The Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday decided to lift  restrictions on civilian traffic on the Udhampur-Srinagar National Highway on Wednesdays from May 13 onwards.


No more Wednesday traffic curbs on J&K highway after May 13


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The Central government has released Rs 1,000 crore additional assistance to Cyclone Fani-affected Odisha while stepping up work to restoring power supply and the telecommunications network, a Home Ministry statement said on Tuesday.


Centre releases Rs 1,000 cr for Odisha


A five-year-old girl was reportedly injured when miscreants hurled bombs at a house in Duttapukur of North 24 Parganas district as sporadic incidences of violence related to the ongoing polls rocked various parts of West Bengal, police said on Tuesday.


Poll-related violence rocks parts of West Bengal


The Telangana government on Tuesday sent 1,000 employees of its Electricity Department to Odisha to help in restoration of power supply in cyclone 'Fani' affected areas.


1,000 Telangana electricity employees sent to Odisha


US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday abruptly cancelled a scheduled trip to Germany "due to pressing issues," his department said on Tuesday.


Pompeo cancels visit to Germany over 'pressing issues'


'Dreamgirl' Hema Malini is a star in her own right, but she brought along her husband Dharmendra, once famous as Bollywood's 'He-Man', for campaigning to boost her prospects in the Lok Sabha elections.


#FamJam: Film celebs lean on family on campaign trail


Former Sports Minister Dayasiri Jayasekara has urged Saudi Arabia and Qatar not to let extremist groups in their countries finance Muslim fundamentalists in Sri Lanka like the National Thowheed Jamath (NTJ) which carried out the Easter Sunday bombings.


'Saudi, Qatar groups should stop funding SL extremists'


Several women including lawyers, activists and members of NGOs on Tuesday protested outside the Supreme Court after an in-house panel of the court cleared Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi of sexual harassment charges.


Women protest outside SC over clean chit to CJI


Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un without conditions to resolve mutual mistrust and sort out ongoing bilateral issues, a government spokesperson said on Tuesday.


Abe wants to meet Kim without conditions


The Congress on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court against Prime Minister Narendra Modi terming former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi "Bhrashtachari No 1 (Corrupt No 1)" at poll rally in Uttar Pradesh last week.


Congress moves SC against Modi's statement on Rajiv Gandhi


Iran's Supreme National Security Council has described the US military deployment in the Middle East as "psychological warfare" by Washington against Tehran.


Iran: US military deployment in Middle East 'bluff'


The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached Rs 89.68 lakh in a money laundering probe related to a six-year-old bribery case involving Vijay Singla, the nephew of then Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal.


ED confiscates Rs 89 lakh in 2013 railway bribe case


Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet on May 14 in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi, the country's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.


Lavrov, Pompeo to meet on May 14 in Russia


Two Reuters journalists, who were imprisoned for their reporting of a massacre carried out by Myanmar's military forces against the Rohingya Muslim minority, were pardoned and freed from prison on Tuesday after spending over 500 days behind bars.


Jailed Reuters journalists freed in Myanmar (2nd Lead)


Pakistan's anti-corruption body on Tuesday summoned former President Asif Ali Zardari in the fake accounts case on May 9.


NAB summons Zardari on May 9 in fake accounts case


Till the turn of the millennium, film stars guaranteed crowds and votes in politics. Political parties wooed them ardently. As a result, top stars like Rajesh Khanna, Vinod Khanna, Shatrughan Sinha, Raj Babbar, Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Jaya Prada, Govinda and Jaya Bachchan braved the heat and dust of campaigning for their political parties.


Film stars lose their sheen in elections


Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday requested the Centre to extend the registration date of the JEE Advanced examinations by at least 10 days in the wake  of cyclone Fani.


Naveen seeks JEE Advanced registration date extension


Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will return to jail later on Tuesday following the expiry of his six-week bail in a corruption case.


Nawaz Sharif to go back to jail as bail expires


The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Congress leader Karti Chidambaram to travel to the UK and the US between May 9 and 21 and to Germany and Spain in June. The Enforcement Directorate is investigating Karti Chidambaram in criminal cases.


SC allows Karti Chidambaram to travel abroad


China on Tuesday said it will send its top trade negotiator Li Hu to the US for talks despite Washington's breaking the truce amid the ongoing trade war by deciding to increase tariffs on the Chinese imports worth $200 billion.


China's top trade negotiator will go to US for talks


The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has seized properties worth Rs 1.46 crore including an apartment here and land in Haryana belonging to Delhi Minister Kailash Gahlot's brother Harish, an official said on Tuesday.

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