Rajya Sabha Tuesday passed a Bill to regulate the appointment and service terms of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and election commissioners (ECs) with key amendments like retaining their status at par with Supreme Court judges, upgrading the search committee and inserting a new clause to protect them from court cases while discharging their official duties.

The BJP Tuesday picked first-time MLA Bhajan Lal Sharma as Rajasthan’s new Chief M i n i s t e r, e n d i n g d ay s o f speculation that followed its victory in the Assembly polls.

India’s industrial production growth accelerated to 16-month high of 11.7 per cent in October, mainly due to double-digit growth in manufacturing, power and mining sectors’ output, according to the official data released Tuesday.

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Tuesday announced the date sheets for Class X and XII board exams with the examination for both classes beginning from February 15. The Class X exams will conclude March 13 and the Class XII exams April 2.

The Income Tax (I-T) department Tuesday winded up its six-day search operation and left the country-liquor manufacturing unit in Bolangir district after recovering more than Rs 350 crore in unaccounted cash and about 3 kg gold, officials said.

Keeping in view the demands from travelling public and to clear additional rush in regular trains, the East Coast Railways (ECoR) has decided to extend the services of nominated special trains from and through ECoR jurisdiction and extend the services of special trains for more time period.

A total of 90 girl students of Kasturba Gandhi Girls’ School at Bhaliadiha under this block in Mayurbhanj district had to walk for over six kilometres Tuesday to appear for their mathematics examination.

Aluminium producer Hindalco Industries announced Tuesday its plan to set up a battery foil manufacturing facility at Sambalpur at an investment of `800 crore to tap the fast-expanding electric vehicle market.

The Uttar Pradesh government is all set to establish a 50 MW solar plant in the heart of the Bakhira bird sanctuary, a Ramsar site touted as India’s largest natural floodplain wetland in Sant Kabir Nagar district.

The national capital has witnessed over three per cent decline in the number of fatality this year as compared to last year data, said police Tuesday

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut has been booked on the charge of sedition and other offences for writing an objectionable article against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the party mouthpiece 'Saamana', a senior official said Tuesday

The Delhi High Court Tuesday dismissed National Conference leader Omar Abdullah's plea seeking divorce from his estranged wife on grounds of cruelty, saying there was no merit in his appeal.

The Election Commission has revoked the suspension of Telangana DGP Anjani Kumar after the officer tendered an unconditional apology, sources said Tuesday

Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan Tuesday claimed that his car was “attacked” by the Students Federation of India activists at the behest of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan as he has called for a report on the financial health of the state government.

23 Pakistani soldiers die as six terrorists ram explosive-laden truck into a security post in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

A newborn girl, who was found stuck in an abandoned borewell in Sambalpur district, was rescued Tuesday night after an over five-hourlong operation, officials said.

Chilly weather conditions prevailed in parts of Odisha as mercury plummeted below 10 degrees Celsius mark Tuesday

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with US lawmakers on Capitol Hill Tuesday to make a last-ditch plea to keep military support flowing as he battles Russia

Israeli forces carried out strikes across Gaza overnight and into Tuesday as they pressed ahead with an offensive that officials say could go on for weeks or months, even as global calls for a ceasefire left both Israel and its main ally, the United States, increasingly isolated.

The Reserve Bank of India Tuesday increased the limit for automatic payments through UPI to Rs 1 lakh per transaction from the existing Rs 15,000 for certain categories, including subscription to mutual funds.