Security was tightened across Tripura on Tuesday to maintain law and order following the publication of Assam's draft National Register of Citizens (NRC).

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday urged the people of the country to share their ideas for his Independence Day speech, via his mobile application.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj tonight assured help to an Indian man in the US who lost his passport in Washington just days before he was to travel for his wedding mid-August.

An earthquake of low intensity hit Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district early on Tuesday, the third in July, the weather bureau said.

However, no loss of life or damage to property was reported.

US President Donald Trump on Monday offered to meet Iranian President Hassan Rouhani without any preconditions, at any time he wants.

"If they want to meet, we'll meet," BBC quoted Trump as saying at a news conference at the White House with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte.

Immigration officials in Canada have been using DNA testing and ancestry websites to try and determine migrants nationality, according to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA).

Unusually high sea water temperature has forced Swedish nuclear power plant to close, authorities said on Monday.

The sea water's temperature outside one of Sweden's nuclear plants has forced the plant to close down temporarily. As the sea water reached a temperature of 25 degrees Celsius, it can no longer be used for a cooling effect.

The Congress continued to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his speeches in Lucknow last week, saying he should "stop dramatising" poverty.