The equity markets posted the biggest single-day gain since May 2009, while the rupee extended its recovery, closing at 63.84 against the dollar Tuesday, up 140 paise (biggest in two weeks), as easing Syria tensions and improved industrial production data from China lifted investor sentiments.

BJP MLA Som Sangeet was booked on Tuesday for uploading a fake video on Facebook that incited communal tensions in Muzaffarnagar district and nearby areas of western Uttar Pradesh.

With the RSS throwing its weight behind Gujarat CM Narendra Modi and asking the BJP leadership to decide on the timing of the announcement of Mr Modi as the party’s PM candidate, the BJP parliamentary board is likely to meet later this week on the issue.

The CBI on Tuesday filed a chargesheet against Indian Cements chief and BCCI president N. Srinivasan for alleged criminal conspiracy and cheating in the Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy illegal investments case.

Indian-origin Pulitzer Prize winner Jhumpa Lahiri was on Tuesday shortlisted for the prestigious Booker Prize for The Lowland, as the 13-book longlist was whittled down to six books by judges.

The Delhi police used scientific investigation techniques to ensure the conviction of the four men found guilty by a fast-track court of gangraping and murdering a 23-year-old paramedical student in December last year.

Following the conviction of all four accused in the December 16 gangrape case by the fast-track court here, the defence counsels said they would challenge the judgment in the high court.

Two men allegedly kidnapped a nine-year-old Class 3 student and her younger sister with an intention to rape her and slashed her private parts with a blade when they failed in their attempt. The incident has been reported from New Usmanpur area of northeast Delhi.

In order to ensure overall better supervision and coordination among the force, the Delhi police on Tuesday increased the number of ranges from the existing four to six.

As gujjar leader and former Delhi NCP president Ramvir Singh Bidhuri joined the BJP along with three NCP councillors on Tuesday, former BJP president and Delhi BJP election in charge Nitin Gadkari said that many more leaders, including leaders from the ruling Congress party fearing anti-incumbency, were keen to join the party.