Palakkad (Kerala): A three-year-old boy died of injuries suffered in a fall when his father carrying him escaped from a wild elephant near a forest fringe tribal hamlet at Nelliyampathy near here, police said on Tuesday.

Patna: The Bihar government has decided to recommend a CBI inquiry in the actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death case after the deceased's father made a request for it, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said on Tuesday.

Washington:  In another huge blow to Indian IT professionals eyeing the US job market, President Donald Trump has signed an executive order asking federal agencies to hire Americans and preventing them from contracting or subcontracting foreign workers, mainly those with H-1B visas.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday hoped that the groundbreaking ceremony of the Ram temple in Ayodhya becomes a "marker" of national unity, brotherhood and cultural harmony.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday said pension to elderly persons should be disbursed on time and those living in old age homes across the country be provided with personal protective equipment (PPE), sanitisers and face masks during the persisting COVID-19 pandemic.

A total of 829 candidates qualified the civil services examination 2019, results of which were announced on Tuesday by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), according to an official statement.

Jaisalmer: AICC spokesperson Randeep Surjewala on Tuesday said that dissident MLAs should give up the hospitality of the BJP and the security of Haryana police if they want to hold a dialogue with the party.

President Donald Trump has said that as compared to big countries, America is doing "very well" in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, while India is having a "tremendous problem" battling the disease and China is witnessing a "massive flare up" in infections.