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A British Indian data scientist from Maharashtra has been awarded the UK's RailStaff Awards 2023 in the Newcomer of the Year category at a Birmingham ceremony.

Maharashtra Legislative Council member Satej Patil and two other Congress legislators on Tuesday claimed that a question about distribution of Kunbi caste certificates to the Marathas was submitted in their names without their consent.

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Tuesday skipped ED summons for questioning in a money-laundering case linked to an alleged land scam as he attended a state government's outreach programme in Dumka, officials said.

Pakistan on Tuesday summoned Afghan Chargé d'Affaires here and delivered strong demarche to the interim Taliban government in the context of a deadly attack on a military check post in the country's restive northwest.

Andhra Pradesh Forest officials arrested a 29-year-old man on Tuesday for allegedly slaughtering a spotted deer in Nandyala district, and seized 35 kg venison from him, said an official.

Two people were injured after a lift came crashing down from the fourth floor of an electronic goods showroom in Khanna, police said on Tuesday.

The Biden administration hit hundreds of people and firms, from Russia to China to Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, with economic and diplomatic sanctions Tuesday as the U.S. targets third-country contributors that are equipping Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Days ahead of the opposition INDIA bloc meeting, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that West Bengal will lead the country in every field and all will get their due respect.

Six shanties were gutted and half a dozen cattle died in a fire at a slum cluster near Noida on Tuesday, officials said.

The civil aviation ministry on Tuesday asked aerospace manufacturing companies to present a collaborative plan with their requirements that will help them expand their supply chain in India.

The Delhi Police has arrested six people for allegedly robbing a couple of Rs 50 lakh which they were carrying to purchase jewellery, a senior official said on Tuesday.

FBI Director Christopher A Wray visited the NIA headquarters here on Tuesday and emphasised the need to take the partnership between the US and India to the next level to deal with constantly-evolving challenges and threats of terrorism, an official said.

In a crackdown on illegal mining, the Haryana State Enforcement Bureau carried out raids across 11 districts of the state, on the intervening night of December 11-12, state's Home Minister Anil Vij said on Tuesday.

A court here while granting bail to a murder accused slammed a Delhi Police inspector for attempting to "mislead" it by filing false replies, investigating the case in a "highly unprofessional manner", and delaying the matter.

Three persons were killed and two critically injured on Tuesday in two separate accidents on National Highway 16 in Odisha’s Bhadrak district, police said.

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed National Conference leader Omar Abdullah's plea seeking divorce from his estranged wife on grounds of cruelty, saying there was no merit in his appeal.

Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Tuesday underlined the importance of spreading awareness about health and said the clinic on the Supreme Court premises is being upgraded.

BJP's chief minister-designate Bhajan Lal Sharma on Tuesday met Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra and staked claim to form the next government in the state. The BJP had won 115 seats in the recent assembly elections, while the Congress got 69 seats. Polling was held on 199 of the 200 seats in the state on November 25.

The body of a 10-year-old girl, who went missing last week, was found in a mutilated condition in a sugarcane field in Shekhpur Garhwa village here, said police on Tuesday.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu and the Andhra Pradesh police to not make any public statements with regard to the FiberNet case.

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Tuesday announced date sheet for class 10 and 12 board exams with the examination for both classes beginning from February 15.

A court in Tripura’s Sepahijala district on Tuesday sentenced a jawan of Tripura State Rifles (TSR), an armed force of the state, to life term for killing two of his officers two years ago.

A 21-year-old man received stab injuries after he was allegedly attacked by some other men over an unknown reason near a community centre in north Delhi's Chandrawal area, said police on Tuesday.

The BJP on Tuesday picked first-time MLA Bhajan Lal Sharma as Rajasthan's new chief minister, ending days of speculation that followed its victory in the assembly polls.

SpiceJet on Tuesday reported a narrowing of consolidated loss of Rs 446.09 crore in the three months ended September, mainly as the crisis-hit carrier reduced overall expenses.

The Centre on Tuesday said no GST dues of any state are pending before it and that some state governments have not submitted AG's authenticated certificate for release of their share of funds.

 Union Minister Kailash Choudhary, on Tuesday, took an urgent flight to Jaipur amid the Chief Minister tussle. According to media reports, he is also running in the race to become CM.

The body of a nine-year-old boy who was allegedly taken into the forests by a leopard was recovered near Dharmpur village in the Sohelwa Forest Range of this Uttar Pradesh district, officials said on Tuesday. Sharif was returning to the village after grazing goats on Monday when a leopard attacked him and took him into the forests, Forest Officer MB Singh said. His body was found in a bush near the village, he added.

A 62-year-old man was allegedly duped of Rs 50,000 by a group of cyber criminals who tricked him by telling him that one of his relatives has been kidnapped and will be harmed if he does not pay the money, police said on Tuesday. "We had received a complaint on October 24 from Lakshmi Chand Chawla, a resident of Yamuna Vihar of northeast Delhi. He told the police that he received a call on his WhatsApp.

 A four-year-old boy met a tragic end after he was strangled to death allegedly by a paternal relative in this district, police said on Tuesday.

The gruesome murder was allegedly committed by the victim's aunt who was reportedly mentally unsound.

A government school teacher in this Uttar Pradesh district was suspended for allegedly thrashing nine students after being hit by a ball they were playing with, officials said on Tuesday.
The alleged incident occurred in the Government Junior High School in the Kila locality of the district's City area on Monday, they said.

Asia markets opened higher following a positive close on Wall Street. Investors are eagerly awaiting a crucial US inflation report later in the day, which will likely set the tone for the Federal Reserve's final meeting of the year on Wednesday.
US futures and oil prices advanced.

Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC) Chairman B Janardhan Reddy, whose tenure during the previous BRS regime was marred by leaks of question papers of recruitment tests, has resigned from his post.

Reddy, who met Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Monday, quit later, sources said.

The mercury rose several notches in Kashmir last night but the minimum temperatures still settled below the freezing point, officials said here on Tuesday. Srinagar, which experienced the coldest night of the season on Monday, recorded a minimum temperature of minus 1.5 degrees Celsius, the officials said. 

Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi gives an Adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha to discuss the recent train accidents and their effects on the transportation system.

 Former president Pranab Mukherjee's daughter Sharmishtha Mukherjee has said her father felt he was not included in the cabinet of Rajiv Gandhi due to his "non-subservient" attitude.

A new federal charge was filed on Monday against a man accused of firing a shotgun into the air outside a synagogue in upstate New York.
Mufid Fawaz Alkhader, 28, was arrested on Thursday after shots were fired outside Temple Israel of Albany. The Iraqi-born US citizen said “Free Palestine” when officers arrested him.

 As the climate talks in Dubai spinned into their final hours, negotiators on Monday released the latest draft on the global stocktake, deemed the most critical document of COP28, which notably omits any mention of the "phase out of fossil fuels".
However, the draft does suggest countries could agree on reducing the "production and consumption of fossil fuels" for the first time in the history of UN climate conferences.

Drama unfolded at central Delhi's Shadipur metro station on Monday evening when a woman walked down the elevated metro track and threatened to commit suicide by jumping on the road, police said.
The woman was successfully rescued by security personnel within minutes and handed over to her family, they said.

The suspense over who will be the new chief minister of Rajasthan is likely to end Tuesday evening with a BJP Legislature Party meeting scheduled to be held at 4 pm. BJP state general secretary and MLA Bhajanlal Sharma said the meeting will take place at the party's state headquarters in the presence of BJP central observer Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and two co-observers -- national vice president Saroj Pandey and national general secretary Vinod Tawde.

 A senior official of the Biden administration is travelling to India this week to discuss issues related to securing the international financial system from abuse by illicit actors, the US Department of Treasury said Monday.
Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian E. Nelson is travelling to New Delhi and Mumbai from December 11-15 to continue work with India on combating illicit finance and anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) issues, an official release said.