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Former Punjab chief minister and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) patriarch Parkash Singh Badal passed away at the age of 95 on Tuesday. The 95-year-old veteran politician was admitted to the Fortis Hospital in Mohali more than a week ago after he complained of uneasiness while breathing. The five-time former chief minister of Punjab was hospitalised in June last year also following complaints related to gastritis and bronchial asthma.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday filed supplementary charge sheet against former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia in connection with excise policy case. The Special Judge MK Nagpal had earlier decided to reserve the order on the bail plea of Sisodia and fixed April 26 for the pronouncement of the order. Appearing for Manish Sisodia, Senior Advocate Dayan Krishnan submitted that it is not the job of the ED to tell what happened in the GoM and the cabinet, the job of the ED should be to tell that if any crime was committed, and who benefited from it.

First batch of stranded Indians leave Sudan under Operation Kaveri, INS Sumedha with 278 people onboard departs Port Sudan for Jeddah.

PM Narendra Modi lays the foundation stone of Digital Science Park in Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala. 

A strong undersea earthquake of 7.1 magnitude on early Tuesday sent streams of people fleeing to higher ground in eastern Indonesia before the Tsunami danger passed.

Footage released by the National Disaster Mitigation Agency showed streams of people in a village on Mentawai Island fled to the highlands by foot and motorcycles under the rain in darkness, while some patients at the village's hospital were evacuated to its yard as cracks showed in the facility's floor.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar delivered the keynote address at the India-Latin America Business event, highlighting ten important reasons why the India-Panama business collaboration has strong prospects and merits-focused endeavours.

EAM Jaishankar is on a visit to Latin America and arrived in Panama City for a two-day visit.

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Operation Kaveri to bring stranded Indians from Sudan underway; 278 people are being brought to India

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WHO says contaminated cough syrup made in India found in Western Pacific

Contaminated cough syrup made by an Indian company has been found in the Marshall Islands and Micronesia, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, after a spate of child deaths linked to similar syrups in some countries last year.

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CBI files supplementary charge sheet against Sisodia in excise policy case

CBI files supplementary charge sheet against former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia in excise policy case, say officials.

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"Forced to run from pillar to post to get justice": Wrestlers in petition to SC

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It is said Rs 1.5 lakh crore has been looted from Karnataka: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

Congress will strengthen Karnataka's 'Nandini' brand, no cooperative will come from outside, says Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.

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Amit Shah defends scrapping 4% reservation for Muslims in Karnataka

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday defended the BJP government's decision in Karnataka of scrapping 4 per cent quota for Muslims saying the party never believed in religion-based reservation'. The former BJP chief also took a dig at Congress for its stand that the quota would be restored if it is voted to power in the state after the May 10 Assembly polls.

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PM Narendra Modi interacts with students on Vande Bharat Express train in Kerala

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Ajinkya Rahane back in Indian team for WTC final, Suryakumar and Kuldeep dropped

Ajinkya Rahane, who has added a dash of aggression to his batting style, made a comeback to the Indian team on Tuesday for the World Test Championship (WTC) final against Australia as the BCCI announced a 15-man squad for the one-off contest. The WTC final will be played in London at the Oval from June 7 to 11.

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CM Kejriwal inaugurates 180 new websites of 50 depts of Delhi govt

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday inaugurated 180 new websites of 50 departments of the Delhi government and stressed on using artificial intelligence to make services more accessible to the common people.

 

Some of the departments whose websites were inaugurated include the transport and the public works departments.

 

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Voting for JD(S) means giving your vote to Congress, says Amit Shah in Bagalkote

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PM Narendra Modi lays the foundation stone of Digital Science Park in Thiruvananthapuram

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Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai campaigns in Hubli-Dharwad ahead of polls

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PM Narendra Modi flags off Kerala's first Vande Bharat Express train

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on a two-day visit to Kerala, flagged off the state's first Vande Bharat Express train from here on Tuesday. Modi flagged off the train from the Thiruvananthapuram Central Railway station here at 10.30 AM.

 

Prior to flagging off the Vande Bharat Express from platform 1 of the railway station, he interacted with a group of school children inside one of the coaches of the train, the PTI reported. 

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PM Modi reaches Thiruvananthapuram Central railway station to flag off Vande Bharat

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Kedarnath Dham yatra resumes as weather condition improves in Uttarakhand

The Kedarnath Dham yatra resumed after the weather condition improved in Uttarakhand's Rudraprayag on Tuesday morning. Uttarakhand Director General of Police Ashok Kumar told ANI, "As weather conditions have improved, pilgrims are allowed to visit the Kedarnath Dham", DGP Ashok Kumar said.