Coimbatore Feb 26 PTI By winning 96 per cent of the votes in the just-concluded urban civic polls DMK has proved that Coimbatore district is no longer the bastion of the AIADMK It is now the fort of DMK president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin according to the State Minister for Electricity Senthil Balaji AIADMK activists and a section of the media painted the district as the citadel of the party but the people made it Stalins fort by voting for the DMK the Minister told reporters here on the sidelines of a meeting of newly elected members Stating that the previous AIADMK regime did not provide any amenity in the city the Minister said the fund allotted for the purpose was diverted This wrong would be set right by the DMK he said The list of those aiming to become Mayors has been sought and it would be forwarded to the Chief Minister he added PTI NVM NVG NVG

Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 17 (ANI): Stating that the development of Varanasi can be a roadmap for the entire country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that the development of the city has been carried out in a traditional manner which has set an example of how local skills and products can become the identity of a city.

Hyderabad Nov 24 PTI Several BJP corporators including women and party workers were booked on Wednesday for allegedly ransacking the office of Hyderabad Mayor at the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation here on November 23 and vandalising public property demanding that a council meeting be held immediately to discuss civic issues police said The BJP corporators barged into the chamber of Mayor Gadwal Vijayalaxmi who was not present at the time and squatted there after staging a protest on the GHMC premises on Tuesday demanding that the meeting be held The protesters also allegedly broke flower pots and damaged a window-pane besides spraying black paint on the GHMC signboard police said adding as many 95 protesters including 32 BJP corporators and other party workers were taken into preventive custody and later released Subsequently cases were registered against them under relevant IPC sections a senior police official said Telangana Minister for Municipal Administration and Urban Development K T Rama Rao on Wednesday requested the Hyderabad Police Commissioner Anjani Kumar to take strict action against them as per law Some thugs hooligans of BJP in Hyderabad have vandalised the GHMC office yesterday I strongly condemn this atrocious behaviour Guess its too much to ask Godse Bhakts to behave in a Gandhian manner Request CPHydCity to take strictest action on the vandals as per law he tweeted Vijayalaxmi also strongly condemned the attack on the Mayors office PTI VVK APR APR

Tribune News ServiceLudhiana August 19A high drama was witnessed at the Mayors camp office on Thursday evening when a delegation of BJP leaders including councillors went to meet Mayor Balkar Singh SandhuWhen the delegation went into the Mayors office Sonia sat on the floorHowever the Mayor requested her not to sit on the floor as he was listening to their issueThen all BJP leaders went out of the room in protestHe said I had requested Sonia not to sit on the floor but she refused to listen to me