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Will legalise abortion if Democrats win Congress in mid-terms, says Biden

US President Joe Biden on Tuesday said that if the Democrats hold a majority in the House of Representatives and win seats in the Senate in the mid-term elections in November, Congress would float a bill legalising abortion.

One more suspected jihadist arrested in AQIS/ABT case in Assam

22 IEDs, 279 cartridges, three hand grenades recovered in anti-Naxal op in J'khand

French cement giant Lafarge fined $778 million for supporting terror groups in Syria

French cement giant Lafarge SA will pay a $778 million fine to the US Justice Department for supporting terror groups in Syria during the Syrian civil war, Lafarge and its parent Holcim Group announced Tuesday.

Lafarge SA and its defunct subsidiary Lafarge Cement Syria "have agreed to plead guilty to one count of conspiring to provide material support to designated foreign terrorist organizations in Syria from August 2013 to October 2014," the companies said in a statement.

Two labourers from UP killed in grenade attack by LeT terrorist in J&K

President accepts Delhi minister Rajendra Pal Gautam with immediate effect

As TET-2014 qualified students protest in Bengal, BJP blames TMC govt

Ukraine foreign minister proposes breaking diplomatic ties with Iran

Ukraine's foreign minister said on Tuesday he was submitting a proposal to President Volodymyr Zelenskyyto formally cut diplomatic ties with Tehran after a wave of Russian attacks using what Kyiv says are Iranian-made drones.

Russia launched dozens of "kamikaze" drones on targets in Ukraine on Monday, striking energy infrastructure and killing several civilians.

Ukraine says the attacks were carried out with Iranian-made Shahed-136 drones. Tehran denies supplying the drones.

German cybersecurity chief sacked over Russia ties

Germany's cybersecurity chief has been sacked, an interior ministry spokesman told AFP on Tuesday, after reports he had links to Russian intelligence services.

Arne Schoenbohm, head of the Federal Cyber Security Authority (BSI), has been relieved of his duties "with immediate effect", the spokesman said, blaming "the allegations revealed and widely discussed in the media" as one of the reasons behind the action.

NCB Mumbai busts three inter-state drug cartels, seizes cocaine, MDMA, LSD, other drugs

UK govt summons Chinese envoy after consulate protester assault

India's defence sector will be a world leader soon: Rajnath Singh

Residents living near TN's Vaigai River on alert after 7,500 cusecs of water released

Energy situation in Ukraine 'critical' after Russian strikes on infrastructure

The situation in Ukraine is "critical" following waves of Russian strikes targeting the country's energy infrastructure ahead of winter, Ukraine's presidency said Tuesday.

"The situation is critical now across the country because our regions are dependent on one another... it's necessary for the whole country to prepare for electricity, water and heating outages," Kyrylo Tymoshenko, the deputy head of the Ukrainian president's office, told Ukrainian television.

Indian Railways notifies 32 special services for festive season

Pak refuses to answer questions on Dawood Ibrahim, Hafiz Saeed during Interpol meet

Corruption and financial crimes have harmed welfare of citizens of many countries, says PM Modi at Interpol meet

Jay Shah confirms India won't travel to Pakistan for Asia Cup 2023

India is a case study for the world, says PM Modi at 90th Interpol General Assembly in New Delhi

No safe havens for corrupt, terrorists, drug cartels, poaching gangs, or organised crime, says PM Modi at 90th Interpol General Assembly in New Delhi

India one of the top contributors towards UN peacekeeping operations, says PM Modi at 90th Interpol General Assembly in New Delhi

PM Modi addresses 90th Interpol General Assembly in New Delhi

No decision on ICC Chairman post yet, says BCCI VP Rajiv Shukla

Delhi HC denies bail to Umar Khalid

PM Modi inaugurates 90th Interpol General Assembly in New Delhi

All seven onboard killed in Kedarnath helicopter crash, says Rudraprayag District Disaster Management official

IMD forecasts formation of cyclone over west-central Bay of Bengal on Saturday

Terminal-2 of Kempegowda International Airport to be inaugurated by PM Modi on November 11

Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami expresses condolences over the helicopter crash in Kedarnath

Union Cabinet hikes minimum support price for crops

Amit Shah expresses grief over helicopter crash in Kedarnath

Roger Binny appointed as next BCCI President taking over from Sourav Ganguly

SC to hear pleas challenging remission of sentence and release of 11 convicts in Bilkis case on Nov 29

Helicopter carrying Kedarnath pilgrims from Phata crashes, casualties feared

Delhi court refuses to cancel bail of Tejashwi Yadav on CBI plea in IRCTC scam

Delhi HC to pronounce order on Umar Khalid's bail plea today

Tamil Nadu Speaker orders eviction of Palaniswami, AIADMK MLAs amid ruckus in the Assembly

Binny, Ganguly, Rajiv Shukla and others arrive in Mumbai for BCCI Annual General Meeting

Kerala government gives written assurance to meet demands of social activist Daya Bai, who is on a hunger strike seeking justice for Endosulfan victims of Kasargod district

Arumugasamy Inquiry Committee's report probing Jayalalithaa's death tabled in Tamil Nadu Assembly

Three children killed as death toll rises to 13 in Russian military plane crash in Yeysk

NIA raids under way in Phulwari Sharif, Patna

6 people killed after bus rams into trailer near Vadodara in Gujarat: Police

India reports 1,542 fresh Covid-19 cases and 1,919 recoveries in last 24 hours

BSF shoots down drone along Pakistan border in Punjab

The Border Security Force shot down a quad-copter drone suspected to be carrying narcotics on Sunday night along the India-Pakistan international border in the Amritsar region, officials said. This is the second such incident in past three days at this frontier. The drone weighing 12 kgs had four propellers. It was intercepted and shot down around 9.15 pm near the Rania border post in the Amritsar sector by the troops of the 22nd Battalion of the BSF, they said.

NIA conducts raids at multiple locations in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Delhi-NCR region

Two labourers from UP killed in grenade attack in Jammu & Kashmir's Shopian, 'hybrid terrorist' of Lashkar-e-Taiba arrested: Police

PM Modi to address the 90th Interpol General Assembly today in Pragati Maidan, Delhi

India targeting Rs 35,000-crore exports of defence products by 2025: Rajnath

India registered defence exports worth Rs 8,000 crore in six months of the current financial year and aims to achieve the target of outbound shipments of Rs 35,000 crore by 2025, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday.

Australia denies reversal of recognition of Jerusalem as Israeli capital