Mumbai Mayor Vishwanath Mahadeshwar Monday dismissed reports about water-logging and traffic snarls in the city, drawing severe criticism from various quarters.
It would be a disservice to the women of Hassan to look at Prajwal Revanna’s alleged abuse of power as a ‘sex scandal’. Allegations against him show what ‘absolute power corrupts absolutely’ actually means.
Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.
New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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”