For the first time in many days, the sun shone brightly over Kerala on Tuesday even as hundreds of thousands remained in relief camps while many who returned home broke down after seeing the enormity of the destruction.

Bihar Governor Satya Pal Malik was on Tuesday appointed the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, replacing N.N. Vohra who was in the post for more than 10 years, an official communique said.

India's Naorem Roshibina Devi assured herself a medal in the wushu competition after advancing to the semi-finals of the women's sanda 60 kilogram category at the 18th Asian Games here on Tuesday.

The ruling BJP in Rajasthan on Tuesday presented an affidavit in the High Court with details of expenditure made during the first phase of the ongoing Gaurav yatra undertaken by Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje after a PIL was filed alleging misuse of government machinery.

Outgoing Bishop Rev. Fr. Dr Aloysius Pavla D’Souza of Mangaluru Catholic Diocese was given a warm farewell from Fr. Mullers Charitable Trust here on Tuesday.

Finance, Coal and Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said the relief material coming from foreign countries for distribution in flood-ravaged Kerala have been exempted from the customs duty and the Goods and Services Tax (GST).

President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday greeted the citizens of India on the occasion of Eid-ul-Zuha, a major Muslim festival.

Hitting out at Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu for drawing a parallel between his visit to Pakistan and that of then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the BJP on Tuesday reminded the former cricketer that diplomacy is the Centre's prerogative, not of an individual Minister.