Top 5 news at 1 pm on Oct 24: Samajwadi Party feud deepens, Pak troops kill 8-year-old girl and more

The rift between Akhilesh Yadav and Shivpal Yadav camps escalated sharply on Monday after the two leaders launched a fight against each other on all front, While the supporters of the two leaders engaged in scuffle outside party office, Akhilesh and Shivpal fought a war of words, on dais as well as off it.

1. Samajwadi Party feud: Heated argument between Akhilesh Yadav, Shivpal Yadav during meeting

Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav called for a mega meeting of party MPs, MLAs, MLCs and ministers at the party office on Monday. 

2. Pak troops kill 8-year-old girl, injure 4 others in Kanachak sector of J&K

Eight-year-old girl died and four others were injured in shelling and firing by Pakistan in Kanachak sector of J&K on Monday.

3. Gurgaon: 22-year-old Woman stabbed at MG Road metro station

 A 22-year-old woman was allegedly stabbed by a man at the M G Road station of Delhi Metro network on Monday.

4. UP, Punjab and 3 more states to go to polls in Feb-March after budget

Uttar Pradesh, which is set to witness game-changer elections, and four other states will go to polls simultaneously, most likely in February-March next, commencing shortly after the presentation of the Union Budget on February 1.

5. Security breach: Congress demands resignation of SBI chief Arundhati Bhattacharya

Amid reports of widespread debit cards security breach, Congress on Sunday demanded resignation of Chairperson of the State Bank of India Arundhati Bhattacharya, alleging that the largest public sector bank was the “mothership” in the scam in which 19 banks have been hit.