Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday thanked the Central government for recognising the needs of the state in the Union Budget for fiscal 2024-25 by focusing on the capital city, Polavaram project, industrial nodes and development of backward areas.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said courts should stay bail orders only in exceptional circumstances.

A political slugfest has erupted between the BJP and Congress in Gujarat after the latter alleged that a man held in a drugs case in Surat was close to several top leaders of the ruling party, including Minister of State for Home Harsh Sanghavi and the party's state chief C R Paatil.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced significant changes in customs duties in the Budget 2024, leading to price reductions for several key items. The budget includes major reductions in customs duty on cancer medicines and mobile phones, which will bring down their prices in the retail market. Additionally, imported gold, silver, leather goods, and seafood will also become cheaper.

Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah signed a declaration in Beijing on ending a yearslong rift, Chinese state media said Tuesday, taking a step toward potentially resolving the deep divide between the sides as the war in Gaza rages on.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday announced a cut in customs duty on minerals such as lithium, copper and cobalt, which are critical for nuclear energy, renewable and other sectors, to give a fillip to the energy transition.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday accused the Centre of using the central agencies to destabilise the Congress government by implicating him illegally in the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation scam.

The Congress on Tuesday said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has taken a leaf out of its 2024 Lok Sabha polls manifesto by announcing an internship programme but "in their trademark style", the scheme has been designed to "grab headlines with arbitrary targets" rather than a programmatic guarantee.