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Umar Khalid (L), Zohran Mamdani (R) NEW DELHI: Student activist Umar Khalid, who has been in jail for nearly five years in connection with the Feb 2020 Delhi riots, has received a show of solidarity from New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani, who wrote to him, saying, “we are all thinking of you”.The note, undated,…
TOI correspondent from Washington: At the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Day 2026, New York turned a page in its long, turbulent chronicle. In a decommissioned subway station beneath the city it once ferried to power and possibility, Zohran Mamdani took the oath of office on the Quran, becoming the 112th mayor of the…
As Zohran Mamdani took the oath as the New York City mayor on two Qurans, MAGA activists rejected the oath and condemned how NYC forgot 9/11. “Disgusting. We are an occupied country!” right-wing commentator Laura Loomer wrote while Steve Bannon accused the New York Times of ‘gushing’ about the move. The New York Times, in…
Zohran Mamdani taking oath Indian-origin Zohran Mamdani made history on Thursday as the New York City’s first South Asian and Muslim mayor after being sworn in during a private midnight ceremony in an old subway station on a Quran. 34- year old Mamdani becoming the second-youngest mayor in NYC history.The intimate swearing-in ceremony took place…
Indian-origin Zohran Mamdani was sworn in early Thursday as New York City’s mayor, beginning a four-year term. The 34-year-old Democrat took the oath of office just after midnight at the long-abandoned City Hall subway station beneath City Hall, assuming charge of the United States’ largest city. Mamdani made history as New York’s first Muslim mayor,…
As the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Day, Zohran Mamdani will officially assume office as the mayor of New York City, marking the start of his term with two separate swearing-in ceremonies.The Democrat’s team has planned a private oath-taking with family at midnight, followed by a public ceremony in the afternoon outside City Hall….
Zohran Mamdani will take the oath as the mayor of New York City when the clock strikes 12 and the countdown to 2026 ends. It will be a private event at the abandoned Old City Hall subway station and New York Attorney General Letitia James will administer the oath of office to Mamdani. After the…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has issued a warning on social media, suggesting that the move by New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani to appoint Lillian Bonsignore as the next Commissioner of the Fire Department of New York (FDNY), compromise public safety and “will” lead to deaths. The controversy centres around the professional background of Bonsignore….
America’s culture wars are no longer just about policy. They are about belonging. Who gets to call themselves American, on what terms, and who decides the rules of entry. Into this increasingly combustible debate steps Vivek Ramaswamy, Indian-origin Republican leader, former presidential candidate, and now a conservative intellectual polemicist writing for The New York Times.His…
Zohran Mamdani recently made history as New York’s first Muslim and Asian mayor, but his journey has a surprising Bollywood connection. Growing up as the son of famous director Mira Nair, Zohran was always surrounded by movies, stories, and creativity. His love for Bollywood and natural charm helped shape who he is and even influenced…
