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Cong sweeps Mayoral polls
Chandigarh, January 1
The Congress bagged all three posts of the Mayor, the Senior Deputy Mayor and the Deputy Mayor in the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation Mayoral elections today.
The newly elected Mayor Subhash Chawla with his family at the MC office in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Union Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal is also seen in the picture. Tribune photo: S Chandan

Thin margin worries Cong camp 
Chandigarh, January 1
The victory margin by which the Congress made a clean sweep in the Mayoral elections has become a cause of worry for senior Congress leaders.

Supporters offer sweets to Kashmiri Devi after she was elected the Senior Deputy Mayor at the MC office in Chandigarh on Tuesday. (L) and Satish Kainth in a jubilant mood after being elected the Deputy Mayor in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Tribune photos: S Chandan

Differences within Congress come out in the open
Chandigarh, January 1
Internal rivalry among Congress leaders surfaced immediately after the party won the Mayoral elections when a scuffle broke out between councillor Satprakash Aggarwal and former councillor Bhupinder Singh Badheri in the Mayor’s room. Other Congress leaders who were present in the room intervened and separated them.

Congress supporters vandalise Mayor’s room
Chandigarh, January 1
After the victory in the Mayoral elections, Congress supporters vandalised the Mayor’s room. The Congress leaders and supporters, all gathered in the Mayor’s room to meet Union Railways Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and newly elected Mayor Subhash Chawla. They were trying to get their pictures clicked with the senior Congress leaders.
Blinds were pulled down in the Mayor’s room at the MC office in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Tribune photo: S Chandan

MC will not impose house tax, says Mayor
Chandigarh, January 1
Well aware of the bleak financial position of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation, the newly elected Mayor, Subhash Chawla, today said the civic body would not impose house tax on city residents. The MC is going through a financial crisis and has not received quarterly grants of Rs 89 crore from the UT Administration.

Thieves strike on New Year’s Eve 
Chandigarh, January 1
New Year celebrations turned sour for a Sector 35 family as thieves ransacked the house and decamped with jewellery and valuables worth Rs 25 lakh. The family was out when the theft took place.

Robbers hold 6-month-old at knifepoint in Panchkula
Panchkula, January 1
The New Year’s Eve turned out to be horrendous for a family living in Sakteri at Mansa Devi Complex, Panchkula, when miscreants looted money and jewellery after holding a six-month baby girl at knifepoint.



The victim shows injury marks inflicted on her by robbers at Saketri in Panchkula on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

COMMUNITY

Heaps of garbage dot residential areas of Ward Number 5
Chandigarh, January 1
Newly elected City Mayor Subhash Chawla wants to make Chandigarh a world-class city by improving its poor sanitation, parking problem etc., but for that he has to start the work from his ward (Ward No. 5), which includes Sector 25 and Dhanas village.



Garbage lying in a colony at Sector 25, Chandigarh. Tribune photo: S Chandan

Mohali youth missing since Dec 24
Mohali, January 1
A 75-year-old man has been searching for his son who failed to reach Dehradun from Mohali. His car was found in a gorge near Rishikesh recently.

Campaign raises concern over safety of women
Mohali, January 1 In an attempt to stop harassment of women on roads and atrocities against them in the country, the Punjab Today Foundation flagged off the Mohali leg of a nationwide awareness movement.

New Year showers blessings on them
Chandigarh, January 1
It was a double delight for a number of mothers in the city who delivered babies on the first day of the year.

Archana with her baby, who was born on Tuesday (1);(2) Hardeep’s baby with her aunt in Chandigarh and Malvika with her baby in Chandigarh. Tribune photos: Manoj Mahajan

The best way to squander public money
Chandigarh, January 1
It seems that the municipal corporation does not give a second thought before wasting public money. It is spending Rs 16 lakh on the laying of paver block on roads at Burail. The paver blocks are being laid on metal roads. The work was started four days ago and is nearing completion.

Paver blocks laid on a road at Sector 45 in Chandigarh. Tribune Photo: S Chandan 

City reels under cold wave
Chandigarh, January 1
The city continued to reel under dense fog and cold wave, disrupting the normal life. The air, rail and road traffic was affected due to the reduced visibility in the city. Several trains were running behind their scheduled timings. The morning Shatabdi was delayed by 45 minutes, while the Himalayan Queen was delayed by 15 minutes.
Sukhna Lake covered with a thick blanket of fogTribune Photo: Pradeep Tewari

Flights grounded at Chandigarh airport on New Year too
Chandigarh, january 1
The Chandigarh airport management and airlines are suffering loss due to the continuous cancellation of flights operating from here. The bad weather also led to the cancellation of all the flights on the first day of New Year today, affecting hundreds of passengers.


The Chandigarh airport wears a deserted look due to the cancellation of flights. Tribune photo: S Chandan

Welfare board apprises NGOs of schemes
Chandigarh, January 1 Chandigarh Social Welfare Board today organised an orientation programme to apprise the local NGOs of the community development schemes launched for the needy. During the training programme, the board chairperson, Kamlesh, made the attendees aware of the schemes launched by the board and the UT Administration for various categories in the city.

Jyoti Murder Case: Sister to join investigations
Panchkula, January 1
The Panchkula police has called Jyoti’s sister Ishu to record her statement tomorrow. The police claimed that Ishu could reveal some important clues about the link between Jyoti and Ram Kumar Chaudhary that may help in solving the murder mystery. Chaudhary had attended Ishu’s wedding in 2009.

EDUCATION

Teachers raise demands
Chandigarh, January 1
A seven-member team of the Government Teacher Union led by union president

PU to restrict entry to outsiders
Chandigarh, January 1
Entry of vehicles to roads leading to the girls’ hostels at Panjab University will be restricted for outsiders between 5 pm and 10 pm. The university security staff will also step up patrolling in the evening.

VC favours regularisation of daily wagers at PU
Chandigarh, January 1
Welcoming the New Year, Panjab University Vice-Chancellor addressed the varsity employees today. He said jobs of the non-teaching daily wagers, who have been working on the campus for more than 10 years, would be regularised, if the Central grant to the university, which is presently on an ad-hoc basis, was made permanent.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Woman set on fire
Ambala, January 1
A woman of Ambala City was allegedly set on fire by her in-laws. They reportedly burnt the woman after pouring kerosene on her.

Labourer dies as shuttering falls
Ambala, January 1
A labourer, who was working at an under-construction house, was killed today when the shuttering of the building collapsed all of a sudden.

Burglars strike at 5 houses; decamp with cash, jewellery
Dera Bassi, January 1
Burglars decamped with cash, jewellery and valuables worth lakhs of rupees from five houses at the Gupta Colony here yesterday.

2 factory workers killed
Dera Bassi, January 1
Two factory workers were killed after a machine fell on them when they were working at Prerna Steel Company situated at the Focal Point, Dera Bassi, yesterday.


Relatives of the deceased at the GMCH, Sector 32, in Chandigarh. A tribune photograph

COURTS

High Court okays 100-bed rehab centre for UT
Chandigarh, January 1
The New Year may see robust healthcare facilities in the city. For, the recommendation of setting up a 100-bed rehabilitation centre in Chandigarh has found favour with the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

CRIME

Two arrested in rape case
Mohali, January 1
The police has arrested two persons on the charges of kidnapping and rape.

Girl kidnapped from Mohali
Mohali, January 1 A resident of Phase IX here complained to the police that his daughter, who was mentally unfit, had allegedly been kidnapped by a resident of Fatehgarh Sahib.

Three held for selling fake gold coins
Mohali, January 1
The police has arrested three Delhi-based persons, including two women, for allegedly duping people by selling fake gold ornaments and coins.

Cyclist killed after being hit by SUV
Chandigarh, January 1
A 21-year-old cyclist was killed after a Safari SUV hit him at the Matka roundabout at 9 pm.





The Tata Safari that crushed a cyclist at Matka Chowk in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Tribune Photo: Manoj Mahajan 

SPORTS

 Setback for U-19 team
Chandigarh, January 1
The apathetic attitude of the sports authorities has cost the U-19 girls cricket team dear.





The players hold a protest outside the DEO’s office at Sector 19 in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan