On the 9th International Yoga Day, President Droupadi Murmu performed yoga at Rashtrapati Bhavan today. Several ministers and BJP leaders performed yoga in different parts of the country to celebrate the day.

The Ukraine issue will come up in the discussions between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden, a White House official said.

China Tuesday blocked a proposal by India and the US at the United Nations to designate Pakistan-based Lashkare-Taiba (LeT) terrorist Sajid Mir, wanted for his involvement in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, as a global terrorist.

The deadline for submitting online application for admission into Class XI in state’s higher secondary schools through the Student Academic Management System (SAMS) has been extended from June 20 to June 26, the School and Mass Education (S&ME) department said Tuesday.

Schools in this district have extended the summer holidays by a day and those in Sundargarh and Bargarh districts by a couple of days respectively due to the ongoing heatwave, officials said Tuesday. Also the timings of the schools in these three districts have been revised, they added.

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials Tuesday grilled Soro Section Signal Junior Engineer (JE) Amir Khan for a marathon 6.5 hours in connection with the triple train mishap near Bahanaga Bazar Station in Balasore district June 2.

Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Tuesday visited Bahanaga in Balasore district where the triple-train tragedy took place June 2 evening that killed 292 people and announced Rs 2 crore for the development of Bahanaga village.

Arrested Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji will undergo an openheart surgery at a private hospital here on June 21, Health Minister Ma Subramanian said on Tuesday, a week after the beleaguered DMK leader was advised a bypass surgery

The flood situation in Assam was serious Tuesday with nearly 31,000 people still reeling under the deluge across 10 districts of the state, an official said. The India Meteorological Department has issued a ‘Red Alert’ and predicted ‘very heavy’ to ‘extremely heavy’ rainfall across several districts of Assam over the next five days.

: Holding elections cannot be a "licence for violence", the Supreme Court said Tuesday as it dismissed the petitions of the West Bengal government and the State Election Commission (SEC) challenging the Calcutta High Court order directing the state poll panel to deploy central forces across West Bengal for the July 8 panchayat election

Leaders of ten opposition parties from violence hit Manipur, led by Congress, Tuesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of ignoring the people of the north eastern state and not meeting the opposition leaders before leaving for his US visit

The Punjab Assembly Tuesday passed a bill to replace the governor with the Chief Minister as the chancellor of state-run universities following a brief debate.

Asserting that India follows a zero-tolerance policy on spurious medicines, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has said 71 companies have been issued show-cause notices following concerns raised in some quarters about reported deaths due to contaminated India-made cough syrups and 18 of them have been asked to shut shop.

Ukrainian air defences downed 32 of 35 Shahed exploding drones launched by Russia early Tuesday, most of them in the Kyiv region, officials said, in a bombardment that exposed gaps in the country's air protection after almost 16 months of war.

Valuation of Adani Group’s eight companies more than halved in the six months to April 2023 against just a 6 per cent decline in the top 500 non-government companies, a report said Tuesday.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Monday suggested identification of credit-deficient districts in each state and carrying out special credit outreach camps there.

Buoyed by the recent triumph in the Intercontinental Cup, the Indian football team will enter the SAFF Championship 2023 as a confident unit and look to extend their dominance in the tournament.

Skipper Pat Cummins (44 n o, 73b, 4x4, 2x6) and Nathan Lyon (16 n o, 28b) stitched together an unbeaten 55 runs in 12 overs to help Australia script a thrilling twowicket victory in the first Ashes Test here, Tuesday.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has written to opposition parties to discuss the Centre's ordinance on the control of administrative services in the national capital at the June 23 meeting of non-BJP parties.

A report by the Manipur cabinet subcommittee on identifying illegal immigrants says over 2,000 Myanmar nationals have set up settlements inside Manipur and refused to be moved to designated shelters