France and Germany have disagreed on who should be the president of the blocs executive arm, the European Commission, as leaders from the bloc met here following parliamentary elections. The vote saw the big centrist blocs lose their majorities with Greens and nationalists gaining ground.


EU: France, Germany differ on Brussels' top job


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A Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader and his nephew were shot dead in Bijnor district on Tuesday.


BSP leader, nephew shot dead in Uttar Pradesh


Time magazine, which published a cover story before the Indian election calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi the "Divider in Chief", has in a quick about-face run report with a headline, "Modi Has United India Like No Prime Minister in Decades".


Time magazine in about-face now says 'Modi has united India'


Terming Europe a "winner" in the European Parliament elections, EU Commission President Donald Tusk said Brexit has acted as a "vaccine" against Euroskepticism.


Brexit a 'vaccine' against anti-EU propaganda: Tusk


Leaders from Bimstec countries as well as Kyrgyz President Sooronbay Jeenbekov and Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth have confirmed their participation at the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 30.


Bimstec leaders confirm participation in Modi's swearing in


A day after former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar skipped the CBI summon in connection with the Saradha chit fund scam, the Central investigation agency on tuesday summoned two more police officers who worked under Kumar for questioning, a CBI official said.


CBI summons two Bengal police officers in Saradha case


Andhra Pradesh is set to go dry in phases as Chief Minister-designate Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy appears determined to implement prohibition, one of his major election promises.


Andhra to go dry as Jagan set to keep word on prohibition


North Koreans face a daily struggle to make ends meet due to a "vicious cycle of deprivation, corruption and repression", a UN report said on Tuesday, accusing regime leader Kim Jong-un's government of economic mismanagement resulting in its people fighting to get the basics.


N. Koreans trapped in cycle of corruption: UN report


A Congress leader was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly installing spy cameras in his hotel rooms in Tehri district of Uttarakhand, police said.


Congress leader held for fixing spy cameras in hotel


The Congress has said it will move the Supreme Court to demand compensation for the victims of violence in Tripura during the Lok Sabha elections from the state government or the Election Commission.


Congress to move SC for poll violence damages in Tripura


The port of Zham on the China-Nepal border will resume its cargo service on Wednesday, four years after it was closed due to a massive earthquake which killed thousands in the South Asian country, officials said on Tuesday.


China-Nepal border port to resume cargo service


Actors-turned-politicians Mimi Chakraborty and Nusrat Jahan's choice of Western wear for their first visit to Parliament after their victory in the Lok Sabha elections, was questioned by a section of social media users.


Mimi, Nusrat get judged for their style in Parliament


China on Tuesday told the US to stop interfering in Tibet after the American envoy advised Beijing to hold talks with Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama who is living in India.


Stop interfering in Tibet: China tells US


Just days after toppling Congress President Rahul Gandhi from his former bastion Amethi, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Smriti Irani walked 14 km barefoot to the Siddhi Vinayak Temple here.


Ekta lauds Smriti's 14 km walk to Siddhi Vinayak temple


The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a petition filed by Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi seeking clarity in the administrative control of the Union Territory.


SC to hear on Thursday Puducherry LG's plea for clarity on her powers


The shooting for a film titled "Gumnaami" based on the curious case of "Gumnami Baba", a man many assumed to be the legendary freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, began in West Bengal's Asansol on Tuesday.


Shoot for film based on Netaji begins in Bengal


In a swift move, the Uttar Pradesh government has cancelled land allotment worth several hundred crores to city-based Institute of Management Technology (IMT). The institute is owned by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath's family and is headed by his son, Bakul Nath.


UP government cancels land allotment of college owned by Kamal Nath's family


The Uttar Pradesh Police said on Tuesday that the killers of Surendra Singh, a former village head and a BJP leader in Amethi, were his local political rivals.


Amethi murder due to local rivalry: UP DGP


Feroz Alam a.k.a. Raja had considerable political clout till about a day ago. His SUV bore the name plate 'BSP coordinator Patiyali and he moved around with half a dozen young boys.


BSP leader held for getting MBA paper leaked for girlfriend


Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav has said that the death of Payal Salman Tadvi, a medical student in Mumbai, was actually "a murder of the constitutional protection given to the Scheduled Tribes".


Akhilesh terms ST student's suicide as murder of Constitution


Member of Parliament and outgoing Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal has sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention to protest the demolition of centuries-old Guru Nanak Palace in Pakistan's Punjab province.

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