Speculations about a possible rift in Akhilesh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party are rife after OP Rajbhar, state minister and Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party chief, claimed that the party could witness a mass exodus. Rajbhar claimed that senior SP leader Ram Gopal Yadav had contacted Centre.

According to preliminary police probe, Santosh took his wife to the Chamundeshwari Temple in Marakumbi village. While returning from the temple, Santosh allegedly mixed rat poison and powdered bangle pieces into a soft drink and gave it to his wife, claiming that it was temple prasad.

Assam Don Bosco University has terminated faculty member Dr Saurav Chandra after a woman student filed an alleged sexual misconduct complaint.