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Mayor Cup begins from Dec 13

Thursday, 12 December 2013 11:12 administrator

The Times of India 12.12.2013

Mayor Cup begins from Dec 13

NAVI MUMBAI: The civic body has organised the Navi Mumbai Mayor Cup, a three-day tournament, with table tennis and badminton competitions of inter-school level devised for city schools. The competitions will be held at Navi Mumbai Sports Association (NMSA) indoor stadium from December 13 to 15.

Mayor Sagar Naik will hand over cash prizes to the winners.

Table tennis is designed for children under the age group of 12, 15, 18 whereas badminton event is split into under-11, under-15 and under-17 both boys and girls.

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New Howrah Mayor takes oath

Thursday, 12 December 2013 10:07 administrator

The Statesman 12.12.2013

New Howrah Mayor takes oath

Kolkata, 12 December - The first Trinamul Mayor of Howrah Municipal Corporation, Dr Rathin Chakraborty, was today administered oath of office and secrecy by the district magistrate of Howrah at a ceremony in Sharat Sadan, Howrah Maidan.

Mr Arabindo Guha, the chairman of the municipal corporation along with 48 councillors of 50 wards also took the oath as the two lone elected Left councillors of ward numbers 31 and 46 did not turn up to complete the formalities.

Soon after taking the oath, the newly elected Mayor, Dr Chakraborty, spoke exclusively to The Statesman and talked about his priorities for the twin city, “Our first focus would be to improve to public utility services in the city such as better roads and drinking water facilities. We have chalked out the strategies to be implemented at different levels.”