The poll body stated that mandatory procedures were violated and the Commission was not consulted before final decisions were taken.

Prince Harry appeared in the witness box at London’s High Court to start giving evidence in his privacy lawsuit against the Daily Mail’s publisher, the royal’s second such appearance in three years.

In a surprising move, the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena is reportedly planning an alliance with the newly elected corporators of the Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena in the Kalyan Dombivli municipal corporation.