Following the near-clear results of the 29 municipal corporation elections in Maharashtra, Deputy Chief Minister and NCP chief Ajit Pawar has officially conceded defeat in several key urban centres.

Traffic movement will be restricted at several key crossings in Delhi on January 17, 19, 20 and 21 due to rehearsals for the Republic Day parade along Kartavya Path, police said on Friday.

In a stunning political shift, the BJP has taken control of Mumbai’s Municipal Corporation (BMC), effectively ending the Thackeray family’s nearly thirty-year dominance over the city’s civic governance. The Mahayuti coalition, spearheaded by the BJP alongside Eknath Shinde’s faction of the Shiv Sena, has surpassed the majority threshold, with the BJP poised to appoint the new mayor.