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In a major narcotics bust, Tripura Police seized 16,000 Yaba tablets and six kilograms of ganja during a raid at Amtali under West Tripura District.

Speaking on the issue, Officer-in-Charge of the Government Railway Police (GRP), Tapas Das, stated that late last night they received information indicating that some Rohingya and Bangladeshi nationals would arrive at Agartala Railway Station to leave the state.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres hopes "good neighbourly relations" between India and China will be strengthened following their agreement on border de-escalation, his Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq said on Tuesday.

Speaking on the issue, BJP leader Pratik Kishore Dev Varma stated that the BJP and Tipra Motha alliance government is functioning smoothly, but there are individuals attempting to disrupt the peace in the state and create a rift within the alliance.

Defence Minister of Singapore, Ng Eng Hen, called on President Droupadi Murmu at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here on Tuesday, an official said, adding the visiting dignitary also chaired the sixth India-Singapore Defence Ministerial Dialogue along with his Indian counterpart Rajnath Singh.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday held bilateral discussions on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in the Russian city of Kazan.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its verdict on a batch of petitions challenging the Allahabad High Court ruling which had struck down the Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education Act, 2004 as unconstitutional and violative of the principles of secularism.

An IndiGo Airlines flight with 183 passengers on board on Tuesday evening had to make an emergency landing at the Jaipur International Airport after receiving a bomb threat.

India's former High Commissioner to Pakistan, Ajay Bisaria believes that continuing terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir by Pakistan-backed terror outfits will keep on pushing back any hopes of normalcy in India-Pakistan relations.

An under-construction building collapsed in Bengaluru on Tuesday, following heavy rains that continued to lash the city.  According to sources, about 17 construction labourers are feared trapped inside the debris.

To boost surface connectivities and economic growth, the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has stressed the need to speed up the 98 National Highway projects in four northeastern states – Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Tripura, officials said on Tuesday. 

The West Bengal government on Tuesday ordered the closure of schools and colleges in nine districts in the state from October 23 to October 25 in view of the impending threat from the cyclone "Dana".

A single-judge vacation bench of Calcutta High Court, on Tuesday, has put an interim stay on the decision of the authorities of R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata to suspend 51 doctors attached to the hospital who had been accused of “threat culture” within the hospital premises.

Cases of mycoplasma pneumonia, a respiratory disease caused by bacteria, in Japan have marked a record high for the third straight week, local media reported on Tuesday.

Highlighting the time-tested India-Russia partnership and his friendship with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday emphasised that the bond between the two countries is so strong that PM Modi would understand him without needing the help of any translator.

India’s data centre operational capacity is projected to more than double to 2,000-2,100 MW by FY27 from 950 MW in FY24, involving an investment in the range of Rs 50,000-Rs 55,000 crore, a report said on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday reiterated to Russian President Vladimir Putin that India is ready to provide any possible assistance in the future to resolve the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

A heated argument escalated during the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) meeting on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024, resulting in Trinamool Congress MP, Kalyan Banerjee breaking a glass bottle.

Adani Energy Solutions Limited (AESL) on Tuesday reported an impressive 172 per cent surge in net profit at Rs 773 crore in the July-September quarter (Q2) this fiscal.

A representative of WBJDF, the umbrella body of junior doctors, spearheading the movement against the ghastly rape and murder of a female colleague at the R.G. Kar in August, said their delegation has handed over the state government a 137-page document on this count

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said India is gearing up for a second white revolution and aims to connect all the eight crore milk-producing farmers to the cooperative infrastructure in the near future.

Counter intelligence Kashmir (CIK), a wing of Jammu and Kashmir’s CID department, on Tuesday, busted a recruitment module of an offshoot of terrorist outfit, Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) during raids in the Valley.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday extended birthday greetings to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, saying he is a hardworking leader who has devoted his life to strengthening the BJP and has made a mark as an exceptional administrator.

The expansion of BRICS with the addition of new members last year has added to its inclusivity and agenda for the global good, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday as he embarked on a two-day visit to Kazan, Russia to attend the 16th BRICS Summit.

Israeli Cabinet ministers have been informed that a planned counter-attack against Iran will take place "very soon", state media has reported.