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In a video that has now gone viral on social media, Patel was seen threatening to kill Bakersfield council members, including Republic Mayor Karen Goh for not passing an anti-Israeli resolution and stepping up the building security in light of pro-Hamas protests in the city.
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The Russian intelligence agencies detained 11 people in Moscow , including four 'terrorists', who they claimed were 'directly' involved in a terrorist attack on the Crocus City Hall in Moscow
Under heightened anticipation, Kuljit Singh Sandhu of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged victorious in the re-election of Senior Deputy Mayor in the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation.
Three AAP councillors switched sides to the BJP in Delhi, a move that coincided with the resignation of BJP’s Chandigarh Mayor, Manoj Sonkar, on the eve of the Supreme Court’s hearing in the Chandigarh mayoral election case
Hundreds of people on Monday (Jul 4) marched in support of a French mayor whose house was attacked by a burning car, as the country entered the second week of violent protests and riots, CNN reported.
The BJP was leading on mayor seats in all 17 municipal corporations in the urban local body polls votes of which are being counted today after a two-phase of polling, as per the early trends of counting of votes. On another seat of Agra, the BSP was leading, where BJP has now taken the lead.
Following the complains that Hindus were harassed at a shelter home in the Gorat area of Surat while Muslims were given special treatment, the Mayor of Surat, Hemali Boghawala rushed to the shelter home and gave instructions to blacklist the agency.
The Aam Aadmi Party's Shelly Oberoi was unanimously elected Mayor of Delhi on Wednesday, April 26, after BJP candidate Shikha Rai withdrew her nomination. With this, Oberoi has secured a second term as the head of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi.
Ahead of the election of the mayor of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), AAP councilor Sunita joined the BJP on Monday. Welcoming Dwarka C ward councilor Sunita into the party fold, Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva alleged that common volunteers of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) were treated like “bonded laborers”.
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Uma Shankar Singh on Sunday said Shaista Parveen, the wife of gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad, is still in the party and has not been expelled from it. Speaking to reporters here, Singh -- the lone BSP MLA in the 403-member UP Legislative Assembly -- said, "Shaista Parveen, the wife of Atiq Ahmad, is still in the party. She has not been expelled from the party. She is not occupying any post at the party.
After a 70-day gap, Delhi has finally elected its new mayor and the winner is Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Shelly Oberoi. She beat BJP's Rekha Gupta by 34 votes. In total, she won 150 votes out of 266. The mayoral elections were held at the Civic Centre.
The members of Delhi's civic body appointed by the Lieutenant Governor cannot vote in the election to choose a mayor, the Supreme Court said today, in what could possibly end the tussle between the Aam Aadmi Party and the BJP over choosing a mayor for the national capital.
Delhi LG VK Saxena has given his nod for the next session of the MCD House on February 16 for the election to the post of mayor, after the municipal house failed to elect a mayor for the 3rd time. The Delhi government proposed the date which the LG accepted.
The exercise to elect a new mayor of Delhi failed for the third time in a row after members of the ruling Aam Aadmi Party and the BJP caused a ruckus in the municipal House on Monday. Proceedings in the House, which convened for the third time after the December 4 municipal polls, were disrupted as AAP members staged a huge protest over voting rights for aldermen.
The Municipal House in Delhi is set to convene on February 6 to elect a mayor for the city after failing to carry out the exercise in two previous attempts.
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) House was adjourned on Tuesday without electing a mayor and deputy mayor amid a ruckus by some councilors. After the oath of aldermen and elected councilors, the House was adjourned for 15 minutes during which a number of BJP councilors started moving into the House, chanted "Modi, Modi", and raised slogans against AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal.
Amid the brawl between the Aam Aadmi Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party over the election of a new mayor for Delhi, AAP is now trying to seek support from the Congress councilors. According to the AAP sources, now the party is trying to get in contact with nine Congress councilors who won the elections earlier and is trying to get their support.
Delhi Police on Monday used water cannons at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers who were protesting outside Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence against the violence in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) House on January 6, leading to the alleged assault of two women BJP councilors. Demanding suspension of councilors involved in creating a ruckus, BJP MP Parvesh Verma said women councilors have not been assaulted before.
Clashes between the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the BJP today stalled the Delhi Mayor election as rival councilors brawled at the first meeting of the newly elected civic body and shouted slogans targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Arvind Kejriwal. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) meeting abruptly ended and the election was put off until further notice.
In the recently concluded civic body elections in Bihar, women have scripted history by winning 16 of the total 17 Mayor posts, and 11 deputy mayor posts. Of these wins, one stands out the most – that of Chinta Devi. China Devi, who worked as a manual scavenger for the last four decades, was elected as the deputy mayor of Gaya city in the historic mandate.
Local newspaper Lodi Times quoted the mayor as saying it was a safe city. Good people, good education, great culture and hard-working people live in this city, according to LocalToday
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday named Rekha Gupta and Kamal Bagdi as its candidates for the posts of mayor and deputy of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). Gupta is a three-term councilor from Shalimar Bagh while Bagdi was elected for the first time from Ram Nagar.
The MCD mayor will be from the AAP and the BJP will play the role of a “strong opposition”, the party’s Delhi president Adesh Gupta said on Friday.
Hookah parlour owners in Kolkata on Saturday (Dec 5) voiced their misgivings over the announcement of Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim, ordering all such establishments to close down.
Congress Mayor Hema Deshmukh can be seen attending an event organized by the Buddhist community in Chhattisgarh. The participants stated, "I will neither follow Gauri, Ganpati, or any other God or Goddess of the Hindu religion nor worship them. I will never believe that God has taken an incarnation".
It should be noted that Patrick Brown is a known politician for creating Hinduphobia and Indophobia. Brown and other cities` mayors have allowed government-funded auditoriums and arenas to carry on the referendum in the name of freedom of expression.
In a setback for Arvind Kejriwal, lieutenant governor (L-G) VK Saxena has rejected the file submitted by the Delhi government seeking his approval for the chief minister's Singapore visit to attend a summit in August since it's a conference of mayors, said the L-G office on Thursday.
Srinagar Mayor tweeted, “May Allah (SWT)’s mercy and blessings be upon Hafiz-e-Quran, Shahenshah Hazrat Muhi-ud-Din Muhammad Aurangzeb (R.A.) and his grave."
Police said the incident in Brooklyn was not being investigated as an act of terrorism, with no indication of a motive at this stage. None of the injuries were considered life-threatening. The suspect, an African-American man who fled the scene, is on the loose and a search is underway.
The mayor of the southeastern Ukrainian city of Melitopol has been freed after he was seized by Russian forces five days ago, a Ukrainian official said Wednesday.
After getting more seats than BJP in Chandigarh mayoral election the AAP has failed to get the Mayor’s post. BJP’s Sarabjit Kaur Dhillon got elected with 14 votes compared to 13 votes for AAP’s Anju Katyal who got 13 votes. While one vote was declared invalid.
"The upcoming generation should be inspired by prominent personalities," said Agra Mayor Naveen Jain on the decision of renaming the street.
MK Stalin takes oath as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister
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BJP leader Sudhir Mungantiwar on Wednesday expressed concern over the attack on Nagpur Mayor Sandip Joshi and said this indicated the Uddhav Thackeray-led government's failure to maintain law and order in the state.
A 93 year old World War II veteran scored a surprise victory over an incumbent New Jersey mayor’s election. Vito Perillo defeated Tinton Falls Mayor Gerald Turning in the nonpartisan municipal race.