The Centre on Saturday lifted the 48-hour ban imposed on Friday on two Malayalam news channels for reportage that could "enhance communal disharmony" across the country, sources said.

China has reported 28 new fatalities from the deadly coronavirus outbreak, taking the death toll in the country to 3,070, Chinese health officials said on Saturday as the rapid spread of the epidemic hit a milestone, infecting more than 100,000 people globally.

A lawyer was booked on Friday for allegedly firing at his colleague at the district court here following an argument on WhatsApp, police said.

The government on Friday suspended the broadcast of two Kerala-based news channels for 48 hours over their coverage of the riots in Delhi, saying such reportage could enhance communal disharmony across the country when the situation is highly volatile.

Two more persons, including the one who procured chemicals online for making the IED used in the Pulwama attack, were arrested by the NIA in the case on Friday, an official said.

The Congress on Friday slammed the government over the moratorium placed on Yes Bank, saying the difference between a "doctor" and a "quack" can be seen in Manmohan Singh's financial management in the UPA era and the economic "collapse" under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's watch.

As Yes Bank went into moratorium, many a digital payment platforms bore the brunt on Friday as transactions were disrupted, with PhonePe facing "long outage".

The police told the Delhi High Court Friday that efforts were on to recover bodies from drains in northeast Delhi where riots over the amended citizenship law have left at least 44 people dead and over 200 injured.