Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said he had rejected a request of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao to join the NDA, after the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation elections in 2020, citing his "deeds".

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has arrested four persons and seized 1.840 kg of Alprazolam and 9,696 bottles of banned cough syrups in separate operations, an official said on Tuesday.

Visionary founder of the Internet Lifestyle Hub, Siddharth Rajsekar, unveiled his latest work, "I CAN COACH - Stories Of Transformation Volume 1" at his flagship event The Freedom Business Retreat' at the Leela Palace in Chennai. This follows his international Amazon Bestseller, "You Can Coach," showcasing the journey of building one of the largest communities of coaches, trainers, and experts from scratch.

Two earthquakes of magnitude 4.6 and 6.2 jolted Nepal at an interval of 25 minutes, with strong tremors travelling to Delhi-NCR and parts of north India, the National Centre for Seismology said on Tuesday.

Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Tuesday said probe agencies in the country are independent and work as per law, referring to the raids conducted at the premises connected with online portal NewsClick in Delhi.

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Tuesday demanded the state government start conducting the caste survey right away, saying though some parties are against it, this is the only way to justice for the OBCs.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a plea seeking a direction to declare the 'Ram Sethu' as a national monument.

The Congress on Tuesday alleged that the raids on contributing journalists at Newsclick was a "fresh distraction" from the "explosive" findings of the caste survey in Bihar and the growing demand for a caste census across the country.