fourth caution of the race came on lap 153 as Tony Kanaan, fresh off a wing adjustment, lost control of his car in turn three and crashed. Alex Tagliani briefly held the lead, but surrendered it to make his pit stop.


2015 Indianapolis 500, Race, Second half, Fourth quarter
The race restarted on lap 160 with Juan Pablo Montoya joining the battle for the lead, having finally recovered from the early race mishap. 7 laps later, the fifth caution of the day came out for a piece of debris that had come off of the car of Takuma Sato. The leaders made their last stops of the race during this caution, with Will Power coming out in front. Andretti Autosport teammates Justin Wilson and Carlos Muñoz elected to stay out during this sequence, with Muñoz inheriting the lead.


2015 Indianapolis 500, Race, Second half, Fourth quarter
The race was restarted on lap 173, with Wilson and Muñoz quickly shuffled back by cars with fresher tires. As the field worked around the Andretti Autosport drivers on lap 176, Simon Pagenaud clipped the rear of Justin Wilson, causing front wing damage to Pagenaud's car and causing him to drop rapidly through the field. Only three turns later, a three-car crash occurred in turn 4 when Jack Hawksworth lost control of his car and hit Sebastián Saavedra from behind. Saavedra's car continued sliding back across the track and into the path of Stefano Coletti, who slammed into the front end of Saavedra's car. Saavedra needed assistance in climbing from his car and was later diagnosed with a foot contusion.


2015 Indianapolis 500, Race, Second half, Fourth quarter
The race was restarted on lap 184 with Power in the lead. The last 13 laps saw the lead exchange hands four times between Dixon, Power and Montoya. With four laps remaining, Montoya slip-streamed around the outside of Power into turn one and took the lead. With clean air, Montoya was able to fend off Power for the remaining three laps and win the second Indianapolis 500 of his career.


2015 Indianapolis 500, Box score
Points this year did not include qualification points from Time Trials due to a compressed schedule, however there were bonus points included in this years race, 1 point for leading a lap, and 2 points for most laps led.


2015 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Television
The Grand Prix of Indianapolis and the Indianapolis 500 were broadcast live in the United States on ABC. Allen Bestwick was the anchor for the second year in a row. Jon Beekhuis joined the crew as pit reporter.


2015 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Television
The Time Trials were originally scheduled to air on ABC. However, due to weather, schedule changes, and ABC's commitment to air a Game 7 NBA playoff game, trials instead aired on ESPNEWS.


2015 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Television
Former pit reporters Vince Welch and Jamie Little departed ESPN/ABC for Fox Sports.


2015 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Television
The race received a 4.3 overnight rating, tied for the highest since 2008. The fast-national final rating of 4.3 (6.4 million viewers) was a three-year high, and the highest rated and most watched since 2012.


2015 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Television
In Hispanic America, ESPN Latin America showed the race live.


2015 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio
The race was carried live by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network, part of the Advanced Auto Parts IndyCar Radio Network. Paul Page was the chief announcer for the full race for the final time as during the 2016 race after the first lap he would hand off the responsibilities as Voice of the 500 to Mark Jaynes. Davey Hamilton was the driver expert. Doug Rice, the anchor of the Performance Racing Network, which distributes the Brickyard 400 radio broadcast produced with the IMS Radio Network, joined the crew as a pit reporter. Rice performed "double duty", working the pits for the Indy 500, then flying to Charlotte Motor Speedway to call the Coca-Cola 600. Dave Wilson, who previously served as a booth analyst, and later a garage area reporter, returned to the booth in 2015 offering commentary as race "statistician."


2015 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio
The pit reporters split their duties with Nick Yeoman and Michael Young reporting from the south end of the pit area. Dave Furst reported from the center pits, and during the second half of the race, also reported from the garage area and medical center. Kevin Lee reported from the north-center pits, then in the latter stages of the race, moved towards the south end to help focus on some of the leaders. Doug Rice was stationed at the north end of the pit area, but focused nearly the entire race on the pit of eventual race winner Juan Pablo Montoya. After the race, Nick Yeoman interviewed the winner in victory lane.


2015 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio
After featuring Paul Page's signature "Delta Force" theme music in 2014, the traditional "The 500" song was reprised for 2015. Among the guests interviewed in the booth was future Vice President of the United States and current Indiana Governor Mike Pence. Sponsor guests included Dan Ammann (GM), Jim Doyle (Panasonic), Dale Herrigle (Firestone), and James Verrier (BorgWarner). The broadcast originated from the "Firestone Broadcast Booth" inside the Pagoda.


2015 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio
1070 The Fan broadcast nightly beginning May 4 with Trackside with Curt Cavin and Kevin Lee, followed by Donald Davidson's The Talk of Gasoline Alley.


2015 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio
Chief Announcer: Paul PageDriver expert: Davey HamiltonHistorian: Donald DavidsonStatistician: Dave Wilson


2015 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio
Turn 1: Jerry BakerTurn 2: Jake QueryTurn 3: Mark JaynesTurn 4: Chris Denari


2015 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio
Nick Yeoman (south pits)Michael Young (south-center pits)Dave Furst (center pits/garages)Kevin Lee (north-center pits)Doug Rice (north pits)


2015 Indianapolis City-County Council election
The 2015 Indianapolis City–County Council elections took place on November 3, 2015. With all 25 seats up for election, this was the first for the council with newly redrawn districts and without the four at-large seats, which were eliminated by the Republican-controlled Indiana General Assembly in 2013. Before the elections Democrats held a 15–14 seat majority. Primaries for the council were held May 5, 2015, with a handful of races being very close. The closest finish came in district one, with two Democratic incumbents forced into a run-off election because of the redistricting.


2015 Indianapolis City-County Council election
Leroy Robinson defeated Angela Mansfield by only 26 votes. Following the elections Democrats maintained control of the council with a 13–12 majority. In the Indianapolis mayoral election held at the same time, Democrat Joe Hogsett beat Republican Chuck Brewer. This is only the second time in the history of Indianapolis that Democrats control both the mayor's office and the council.


2015 Indianapolis Colts season
The 2015 Indianapolis Colts season was the franchise's 63rd season in the National Football League and the 32nd in Indianapolis. It was also the fourth season under the trio of head coach Chuck Pagano, general manager Ryan Grigson and quarterback Andrew Luck. The Colts entered the 2015 season as the defending AFC South champions after compiling an 11–5 record before falling to the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship Game.


2015 Indianapolis Colts season
After a week 8 loss to the Carolina Panthers, the Colts fired offensive coordinator Pep Hamilton and elevated associate head coach Rob Chudzinski to replace him. The Colts failed to improve from their three consecutive 11–5 records and finished the season at 8–8 and lost the division to the Houston Texans and failed to make the playoffs for the first time since 2011 and only the fourth time since 1998. Also this was their first time to lose to the Houston Texans at home since the Texans entered the NFL in 2002.


2015 Indianapolis Colts season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. New York Jets
With the loss, the Colts fell to 0–2 for the second straight year.


2015 Indianapolis Colts season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 3: at Tennessee Titans
After leading 14–0 in the first half, the Titans would score 27 unanswered points to take a 27–14 lead. However, the Colts would own the fourth quarter, as they outscored Tennessee 21–6. The Titans had a chance to tie the game after pulling within 35–33, but the 2-point attempt failed, and the Colts held on for the win. With the win, the Colts improved to 1–2 and picked up their 8th straight win over the Titans.


2015 Indianapolis Colts season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
Due to an injured shoulder, Andrew Luck missed the first game of his career, and was replaced by 40-year-old veteran Matt Hasselbeck, who avoided any turnovers and led the Colts to a 16–13 win in overtime. Jacksonville kicker Jason Myers would miss 3 game-winning field goal attempts at the end of the fourth quarter and one in overtime. Adam Vinatieri would nail the game winner in overtime to give Indianapolis the win. With the win, the Colts evened their record at 2–2.


2015 Indianapolis Colts season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 5: at Houston Texans
Despite a Hail Mary being thrown at the end of the first half, the Colts still managed to hold on for the win. With their 3rd straight win, the Colts improved to 3–2, and set a new NFL record for most consecutive wins against division opponents with 16.


2015 Indianapolis Colts season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. New England Patriots
This game was notorious for a terrible playcall by the Colts, now known as the Colts Catastrophe. With the Colts trailing 27–21 late in the 3rd quarter, Pagano opted to run a scrimmage play using special teams on 4th and 3 on the Colts' 37-yard line. However, a bizarre formation resulted in a Patriots tackle for loss, Colts turnover, and a flag for illegal formation. The Patriots easily scored a touchdown on the next drive and went on to win the game by 7 points, 34–27. The playcall was universally criticized and was considered by many to be the worst play in NFL history.


2015 Indianapolis Colts season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. New Orleans Saints
In the Super Bowl rematch between the two teams, the Saints started the first half, dominating the Colts 20–0, which stunned Indy's home crowd. The Colts looked for answers in the second half, but Andrew Luck struggled to find open receivers and he was intercepted twice on defense.


2015 Indianapolis Colts season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 8: at Carolina Panthers
The Colts traveled to Charlotte to take on Cam Newton and his undefeated Carolina Panthers, looking to hang their first loss on them. After struggling much in the first half, the Colts answered back in the fourth quarter. However, it wasn't enough to stop the Panthers in overtime and the Colts would lose 29–26.


2015 Indianapolis Colts season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 9: vs. Denver Broncos
Late in the fourth quarter, with the Colts leading 27–24, they looked to extend the lead on a field goal by Adam Vinatieri, but it was overturned and the Colts still won 27–24.


2015 Indianapolis Colts season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 9: vs. Denver Broncos
With the win, the Colts went to 4–5, while the Broncos suffered their first loss and dropped to 7–1.


2015 Indianapolis Colts season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 9: vs. Denver Broncos
However, two days later, Andrew Luck was hospitalized with a lacerated kidney along with an abdominal injury. He ended up missing the rest of the season, putting more pressure on veteran backup Matt Hasselbeck, who was 2–0 in 2 starts due to Luck's previous injury.


2015 Indianapolis Colts season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 11: at Atlanta Falcons
The Colts would trail 21–7 late in the third quarter, but they would fight back to tie the game at 21 after D'Qwell Jackson returned an interception at the Atlanta 6-yard line for a touchdown. The Colts would then later on march down the field to win it with an Adam Vinatieri field goal with 52 seconds left. With the win, the Colts improved to 5–5. They also improved to 14–2 all time against the Falcons.


2015 Indianapolis Colts season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
With the win, the Colts improved to 6–5 and remained in the playoff hunt.


2015 Indianapolis Colts season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 13: at Pittsburgh Steelers
The Colts would suffer an embarrassing loss on national television to the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers would lead for the majority of the game, and the Colts could not get into any rhythm. With the loss, the Colts fell to 6–6.


2015 Indianapolis Colts season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 14: at Jacksonville Jaguars
The Colts would lead 13–3, but Jacksonville would outscore Indianapolis 48–3 from then on. With the loss, the Colts fell to 6–7 and lost to a divisional opponent for the first time since 2012, snapping their NFL record 16-game winning streak in division play.


2015 Indianapolis Colts season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Houston Texans
This, notably, is the Colts' first loss to the Texans at Lucas Oil Stadium since the latter team began play in 2002.


2015 Indianapolis Colts season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 16: at Miami Dolphins
With the win, the Colts improved to 7–8. This was Matt Hasselbeck's final career game.


2015 Indianapolis Colts season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Tennessee Titans
With the win, the Colts ended their season at 8–8 and won their 9th straight game against the Titans.


2015 Indianapolis mayoral election
The Indianapolis mayoral election of 2015 took place on November 3, 2015. Voters elected the Mayor of Indianapolis, members of the Indianapolis City-County Council, as well as several other local officials. Incumbent Republican Greg Ballard did not run for re-election to a third term in office. Primary elections were held on May 5, 2015, with the Democrats nominating former secretary of state of Indiana and United States Attorney Joe Hogsett. Republicans nominated former Marine Chuck Brewer to face Hogsett.


2015 Indianapolis mayoral election
The 2015 Indianapolis City-County elections took place alongside the mayoral election. This would be the first election for the council without the four at-large seats, which were eliminated by the Indiana General Assembly. Democrats also won control of the council, with a 13–12 majority – only the second time since the formation of Unigov in 1970 that the Democrats will have complete control of city government. They also swept all elected city and county offices for the first time since the formation of Unigov. This meant that, for the first time since the creation of the Unigov, the Democratic Party would control both the Indianapolis mayoralty and City Council.


2015 Indianapolis mayoral election, Republican primary
Ahead of the primary, Brewer was seen as having strong odds of winning the Republican nomination.


2015 Indianapolis mayoral election, Democratic primary
Ahead of the primary, Hogsett was seen as having strong odds of capturing the Democratic nomination.


2015 Indianapolis mayoral election, General election
Hogsett was seen as having strong odds of winning the election.


2015 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2015 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis on 9 August 2015.


2015 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix
In the MotoGP category, Marc Márquez took his fifth pole position of the season and ultimately took his third win of the season — and his fifth consecutive win at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Márquez's victory was also the 700th victory in the Grand Prix history for the Honda brand. Behind Márquez were the two Movistar Yamaha riders, Jorge Lorenzo, and Valentino Rossi; the podium was swept by these riders in the previous year. Further down the order, Ducati's Andrea Dovizioso started from tenth on the grid, but he went off track on the first lap.


2015 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix
After he fell to the rear of the field, Dovizioso was able to finish ninth, just behind Cal Crutchlow. Forward Racing did not compete this event following the arrest of team boss Giovanni Cuzari. Stefan Bradl, who was joining Gresini Racing, finished in twentieth place. Toni Elías, who replaced Karel Abraham as Abraham recovered from injuries sustained at the Catalan Grand Prix, finished in twenty-second. Jack Miller crashed out of the race with twenty laps remaining.


2015 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top seven riders and constructors after round ten has concluded.


2015 IndieWire Critics Poll
The winners of the 2015 IndieWire Critics Poll were announced on December 14, 2015.


2015 Individual Ice Racing World Championship
The 2015 FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship was the 2015 version of FIM Individual Ice Racing World Championship season. The world champion was determined by ten races hosted in five cities Krasnogorsk, Tolyatti, Almaty, Assen and Inzell between 31 January and 15 March 2015.


2015 Individual Long Track World Championship
The 2015 Individual Long Track/Grasstrack World Championship was the 45th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.


2015 Individual Long Track World Championship
The world title was won by Jannick de Jong of the Netherlands.


2015 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship
The 2015 European Individual Speedway Junior Championship (also known as the 2015 Speedway European Under 21 Championship) was the 18th edition of the Championship.


2015 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship
The final was staged at Silkeborg in Denmark and was won by Anders Thomsen, the fourth rider from Denmark to do so. He held off compatriot Nikolaj Busk Jakobsen to win by one point, with Poland's Bartosz Smektała taking third place.


2015 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship
The 2015 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship was the 39th edition of the FIM World motorcycle speedway Under-21 Championships.


2015 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship
It was staged over three rounds, at Lonigo, Lublin and Pardubice. The competition was won by Bartosz Zmarzlik, who finished five points ahead of Denmark's Anders Thomsen, despite not winning any of the three rounds to be held. Thomsen finished second after winning a run-off with compatriot Mikkel Michelsen, who won at Lonigo and Pardubice but struggled at Lublin and was unable to catch Zmarzlik, who finished on the podium at each of the rounds. Paweł Przedpełski was the winner on home soil at Lublin.


2015 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship, Classification
The meeting classification was according to the points scored during the meeting, with the total points scored by each rider during each meeting credited as World Championship points. The FIM Speedway Under 21 World Champion was the rider who collected most World Championship points at the end of the series. In case of a tie between one or more riders in the final overall classification, a run-off decided the 1st, 2nd and 3rd places. For all other placings, the better-placed rider in the last meeting was the better placed rider.


2015 Indonesia President's Cup
2015 Indonesia President's Cup (Piala Presiden 2015) is a football tournament held in Indonesia. The tournament was held from August 30 to October 18, 2015. The tournament was inaugurated by President Joko Widodo in Gianyar, Bali.


2015 Indonesia President's Cup, Group stage, Group A
(all games played in Si Jalak Harupat Stadium, Bandung Regency, West Java)


2015 Indonesia President's Cup, Group stage, Group B
(all games played in Kanjuruhan Stadium, Malang Regency, East Java)


2015 Indonesia President's Cup, Group stage, Group C
(all games played in Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium, Gianyar, Bali)


2015 Indonesia President's Cup, Group stage, Group D
(all games played in Andi Mattalata Stadium, Makassar, South Sulawesi)


2015 Indonesia President's Cup, Bracket, Third Place
Game played in Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium, Gianyar, Bali


2015 Indonesia Super League
The 2015 Indonesia Super League, also known as QNB League for sponsorship reasons, was the seventh season of the top-flight Indonesian professional league for association football clubs since its establishment in 2008.


2015 Indonesia Super League
The season was planned to be started in February 2015. It was first officially announced that the 2015 Indonesia Super League would start on 1 February 2015, with verification process for the participants done in December 2014 but because of the reduction to participants to 18 teams, it was planned to start either on 21 or 22 February. After Minister of Youth and Sports Affairs, Imam Nahrawi, postponed the start of the season because of legal verifications reasons, on 23 February 2015, it was agreed that this season would start on 4 April 2015. The revised schedule was planned to end on 23 November 2015.


2015 Indonesia Super League
Persib were the defending champions. Pusamania Borneo joined as the promoted teams from the 2014 Liga Indonesia Premier Division. They replace Persepam Madura United, Persita, Persija, Persiba Bantul, and Persik who were relegated to the 2015 Liga Indonesia Premier Division.


2015 Indonesia Super League
The season would have some changes including the implementation of three different kick-off time for weekend matches, which are 15:30, 19:00 and 21:00. There would be also only two weekday matches scheduled.


2015 Indonesia Super League
This season was officially discontinued by PSSI on 2 May 2015 due to a ban by Imam Nahrawi, Minister of Youth and Sports Affairs, against PSSI to run any football competition.


2015 Indonesia Super League, Teams
Eighteen teams competed in the league – the 17 teams from the previous season and the one team promoted from the Premier Division. The new teams this season were Pusamania Borneo and Persiwa, who replaced Persepam Madura United, Persita, Persija, and Persiba Bantul.


2015 Indonesia Super League, Teams
Persiwa and Persik were excluded before the season for failing to comply with financial and infrastructure requirements.


2015 Indonesia Super League, Teams, Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and coaches may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 Indonesia Super League, Teams, Foreign players
Football Association of Indonesia restricted the number of foreign players to three per team. A team can use all three foreign players at once.


2015 Indonesia Super Series Premier
The 2015 Indonesia Super Series Premier was the sixth Super Series tournament of the 2015 BWF Super Series. The tournament took place in Jakarta, Indonesia from 2–7 June 2015 with a total purse of $800,000.


2015 Indonesia national football team results
The following article is a summary of the 2015 Indonesia national football team results


2015 Indonesian Masters Grand Prix Gold
The 2015 Indonesian Masters Grand Prix Gold was the twentieth grand prix's badminton tournament of the 2015 BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. The tournament was held at the Gedung Graha Cakrawala, Kompleks Universitas Negeri Malang in Malang, East Java, Indonesia December 1–6, 2015 and had a total purse of $120,000.


2015 Indonesian Movie Awards
The 9th Annual Indonesian Movie Awards was an awards ceremony held on May 18, 2015, at the Balai Sarbini, South Jakarta. The show was hosted by Nirina Zubir, Ringgo Agus Rahman, and Dennis Adhiswara. Nominations in the category of "Favorite" were chosen by members of the public via SMS, and in the category of "Best" by an appointed jury. Guest stars who performed at the event include Ridho Rhoma, Ayu Ting Ting, Mieke Wijaya, Willy Dozan, Chelsea Islan, Tatjana Saphira, Vincent Rompies, and Desta.


2015 Indonesian Movie Awards
Nada Untuk Asa led the nominations with eight, with Cahaya Dari Timur: Beta Maluku followed with seven nominations and Di Balik 98 with six nominations. Cahaya Dari Timur: Beta Maluku was the biggest winner with receiving three golden film trophy awards. Other winners Di Balik 98 and Nada Untuk Asa won two trophy awards apiece.


2015 Indonesian Movie Awards
For their work in Indonesian cinema, a Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Mieke Wijaya and a Special Award to Alex Komang.


2015 Indonesian local elections
Local elections were held in Indonesia on 9 December 2015. Eligible voters went to the polls to determine 9 gubernatorial, 224 regent and 36 mayoral races across the country. This election marks the first time since Indonesia's transition to democracy that local elections are held simultaneously in one day. Under the current plan, simultaneous partial local elections will be held in February 2017, June 2018, December 2020, culminating in simultaneous elections for all local executive posts on 2024.


2015 Indonesian local elections, Schedule
In the timetable organized by the General Elections Commission (KPU), independent candidates were to submit signatures for nominations between 8–12 June 2015 (for gubernatorial candidates) and between 11–15 June 2015 (for regent and mayoral candidates). The independents along with candidates with support from political parties in the respective local legislatures formally registered their candidacies between 26–28 July. The documents submitted were verified and the candidates undertook medical check-ups. The local electoral commissions (KPUD) announced the candidates that will contest the elections on 24 August.


2015 Indonesian local elections, Schedule
Campaigning ran between 27 August and 5 December. No campaigning were allowed between 6–8 December (the eve of the election).


2015 Indonesian local elections, Schedule
Polling stations opened in the morning on 9 December 2015 and closed in the afternoon.


2015 Indonesian local elections, Gubernatorial races
Note: Incumbents denoted in italic is either term-limited or not running for re-election.


2015 Indonesian local elections, Regent races
Note: Incumbents denoted in italic is either term-limited or not running for re-election.


2015 Indonesian local elections, Mayoral races
Note: Incumbents denoted in italic is either term-limited or not running for re-election.


2015 Indoor Football League season
The 2015 Indoor Football League season was the seventh season of the Indoor Football League. Playing with ten teams in two conferences located in mid-sized cities predominately in the central United States, the league's regular season kicked off on February 28, 2015, when the reigning league champion Sioux Falls Storm travelled to the Bemidji Axemen. The regular season ended 16 weeks later on June 20, 2015, with the Green Bay Blizzard visiting the Iowa Barnstormers. The playoffs were held in two rounds with the top two teams in each conference facing off in a conference championship game followed by the winners of those games meeting in the United Bowl.


2015 Indoor Football League season, Teams
For 2015, the IFL maintained its two-conference no-divisions format with each of 10 teams played 14 games during the 16-week regular season. This is the one more teams than the number of teams as played in the 2014 IFL season. The Texas-based Wichita Falls Nighthawks expansion team replaced the Texas Revolution which left for Champions Indoor Football for the 2015 season. The Iowa Barnstormers joined the IFL from the Arena Football League after making a move due to easier regional travel. The Wyoming Cavalry folded, and the league accepted the expansion franchise of Billings Wolves and the Wichita Falls Nighthawks.


2015 Indoor Football League season, Expansion
In January 2014, the league announced that the Billings Wolves would join the league for the 2015 season. The Wolves played their home games at Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark in Billings, Montana. The city was previously home to the Billings Outlaws, who folded after a tornado heavily damaged the arena leaving them with heavy, uninsured losses.


2015 Indoor Football League season, Expansion
On August 25, 2014, the Nighthawks became official members of the Indoor Football League.


2015 Indy Eleven season
The 2015 Indy Eleven season will be the club's second season of existence. The club will play in North American Soccer League, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid.


2015 Indy Eleven season, Transfers, Winter
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 Indy Eleven season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 Indy Eleven season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 Indy Eleven season, Transfers, Summer
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 Indy Eleven season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 Indy Eleven season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 Indy Eleven season, Competitions, U.S. Open Cup
The Eleven will compete in the 2015 edition of the Open Cup.


2015 Indy Grand Prix of Louisiana
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2015 Indy Grand Prix of Louisiana
The 2015 Indy Grand Prix of Louisiana was the second round of the 2015 IndyCar Series season, and the race took place on April 12 in New Orleans, Louisiana, at the NOLA Motorsports Park. The race was won by James Hinchcliffe for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports. Hélio Castroneves finished second for Team Penske. James Jakes finished third ahead of Simona de Silvestro, and Juan Pablo Montoya. The top finishing rookie in the race was Gabby Chaves, in 15th position.


2015 Indy Grand Prix of Louisiana, Report, Qualifying
Qualifying was cancelled as rain brought an early end to proceedings. The grid was set by entrant points standings from the previous race; the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.


2015 Indy Grand Prix of Louisiana, Report, Race results
Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps, and 1 point for Pole Position.


2015 Indy Grand Prix of Louisiana, Report, Race results
Race was scheduled for 75 laps but shortened due to time limit.


2015 Indy Lights
The 2015 Indy Lights season was the 30th season of the Indy Lights open wheel motor racing series and the 14th sanctioned by IndyCar, acting as the primary support series for the IndyCar Series. The 2015 season was the second promoted by Andersen Promotions, who also promote the other steps on the Mazda Road to Indy. It was the first season for the Dallara IL-15 along with a Mazda MZR-R turbocharged 4-cylinder engine, developed by Advanced Engine Research. 2015 was the second season with Cooper Tire as the sole tire supplier. The championship was contested over 16 races, starting on March 28 at St. Petersburg, Florida and ending on September 13 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.


2015 Indy Lights, Schedule
The 2015 schedule was released on November 3, 2014. Iowa was added in place of Pocono, whereas Sonoma was replaced by a standalone round at Laguna Seca. The rounds at St. Petersburg and Toronto were expanded to double-headers, therefore the number of races increased to 16.


2015 IndyCar Series
The 2015 Verizon IndyCar Series was the 20th season of the IndyCar Series and the 104th season of American open wheel racing. Its premier event was the 99th Indianapolis 500, which was held on May 24. Will Power returned as the reigning champion, while Ryan Hunter-Reay was the defending Indy 500 champion. Chevrolet entered the season as the reigning Manufacturers' champion. Indianapolis 500 and the season finale counted for double points.


2015 IndyCar Series
The season was marred by the death of driver Justin Wilson at Pocono, after being struck on the head by debris from Sage Karam's car.


2015 IndyCar Series
A week after Wilson's fatal accident, the finale was held at Sonoma Raceway, where Scott Dixon secured his fourth career title after a low-key season that saw him win on a tiebreak against Juan Pablo Montoya following his third win of the season after many consistent finishes leading up to the finale. Montoya won the Indianapolis 500 earlier in the season. It was a very competitive season with no standout performers and many different race winners and pacesetters. Except Dixon's three race wins, he finished on the podium only once, but due to their consistent finishing Dixon and Montoya had a significant margin to reigning champion Will Power in third.


2015 IndyCar Series, Schedule
O  Oval/Speedway R  Road course/Street circuitBOLD indicates a Fuzzy's Ultra Premium Vodka Triple Crown event.


2015 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 1: St. Petersburg
The season opener at St. Petersburg was also the debut of unique aero kits for Honda and Chevrolet. Apprehension amongst the teams going into the race revolved around the complex, elaborate, and seemingly fragile front wings, and the lack of adequate replacement parts. The concerns were not unfounded, as dozens of on-track contacts throughout the field damaged countless wing components.