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Maharashtra is voting in its civic elections on Thursday, January 15, covering 29 municipal corporations across the state. The spotlight is firmly on Mumbai’s Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), largely because of its annual budget of Rs 74,400 crore. Polling is being held from 7.30 am to 5:30 pm across 893 wards and 2,869 seats, with 3.48 crore voters and 15,931 candidates in the fray statewide.

Several airlines including Air India, IndiGo and SpiceJet on Thursday announced disruptions to several of their international routes after Iran abruptly closed its airspace. The shutdown came at a time when protests against Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei have intensified and tensions with the United States continue to escalate. 

Vaibhav Suryavanshi has been breaking records for fun over the last 12 months with his explosive batting across all age-group cricket. He is already a household name, thanks to his exploits, not only in the Indian Premier League (IPL) but also for India A and India Under-19 teams. He will be in action in the U19 World Cup that is starting from today in Zimbabwe and Namibia and on the opening day, the 14-year-old can surpass Virat Kohli’s stellar record in Youth ODIs.

Maharashtra’s civic polls on January 15 (Thursday), cover 29 municipal corporations, with Mumbai’s Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) drawing the most attention due to its massive Rs 74,400 crore annual budget. Voting runs from 7:30 am to 5:30 pm across 893 wards and 2,869 seats statewide, involving 3.48 crore voters and 15,931 candidates. In BMC, around 1,700 candidates compete for 227 single-member wards after a four-year delay. The BJP-led Mahayuti faces a united front from Thackeray cousins Raj and Uddhav, testing their influence post-2022 Shiv Sena split. Unlike Mumbai’s single-member wards, other…

The Election Commission on Wednesday said during the BMC election results day, the counting for all 227 wards will not begin simultaneously and it has set up 23 counting centres for the elections as the vote counting will start in phases on January 16. The counting will be conducted in phases, meaning only two wards will be counted at a time. Once the counting for these two wards is complete, the counting for the next two wards will begin.

A fire broke out on Wednesday morning at the official residence of BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad in the national capital, prompting an immediate response from the fire department. According to officials, a call regarding the incident was received at 8:05 am at 21 Mother Teresa Crescent Road. While the initial alert mentioned house number 2, it was later confirmed that the fire had occurred at house number 21, belonging to Prasad.

BTS members RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, Taehyung aka V, and Jungkook have officially announced the dates and cities for their upcoming world tour. The update was shared on Weverse on Tuesday evening through the group’s official page. As of now, there is no confirmation of BTS performing in any Indian city.

The Kerala High Court has mandated a high-level vigilance investigation into the alleged siphoning of sale proceeds from sacred ‘Adiya Sishtam Ghee’ at the Sabarimala Lord Ayyappa temple. Justices Raja Vijayaraghavan V and KV Jayakumar expressed shock at the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) employees’ misconduct, directing the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau to probe systemic failures and potential complicity at higher levels. The court flagged over Rs 35 lakh in unremitted funds from just under two months, deeming it a grave criminal breach.

India’s decision to include Ayush Badoni in the squad for the final two one-day internationals against New Zealand has been framed around balance and contingency rather than recent batting returns. Batting coach Sitanshu Kotak outlined the thinking behind the move following Washington Sundar’s injury setback.