Before leading the entire opposition out of the house over the Kerala government protecting Mani, who has been charged by the vigilance department in the bar scam, Leader of Opposition V.S. Achuthanandan quoted from the Bible that all "evil" characters will "go to hell". ...

The solar-powered aircraft, Solar Impulse 2 (Si2), which aims to fly around the globe without a drop of fuel entered Pakistani air space on Tuesday....
Many Indians are among 200 employees of a hospital in Bahrain who have not been paid their salaries for months and are struggling to make ends meet, a media report said Tuesday....
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed on Tuesday assured Home Minister Rajnath Singh that no separatist would be henceforth released without taking the BJP into confidence....
Facing stiff opposition over the land bill, the government has proposed nine amendments including restricting acquisition of land within one km of both sides of railway tracks and highways, providing employment to at least one member of affected family and creating a bank of barren land, sources said. ...

The crisis in Delhi's ruling AAP worsened on Tuesday as four leaders known to be close to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Tuesday accused colleagues Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan of attempting to defeat the party in the February election....

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday took up with her Australian counterpart the murder of an Indian IT consultant in a Sydney street. Australian police have released CCTV footage of the woman minutes before she was stabbed to death three days ago....
An Indian-origin liquor store owner and manager in New Zealand have been ordered to pay an Indian employee NZD45,000 ($32,800) in damages for racial harassment....
The Jammu-Srinagar highway was opened on Tuesday for one-way traffic after remaining closed for two days due to landslides and snowfall along the road. ...
Two more people died due to swine flu in Uttar Pradesh, taking the toll to 18, health official said on Tuesday, adding that the number of fresh H1N1 cases has gone down considerably....