One day after Zaira Wasim announced that she will be quitting acting in Bollywood due to her religious reasons, Hindu Mahasabha president Swami Chakrapani asked Hindu actresses to follow the suit. "Hindu actresses should also take inspiration from Zaira. Her Zaira Wasim decision to quit acting is praiseworthy," Swami Chakrapani said in a tweet.

Actress Zaira Wasim has announced that she will no more be a part of Bollywood and the reason behind her decision is more shocking, as described by her in a Facebook post on Sunday.

In a jolt to the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), one of its founding leaders, Tariq Anwar, on Friday quit the party and the Lok Sabha expressing disagreement with party chief Sharad Pawar who he said gave a clean chit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Rafale deal.

French Environment Minister Nicolas Hulot on Tuesday announced his resignation on a live radio programme before informing the President or the Prime Minister.

Senior leader Ashutosh jolted the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday by quitting it citing personal reasons, but AAP convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal refused to let him go.

Minister of State for Culture Mahesh Sharma released three books, including one on "secret broadcasts" during the Quit India movement, at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) here on Thursday.

On the 76th anniversary of the historic Quit India Movement, the Maharashtra Congress on Thursday said the "the time has come to say 'Chale Jao' (go away) to the Bharatiya Janata Party government" at the Centre.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came down heavily on former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha by tagging him as 'a puppet of Congress'.

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.

Also known as 'wonder boy' of cricket, Pranav Dhanawade had been battling to find his lost form since last one and half years.