Mumbai continued to face heavy rainfall for the fourth consecutive day on Tuesday, leading to waterlogging in some low-lying areas. The city received 177 mm of rainfall within six to eight hours on Monday.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis urged citizens to take precautions as more showers are expected along with high tides.

Asserting that "vote chori" is an attack on 'Bharat Mata', Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday warned the chief election commissioner and the two election commissioners of stern action when the INDIA bloc forms government.

Intensifying his attack on the Election Commission, Gandhi also said the whole country would ask the poll body for an affidavit and if given time, his party would bring out the "vote chori" in every assembly and Lok Sabha constituency.

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday (IST) that he has begun working to arrange a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Trump made the announcement after he met Zelenskyy and European leaders at the White House to discuss an end to Russia's war in Ukraine.

Ahead of his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, US President Donald Trump said late on Sunday that reclaiming Russian-occupied Crimea or Ukraine joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) were not options. He added that Zelenskyy had the choice to bring the war with Russia to a swift end.

JSW Steel Ltd and South Korea’s POSCO Group have signed a non-binding agreement to jointly explore setting up a 6 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) integrated steel plant in Odisha, India, through a 50:50 joint venture, the companies said in a statement on Monday.

BJD chief and former Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik, who has been undergoing treatment at a private hospital here for dehydration, is now "stable" and likely to be discharged on Monday, a source at the health facility said.

Patnaik was admitted to SUM Ultimate Medicare, Bhubaneswar, on Sunday due to dehydration.

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) to see the acknowledgement receipts of affidavits submitted to the poll body by the party regarding "anomalies" in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.

In a post on X, Yadav demanded the poll panel to issue an affidavit confirming the authenticity of the digital receipts his party received against its submissions.

The ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has announced Maharashtra Governor C P Radhakrishnan as its Vice Presidential (VP) candidate.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised the VP candidate's ground-level work, "In his long years in public life, CP Radhakrishnan has distinguished himself with his dedication, humility and intellect.

Consumer durables makers are happy after the expectation that goods and services tax (GST) on air conditioners and television panels above 32 inches may be reduced to 18 per cent, as this could help revive the sector.

According to news reports, the Centre is looking to rationalise GST rates soon.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said treating stray dogs as a nuisance to be removed' is not governance, it is "cruelty".

His remarks came after the Supreme Court directed Delhi-NCR authorities to permanently relocate all strays from streets to shelters "at the earliest".

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