US special envoy for peace and reconciliation in Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad visited the Afghan capital and exchanged views with the country's leadership, the media reported on Tuesday.


US special envoy for Afghan peace visits Kabul


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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will travel to Moscow on Thursday to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, his office said in a statement on Tuesday.


Israeli PM to meet Putin in Moscow


The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Congress leader Hardik Patel's plea for an urgent hearing against his conviction for rioting during the 2015  Patidar agitation, all but ending his chances of contesting the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.


Blow to Hardik as SC in no hurry to hear plea


A new legislation on gun restrictions following the Christchurch shootings passed its first hurdle in New Zealand's Parliament on Tuesday.


New Zealand's new gun law passes first hurdle


The State Bank of India (SBI) has sold electoral bonds worth Rs 1,716 crore in January and March this year against the Rs 1,056 crore of bonds sold in six months in 2018, signalling the maximum amount of political donations are being made through this route.


Electoral bonds worth Rs 1,716 cr sold in Jan, March


US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris, who is of Indian and Jamaican descent, has announced that her campaign raised $12 million in the first quarter of 2019 from more than 218,000 individual contributions.


Kamala Harris' campaign raises $12m for 2020 bid


The US Senate has blocked billions of dollars in disaster relief for states across the country as Republicans and Democrats clashed over President Donald Trumps opposition to sending more food and infrastructure help to Puerto Rico.


Massive disaster relief bill stalls in US Senate


A White House whistleblower has told Congress that senior Trump administration officials granted security clearances to at least 25 individuals whose applications had been rejected for "disqualifying issues" that could put national security at risk, the media reported.


White House 'reversed security clearance denials'


The Union Rural Development Ministry has increased the rate of wages under the MGNREGA for the 2019-20 fiscal with approval from the Election Commission and has asked state governments not to publicise the enhancement of  wage rates under the rural employment scheme.


Wages rise under MGNREGA with EC endorsement


NASA has slammed India's anti-satellite missile (A-SAT) test last week saying it has increased risk to the International Space Station (ISS) and may launch a race of sort among countries to repeat the feat.


NASA calls India's A-SAT test 'terrible thing'


Unemployment is the biggest issue for the voters across the board but the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is seen as the best bet to deal with the issue.


Unemployment major issue, jobless feel BJP can best deal with it: CVOTER (IANS Exclusive)


The Congress on Tuesday promised that if the party is voted to power it will probe the controversial defence deal for 36 Rafale fighter jets signed by the NDA government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Dassault Aviation.


Will probe Rafale deal if voted to power: Congress


The children of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi have received million-dollar houses in the kingdom and monthly five-figure payments as compensation for the killing of their father, a media report said.


Khashoggi children 'given houses, money by Saudi'


The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday opposed the bail plea of Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Shah in a money laundering case.


ED opposes Shabir Shah's bail plea


Access to drinking water, better employment opportunities and roads were the top three priorities of voters across Odisha, parameters on which the Naveen Patnaik government has performed "below average", says a report by the election watchdog Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).


Odisha performed below par on water, roads, jobs: ADR


Landlocked between two economic giants, India and China, Nepal can serve as the bridge for trade between the world's two fastest growing economies, a win-win situation that reduces costs and transportation time, a leading industrialist  has said.


'Nepal can be bridge for India-China trade'


Security personnel have been withdrawn from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) office here for deployment for election duty but the decision has not gone down well with Congress leader former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh.


Security cut in RSS office, Digvijaya unhappy


The Congress manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections released on Tuesday aims to focus on "a forward looking economy" and spells out how to get rid of chronic poverty, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said.


Congress to end chronic poverty: Manmohan


Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of wrecking the economy and said there was an "economic emergency" in the country.


There is economic emergency in India: Rahul


UK Prime Minister Theresa May will summon her warring Cabinet to Downing Street for a five-hour showdown on Tuesday after Parliament once again failed to agree on any alternative to her rejected Brexit deal.


UK Cabinet to meet as MPs reject Brexit options


The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined an urgent hearing of Patidar leader Hardik Patel's plea for a stay on his 2018 conviction in a 2015 rioting case that has all but ended his chances of contesting in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

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