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The Nitish Kumar government should demand that the Centre declare Bihar floods as "national calamity", as it is not enough for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hold an interaction with chief ministers of states hit by deluge, former Union minister Yashwant Sinha said on Tuesday.

An earthquake of magnitude 4.8 was reported near Pangin in Arunachal Pradesh on Tuesday night, according to India's National Center for Seismology.

A BSF constable and a policeman jumped in river at Baramulla and saved a child who had got trapped due to a sudden increase in the water level on Monday, BSF said on Tuesday.

The Income Tax Department has conducted raids against some Chinese individuals and their local associates for allegedly running an estimated Rs 1,000 crore worth money laundering racket using shell or dubious firms, the Central Board of Direct Taxation said today.

As former President Pranab Mukherjee remained critical after undergoing brain surgery, people of Kirnahar area in West Bengal's Birbhum district, his ancestral place, have started a 72-hour yajna from Tuesday for his speedy recovery.

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati said that it appears that the Congress government in Rajasthan is safe but said there is a possibility that drama might again erupt between former Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot and Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.

Led by Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, leaders across political spectrum on Tuesday condoled the death of noted Urdu poet Rahat Indori and paid rich tributes to him.

The Union Health Ministry on Tuesday said due to efficient clinical management, the COVID-19 recovery rate is increasing and now stood at 69.80 per cent.

The defence ministry on Tuesday approved military procurement worth Rs 8,722 crore including 106 basic trainer aircraft for the Indian Air Force, officials said.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is no longer confined to the launching of satellites under the Modi government and has been constantly expanding its role in development activities as well, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Tuesday.

BJP MP Anant Kumar Hegde has called officials of BSNL "traitors" who were "not ready to work" as he slammed "poor" network of the state-owned telecom operator in parts of Karnataka.

A gust of wind, wrong decision by the pilots, the condition of the air strip and even faulty indication by the instrument landing system could be possible reasons for the crash of the Air India Express on Friday in Kerala's Kozhikode, according to aviation experts.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday attacked the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh over alleged lack of security for women in the state and asserted that there should be zero tolerance to crimes against women.

The COVID-19 case count in West Bengal breached the one lakh-mark today to reach 1,01,390 after 2,931 new infections were reported, the state health department said.

Aviation regulator DGCA has suspended two senior executives of AirAsia India for a period of three months over "safety violations", said a senior official today.