The Editors Guild of India on Friday welcomed the Bombay High Court verdict striking down as unconstitutional the Information Technology Amendment Rules of 2023 on the formation of fact-check units by the government.

The Bombay High Court has struck down the central government's plan to establish a fact-checking unit (FCU) under the Information Technology Amendment Rules, 2023. The decision comes in response to a petition filed by standup comedian Kunal Kamra, challenging the constitutional validity of the Centre's move.

 Veteran Malayalam actor Kaviyoor Ponnamma died at a private hospital here on Friday, hospital sources said.

She was 80.

A Dalit girl was allegedly gang-raped by three persons here in a moving car, after which she was thrown out on the side of a road, police said on Friday.

"Why are police not helping us?" asked the grieving mother of Akshat Garg, who died after an SUV being driven on the wrong side of a road hit his motorcycle.

A 19-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide in Dombivali in Thane district after her parents refused to give her a mobile phone, a police official said on Friday.

AR Dairy, a company that supplied ghee to Tirupati Lord Balaji temple, on Friday said their product samples have been duly cleared by authorities certifying its quality.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ordered the closure of the interstate border for three days on Thursday evening. Mamata had criticized the Jharkhand government on Friday, claiming that the state's flood-like situation had increased because the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) was releasing water from its dam to save Jharkhand. On Thursday evening, the West Bengal government sealed the Dibrugarh check post, causing heavy vehicles from Barakar Bridge to Maithon at NH-19 from Jharkhand.