Who is Ritu Tawde? BJP Corporator elected Mayor of Mumbai ending Shiv Sena’s 25-year grip on the post

Ritu Tawde, a BJP corporator from Ghatkopar East, will formally assume office as Mumbai’s mayor on Tuesday after being elected unopposed in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, marking a rare political shift in India’s richest civic body and ending Shiv Sena’s quarter-century hold on the post. A two-time corporator, Tawde becomes the city’s eighth woman mayor…

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Mayor Chunav: Reservation for 29 mayor posts in Maharashtra will be done through lottery, date fixed on January 22.

An important development has come to light regarding the lottery for reservation of the post of mayor in 29 municipal corporations of Maharashtra. The Urban Development Department of Maharashtra Government has issued an official letter in this regard. Reservation lottery will be conducted to decide the reservation for the post of mayor in 29 municipal…

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Former NY Mayor Eric Adams announces memecoin to ‘address antisemitism, anti-Americanism’ — How to buy

Former New York City Mayor Eric Adams today announced the launch of his cryptocurrency memecoin ‘NYC Token’, telling reporters that revenue raised will be used to address “anti-Americanism, antisemitism, and teach children about blockchain technology”. Addressing reporters in NYC on January 12, Adams said that this comes from learnings as Mayor for four years, and…

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‘We will govern expansively and audaciously’: Zohran Mamdani vows bold action as NYC’s mayor

Zohran Mamdani assumed office as mayor of New York City on Thursday (January 1), pledging to wield government power boldly to ease the cost-of-living crisis facing millions of working-class residents. A Democrat and democratic socialist, Mamdani took office just after midnight at a decommissioned subway station beneath City Hall, placing his hand on a Quran…

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