The Delhi High Court dismissed a petition challenging the import ban on Salman Rushdie’s “The Satanic Verses.” The court deemed the petition ‘infructuous’ as authorities couldn’t locate the 1988 notification imposing the ban. The bench concluded that without the notification, its validity couldn’t be assessed.

Officials said that after fresh firing in the morning on Friday, police and the security forces resumed the anti-terror operation in Sopore area of Baramulla district.

Advani, former deputy prime minister and former BJP president, turned 97 on Friday.