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In the middle of violent protests against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill in Tripura, a two-month-old unwell child died on its way to a hospital when the ambulance got stuck in a road blockade. About 40 people were injured in clashes in three places of Tripura during an 11-hour bandh on Tuesday, the police said.

Taking note of 410 vacancies of judges in high courts, as against the sanctioned strength of 1,079, the Supreme Court has ordered that appointments must be made within six months of a person's name being cleared by the collegiums and the government.

Over 29 lakh tourists visited the Statue of Unity in Kevadiya in Gujarat's Narmada district since it was inaugurated on October 31 last year and revenue of Rs 82.51 crore was generated, the state government told the Assembly on Tuesday.

The BJP on Tuesday hit back at Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan for his criticism of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, describing his remarks as a blatant interference in India's affairs.

Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday said the government is of the view that there is no need to determine creamy layer in Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes as these communities have been "extremely deprived" for years.

Amid intense speculation about his next political move, senior BJP leader Eknath Khadse on Tuesday asserted he was not upset with his party and had not taken any decision to quit the BJP.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said he was "overjoyed" that Lok Sabha unanimously passed a Bill to extend reservation for SCs and STs in national and state legislatures by another 10 years.

India's presidential palace Rashtrapati Bhavan was lit up in orange colour on Tuesday evening to raise awareness about the violence faced by women across the world as part of a UN campaign aimed at ending atrocities against them.

India is "walking the talk" in its climate change commitments and has reduced emission intensity by 21 per cent of its GDP while also being on track to achieve the goal of 35 per cent emission reduction as promised in the Paris summit in 2015, Union Environment Prakash Javadekar said on Tuesday.

The Rajasthan government on Tuesday constituted a high-level committee to conduct a study of the liquor ban policy implemented in Bihar.

The Supreme Court held on Tuesday that intermediaries like Google India can be prosecuted for the offence of defamation instituted prior to amendments to the Information Technology Act in 2009 as the earlier law did not provide any immunity from such liability.

Former Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena leader Manohar Joshi on Tuesday said that it would be better if his party and the BJP stay together, but added the two parties do not want to join hands for now.

Citing the rape and murder of the 27-year-old veterinarian in Hyderabad and the killing of the accused in police encounter, former Chief Justice of India R M Lodha on Tuesday said the country is struggling to protect human rights of citizens and such crimes reflect the "deep malice" that has crept in the society.

India, for the first time, ranks among the top 10 in this year's Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) presented on Tuesday at the COP25 climate summit.

Hitting back at Union Home Minister Amit Shah for holding the Congress responsible for India's partition on religious lines, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday said the BJP president was "not paying attention" in history classes as the Hindu Mahasabha and the Muslim League were the only ones espousing the two-nation theory.