Mumbai: Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended lower in a highly volatile trade on Tuesday dragged down by blue-chip bank stocks and caution ahead of domestic and US inflation data.

A person does not become a citizen of India merely by possessing documents like Aadhaar card, PAN card or a voter ID, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday said while refusing bail to a man, allegedly from Bangladesh, for entering India illegally.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday restrained Assam Police from taking any coercive action against senior journalist Siddharth Varadarajan in connection with an FIR lodged against him over an article on Operation Sindoor.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused the Election Commission of not performing its duty of enforcing the 'one man, one vote' principle and said "abhi picture baki hai", alluding to the claims of irregularities in the voters' list.

Nearly one lakh diamond cutting and polishing workers in Gujarat’s Saurashtra region have lost their jobs since April, following the imposition of a 10% base tariff by the United States. The situation has worsened in the past 10 days after the tariff was raised to 25%, with a 50% rate expected from August 27, according to Gujarat Diamond Workers Union (DWU) vice-president Bhavesh Tank.

A 14-year-old Bangladeshi girl rescued from a sex racket in Maharashtra's Palghar district has told police she was sexually assaulted by at least 200 men in a span of three months, an official said on Monday, adding the claim was being verified.

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Dharmasthala mass burial case began excavation at Site 13 identified by the complainant after completing the first phase of scanning at the site using Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) on Tuesday afternoon.

The supporters of sacked Minister K N Rajanna on Tuesday created furore in his constituency Madhugiri in Tumakuru district over his unceremonious removal from the state cabinet.