BJP Corporator Jayanand Anchan is Mangaluru's new Mayor, Poornima his deputy
Mangaluru: BJP candidates Jayanand Anchan and Poornima had thumping victories in the elections to the posts of mayor and deputy mayor of the Mangaluru City Corporation on Friday.
Senior corporator and representative of Kadri (Padua) ward Anchan was elected as mayor and Central Market representative Poornima as his deputy for the 23rd term of the Corporation. They won with 46 votes each while the respective rival candidates got 14 votes each.
The Congress had fielded Derebail (South) ward representative Shashidhar Hegde for the post of the mayor and Bunder representative Zeenath Shamsuddin for deputy mayor.
The members of Mangaluru City Corporation members cast their votes by raising their hands. Two members of the SDPI remained neutral, supporting neither of the candidates during both rounds.
Regional Commissioner (Mysuru) G C Prakash headed the election process.
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Iran says Ayatollah Khamenei “steadfast, actively commanding field"
Tehran: A senior member of the office of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is being quoted by Iranian media amid conflicting reports about his status in the ongoing conflict with Israel and the United States.
According to Iranian media reports, the official said, “Ayatollah Khamenei is steadfast and resolute, and is actively commanding the field.” The remarks were made in response to widespread unverified reports circulated in some foreign media that claimed the supreme leader had been killed in recent US–Israeli strikes on Iran.
The statement counters reports suggesting a change in Iran’s leadership after the military escalation. There has been no independent confirmation of Khamenei’s status.
