The Election Commission on Friday announced to hold polls to nine legislative council seats in Maharashtra on May 21, giving Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray an opportunity to become an MLC within the six-month deadline for being elected to either Vidhan Sabha or Vidhan Parishad. ....

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday gave clear indications that lifting the lockdown from the red zones in Mumbai and Pune may not be possible in view of the grim coronavirus situation in these areas. ....

The Supreme Court on Friday sought a status report from the Maharashtra police in four weeks on a PIL questioning the role of police in permitting assembly of a large number of people at Palghar during lockdown, leading to lynching of two sadhus and their driver. ....

The Supreme Court on Friday sought Delhi government's response over a petition filed by JNU scholar Sharjeel Imam to get all FIRs against him clubbed and probed by a single agency. The apex court has asks the state government to reply within 10 days. ....

Spitting, urinating, littering and not wearing a mask in public will attract a penalty of Rs 1,000 at first instance in the city amid coronavirus pandemic, the civic body commissioner said on Friday. ....

The Supreme Court Friday protected lawyer Prashant Bhushan from arrest in an FIR lodged in Gujarat by a retired Army personnel Jaydev Joshi for hurting Hindu religious sentiment by using "opium" with Ramayana and Mahabharata. ....

Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Friday greeted the people of Maharashtra and Gujarat on the foundation days of both the states. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has directed that India should reduce dependence on imports and take forward "Make in India" to build its domestic capabilities in defence equipment. ....

With 1993 new cases and 73 new fatalities in 24 hours, the total number of coronavirus cases in the country climbed to 35,043 on Friday morning, the Union Health Ministry said. ....

A teenager was killed in Pakistani shelling on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch on Thursday. ....

A plea in the Supreme Court on Thursday sought direction to resolve the custody issue faced by a parent, who could not get custody of the children, due to the ongoing nationwide lockdown, which obstructed physical visitation. ....

The Union Health Ministry on Thursday said that it is very clear that the concept of social distancing will stay even after lockdown is lifted. ....

Keeping in view the hardships being faced by candidates during the coronavirus lockdown, the Ministry of Human Resource Development has decided to extend the date of online application forms submission for various entrance exams including JNU, IGNOU Ph.D and Hotel Management. ....

Total number of corona cases in the country mounted to 33,610 on Thursday evening, with 1,823 cases and 67 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry stated. ....

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Wednesday announced that many districts will be given "considerable relaxation" in new lockdown guidelines to be issued on May 4 - a day after the end of lockdown 2.0. ....

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was ridiculed on Thursday by state BJP chief Dilip Ghosh, who wondered whether her government was being run by "ghosts", after she claimed not being involved in the formation of the controversial death audit committee that has been tasked with declaring whether a corona positive patient has died due to Covid-19. ....

The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Thursday that the recovery rate of Covid-19 patients has increased to 25.19 per cent, while the doubling rate of positive coronavirus cases has gone up to 11 days. ....

The West Bengal government is considering a Rs 1.52 lakh crore economic rehabilitation plan to tackle the situation caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. ....

BJP leaders from Aligarh have slammed former Samajwadi Party legislator, Haji Zameerullah Khan, for urging the government to reinstate the supply of meat during Ramzan, when the entire nation is fighting the corona pandemic. ....

President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President M.Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday condoled the demise of veteran Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor, saying it as a huge loss for the entertainment industry and that the nation lost a beloved son and film industry a gem. ....