Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's assertion that India was going to "annex" Kashmir has failed to evoke any reaction from the UN's leadership.


UN ignores Imran Khan's claim on Kashmir annexation


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European Council President Donald Tusk says the EU should consider offering the UK a "flexible" delay to Brexit of up to a year, with the option of leaving earlier if a deal is ratified.


Tusk suggests Brexit delay of up to year


David Malpass on Tuesday took office as the president of the World Bank Group, and said he looks forward to undertaking the task with enthusiasm.


David Malpass takes office as World Bank president


US President Donald Trump has lashed out at a judge for blocking his policy of sending asylum seekers to Mexico to await court hearings in their cases.


Trump rails against court defeat on asylum


The US is threatening to impose tariffs on European goods worth billions of dollars, intensifying a long-running dispute over aircraft subsidies, media reported.


US threatens tariffs on $11 bn of Europe goods


The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has summoned Jammu and Kashmir legislator Aijaz Ahmad Mir in connection with the robbery of eight weapons from his residence in Srinagar by his special police officer (SPO) last year, sources said on Tuesday.


Arms robbery case: NIA summons PDP legislator


US President Donald Trump has re-nominated an Indian American prosecutor Diane Gujarati to be a federal judge.


Trump renominates Indian-American for judgeship


BJP's lone legislator from Chhattisgarh's Maoist-affected Bastar region, Bhima Mandavi, was killed along with four policemen on Tuesday evening as Maoists carried out a deadly attack on his convoy in a forested patch in Dantewada district.


BJP MLA, 4 others killed in Maoist blast in Chhattisgarh (Roundup)


The Election Commission on Tuesday said that voting in Chhattisgarh, where a BJP MLA and four others were killed in a major Maoist attack in Dantewada district, would go on as per schedule during the first, second and third phase of the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections.


Chhattisgarh elections to go on as scheduled: EC


The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce on Wednesday its verdict on the government's plea claiming privilege over the documents filed by petitioners seeking review of its December 14 Rafale judgment.


SC order on review of Rafale verdict on Wednesday


Bollywood biopic "PM Narendra Modi" on Tuesday was granted a 'unrestricted' (U) certificate for release by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), the film's director Omung Kumar B said.


'PM Narendra Modi' gets U certificate from CBFC


The then Union Home Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed had wanted the controversial 'rath yatra' of L.K. Advani in 1990 to "go on", says a book authored by Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad who had arrested the BJP leader to scuttle his programme.


Mufti Sayeed didn't want Advani yatra stopped: Lalu


The Election Commission's flying squad and the Maharashtra Congress jointly raided an alleged illegal factory engaged in manufacturing electronic propaganda material for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), an official said here on Tuesday.


EC squad, Congress raid BJP's spin factory in Mumbai


UK Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday visited German Chancellor Angela Merkel in another last-minute Brexit trip, with Britain due to leave the EU in three days.


Theresa May meets Merkel with Brexit delay request


Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath's Officer on Special Duty (OSD) Praveen Kakkar, here on Tuesday, termed the income-tax raids at his residence and other places a "political operation".


I-T raids a political operation, says Nath's OSD


Senior Revenue Department officials, here on Tuesday, met the Election Commission and briefed the EC on the process of search, surveys and raids.


No political motive in raids: Revenue tells EC


The Nirmohi Akhara, one of the parties that got one-third of the disputed land in the Ayodhya temple title dispute, moved the Supreme Court on Tuesday opposing the Centre's plea to release most of the 67.7 acres of acquired land, saying it cannot be given to anyone by the government.


Akhara moves SC against land release


Former Union Minister and senior Congress leader Saifuddin Soz said here on Tuesday the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) manifesto contains an obnoxious reference to the country's relationship with Jammu and Kashmir.


BJP promises to tear bridge between India & J&K: Soz


Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday handed over the murder probe of drugs authority officer Neha Shourie to the Director, Bureau of Investigation.


Punjab agency to probe drugs officer's murder


Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Tuesday reiterated that those who sought evidence of the Indian Air Force's Balakot air strikes were anti-national and pro-Pakistan, including even the kin and family members of the Pulwama terror attack victims.


Anyone doubting 'Sena' is Pakistani: Gujarat CM


The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Rath Yatra was stopped and its leader Lal Krishna Advani arrested in Bihar in October 1990 though then Union Home Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed had advised against it, said Lalu Prasad, who was the Chief Minister of the state then.

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