Mumbai, Jun 13: The Bombay High Court on Thursday refused to stay the permission granted to 67 private shops and 47 municipal markets in Mumbai to slaughter animals during the Bakri Eid festival.

 Six workers including five women were killed and three injured in a blast at an explosives manufacturing factory near Nagpur city on Thursday afternoon, police said.

The School Education Department of Jammu and Kashmir has directed all schools in the Union Territory to start the morning assembly with the national anthem.

Delhi Minister Atishi announced the deployment of additional water tankers and special teams, along with an increased presence of IAS officers, to facilitate water distribution in areas facing scarcity.

Amidst the persisting water and power crises in Delhi, state minister Atishi and AAP MP Raghav Chadha said on Thursday that they met Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal lodged in the Tihar jail and were directed to take measures to curb the problems as soon as possible.

The Enforcement Directorate has arrested an alleged broker in connection with a land grab-linked money laundering case against former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren and some others, official sources said.

The Supreme Court has put a hold on the release of the movie Hamare Baraah until the Bombay High Court reviews and resolves the case concerning its objectionable scenes. This decision comes amid significant unrest in the Muslim community, who have expressed outrage over the film's content.

A man from Malad area in Mumbai has complained that he found a piece of flesh with a nail in an ice cream cone that he ordered online, police said on Thursday.