Andhra Pradesh's ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on Friday pulled out of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and was set to move a no-confidence motion against the government over its refusal to grant special category status to the state, party leaders said.

The Hindustani Awam Morcha-Secular (HAM-S) on Wednesday announced its exit from the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) with the BJP and said it would enter the Grand Alliance, a party leader said.

Senior Congress leader and former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said on Saturday that the Indian economy was going down and that the growth rate during the present NDA rule was lower than during the earlier UPA's time.

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said the "twin blow" of demonetisation and the "badly-designed" and "hastily-implemented" Goods and Services Tax (GST) was a "complete disaster" for India's economy and asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to lower the democratic discourse by calling his critics anti-national or anti-development.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday sought to address the concerns over the legal challenge to the Constitution's Article 35A by stating that the Narendra Modi government would do nothing that would go against the aspirations of Kashmiri people while also asserting that he was ready to come here and meet anyone to bring peace to the state.

Veteran lawyer Ram Jehtmalani announced retirement and attacked NDA government by saying that it has "let down" the nation like the previous UPA dispensation.

Cabinet reshuffle will take place on Sunday at 10 AM, said news agency Press Trust of India in one of its tweet.

An early reshuffle of the Union Cabinet appears to be on the cards with a united AIADMK expected to join the National Democratic Alliance in the next few days and JD-U having already having decided to join the ruling alliance at the Centre.

The Union Public Service Comission has made admit cards available for National Defence Academy (NDA) and Naval Academy Examination (II) 2017 examination.

Calling upon the party's state leaders and cadres to work together with unity, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said the party would win the assembly election in the state due in April-May 2018. While, NDA's Amit Shah claimed his party's victory in the polls.