Actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha Tuesday dubbed Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar as “Prime Ministerial material” and said that he wanted to build bridges between the former partners BJP and the JD(U).

Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) led by Union minister Ajit Singh Tuesday expelled two MPs Devender Nagpal and Sarika Baghel from the party for hobnobbing with the Samajwadi Party (SP).

The victory in the panchayat elections for the Trinamool Congress was the completion of a full circle for the party after demolishing the Left Front in the state in 2011, senior minister Subrata Mukherjee said Tuesday.

Normal life was disrupted for the second day Tuesday due to the 72-hour bandh called in the Darjeeling hills by Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) to demand Gorkhaland.

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) will increase the frequency, speed and operating hours of the Airport Express Line from August 1.

Army Tuesday foiled two infiltration bids along the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, killing two militants.

With the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government likely to concede the demand for creation of Telangana state, the call for carving out a separate Vidarbha state out of Maharashtra has started gaining heat.

In a severe blow to Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and its president-in-exile N. Srinivasan, the Bombay high court Tuesday held as “illegal and unconstitutional” the two-member probe panel set up by it to look into spot-fixing and betting charges in the IPL tournament.

Reserve Bank Tuesday cautioned that rupee depreciation will have adverse impact on prices of fuel and manufactured products in the coming months even as it aims to keep inflation at five per cent by March end.

Gangster Abu Salem, who survived a bid on his life in Navi Mumbai’s Taloja Jail last month, on Monday moved the special Tada court seeking directions to the jail authorities for shifting him to the Po