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The Thiruvananthapuram Corporation is preparing to forge a strategic sister-city partnership with Missouri City in Texas, USA, with a focus on urban development, technology and waste management. As a major step towards the proposed collaboration, Thiruvananthapuram Mayor V V Rajesh held discussions
The delegation, led by Mayor V V Rajesh, departed from Thampanoor railway station aboard the Kerala Express.
Thiruvananthapuram's inner roads now have electric buses operating again after a resolution between the Corporation and KSRTC.
Mayor Rajesh hit back by invoking a social media post by former mayor Arya Rajendran, arguing that even the previous Left-led administration had flagged violations in how the buses were operated.
The elevation of BJP leader V V Rajesh to the Mayor’s office is being received in much the same way and it does not look like a triumph or a threat.
'Though there were many names to begin with, the race filtered down to Rajesh and Sreelekha,' a former BJP councillor said.
Though it was the single largest party, the BJP-led Front was shy of a simple majority by one vote.
R Sreelekha to be named as deputy mayor
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