In the News
As the press reported it
Coverage of Mira Aggarwal's public life in the national press. Each entry carries the full story, with links to the original article and its archived copy.
Further mentions
Articles in which the press named her in passing, kept here for the complete record.
ThePrint ·
Aruna Asaf Ali was Delhi's first mayor, Rajni Abbi last before MCD's trifurcation
“In April 2012, Meera Aggarwal was elected unopposed as the mayor of the then newly-created [North] MCD while her party colleague Azad Singh had become the deputy mayor.”
The Tribune ·
AAP govt trying to dilute autonomy
Quoted as Leader of the House, NDMC, two years after her mayoralty: “It is trying to dilute their autonomy… We have decided to consult legal experts to see if we can resolve this matter legally.”
The Times of India ·
Vijay Goel forms 'balanced' BJP team for polls
“BJP councillors Yogender Chandolia, Meera Aggarwal and Ashish Sood have been made vice-presidents.”
The Pioneer ·
BJP declares Goel's lieutenants for 2013 battle
“Meera Aggarwal, the former Mayor of North Corporation, has also been included in the team as vice president.”
BJP Delhi (official record) ·
State Office Bearers 2013
The party’s own office-bearers list records “Vice President — Smt. Meera Aggarwal”; the original PDF is gone from bjpdelhi.org and survives in the Internet Archive.
Business Standard (PTI) ·
BJP councillor elected North Delhi Mayor
The same PTI wire carried in full on this site’s India TV entry. The outgoing Mayor praised her successor as she stepped down after her year-long tenure.
Zee News (PTI) ·
BJP announces candidates for post of Mayor in NDMC and EDMC
“The term of current mayor of NDMC Meera Aggarwal and EDMC mayor Annapoorna Mishra will end in April.”
The Tribune ·
Mayors, councillors to sit on dharna today
“All the three Mayors of Delhi — Annapurna Mishra, Meera Aggarwal and Savita Gupta — along with women councillors will sit on dharna at Jantar Mantar tomorrow to protest against the rape on a moving bus, lack of security for women and poor law and order.”
The Tribune ·
New NDMC meeting halls
Quoted as Mayor on opening the corporation’s new halls “for various purposes such as arranging workshops, meetings, conferences”.
The Tribune ·
Delhi edition, 9 August 2012
Named among the senior BJP leaders, “Mange Ram Garg, Mayor Meera Aggarwal, Mahender Nagpal”, accompanying South Delhi Mayor Savita Gupta.
The Tribune ·
Ruckus at NDMC meet
“Mayor of the North Delhi Municipal Corporation Meera Aggarwal today adjourned a House meeting twice…”. The same edition also lists ‘Mira Aggarwal’ among Master Plan workshop attendees, both spellings on one page.
Deccan Herald ·
MCD victory plants India win idea in BJP command
“The mayors of all the three corporations — Meera Aggarwal, Savita Gupta and Annapurna Mishra — were also present.”
The Tribune ·
Delhi edition, 2 May 2012: the new Mayors sworn in
“The party has successfully and unanimously appointed its newly elected councillors Meera Aggarwal and Annapurna Mishra as the Mayors of the North and East Corporations”, with a photo captioned “being greeted by North Delhi Mayor Meera Aggarwal”.
The Tribune ·
BJP nominates women Mayors
“Preferring women, the party has nominated Annapurna Mishra, Meera Aggarwal and Savita Gupta for the posts of Mayors of the East, North and South Delhi municipal corporations.”
The Indian Express ·
BJP women to become mayors in North and East Delhi
“For North Municipal Corporation, the BJP fielded Meera Aggarwal for the post of Mayor whereas Azad Singh has been nominated for the post of Deputy Mayor.” The original archive domain is defunct; the article survives in the Internet Archive.
State Election Commission, Delhi ·
MCD 2012 ward-wise results: winner and runner-up (official PDF)
The official government record of her election: “66 – Sawan Park (W): MEERA AGGARWAL, Bharatiya Janata Party”.
The Hindu ·
MCD polls for vacant posts on May 20, 21
Named among the six retiring Standing Committee members of the undivided MCD, “Meera Aggarwal from Rohini Zone”, matching her 2007–10 Standing Committee term.
The Hindu ·
One-month notice to remove illegal mobile towers
Her earliest press quote found, quoted as “BJP councillor and head of the sub-committee”, citing WHO advice the MCD had sought on mobile-tower radiation.
The work, in the news
Reports on projects delivered during her tenures. The work made the news even where the reports did not name her.
eHealth / IANS ·
Delhi's Hindu Rao Hospital set to start admissions to MBBS
The medical college she promised on her first day as Mayor (see the India Today report of 30 April 2012, above) begins admissions: 50 MBBS seats at Hindu Rao Hospital, making the North corporation only the third municipal body in India, after Mumbai and Ahmedabad, to run its own medical college.
Deccan Herald ·
Waiting to reclaim its lost fame
On Delhi’s first Mahila Haat at Asaf Ali Road, proposed by the MCD in 2009 and, in the paper’s words, “finally implemented by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation”: completed and opened during her year as Mayor, November 2012.
Many 2012-era reports have gone offline at their original addresses, so each entry here preserves the substance of the coverage, and an archival image of the article, alongside links to the original and its archived copy. Headlines are reproduced exactly as printed. The press of the day usually spelt her name “Meera Aggarwal”; Meera and Mira are one and the same person. If you find coverage we have missed, please share it via the contact page.