A stabbing attack at a festival in Solingen, Germany, left three people dead and four seriously injured. The incident occurred during celebrations for the city's 650th anniversary. The unidentified assailant is still at large, and authorities are investigating the motive behind the attack.
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said she would swim in the River Seine to demonstrate that the water quality was up to standards for sports events in the upcoming Paris Olympics. She was joined by Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet and Paris region prefect Marc Guillaume.
Newly-elected Chandigarh Mayor Manoj Sonkar resigned on Sunday (February 18), a day ahead of the Supreme Court hearing on the mayoral polls matter.
A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra expressed annoyance after watching the video of the electoral proceedings and said that, prima facie, the returning officer was defacing the ballot papers.
The BJP has 15 councillors in the 35-member Chandigarh Municipal Corporation, the AAP has 13 councillors and the Congress seven. The Shiromani Akali Dal has one councillor in the House.
Chandigarh mayoral elections are scheduled to take place on January 18, for which the AAP and Congress have entered into an alliance to defeat the BJP. Raghav Chadha said that this will be the first time the I.N.D.I.A bloc will be up against the BJP in a straight fight, before the Lok Sabha polls.
Delhi Mayor Shelly Oberoi informed to remain aware of any unusual activity since her Facebook account was hacked. She further informed that they are trying to fix it.
UP Mayor election: Akhilesh Yadav accused the BJP of corruption and held it responsible for rising problems in the cities as he appealed to people to vote for his party in the state's urban local body polls.
The biggest opposition party in UP, SP is trying to revive its electoral fortune ahead of the crucial General Election 2024. Mayor elections are seen as semifinal before 2024.
Sources said the Aam Aadmi Party is likely to repeat Oberoi and deputy mayor Aaley Mohammad Iqbal as its candidates for the respective post. The city gets a new mayor after the end of financial year.
UP Municipal Election 2023: The Uttar Pradesh State Election Commission on Sunday announced to hold urban local body polls in the state in two phases, on May 4 and 11.
Eric Garcetti, former mayor of Los Angeles, has been appointed as the new ambassador of the United States to India. Garcetti, who is a loyalist of President Joe Biden, was appointed after the US Senate adopted a cloture motion on the matter.
We'll work on 10 guarantees given by Delhi CM. The 6-member core committee will be elected as per law and I'll do my duties according to DMC Act, newly-elected Mayor Shelly Oberoi said.
AAP has won the Delhi Municipal Corporation elections. AAP candidate Shelly Oberoi has been elected mayor of MCD.
MCD Mayor Election 2023: The exercise to hold elections to the top post is was carried out after three failed attempts today. Last week, Delhi Lt Governor VK Saxena gave his nod to convene the municipal House for holding the mayoral election following the apex court order.
Delhi Lt Governor VK Saxena has approved the proposal to convene the adjourned first meeting of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi on February 22 for the election of Mayor, Deputy Mayor and six members to the Standing Committee.
The top court adjourned for Friday the hearing on AAP and Shelly Oberoi's plea who challenged the Delhi Lieutenant-Governor's decision to permit the nominated members to vote in the elections for mayor and deputy mayor in MCD.
Delhi Mayor Election: The Delhi mayor election was stalled on January 24 as the House was adjourned indefinitely by the L-G-appointed presiding officer following a ruckus by some councillors.
MCD Mayor Election: The L-G has approved February 6, as proposed by the deputy chief minister and the chief minister for holding the adjourned first meeting of the MCD, and asked for the election of mayor, deputy mayor and the six-member standing committee to be held," his office said.
BJP's Anup Gupta is set to become Chandigarh's new mayor after the saffron party won the mayoral election. The BJP received 15 while the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) got 14 votes.
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