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Lok Sabha MP Radha Mohan Singh has been appointed the Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways, reports ANI

A bus carrying around 45 to 50 people fell into a gorge on Rikhnikhal-Birokhal road near Simdi village in Uttarakhand, news agency ANI reported. 

Punjab police chief on Tuesday constituted a four-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the escape of gangster Deepak Tinu from police custody.

Narendra Modi spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday and asserted that there can be no military solution to the Ukraine conflict, while also underlining that endangerment of nuclear facilities could have catastrophic consequences.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in cooperation with several State/UT police, conducted searches at around 105 locations across India. 'Operation Chakra' was aimed at combating cyber-enabled financial crimes. A significant quantity of digital evidence, ₹1.5 crore in cash, and 1.5kg gold were found.

Prime minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday expressed grief over a road accident in Gujarat's Vadodara in which at least persons were killed and four others were injured.

Indian Railways has announced 179 special trains till Chhath Puja this year to meet increased demand during the festive season.

Reliance Jio will begin a beta trial of its 5G service in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Varanasi from October 5 with a select set of customers, the company said in a statement on Tuesday, reported news agency PTI.

A Delhi court on Tuesday sent a Russian national, arrested for alleged manipulation of JEE (Mains) examination last year, to two days' CBI custody, PTI reported.

About 140 million people in Bangladesh were without power on Tuesday afternoon after a grid failure caused widespread blackouts, AFP reported.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday announced that the Gujjar, Bakerwal and Pahari communities in Jammu and Kashmir will get reservation benefits in accordance with the recommendations of the Justice Sharma Commission which examined the issue of quota.

A senior leader of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) distributed liquor and chicken among locals in Warangal a day ahead of his boss K Chandrashekhar Rao's proposed move to launch a national party. Watch here

20 trainees of the Uttarkashi-based Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM) are trapped after a massive avalanche hit the Draupadi ka Danda-2 in Uttarakhand.

The cabinet on Tuesday approved three amendments to provisions contained in the “Policy Guidelines on Expansion of FM Radio Broadcasting Services through Private Agencies (Phase-III)”, referred to as Private FM Phase-III Policy Guidelines to enable radio channels to leverage economies of scale and improve ease of doing business.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2022 was awarded to Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger on Tuesday at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm.

The Bombay high court has granted bail to former Maharashtra minister Anil Deshmukh in a money laundering case registered by the Enforcement Directorate.

28 trainees of Nehru Mountaineering Institute trapped after avalanche in Uttarkashi, rescue ops on, says Uttarakhand CM.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Dhalpur Ground Kullu, Himachal Pradesh on October 5.

He will participate in the International Kullu Dussehra Festival and witness this unique Rath Yatra of more than 300 Deities. It will be the first time ever that the Prime Minister of the country will be participating in the Kullu Dussehra celebrations.

In J&K top cop's murder, his domestic help held hours after massive manhunt launched, say police

Delhi has reported 412 cases of dengue in the past week, taking the total tally of the cases to 937 for this year.

693 dengue cases have been recorded in the month of September itself, while 75 cases of dengue were reported in the entire month of August, according to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). The data by MCD said that no deaths from Dengue have been reported this year.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah offered prayers at the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine in Katra on Tuesday morning.

The Home Minister reached the Katra shrine via the Sanjhichatt Helipad. He was accompanied by Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and Union Minister Jitendra Singh.

This is Shah's first visit to the holy cave shrine after being appointed as the Union Home Minister.

India has raised total import duty on platinum to 15.4 per cent from 10.75 per cent, the government said in a notification on Monday, seeking to bring parity in import duty structure between gold and platinum.

The government in July had increased the import duty on gold to 15 per cent but kept the tax on platinum imports unchanged at 10.75 per cent.

Plane aficionados now have a chance to own a piece of one of the world’s most iconic aircraft -- Airbus SE’s A380, the largest and most spacious passenger jet.

Airbus is holding a three-day auction of some 500 pieces of the superjumbo, starting Oct. 13. Items on sale include lamps, a bar, trolleys, seats, emergency exit signs, baby bassinets and even a cockpit rescue rope. People can also bid on artwork created by street artists using different parts of the aircraft, such as engine blades.

India's Covid-19 tally dip below 2K-mark with 1,968 new cases; Active caseload at 34,598.