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Centre floats concept note on digital vouchers for PDS to check leakages

The food ministry has proposed pilot projects using e-RUPI digital vouchers in the public distribution system to reduce leakages and diversion of grains, a move strongly opposed by ration shop dealers

Virat Kohli's Instagram account briefly disappears, returns within hours

The Indian cricket star's Instagram account briefly showed error messages on Friday morning, sparking panic and memes online, before being restored within hours

Delhi air quality improves to 'poor' as rain forecast offers hope of relief

Air quality in Delhi showed marginal improvement on Friday, while IMD's forecast of rain and thunderstorms raised hopes of further respite from the serious winter pollution

PT Usha's husband V Srinivasan dies at 67, PM Modi condoles demise

Srinivasan collapsed at his residence early this morning, following which he was rushed immediately to a nearby hospital, but could not be revived

Zilla Parishads, Panchayat Samitis polls in Maharashtra postponed to Feb 7

Elections to 12 Zilla Parishads and 125 Panchayat Samitis in Maharashtra has been rescheduled to Feb 7, following demise of Deputy CM Ajit Pawar

Martyr's Day: Traffic restrictions, diversions in parts of Delhi today

According to the advisory, traffic diversions may be enforced on an 'as per need' basis at multiple key junctions depending on the movement of dignitaries and the security situation

Rain, thunderstorms likely in Delhi-NCR as western disturbance approaches

A fresh western disturbance is set to bring rain, snowfall and thunderstorms to the western Himalayas as cold wave and dense fog persist across northern plains

Free trade agreement with EU is for ambitious India: PM Narendra Modi

PM Modi calls the India-EU FTA a pact for an ambitious India, urging manufacturers to tap duty-free access to 27 European markets

Supreme Court flags lack of reciprocity as foreign cos seek data from India

Supreme Court flags asymmetry in global judicial cooperation as Pfizer challenges Madras High Court order refusing to enforce US letters rogatory

Stray dogs case: SC reserves order on pleas against earlier rulings

The Supreme Court also directed the Animal Welfare Board of India to process applications from NGOs seeking permission to set up animal shelters or animal birth control facilities

Delhi court acquits L-G Saxena in defamation case filed by Medha Patkar

Patkar and Saxena had been locked in a legal tussle since 2000 after she filed a suit against him for publishing advertisements against her and the 'Narmada Bachao Andolan'

Baramati plane crash investigation progressing expeditiously: MoCA

MoCA said the AAIB-DGCA probe into the Baramati Learjet 45 crash is progressing expeditiously, with the black box recovered and a time-bound inquiry underway

Delhi riots case: Court rejects bail plea of ex-MLA Tahir Hussain

Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai was hearing the bail applications of the accused and denied them bail

Freedom of speech no licence for defamatory online campaigns: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court clarified that freedom of speech is not absolute and does not extend to defamatory or malicious content on social media platforms

SC stays implementation of new UGC norms; 2012 regulations to continue

The Supreme Court said the provision defining caste-based discrimination separately is vague and asked the Centre to revise it

Toll hits 21 in Bengal fire, 28 still missing; prohibitory orders imposed

The devastating fire reduced to ashes two godowns and a manufacturing unit of a momo company at Anandapur in South 24 Parganas district

Five Delhi schools receive bomb threats; declared hoax after thorough check

The DFS confirmed that Loreto Convent in Delhi Cantonment, Don Bosco in Chittaranjan Park, and Carmel Convent campuses in Anand Niketan and Dwarka have received threats

CBI raids multiple locations in Kolkata over ₹1,000 crore bank fraud

The searches are being carried out in several locations, including Alipore, in connection with a case of large-scale bank fraud involving a public sector lender

SC refuses to issue directions for welfare measures of domestic helps

The top court also observed that trade unionism has been largely responsible for stopping the industrial growth in the country

Ajit Pawar cremated with full state honours; Shah, Gadkari attend funeral

Union ministers Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, former Union minister Sharad Pawar and BJP president Nitin Nabin attended the 66-year-old Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief's funeral