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Deepika Padukone (File Photo) MUMBAI: A social media post by actor Deepika Padukone flagging Mumbai’s deteriorating air quality sparked a public discussion and prompted mayor Ritu Tawde to respond.Posting a screenshot of the city’s air quality index (AQI) on her Instagram story on Thursday and tagging BMC, Padukone wrote: “The city (& its children) are…
MUMBAI: BJP’s Ritu Tawde and Eknath Shinde led Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Ghadi was announced as the Mumbai Mayor and deputy Mayor respectively on Wednesday, by the BMC administrator Bhushan Gagrani in a special meeting that was called at the civic headquarters at 12 noon. Tawde took over from the administrator which was in place in…
Sanjay Ghadi and Ritu Tawde (PTI image) NEW DELHI: BJP corporator Ritu Tawde is set to become Mumbai’s next mayor after being elected unopposed, marking the party’s return to the post after 44 years and ending the Shiv Sena’s uninterrupted 25-year hold over the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).The contest turned uncontested after the Uddhav Thackeray-led…
MUMBAI: The BJP on Saturday announced Ghatkopar corporator Ritu Tawde as its mayoral candidate for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The announcement was made by Mumbai BJP president Ameet Satam at the civic headquarters, in the presence of senior party leaders and corporators who had gathered for the meeting.Tawde’s name had been doing the rounds,…
RJD women’s wing state president Ritu Jaiswal (Image credits: X @activistritu) NEW DELHI: RJD women’s wing state president Ritu Jaiswal on Sunday announced that she will contest the Parihar assembly seat in Bihar as an Independent candidate, protesting the party’s decision of giving the ticket to her detractor.“I am going to file nomination papers tomorrow…
