Ravikant Sharma

Chandigarh BJP on Friday clinched mayor seat of Chandigarh municipal corporation by big margin.

When most are kids taking an afternoon nap after attending school, 41-odd youngsters chase their cricketing dreams at Yuvraj Singh Centre of Excellence (YSCE) in Baliawas, on the outskirts of Gurgaon.

Ten days after a 23-year-old medical representative, Ravikant Sharma, went missing from Mansarovar area in the city, two of his roommates were arrested for kidnapping and killing him for ransom.

The agitating farmers and their supporters allegedly attacked Chandigarh mayor Ravikant Sharma and former Chandigarh BJP president Sanjay Tandon on Saturday afternoon.

After its sixyear long reign on the Municipal Corporation, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) suffered a major setback in the MC election. Seats of the saffron party reduced from 21 to 12, keeping it from the majority number of 18. The BJP had to bite the dust over anti incumbency, failure to resolve the issue of garbage dump of the city, hike in water and sewage charges and improper parking management.

With an aim to keep his team intact and make all the 14 elected councillors of AAP understand responsibility towards the people of the city, Delhi chief minister and party’s national convener Arvind Kejriwal administered them an oath at the sectors 2223 light-point on Thursday. He asked councillors to distribute oath papers with their signatures among people of their respective wards.

A couple was allegedly attacked with a knife by a labourer couple on Thursday afternoon following a heated argument regarding a payment settlement for house repair work in Indirapuram. The accused, identified as Abhi Kumar (22), and his wife Kavya (21) are absconding.

The revised estimates (RE) on the current financial year’s budget issued by the Union ministry of finance has come as a major blow for the municipal corporation (MC), Chandigarh.

Rifts emerged in the Congress during the monthly general house meeting on Thursday, when leader of opposition in the house and outgoing Congress councillor Devinder Singh Babla raised questions on the party’s leadership for not giving ticket to Sheela Phool Singh, municipal councillor,

Two persons were arrested on Friday for allegedly stabbing a couple in Indirapuram. The accused purportedly attacked the couple over non payment of dues for some repair work done two weeks ago.

Chandigarh mayor Ravikant Sharma, on Friday evening, met Dharam Pal, adviser to the administrator, Chandigarh. During the meeting, the mayor raised multiple issues related to finances of the municipal corporation.

Chandigarh BJP on Wednesday organised a membership camp at sector 25.

While political parties are yet to announce their candidates for 35 MC wards, 79 nominations were filed by Friday.

The Market Welfare Association of Sector 44-D on Monday organised its first Covid-19 vaccination camp for the 18-plus age group. The camp was organized under the banner of Chandigarh Beopar Mandal. More than 250 shopkeepers, their families, and their employees received their first dose of Covishield.

As the assembly elections have been announced in neighbouring Himachal Pradesh, the central leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has given a task to it city unit to visit the poll-bound state and contribute there to the party’s campaign.

In a setback for BJP’s rebel mayoral candidate Chandrawati Shukla and the Congress, the additional municipal commissioner-cum-secretary Anil Garg rejected her candidature on Tuesday morning, terming it a violation of the Rule 6 (3) of the Municipal Corporation Conduct and Business Regulation, 1996.