Taking potshots at Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, Union-minister Hardeep Puri said the AAP founder is a "political start-up", who provides freebies. One cannot indulge in populist, disruptionist policies if one wants to make Delhi a world-class centre, the minister said. Puri, a former civil-servant, in an-exclusive-interview, said Arvind Kejriwal didnt stay too long in the services else he might have been a different person.

Controversial Indian Islamic preacher Zakir Naik apologized on Tuesday for making racially sensitive remarks in Malaysia, after police banned him from speaking in public and questioned him for hours over the comments. Naik, who faces charges of money laundering and hate speech in India, has come under fire for comments that pitted Malaysia's ethnic and religious minorities against the predominantly Muslim Malay majority.

Star spinner Rashid Khan will captain Afghanistan in the one-off Test against Bangladesh besides the T20 tri-series also featuring Zimbabwe, the country's cricket board announced on Tuesday. Rashid was named Afghanistan skipper following the teams winless campaign at the World Cup last month. Gulbadin Naib had captained the team in the World Cup.