The Supreme court on Tuesday asked Assam's National Register of Citizens (NRC) coordinator Prateek Hajela to focus on an error-free final NRC, instead of giving interviews to the media.

The bench of Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman warned Hajela and Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India (RGCC) Shailesh, to be "cautious in future". Hajela had told the media that any valid document would be accepted as proof of citizenship during the hearing on complaints by those left out in the draft NRC.

Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio on Tuesday demanded an apology from Congress leader Shashi Tharoor for remarking that Prime Minister Narendra Modi wore "outlandish" and "hilarious" Naga headgears but refused to wear a Muslim skull cap.

One of the main tasks that the corporate world did before bringing Modi to the chair of PM, is to kill or buy the media and human rights activists. The process of muzzling the media started with the finishing of ‘Tehelka’ paper. This paper has started a new discourse and order in journalism by conducting sting operation to expose corruption in the defense sector during the tenure of NDA government led by former PM Atal Bihari Vajapayee. The paper had written extensively about Gujarat genocide to ensure the voice of the victims was heard in the international arena.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday launched a blistering attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying that after four years of his rule, India looked "like a train being driven to disaster by an autocratic, incompetent and arrogant driver".

In a bid to allow smooth flow of the vehicular traffic, a tree that was located at Chilimbi curve near Lady Hill has been translocated on Tuesday morning.

The MMC had decided to cut the Tamarind tree located at Chilimbi near Lady Hill as it was allegedly posing a hurdle for traffic.  But the activists of pro-environmental organization NECF had vehemently opposed the decision.

Three elephants were killed after being hit by a train in an area bordering Jharkhand and West Bengal on Tuesday, a railway official said.

The elephants were crossing the rail tracks near Gindhi station in West Bengal when they were hit by Gyaneshwari Express, killing them on the spot, the official said.

The protest called by Motor Transport Organisations demanding the withdrawal of the Central Government’s Motor Vehicle Amendment Bill has evoked good response and created a bandh-like situation in Kasargod.

The services of KSRTC and private buses have been suspended. Only a handful of private vehicles are on the road. Lorries, auto rickshaws, and taxies have stayed off the road to support the strike. Shops are closed in the wake of the protest. Most of the educational institutions have declared a holiday.

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday rejected jailed gangster Abu Salem's plea for a 45-day parole to get married to his Thane-based girlfriend.

A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice V.K. Tahilramani and Justice M.S. Sonak declined the request on the ground that under the prison rules, those convicted under terror charges were not eligible either for furlough or parole.