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Breaking all previous records, the BSE Sensex on Wednesday advanced by over 80 points to hit a new peak of 37,690.23, while the Nifty scaled a fresh high of 11,378.95 in opening trade ahead of the Reserve Bank's bi-monthly policy meet outcome due later in the day.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's remark that Assam National Register of Citizens (NRC) draft will lead to 'civil war, bloodbath' has now earned her police case. According to reports, BJYP, BJP's youth wing, in Assam's Dibrugarh have filed a case against Mamata accusing her of inciting "hate and tension" among communities.
In a scheme to extend financial assistance to the backward communities, the Maharashtra government on Tuesday decided to stand guarantor for loans to be disbursed to youth from the Maratha community. The decision was taken at the cabinet sub-committee chaired by Revenue Minister Chandrakant Patil.
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Rescue operations are underway to pull out a three-year-old girl who fell into a 225 feet-deep borewell in Munger district of Bihar on Tuesday evening. The girl, Sana, who is reportedly stuck at 42 feet inside the borewell is responding to calls from her parents.
In yet another case of social media being put to horrific use, a Gurugram man committed suicide by hanging himself fron the ceiling fan on his house after a tiff with his wife. The 28-year-old man streamed his final moments through Facebook live.
The scientists observed that the molecules in the debris surrounding CK Vul is located approximately 2000 light-years from the Earth. Further, astronomers claim that this is the first molecule bearing an unstable radioisotope definitively detected outside of our solar system.
"No Indian citizen should be concerned and natives of any other state living in Assam would not be touched," BJP president Amit Shah said in a press conference on Tuesday evening after his speech in Rajya Sabha over the Assam National Register of Citizens (NRC) issue was cut short following protests by the Opposition. 
In a heart-breaking incident, a four-month-old baby died at the Hyderabad Airport on Tuesday after he developed breathing problems on a Bengaluru-Patna IndiGo flight. The flight made an emergency landing at the Rajiv Gandhi Hyderabad International Airport following the baby’s illness.
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is said to be under pressure to increase the key interest rates as it tackles rising oil prices and inflation. The 6-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), headed by RBI Governor Urjit Patel, will be making a decision on whether to hike the lending rates or maintain a status quo on Wednesday.
As members of the Maratha community are set to hold a ‘jail bharo’ protest in Mumbai on Wednesday, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said that the state government is working on the demands for reservations to the Maratha community, but that the legal process could not be curtailed.
The French parliament on Tuesday rejected a pair of no-confidence motions brought against the President Emmanuel Macron government, in connection with a scandal involving his now-former bodyguard.
A three-storey building collapsed on Wednesday in Hoolaganj area of Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Four people have been rescued from under the rubble of the collapsed structure. Any casualties in the incident are yet not known.
Imran Khan’s Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday rejected reports which claimed that the party was planning to invite foreign dignitaries, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to the oath-taking ceremony of its chief Imran Khan. As per news agency ANI, the party has said that the decision on inviting foreign dignitaries to the ceremony is pending.
The Indian women's hockey team booked their berth in the quarterfinals of the World Cup after the Indian eves thrashed Italy 3-0 at Lee Valley Hockey & Tennis Centre, London.
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Apple's revenue in the fiscal third quarter soared 17 per cent to $53.3 billion from the same period a year earlier on the back of sales of pricier iPhones, online services and wearable devices.
The Congress on Tuesday slammed the Centre over increase in the price of non-subsidised cooking gas. The Narendra Modi government is looting the people in the name of fuel by launching another assault on them, Congress said. The price of the non-subsidised cooking gas has been hiked by Rs 35.50 per cylinder in Delhi.
An Aeromexico jetliner crashed while taking off during a severe storm in northern Mexico on Tuesday, smacking down in a field nearly intact then catching fire. It appeared everyone on board escaped the flames, the officials said. 
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The water level in the Yamuna river rose to 206.05 metre on Tuesday with hourly discharge from Hathani Kund Barrage continuing, which forced authorities to evacuate low-lying areas and move nearly 14,000 people to safer places.
DMK President M. Karunanidhi will have to be remain in the Kauvery Hospital here for an extended period owing to age related health issues including altered liver function, the hospital said on Tuesday.
The NIA has carried out raids at the residence of a Congress MLA in Manipur and recovered an assortment of weapons and ammunition, including a pistol missing from the Director General of Police (DGP) pool, the agency spokesperson said here on Tuesday.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday lashed out at the Railways for its failure to provide adequate medical facility in trains and stations resulting in deaths of passengers in some cases.The NIA has carried out raids at the residence of a Congress MLA in Manipur and recovered an assortment of weapons and ammunition, including a pistol missing from the Director General of Police (DGP) pool, the agency spokesperson said here on Tuesday.
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Tuesday asked people neither to share publicly their 12-digit identifier on Internet and social media nor to pose such challenges to others.
Eighteen women, including 16 from Nepal, were rescued from the clutches of an international prostitution racket in the national capital, police said today. In a joint operation, the Varanasi Crime Branch and the Delhi Police yesterday raided a house under the Vasant Vihar police station area and rescued 18 women.
The Supreme Court today made it clear that it cannot direct doctors to perform genital mutilation of minor girls of the Dawoodi Bohra Muslim community and questioned the "scientific justification", if any, behind the procedure.
A suicide bomb and gun attack by militants on an Afghan government building in Jalalabad on Tuesday killed at least 15 people, some burned "beyond recognition", officials said, the latest in a series of assaults on the eastern city.
A 35-year-old man ended his life, while eight protesters attempted self-immolation on Tuesday as the Maratha quota stir intensified.
An Indian-origin couple was harassed in Canada by a ‘racist’ man who yelled ‘go back to your country’ and threatened to ‘kill’ their children, prompting police to investigate it as a hate crime, according to media reports.
Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has sought the support of its former nemesis MQM-P to form the new government in Pakistan, according to a media report. 
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Launching a scathing attack on BJP over the issue of National Ragistrar of Citizens (NRC) draft, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress President Mamata Banerjee said that the whole exercise was done with a 'political motive' to divide people and warned that it would lead to a bloodbath and civil war in the country.
Counter-attacking West Bengal Chief Minsister Mamata Banerjee over her accusations that BJP is pursuing a 'divide and rule' policy, BJP Chief Amit Shah on Tuesday said that he saw a "vote bank" in illegal immigrants while his party was looking at the security of the country and rights of its citizens.
At least 12 people were killed and seven others injured in rain-related incidents in different parts of Uttar Pradesh during past 24 hours, pushing the toll to 92 since last week, official sources said in Lucknow today.
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Tuesday claimed that the Law Commission in principle agrees that a uniform civil code (UCC) is not practicable in India given the country's vast diversity and complexities.
BJP MLA Gyan Dev Ahuja on Tuesday said cow slaughtering is a bigger crime than terrorism and those involved in it will have to face consequences.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea seeking review of its April 19 verdict that had held that Special CBI judge B H Loya had died of "natural causes" on December 1, 2014.
Chief Election Commissioner OP Rawat on Tuesday said Commission has asked state (Assam) chief electoral officers to coordinate with state NRC coordinators to prepare a roadmap so that summary revision of electoral rolls is completed by 4 January 2019. The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Tuesday claimed that the Law Commission in principle agrees that a uniform civil code (UCC) is not practicable in India given the country's vast diversity and complexities.
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Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday visited ailing DMK chief M. Karunanidhi at the Kauvery Hospital in Chennai.
Welcoming US decision to upgrade its trade ties with India, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Tuesday said that it is a logical culmination to India's designation as a Major Defence Partner of the United States.
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