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The Election Commission on Friday announced biennial election to nine legislative council seats in Maharashtra, with polling to be held on May 21. The schedule of the elections that were deferred earlier on April 3 due to the lockdown, will allow CM Uddhav Thackeray, who is neither an MLA or MLC at present, to get elected to legislative council and continue in the post beyond May 27, 2020.

The Delhi-Gurugram border was sealed by Haryana Police on Friday due to Covid-19 with people and vehicles coming from the national capital being asked to go back. While the Haryana govt has said that people associated with essential services will be allowed to enter Gurugram, several of them claimed that despite having passes, the police did not allow them to cross the border.

Australia will not allow the use of saliva or sweat to shine the ball once cricket training resumes in the post COVID-19 world, says a framework released by the federal government regarding the staged return of sports amid the pandemic. There is speculation that use of saliva to shine the ball will be stopped to cut down the risk of the highly contagious infection.

A collage of two photos is being circulated on social media platforms with a claim that RSS men attacked an old Hindu woman because she prepared the early morning sehri for a young Muslim woman recently.

TOI photographers capture the care, compassion and clinical attention given inside the sterilised environment of Kerala's Covid-19 wards

It has been 10 years since Arjun's incredible feat and he wanted to mark the anniversary by climbing Mount Everest once again along with the Annapurna massif (compact group of mountains) without oxygen and sherpa support. He was set and raring to go, but the lockdown, due to the fast-spreading coronavirus pandemic, forced him to cancel his plans.

Uncertainty amid the pandemic, bleak prospects and concern for family members is driving some to suicide

Non-subsidised LPG or market-priced cooking gas prices were cut by a record Rs 162.50 per cylinder on Friday, in line with the slump in benchmark international rates. This is the third straight monthly reduction in rates of non-subsidised LPG, which users who have given up subsidy buy.

Chuni Goswami was a legend among the legends of Indian football and also one of the finest sportspersons of this country. A pall of gloom descended as the news of his passing away trickled in.

The Covid-19 lockdown has enabled fruits and vegetables to be directly sourced from farmers and their organisations and delivered at doorsteps of the consumers

Former Pakistan skipper Younus Khan has come in support of Shoaib Akhtar who has accused the PCB's legal department of being incompetent.

Arjun Bijlani's co-star from Meri Aashiqui Tumse Hi, Radhika Madan, celebrates her birthday today (May 1). The actor took to his social media account and wished her with a sweet note.

Even at such a sensitive time, uninformed and insensitive social media users trolled Alia for using her phone at a funeral.

With top teams continuting to resist on touring Pakistan, Kumar Sangakkara has said that England and Australia should play in the country to facilitate regular international cricket. "I think it's important that England or Australia, even South Africa, make up their minds to actually tour when security is assured," Kumar said. Sri Lanka team bus was attacked during their tour in Lahore in 2009.

A large number of Indians working in the US, who are stuck in India because of the lockdown, are putting together a plan, which will cost a small fortune, just to get back to the US to save their jobs. They have started pooling their resources to collect $900,000 (approximately Rs 6.75 crore) so that they can charter a flight to get back to the US.

Stranded on superyachts or confined to their sprawling mansions worrying about their wine cellars, the world's super rich have invited ridicule throughout the coronavirus pandemic with their apparent insensitivity to the plight of ordinary people.

If the govt in Pyongyang should collapse, a US-South Korean contingency plan called OPLAN 5029 would reportedly come into play. The plan is meant to secure the border and North Korea's nuclear weapons if the government can't function or if control of those weapons becomes uncertain. The biggest US worry is NK's nuclear stockpile being used, stolen or sold.

Jordan Spieth's return to tournament golf on Thursday was underscored by the three-time major winner falling victim to new safety measures put in place because of the coronavirus pandemic.

In a startling revelation, former PCB Chairman Najam Sethi has claimed that banned Test batsman Umar Akmal suffers from epilepsy for which he had refused to take treatment. Umar was recently slapped with a three-year ban for not reporting corrupt approaches before the start of the PSL. Sethi feels the three-year ban imposed on Umar would eventually end his career.

Rishi Kapoor, 67, breathed his last on Thursday after a two year battle with cancer. Remembering his fond memories with the actor, Sunil Grover shared a video with the veteran where the two can be seen dancing on 'Om Shanti Om'.

Riyaz Aly is merely 16 years old but has 37.2 million followers on TikTok as we write. He is the top-most following artist on the platform. In an exclusive interview with ETimes TV, Riyaz spoke about how challenging it has become to keep the fans entertained, the equation with Avneet Kaur, working with Sara Ali Khan and more. Read on...