The city has a new mayor in D. Venkatesh Murthy and a new deputy mayor in L. Srinivas. Declared elected on Thursday . Mr Murthy made a slew of promises, chief among them being to keep the city clean

On a day when the city has elected a new Mayor and a Deputy Mayor ostensibly for the development of the city, Namma Bengaluru may have the misfortune of having its first citizens reflecting a taint t