Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday announced a ban on the use of plastic in the state from October 2, on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti.

India and South Korea signed 11 agreements, including in the areas of trade, cultural and scientific and technological cooperation, during the visit of South Korean President Moon Jae-in to India.

The two sides signed a joint statement on Early Harvest Package of the upgraded Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), the External Affairs Ministry said on Tuesday.

The Narcotics Control Bureau's (NCB) Kolkata unit arrested a Nigerian woman here for allegedly trying to smuggle drugs by concealing them in her private parts, a senior officer said on Tuesday.

 A special court here on Tuesday extended till August 7 the interim protection from arrest granted to senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram in the Aircel-Maxis deal case.

A young man drowned on Tuesday in a swimming pool in a five-star hotel here in Madhya Pradesh, police said.

Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, in a letter addressed to all MPs, expressed concern over the frequent disruptions of Parliament, saying divergence of opinion and dissent should be within the established norms.

Lawmakers in the US have sent letters to Apple CEO Tim Cook and Larry Page, CEO of Google's parent company Alphabet, demanding information on how they collect and use personal information of users.

Members of the Energy and Commerce Committee of the US House of Representatives sent the letters on Monday.

The headless body of a missing RJD leader has been found in Bihar's Nawada district, police said on Tuesday. Kailash Paswan, 55, General Secretary of the Rashtriya Janata Dal in Nawada, was missing for nearly four days.