Nine Chenchu tribals, trapped in floods in Telangana's Nagarkurnool district, were rescued by police on Tuesday.

The tribals, including two children, were stuck in the flooded Dindi stream since Monday. They had taken shelter on a hillock and were waiting for help.

Police of Nagarkurnool and Nalgonda districts had launched the operation to rescue the stranded tribals. After strenuous efforts by the police personnel, the tribals were rescued on Tuesday morning.

MLAs Chikkudu Vamshi Krishna and Balu Naik supervised the rescue operation. The rescued group includes two women.

According to police, the fishermen got stranded in floods while fishing in the stream. A drone was used to drop food for the stranded tribals.

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) of Pakistan announced that it has apprehended a suspect allegedly involved in human trafficking during an operation in the eastern Punjab province.

According to the statement released on Monday, the suspect, who was also implicated in visa fraud, was found in possession of 36 Pakistani passports, reports news agency.

The arrested had reportedly extorted large sums of money from individuals under the false promise of sending them abroad, the FIA said.

The statement said that the FIA has intensified efforts to conduct raids in pursuit of the suspect's accomplices.

Allrounders Nathan Smith and Josh Clarkson have been handed central contracts by the New Zealand Cricket (NZC) after Devon Conway and Finn Allen, recently turned down their central contracts to pursue T20 league opportunities.

Smith, a 26-year-old from Wellington, has made a strong case for himself through his performances in domestic cricket. Last season, he was a standout performer in the Firebirds winning Plunket Shield campaign, leading the competition wicket-taking charts with 33 wickets at just 17, including career-best first-class figures of 6-36 against Canterbury.

His performances in the white-ball arena were also impressive – claiming 11 and 13 wickets in the Ford Trophy and Super Smash campaigns, respectively -- and his 4-5 against the Otago Volts in Alexandra the best men’s figures in last season’s men’s T20 competition.

Movement of trains remained disrupted for the third day on Tuesday due to heavy rain and floods in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

With the railway track damaged in Telangana's Mahabubabad district yet to be restored, the South Central Railway (SCR) cancelled several trains on Tuesday.

The damage to the track brought to a halt the train traffic on Kazipet-Vijayawada trunk route.

According to SCR officials, 432 trains have so far been cancelled because of heavy rain. Another 139 trains were diverted due to damaged track.

Indian equity indices were trading flat on Tuesday following mixed sentiments in the markets.

At 9:51 a.m., Sensex was down 76 points or 0.09 per cent at 82,483 and Nifty was down 17 points or 0.07 per cent at 25,261.

The broader market trend remains positive. On the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), 2039 shares were trading in the green, 829 shares in the red, while 128 shares did not see any change.

Midcap and smallcap stocks were performing better compared to largecaps. The Nifty Midcap 100 index was at 59,382, up 229 points or 0.39 per cent, and the Nifty Smallcap 100 index was at 19,359, up 116 points or 0.60 per cent.

The No.10 seed Australian Alex de Minaur steered past compatriot Jordan Thompson, 6-0, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 to enter third straight grand slam quarterfinal at the US Open.

The 10th seed raced out of the blocks to take command early and showed great foot speed throughout on Louis Armstrong, tracking down drop volleys and flat Thompson groundstrokes to reach the last eight after two hours and 57 minutes.

De Minaur joined an octet of Aussies to have reached three consecutive major quarterfinals in the Open Era, and becomes the first man from his country to achieve the feat since legendary Lleyton Hewitt in 2005

The indefinite sit-in demonstration by junior doctors and medical students from different colleges demanding the resignation of the Kolkata Police Commissioner, Vineet Kumar Goyal, in connection with the R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder case continued on Tuesday.

The protest started on Monday afternoon near Kolkata Police headquarters and continued with the protesting doctors showing no signs of fatigue following their nightlong protests under the open sky and on the streets.

On Tuesday morning, the protesting representatives from the medical fraternity maintained that although the arrest of former and controversial principal of R.G. Kar Sandip Ghosh by the CBI late Monday evening made them happy, they will be sticking to their demand on the resignation of the city police commissioner considering the “lackadaisical” role of the city police in handling the initial investigation in the case before the probe was handed over to the CBI by the Calcutta High Court.

The eShram portal, launched by the government to support unorganised workers across the country, has crossed 30 crore registrations in just three years of its launch.

The integration of social security schemes on eShram will help in saturation of schemes and access of schemes to eligible eShram workers.

According to the Union Budget 2024-25, a comprehensive integration of eShram portal with other government websites will facilitate a ‘One-Stop-Solution’.

Launched on August 26, 2021, the initiative aims to facilitate access of various social security schemes being implemented by different ministries and departments to unorganised workers through the eShram portal.

At least seven pilgrims, comprising three women, were killed and eight injured in a road crash in Haryana's Jind district early Tuesday, police said.

All the passengers were trapped inside the vehicle, and the spot was filled with screams.

The accident occurred on the Hisar-Chandigarh National Highway when a truck loaded with logs rear-ended a passenger van (Tata Magic). After the crash, the van veered off the road and fell into a ditch. The van, carrying devotees, was going from Haryana's Kurukshetra to Gogamedi in the Hanumangarh district of Rajasthan.

The truck driver fled from the spot after the accident.

Administration in 11 districts of Telangana remained on alert with a heavy rain warning from the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday.

The state government has put Adilabad, Jagityal, Kamareddy, Komaram Bheem Asifabad, Medak, Medchal Malkajgiri, Nirmal, Nizamabad, Peddapalli, Sangareddy and Siddipet districts on alert.

The IMD has forecast heavy rain in these districts on Tuesday. Chef Secretary Santhi Kumari has asked the Collectors and SPs of these districts to remain alert and take precautionary measures to prevent loss of lives and property.

People in low-lying areas were advised to take necessary precautions. More rain was forecast for the state even as some districts were yet to recover from the damages caused by heavy downpours and floods since Saturday.