A day after a heated exchange took place between NCP MLA Jitendra Awhad and BJP MLA Gopichand Padalkar, a scuffle broke out between their supporters on Thursday.

India on Thursday played down the threat of the US imposing sanctions on countries buying Russian oil, saying it is confident of meeting its needs from alternative sources.

The first arrest has been made in Bihar’s hospital murder in which five men armed with guns walked into the Paras Hospital and shot a man dead who was undergoing treatment.