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Assembly elections will be held in Maharashtra and Haryana on October 21 and the results will be out on October 24, the Election Commission said today. These are the first state polls after the national election this year. The term of Haryana assembly ends on November 2, and Maharashtra's on November 9. There are 1.82 crore voters in the northern state; Maharashtra has 8.9 crore voters.

The Election Commission will announce the dates for the assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana at noon. Dates for polls in Jharkhand, the third state where elections are due, will not be announced along with the two states.

State polls in Haryana and Maharashtra will be held on October 21 and results will be announced on October 24, the Election Commission said today.

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A farmers' march to the national capital to protest against pending sugarcane dues was stopped near the Delhi border, this morning. The farmers, numbering over thousand, were stopped by police near the Delhi-Ghazipur border on National Highway 24.

Justice Akil Kureshi will not be appointed as the Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court, the Supreme Court Collegium on Friday weeks after the centre expressed reservation over the top court's recommendation. The panel has now recommended his transfer to the Tripura High Court as the Chief Justice.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump attending the mega "Howdy, Modi" event together in Houston is a "win-win" situation not only for both the leaders, but also for both countries, the head of a US-based India-centric corporate advocacy group has said.

The resignation of Madras High Court Chief Justice V K Tahilramani has been accepted, according to a government notification.

The Indian Space Research Organisation has not been able to contact Chandrayaan 2 lander Vikram, ISRO Chief K Sivan said today as the deadline to contact the lander, which had a 14-day mission life, ends.The premier space agency made a historic attempt to soft land on the lunar surface on September 7.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who left on a week-long visit to the United States has expressed confidence that his visit would present India as a vibrant land of opportunities, a reliable partner and a global leader. He also said that US President Donald Trump's presence at the Houston event marks a new milestone.

Election dates for Maharashtra and Haryana will be announced by the Election Commission at noon. Dates for polls in Jharkhand, the third state where elections are due, will not be announced along with the two states.

The Bombay High Court has refused to hand over the custody of a girl, rescued from a prostitution ring, to her parents noting that the possibility of they pushing her into sex trafficking or getting involved in such illegal activity in the future cannot be ruled out.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's reference to his political detractors who "know nothing, are ignorant of even a, b, c of politics but still get lots of publicity" on Friday touched a raw nerve with RJD heir apparent Tejashwi Yadav.

To reduce the growing backlog of cases, the Supreme Court has for the first time since its inception provided for sitting of a single-judge bench to hear appeals of bail and anticipatory bail in cases related to offences entailing jail term up to seven years.

Congress national general secretary in-charge for Madhya Pradesh Deepak Babaria created a flutter on Friday, claiming that some ministers of the Kamal Nath government were helping people close to the opposition BJP rather than addressing the concerns of their own party workers.