New Delhi: The Lok Janshakti Party appears set for a split as five of its six Lok Sabha MPs are learnt to have joined hands to oust Chirag Paswan as their leader in the House by electing his uncle Pashupati Kumar Paras in his place.

Jaipur: Rumours regarding the death of BJP MLA Babulal Kharadi went viral on social media on Sunday, but were soon dismissed by the legislator.

Kannur: A toddler's mother and stepfather were on Sunday taken into custody for assaulting and injuring the child, police said.

Nagpur: Personnel at the Nandanvan police station in Nagpur in Maharashtra were left shocked when a young man walked into the premises with a bag which he said contained a "bomb" he had found abandoned near a college.

Opposition parties in Uttar Pradesh the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) have alleged financial scam worth crores of rupees in the land deal pertaining to Ram Mandir. The allegations have been labelled against the Ram Mandir Trust that was set up by Narendra Modi led the BJP government at the Centre to oversee and manage the construction of the temple based on a Supreme Court verdict. It was awarded around 70 acres of land in the ruling and 12 of its 15 members are nominated by the Centre.

Chandigarh: Former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala on Sunday escaped unhurt after his SUV met with an accident in Gurgaon district, police said.

Mumbai: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has seized marijuana and 830 grams of 'weed cakes' from a bakery in suburban Malad and arrested three persons including a woman in this connection, an official said on Sunday.

New Delhi: The Congress must bring widespread reforms across all levels of the organisation to show it is no longer in a state of inertia and to present itself as a viable political alternative to the BJP, party veteran Kapil Sibal said on Sunday.