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The district and sessions court in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, has asked actor Salman Khan to appear before it on February 6, while exempting him from appearance today.

Maharashtra has suspended COVID-19 vaccinations till Monday because of technical issues with the centre's software platform for managing the programme, news agency ANI reported on Saturday.

Farmer leader Baldev Singh Sirsa and Punjabi actor Deep Sidhu have been summoned by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for questioning on Sunday in a case related to the outfit Sikhs for Justice (SFJ).

An earthquake of magnitude 4.1 was reported near Katra in Jammu and Kashmir today, according to India's National Center for Seismology.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday laid the foundation stone of the Bhadravathi Rapid Action Force Centre in Shivamogga, Karnataka.

A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court, seeking a direction to instant messaging platform WhatsApp to roll back its recently-launched new privacy policy on the ground that it is violative of laws and can impact the country's security.

The first day of COVID-19 vaccination in India saw 1.91 people take the shot, as against a target of inoculating three lakh people by the government. The shortfall is on account of vaccination being voluntary.

Bharatiya Janata Party national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya criticised West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her allegations of fewer vaccines being sent to the state and accused her of trying to politicise the vaccination programme ahead of the assembly polls.

Days after charging its four personnel for allegedly receiving bribe to compromise on investigation against companies accused of bank fraud, the CBI has suspended two of them -- Inspector Kapil Dhankad and Stenographer Samir Kumar Singh -- and recommended administrative action against the other two.

Former Assam Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta was admitted to a private hospital following chest pain but his condition was ''stable'', a hospital spokesperson said on Saturday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today shared photos of the Jan Shatabdi Express that will run between Ahmedabad and Kevadia. This train is among seven others that PM Modi will flag off tomorrow via video conferencing.

A court in Delhi has extended the Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody of former Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP KD Singh, arrested in a money-laundering case, till January 25.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the launch of Rs 1,000-crore "Startup India Seed Fund" to support startups and help budding entrepreneurs pursue innovative ideas.

As India launched the world's largest vaccination drive against the coronavirus pandemic, here are some of the reactions from different leaders, ministers and those who took the first shot:

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh today said he would get himself vaccinated for COVID-19 vaccine in the next phase as he rolled out the inoculation drive in Mohali.