Bhaskar Moily elected Mangaluru mayor, Mohammad Kunjathabail is deputy mayor
Mangaluru: Bhaskar Moily and Mohammad Kunjathabail elected as Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Mangaluru, respectively, for the last term of the present municipal council here on Thursday.
BJP had fielded Surendra for the post of mayor as their candidate. While Moily secured 37 votes, Surendra could bag 19 votes in favor of him.
Mohammed Kunjathabail secured 37 votes, and BJP's Meera Karkera got 19 votes. Five corporators remained neutral.
Shivayogi C Kalasad, Regional Commissioner Mysuru, who was the election returning officer, announced Bhaskar Moily as mayor and Mohammad Kunjattbail as deputy mayor.
MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, MLAs Mohiyuddin Bawa, Ganesh Karnik, BJP member Harish Shetty were absent. MLC Ivan D'Souza, MLA JR Lobo participated in the election and voted for the Congress candidates.
While the Council has 60 elected corporators, Congress has the strength of 35 elected representatives, BJP has 20. While JD(S) has two corporators in the council, SDPI has one representative and an independent candidate.
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We’re ready to stop hostilities if Iran changes course: Israeli Envoy Reuven Azar
New Delhi (PTI): As the West Asia conflict entered its 17th day, Israeli Ambassador to India, Reuven Azar, on Monday said “we are ready to stop hostilities if Iran changes course”.
Interacting with reporters here, Azar also said that in the last few days, Israel consulted “diplomatic channels”, including its partners the US and countries in the region.
“We are always for diplomacy. Unfortunately, we exhausted diplomacy to the extent that we had to take military action. We hope that diplomacy will be relevant again as a result of our military action,” he said.
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The Israeli envoy said that in the past few days, Israel consulted “diplomatic channels”, including its partners the US as well as the countries in the region, and a few other nations with which it doesn't have a diplomatic relationship.
Azar also said that through military action, “we've managed to degrade Iran's launching capabilities” to a large extent.
“Right now, we are controlling the skies of Iran,” Azar told reporters, adding, “They are in dire straits.”
The future will be "brighter" if Iran decides to "change course" and recognises Israel, he added.
