At the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov asserted that the economic partnership between India and Russia is “not under threat” amid the US tariffs on India for buying Russian oil.

Security has been stepped up at actor-politician Vijay’s residence in Chennai after a stampede at his rally in Karur left 39 dead and over a 100 injured, sources in the Tamil Nadu government have said.

A 16-year-old girl was was rescued allegedly after she was kidnapped, kept hostage for six months and raped multiple times over the period, police said on Saturday.