Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has warned that any attempt by the BJP to engineer defections in her PDP to form the government in the state "will erode the trust of the Kashmiris in Indian democracy".

Holding that global trade is passing through "challenging times", Union Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu on Saturday said the existence of World Trade Organisation (WTO) was under threat.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said developmental works in the national capital will be "speeded up" and he will ensure that funds were sanctioned, within a fortnight, for roads and drains in all the unauthorised colonies.

The convicts went from the Hazaribagh jail, out on bail, to the Union Minister’s residence where he garlanded them.

The opposition parties on Saturday slammed Union Minister Jayant Sinha for allegedly honouring Ramgarh lynching convicts after they were released on bail even as the Minister defended his action, saying he had full faith in the judicial system.

With the new chief of the Congress' Kerala unit set to be named soon, sources in the know of things say veteran leader K. Karunakaran's son K. Muraleedharan and senior leader Mullappally Ramachandran are among the front-runners.

Attacking the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said people are calling the party "bail gadi" because many of its senior leaders are out on bail in various cases.

The JEE and NEET examinations will now take place twice a year, announced the HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar in a press conference on Saturday in New Delhi. “The National Testing Agency will conduct them this year. The same student can take the exam both times a year and the best score will be counted,” he said.