The Congress on Tuesday termed as "election jumla" and "huge betrayal of hopes of women" the women's reservation bill brought by the government, noting the Centre has stated that the reservation will be effective only after a Census and delimitation exercise is conducted post-enactment of the bill.

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Tuesday said the state is in a "catch 22 situation", following the Cauvery Water Management Authority's (CWMA) direction to release water to Tamil Nadu, and sought the Centre's intervention to resolve the issue.

A teacher of a private college here was killed while seven persons, including three children, were seriously injured by unknown assailants during a robbery bid at the teacher's house here, police said on Tuesday.

The government on Tuesday introduced a constitutional amendment bill to reserve one-third of seats in Lok Sabha and state assemblies for women, reviving a bill pending for 27 years for want of consensus among parties.

Lok Sabha proceedings on Tuesday began in the new Parliament building, located adjacent to the old one, starting a new chapter in the parliamentary history of India.

The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Odisha Police raided the office of leading Odia daily Sambad, owned by senior BJD leader and Khandapada MLA Soumya Ranjan Patnaik, officials said.

The old Parliament building should be named "Samvidhan Sadan", Prime Minister Narendra Modi suggested on Tuesday.

The Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) that directed Karnataka to release 5,000 cusecs of water from river Cauvery to Tamil Nadu doesn't "blindly" issue such orders, state minister Duraimurugan said on Monday.