Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi citing a report which said that India is the most dangerous country for a woman because of risks of rape and violence.

The sarpanch of Pipli village in Sonepat district allegedly shot dead a 24-year-old man on Sunday night, reportedly over suspicion that he had sought details against him through an RTI application.

The Congress on Tuesday slammed the BJP for comparing former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi with Hitler and hit out at Union Minister Arun Jaitley for "distortion of history".

On Sunday, external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj was trolled on Twitter following a controversy involving the issuance of passport to an inter-faith couple. To share with the world what she saw on her feed, the minister “liked” over 200 tweets — which anyone can look by clicking the “likes” tab on her Twitter profile.

Heavy rains measuring upto 13 cm disrupted normal life again in coastal Karnataka districts of Udupi and Dakshina Kannada, after the incessant rains which lashed the region till last week took a break, the weather office said on Tuesday.

 Two siblings drowned in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district while taking s selfie on the banks of Chenab river, police said on Tuesday.

Sending out a warning to states about an "all-time high" threat to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the home ministry has put out rules in which no one can come too close to PM Modi, not even ministers and officers, if not cleared by his special security. The home ministry has written to all state police chiefs about an "unknown threat" to the PM.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said a "New India" was rising and that the Asian continent was at the centre of global economic activity.