February 25, 2023: The first Vande Bharat train in South India was hit by stones while en route to Bengaluru Cantonment, leading to damage to six panoramic windows.
April 6, 2023: The Vande Bharat Express departing from Visakhapatnam encountered an episode of stone pelting, leading to the breaking of a coach's glass pane.
May 2, 2023: Stones were thrown at the Vande Bharat train as it traveled from Kasaragod to Thiruvananthapuram, passing through Tirur in the Malappuram district.
June 18, 2023: The Dehradun-Delhi Vande Bharat Express encountered a case of stone pelting near Muzaffarnagar station, marking the seventh incident since January.
July 26, 2023: Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw disclosed to Parliament that Railways has incurred a loss exceeding Rs 55 lakh since 2019 as a result of damages from stone pelting on Vande Bharat trains.
August 6, 2023: A Vande Bharat Express en route from Gorakhpur to Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki encountered another episode of stone-throwing, causing damage to a coach's window near Safedabad Railway Station.