Sevaral Nationalist Congress Party leaders and workers on Monday gathered in south Mumbai for the ashes immersion of the late Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar. Pics/Ashish Raje

Maharashtra State Election Commissioner (SEC) Dinesh Waghmare on Monday held a press conference at the Sahyadri Guest House in Malabar Hill, Mumbai, to brief the media on the schedule for the upcoming local government elections. He said that the elections to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and 28 other civic bodies will be held on January 15, with the counting to take place the next day (PICS/ SATEJ SHINDE)