Mumbai Mayor Vishwanath Mahadeshwar Monday dismissed reports about water-logging and traffic snarls in the city, drawing severe criticism from various quarters.
ThePrint had previously reported that India & Russia are talking about 5 more regiments of the S-400, but no contracts are to be signed during the Russian president's visit.
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.
The Mayor is a figurehead. Even his elegant sea facing mansion is now being converted into a memorial. The administration is effectively run by the Municipal Commissioner, assisted by four service colleagues as Additional Municipal Commissioners. Powerful Committees – like Standing – award major contracts. With the state government and the BMC both being controlled by the same parties – which was not the case between 1999 and 2014 – coordination should not be a problem. The BMC has abundant financial resources. If ordinary citizens are not entirely pleased with the product, the Mayor is too ineffectual a personage to blame. Empowering him is even less of a panacea than creating the post of CDS for the armed forces.
The Mayor is a figurehead. Even his elegant sea facing mansion is now being converted into a memorial. The administration is effectively run by the Municipal Commissioner, assisted by four service colleagues as Additional Municipal Commissioners. Powerful Committees – like Standing – award major contracts. With the state government and the BMC both being controlled by the same parties – which was not the case between 1999 and 2014 – coordination should not be a problem. The BMC has abundant financial resources. If ordinary citizens are not entirely pleased with the product, the Mayor is too ineffectual a personage to blame. Empowering him is even less of a panacea than creating the post of CDS for the armed forces.
This is just like NIrmala Sitharaman’s “nothing’s wrong with the economy”