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Mexican Mayor Killed Day After First Woman President Elected
The mayor of a town in western Mexico was killed on Monday, the regional government said, barely 24 hours after Claudia Sheinbaum was elected the Latin American country's first woman president.
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"We'll Murder You": Indian-Origin Woman Charged For Terror Threats In US
An Indian-origin woman has been arrested in the United States and charged with making terroristic threats against the Mayor of California's Bakersfield, a report said.
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Chicago's 1st Openly Gay, Black Woman Mayor Loses Re-Election
Lori Lightfoot's defeat was seen as a shock in the country's third largest city, which has for decades returned mayors to power. She had won every ward in the city in 2019.
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Delhi To Get Woman Mayor After A Decade
Delhi is set to get a woman mayor on Tuesday and she will step into the footsteps of freedom fighter Aruna Asaf Ali who was chosen to the top post in 1958 when the Municipal Corporation of Delhi came into being.
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Bihar's Gaya Makes History Electing Manual Scavenger As Deputy Mayor
Such a milestone, however, is not new for Gaya. Bhagwati Devi, a woman from the highly marginalised musahar community, who was a stone crusher by profession, was elected to the Lok Sabha from the Gaya constituency in 1996.
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Mumbai Mayor's "Washing Machine" Jibe At BJP Over New Maharashtra Cabinet
Mr Rathod, who was part of the previous Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government, resigned last year over his alleged link to a woman's death.
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Woman Living In Belgium Set To Be Mayor Of Tokyo District 9,000 Km Away: Report
A 47-year-old woman who has lived in Belgium for almost a decade has been elected mayor of a Tokyo district more than 9,000 kilometres away.
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London Council Gets Its First Woman Dalit Mayor
An Indian-origin politician from the UK's Opposition Labour Party has become the first woman mayor of a local London council belonging to the Dalit community.
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Srinagar Woman, 24, Attacked With Acid, Mayor Gives Her A Month's Salary
A day after a 24-year-old woman suffered injuries in an acid attack in Srinagar, the city's Mayor this evening handed her over his one month's salary while he hoped for a speedy conviction of the accused.
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Lost All Achievements, Nothing Left Today: Former Mayor Who Fled Afghanistan
Afghanistan's first woman mayor who fled to Germany recently, recounted her harrowing ordeal as Taliban took control of Afghanistan, saying Taliban terrorists continue to search for her and they were killing off those who spoke out against them.
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Gunman Shoots Man Dead, Injures Woman In Front Of Paris Hospital
An unidentified gunman shot dead a man and injured a woman on Monday in Paris before fleeing on a motorcycle, in what the local mayor said appeared to be a private quarrel and not terrorism-related.
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Woman Beheaded As 3 Killed At France Church, Mayor Says Terror Attack
A woman was beheaded by an attacker with a knife who also killed two other people at a church in the French city of Nice on Thursday, police said, in an incident the city's mayor described as terrorism.
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North Delhi Civic Body Orders Probe Into Woman Sanitation Worker's Death
North Delhi Mayor Jai Prakash said an "internal inquiry" has been ordered into the death of a 53-year-old woman sanitation worker who jumped from the third floor of the civic body-run Balak Ram Hospital on Thursday.
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Indian-American Woman Running For US Senate Raises $100,000 In Campaign Donations
Usha Reddi, Indian-American Manhattan city mayor who is running to enter the Senate from the US state of Kansas, has raised over USD 100,000 in campaign donation.
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Children Of Kerala Woman Living In Extreme Poverty Ate Mud When Hungry
This hapless mother was unable to find food to fill the little stomach of her children. But, the shocking sight of the kids eating dirty mud from the ground to beat hunger pangs, forced her to write to the authorities requesting them to take over the custody of the children.
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Mexican Mayor Killed Day After First Woman President Elected
The mayor of a town in western Mexico was killed on Monday, the regional government said, barely 24 hours after Claudia Sheinbaum was elected the Latin American country's first woman president.
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"We'll Murder You": Indian-Origin Woman Charged For Terror Threats In US
An Indian-origin woman has been arrested in the United States and charged with making terroristic threats against the Mayor of California's Bakersfield, a report said.
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Chicago's 1st Openly Gay, Black Woman Mayor Loses Re-Election
Lori Lightfoot's defeat was seen as a shock in the country's third largest city, which has for decades returned mayors to power. She had won every ward in the city in 2019.
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Delhi To Get Woman Mayor After A Decade
Delhi is set to get a woman mayor on Tuesday and she will step into the footsteps of freedom fighter Aruna Asaf Ali who was chosen to the top post in 1958 when the Municipal Corporation of Delhi came into being.
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Bihar's Gaya Makes History Electing Manual Scavenger As Deputy Mayor
Such a milestone, however, is not new for Gaya. Bhagwati Devi, a woman from the highly marginalised musahar community, who was a stone crusher by profession, was elected to the Lok Sabha from the Gaya constituency in 1996.
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Mumbai Mayor's "Washing Machine" Jibe At BJP Over New Maharashtra Cabinet
Mr Rathod, who was part of the previous Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government, resigned last year over his alleged link to a woman's death.
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Woman Living In Belgium Set To Be Mayor Of Tokyo District 9,000 Km Away: Report
A 47-year-old woman who has lived in Belgium for almost a decade has been elected mayor of a Tokyo district more than 9,000 kilometres away.
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London Council Gets Its First Woman Dalit Mayor
An Indian-origin politician from the UK's Opposition Labour Party has become the first woman mayor of a local London council belonging to the Dalit community.
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Srinagar Woman, 24, Attacked With Acid, Mayor Gives Her A Month's Salary
A day after a 24-year-old woman suffered injuries in an acid attack in Srinagar, the city's Mayor this evening handed her over his one month's salary while he hoped for a speedy conviction of the accused.
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Lost All Achievements, Nothing Left Today: Former Mayor Who Fled Afghanistan
Afghanistan's first woman mayor who fled to Germany recently, recounted her harrowing ordeal as Taliban took control of Afghanistan, saying Taliban terrorists continue to search for her and they were killing off those who spoke out against them.
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Gunman Shoots Man Dead, Injures Woman In Front Of Paris Hospital
An unidentified gunman shot dead a man and injured a woman on Monday in Paris before fleeing on a motorcycle, in what the local mayor said appeared to be a private quarrel and not terrorism-related.
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Woman Beheaded As 3 Killed At France Church, Mayor Says Terror Attack
A woman was beheaded by an attacker with a knife who also killed two other people at a church in the French city of Nice on Thursday, police said, in an incident the city's mayor described as terrorism.
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North Delhi Civic Body Orders Probe Into Woman Sanitation Worker's Death
North Delhi Mayor Jai Prakash said an "internal inquiry" has been ordered into the death of a 53-year-old woman sanitation worker who jumped from the third floor of the civic body-run Balak Ram Hospital on Thursday.
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Indian-American Woman Running For US Senate Raises $100,000 In Campaign Donations
Usha Reddi, Indian-American Manhattan city mayor who is running to enter the Senate from the US state of Kansas, has raised over USD 100,000 in campaign donation.
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Children Of Kerala Woman Living In Extreme Poverty Ate Mud When Hungry
This hapless mother was unable to find food to fill the little stomach of her children. But, the shocking sight of the kids eating dirty mud from the ground to beat hunger pangs, forced her to write to the authorities requesting them to take over the custody of the children.
