Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday said he is confident that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) will get a third term.

Eight minister, mostly Congress party veterans, were inducted into Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's ministerial council Monday in possibly the last rejig before the 2014 general elections.

The prime accused in a cheating case that saw two members of Chief Minister Oommen Chandy's office lose their jobs last week, was arrested from Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu Monday, according to the man's counsel.

 Janata Dal-United (JD-U) and the Bharatiya Janata Party sparred in Bihar Monday, a day after their 17-year-old alliance ended in bitter acrimony. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said it is difficult to work with BJP's new era leaders while BJP decided to expose his "double-speak".

Kavuri Sambasiva Rao, who took oath as minister Monday, is an engineer who is serving his fifth term in parliament

The Congress is watching carefully the political situation in Bihar where the JD-U and BJP parted ways and is willing to align with "likeminded and secular" parties, newly-appointed party general secretary Ajay Maken said Monday.

The Uttar Pradesh government Monday gave its nod to the construction of an international airport in Agra. The proposal already has the approval of the central government, and a site for the project will soon be earmarked.

Eight new faces were inducted into Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's council of ministers Monday -- possibly the last reshuffle before the 2014 general elections.

Faced with demonstrations from villagers over a gang-rape and murder in North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday lost her cool and branded the perpetrators of the crime as well as the protestors as "CPI-M people".

 A day after its 17-year-old alliance with the JD-U ended, an angry BJP Monday decided to expose the "doublespeak" of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over Narendra Modi by distributing CDs of an old video in which he praised the Gujarat Chief Minister.