Daily brief
The BJP-led 'Mahayuti' alliance has won control of Mumbai's city government, ending the Shiv Sena party's 30-year hold on the civic body. The alliance also secured a large number of seats in local elections across Maharashtra, making the BJP the single largest party in the Mumbai council. The results break the Thackeray family's grip on India's richest municipal corporation.
The Delhi High Court has asked the central government to respond to a petition concerning the detention of 16 Indian seafarers by Iran.
India's envoy at the UN stated the right to self-determination must not be abused to encourage secession, in remarks directed at Pakistan.
The Air India Pilots' Association has served a legal notice over a summons issued to the deceased captain of a crashed Air India plane.
The Supreme Court dealt a setback to Justice Yashwant Varma regarding a parliamentary panel matter.