Seats in medical courses cannot remain vacant, the Supreme Court on Friday said and asked the Centre to hold a meeting with the relevant stakeholders, including the states, and consider the recommendations of a committee appointed over the issue.

The government has slashed allocation of natural gas used for LPG production, and diverted the low-priced fuel to city gas retailers like Indraprastha Gas Ltd and Adani-Total Gas Ltd to meet a part of their requirement for CNG/piped cooking gas supplies, according an official order.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated several development projects, including 1,675 flats for residents of JJ clusters and the World Trade Centre, in Delhi.

The Agra woman and her four daughters who were allegedly killed by her son in a Lucknow hotel were buried in Sambhal on Friday in front of her grieving family.

More than 100 flights were delayed at the Delhi airport on Friday morning due to bad weather conditions, an official said.

The Supreme Court on Friday sought responses from Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Singh and four others on an appeal of the CBI against their acquittal in a 2002 murder case.

Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna on Friday lauded Supreme Court judge Justice CT Ravikumar on his last working day, describing him as a "humane and noble soul" whose journey from a humble rural background to the apex court was nothing short of extraordinary.

The Punjab government has dismissed Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Gursher Singh Sandhu from service for allegedly facilitating an interview of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi while he was in police custody. The dismissal was ordered by the state Home Department under Article 311 of the Constitution, as reported by the Press Trust of India.