Even a good constitution can prove to be bad if those implementing it are not good, Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha J P Nadda said on Tuesday, asserting the "bad lot" interfered with the Indian Constitution many times.

A suspected tyre issue forced an Air India Express flight bound for Bahrain to make a precautionary landing on Tuesday, a source at the airport here said.

The government introduced two constitutional amendment bills in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday to pave the way for implementing the 'One Nation, One Election' proposal. The bills, aimed at synchronising Lok Sabha and state Assembly elections, were tabled by Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal. Following the introduction, sources indicated that the legislation might be referred to a joint parliamentary committee for further consultation. As the single largest party, the BJP is expected to chair the committee and hold the majority of seats.

Congress members boycotted the Maharashtra assembly proceedings on Tuesday to protest the government's handling of the recent Parbhani violence and murder of a sarpanch in Beed district.

A 25-year-old woman with pregnancy complications delivered a baby in an ambulance with the help of a doctor onboard while being shifted from a rural hospital here to neighbouring Thane, officials said on Tuesday.

Eight cadres of the banned militant outfit Kangleipak Communist Party (People's War Group) were arrested from Manipur's Kakching district in connection with the recent killing of two migrant labourers from Bihar, police said on Tuesday.

Around 70 acres of illegal poppy cultivation in three villages in Manipur's Ukhrul district were destroyed, police said on Tuesday.

The Kerala High Court has rejected a plea by the prime accused in the 2017 actress assault case seeking recall of two witnesses examined during the trial, saying that it was "frivolous" application aimed at "delaying" the disposal of the matter.