Elections to 10 Rajya Sabha seats, including those held by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien, will be held July 24, the Election Commission said Tuesday

Yevgeny Prigozhin, owner of the private army of inmate recruits and other mercenaries that has fought some of the deadliest battles in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, is in Belarus after his abortive armed rebellion against the Kremlin, Belarus’s president said Tuesday.

 A Russian airstrike Tuesday targeted a military post of a group linked to al-Qaeda in northwest Syria killing at least six militants, medical officials and a war monitor said.

The World Health Organisation's European office Tuesday warned the risk of Covid-19 has not gone away, saying it was still responsible for nearly 1,000 deaths a week in the region

The state government Tuesday ordered compulsory retirement of Nabarangpur Additional SubCollector Prasanta Kumar Rout, who was arrested on charges of possessing disproportionate assets (DA) worth `5 crore, said an official.

 The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has asked Odisha Chief Secretary Pradeep Kumar Jena to take appropriate action on a complaint filed by BJP MP Aparajita Sarangi and party’s state president Manmohan Samal on alleged violation of the ‘Conduct Rules’ by an IAS officer

The special court of Additional District Judge (ADJ-III) here Tuesday sentenced former Gunupur MLA Ram Murty Gomanga to life imprisonment for murdering his wife Sashirekha in 1995

Diwali, the festival of lights, will now be enshrined as a school holiday in New York City (NYC), authorities announced here and described it as a ‘victory’ for the city’s residents, including the Indian community.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has reiterated his request to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to withdraw goods and services tax (GST) on kendu leaves in the greater interests of the pluckers, binders and seasonal workers.

The much-awaited Gangadhar Meher lift irrigation (LI) project in Bargarh district will be made functional by September 2023, Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said Tuesday.

Arabinda Kumar Padhee assumed charge as Principal Secretary Cooperation department Tuesday. Soon after joining, he interacted with the department officials. During the interaction, he told officials about his priorities for the department.

A total of 22 claims for disability and hospitalisation due to the Bahanaga train accident involving three trains have been lodged with the general insurance companies, under the IRCTC travel accident insurance scheme for train passengers till date, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) said Tuesday. In the accident that happened early this month, a total of 292 passengers were killed and over a 1,000 were injured.

Delhi is set to lose its famous Deer Park with the central authorities cancelling its recognition as a ‘mini zoo’ and deciding to translocate the animals due to their rapidly increasing numbers and inadequate manpower.

The Centre's decision to remove 20 per cent retaliatory import duty on American apples will pile on difficulties for the already stressed Kashmiri horticulture industry, fruit dealers and growers in the valley said

 Opposition parties Tuesday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his comments on the UCC with the Congress saying he was making such remarks only to divert attention from the real issues like unemployment and Manipur violence and AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi asking whether the country's pluralism would be "snatched away" in the name of the UCC.

A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court by the sister of slain gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad and Ashraf seeking constitution of a commission chaired by a retired apex court judge to inquire into their "custodial" and "extra judicial deaths

The ED arrested real estate company Supertech's chairman and owner R K Arora on money-laundering charges Tuesday, official sources said.

The Manipur government has decided to invoke "no work, no pay" rule for its employees who are not attending office.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a health alert after five cases of malaria were reported in Texas and Florida in the last two months.

India’s current account deficit narrowed to USD 1.3 billion or 0.2 per cent of GDP in the JanuaryMarch quarter of FY23, mainly due to moderation in the trade deficit and a robust increase in services exports, RBI data showed Tuesday.