The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a petition filed by a waqf mutawalli alleging technical and structural deficiencies in the Centre’s UMEED portal meant for uploading details of waqf properties.

In a result seen as one of the most symbolic outcomes of the Thane civic polls, the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) has secured a victory in the ward where Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde resides, an area long considered his political stronghold.

Domestic carrier IndiGo has processed refunds to all passengers affected by flight cancellations between December 3 and 5, aviation safety regulator DGCA said on Friday.

The Indian Secular Largest Assembly of Maharashtra (ISLAM) party has emerged as the single largest outfit in Malegaon Municipal Corporation in Nashik district, trends and civic poll results showed on Friday.

Shrikant Pangarkar, an accused in the 2017 murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh, won the Jalna Municipal Corporation elections from Ward 13 as an independent candidate on Thursday. Pangarkar celebrated his victory with supporters after defeating candidates from the Bharatiya Janata Party and other parties in the ward.

The Jharkhand High Court on Friday observed that the recent police raid on the ED office here prima facie appeared to be "preplanned".

A 25-year-old man died after sustaining severe burns in a fire that broke out at a camp in the Magh Mela grounds here, police said on Friday.

President Droupadi Murmu's scheduled visit to Jalandhar on Friday for a convocation ceremony was cancelled due to bad weather, an official said.