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Top National Headlines:

1. Delhi blast probe handed over to NIA; Shah instructs to 'hunt down each and every culprit'

New Delhi: Probe into the car blast near the Red Fort that killed 12 people was transferred to the National Investigation Agency on Tuesday, with Union Home Minister Amit Shah instructing the agency to submit a report "at the earliest"

2. Exit Polls predict big win for NDA in Bihar, disappointing debut for PK's Jan Suraaj

New Delhi: Exit Polls on Tuesday predicted a return of the NDA government in Bihar with a big victory over the Mahagathbandhan, and a disappointing show by Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj in its debut outing.

3. Red Fort blast: Pulwama doctor was driving car, had links to interstate terror module

New Delhi/Srinagar: Police on Tuesday investigated the Red Fort blast as a possible terror attack and zeroed in on a Pulwama doctor, who was driving the car that exploded and had links to a terror module busted with the recovery of explosives mainly from Faridabad. 

4. Record 69 per cent turnout caps Bihar's high-stakes polls

Patna: Bihar on Tuesday witnessed a record-breaking turnout of nearly 69 per cent in the second and final phase of polling, wrapping up a nearly month-long exercise that saw the ruling NDA defend its "sushasan" pitch against the opposition's onslaught, promising "change". 

5. Delhi's air quality slips to 'severe' category for 1st time this year

New Delhi: Delhi recorded its first "severe" air quality day of the year on Tuesday, with the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) reaching 428, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). 

6. Former TDB president N Vasu arrested in Sabarimala gold case

Thiruvananthapuram: The SIT probing the missing gold from the Sabarimala temple arrested former Travancore Devaswom Board president N Vasu on Tuesday, sources said here.

7. White-collar' terror: Focus on how accused managed to get huge quantity of Ammonium Nitrate

New Delhi: Security agencies are focusing on how a sophisticated "white-collar" terror module managed to acquire and store a huge quantity of explosives, including Ammonium Nitrate, the substance suspected to have been used in Monday's deadly blast near the Red Fort area that killed 12 people.

8. SC seeks EC's response on pleas of DMK, TMC challenging SIR exercise in Tamil Nadu, West Bengal

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought separate responses of the Election Commission (EC) on pleas filed by DMK, CPI(M), West Bengal Congress and Trinamool Congress leaders challenging the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal respectively.

9. Allahabad HC grants protection from arrest to hairstylist Jawed Habib, son in cheating case

Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has granted interim protection from arrest to celebrity hairstylist Jawed Habib and his son Anosh Habib in an alleged investment fraud case.

Top International Headlines:

10. US "pretty close" to seal trade deal with India; will bring tariffs down at some point: Trump

New York/Washington: The US is "pretty close" to reaching a "fair trade deal" with India, President Donald Trump has said, adding that he will lower the tariffs imposed on Indian goods at "some point".

11. World leaders condemn New Delhi blast

Beijing/Washington: Leaders from across the world, including the US, China, Japan, and Israel, on Tuesday expressed grief and shock over the loss of lives after an explosion in the Indian capital killed at least 12 people and injured several others.