In a dramatic shift in transatlantic relations under President Donald Trump, the United States split with its European allies by refusing to blame Russia for its invasion of Ukraine in votes on three UN resolutions Monday seeking an end to the three-year war.

The rupee declined 16 paise to 86.88 against the US dollar in early trade on Tuesday amid a strengthening greenback, sustained FII outflows, and a rise in Brent crude prices.

Telangana state government has roped in experts from Geological Survey of India and National Geographical Research Institute besides an Australian part of L&T who has vast experience in tunnels, to suggest the way forward regarding the rescue of eight persons who remain trapped for the fourth day in Srisailam Left Bank Canal tunnel after part of it collapsed on Saturday.

Bhubaneswar (PTI): An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 was recorded on Tuesday morning near Puri in Odisha, officials said.

Chennai: As many as 1,000 ‘Mudhalvar Marundhagangal’ pharmacies providing medicines at subsidised prices to the people across Tamil Nadu was inaugurated on Monday by Chief Minister M K Stalin.

New Delhi: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor's “marginalisation” in the party was inevitable after he contested the party’s presidential election against Gandhi family's "nominee" Mallikarjun Kharge, the BJP claimed on Monday.

Thiruvananthapuram: In a shocking incident, a 23-year-old man on Monday confessed to the police in Venjaramoodu, near here, that he had killed six people including his 13-year-old brother, his grandmother in her 80s, and a young woman said to be his lover.

Kota (Rajasthan): The five-year-old boy who fell into a borewell in the Jhalawar district of Rajasthan on Sunday and was stuck at 32-feet depth was brought out dead on early Monday morning after around 16-hour-long operation by the NDRF and SDRF.