The National Green Tribunal has imposed a complete ban on sale and use of firecrackers across Delhi-NCR from November 9 to November 30 amidst the double whammy of the pollution crisis and the coronavirus pandemic.

The Bombay High Court rejected release on an interim bail to Republic TV Editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami and two others in connection with the 2018 case for abetment of suicide by an interior designer. On Saturday, a division Bench of Justices S S Shinde and M S Karnik, after a day-long hearing of the pleas, reserved its order without granting any immediate relief. Goswami and the other accused - Feroze Shaikh and Nitish Sarda - had challenged their "illegal arrest" and sought to be released on interim bail.

Meanwhile, the Delhi High Court will hear today a petition filed by four Bollywood associations and 34 producers to seek a restraint on Republic TV and Times Now channels from making or publishing what they dubbed as "irresponsible, derogatory and defamatory" remarks against Hindi film industry and its members.

The 15th finance commission is slated to submit its report for 2021-22 to 2025-26 to President Ram Nath Kovind today.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of various development projects in Varanasi, including those related to agriculture, tourism and infrastructure.