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Saturday, October 25, 2025
TopicCity councillors

Topic: City councillors

CBI names TMC MLA, 2 councillors in charge sheet for murder of BJP leader Avijit Sarkar

In second supplementary charge sheet of the 2021 case, the probe agency also named 15 others under IPC Sections related to criminal conspiracy, murder & disappearance of evidence.

Average delay of 22 months in Karnataka civic polls, Bengaluru without city council for 4 yrs

Report by civic advocacy group Janaagraha also notes other city councils continue to see their powers stripped away as state govt tightens its grip on all layers of administration.

Who is Riddhi Patel, Indian-American facing felony charges for threatening city officials with ‘murder’

Patel threatened Bakersfield city council members at a public meeting, appearing as part of group protesting conflict in Gaza. They have pleaded not guilty to 18 felony charges.

AAP, BJP councillors throw punches in Delhi civic house as they try to elect key panel members

One member even collapsed amid the rowdy behaviour which started after the mayor declared one vote invalid.

Indian politics and media obsess over MPs and MLAs. Barely recognise 87,000 city councillors

Councillors must be seen as leaders of our cities who need systematic capacity building so that President Murmu and CM Shinde are not rare exceptions.

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Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.