The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday arrested Jawad Ahmed Siddiqui, chairman of the Al Falah group, after it conducted simultaneous searches in Delhi-NCR against the trustees and promoters of Faridabad-based Al Falah University, which has been at the centre of the probe into the Red Fort area car blast case, officials said.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday expressed hope that the probe into the Nowgam police station accidental blast will provide answers to the questions surrounding the unfortunate incident that claimed nine lives.

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met Nikolai Patrushev, an aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is visiting India next month.

A sailor hailing from Haryana and posted at the Southern Naval Command here was on Tuesday arrested from his rented accommodation Kochi in a sexual assault case.

 In a major upgrade of its passport-related system, the government has introduced a next-generation "e-passport" that combines both paper and electronic elements, a step that also seeks to detect and check forgery, impersonation and other fraudulent acts.

 India’s first bullet train will now cover a 100 km distance between Surat and Vapi in Gujarat during its inaugural run in August 2027, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Tuesday.

Two booth-level officers (BLOs) involved in the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls have died by suicide in Kerala and Rajasthan, triggering concerns about rising field-level stress during the voter list update exercise.