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.

A scuffle broke out between BJP MLA Gopichand Padalkar and NCP (Sharad Pawar group) MLA Jitendra Awhad’s supporters in the lobby of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly today.