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Bihar BJP is gearing up for a grand celebration of its 46th foundation day, spanning April 5-12. The week-long festivities include office decorations, 'Vikas Yatras', flag hoisting at homes with social media engagement, and booth-level celebrations. District-level conferences and a 'Gaon Basti Chalo Abhiyan' targeting villages are also planned, with coordinators appointed across various zones to ensure successful implementation.

A shocking incident in Agra saw a 28-year-old man allegedly beaten to death by his younger brother after a dispute over a mobile phone password. The argument escalated violently, leading to the elder brother's death. Police have registered a murder case and arrested the accused, with the investigation ongoing.

A Mumbai-based homeopathic doctor and her assistant were arrested in Chennai for performing unauthorized ear lobe repair surgeries at a hotel. The doctor, who gained popularity through social media, allegedly lacked proper qualifications and permissions to conduct these procedures in Tamil Nadu. Both were remanded in judicial custody after a raid.

The Chandigarh district court, on Tuesday, acquitted a contractor in a case of cheque bounce after former Chandigarh mayor poonam sharma could not prove the allegations.

Newly elected Congress municipal councillor poonam sharma will take oath to join MC on Tuesday. The oath ceremony will be held at deputy commissioner office of the Chandigarh during the evening hours.

Deepak.Yadav@timesgroup.The Congress on Tuesday clinched the seats of mayor and deputy mayor in a boisterous and closely-fought election that shocked a mighty BJP hoping to annihilate its feeble rival from the civic body.

Deepak.Yadav@timesgroup.As the Congress managed to clinch mayor and deputy mayor seats largely with the help of nominated municipal councillors, the mayor is all set to reward them with two key municipal committees.

Congress has finally got an edge in the MC house by emerging as the biggest political party with absolute majority in the 36-member house.

Police have booked 5 people for abetment to suicide following a suicide committed by a woman.

In a major jolt to the Congress, former Chandigarh mayor and Congress Mahila Morcha president poonam sharma and senior Congress leader Subash Sharma on Tuesday joined the BJP.Poonam said her reason to join the BJP was Prime Minister Narendra Modi's style of work. She further added that she was not looking for a post in the BJP.

The time has come for women to rebuild relations. Woman power can be utilized in a constructive way. They have a major role in stopping female feticide, and need to take strict action against gender exploitation, said Chandigarh Mayor poonam sharma at a seminar on The Role of Women in Rebuilding Relations.

Hiteish Arora was formally announced as the president of the Rotary Club of Chandigarh at the ceremony organized at PHD Chamber of Commerce, Sector 31 in the presence of poonam sharma, Mayor of Chandigarh.

A team of MC officials comprising mayor poonam sharma, municipal commissioner Bhawna Garg and additional municipal commissioner Sunil Bhatia held a meeting with UT's adviser to the administrator Vijay Dev to resolve pending issues of the fire wing of the Chandigarh municipal corporation.

The Jaipur police will send a team to Alwar to record the statements of poonam sharma, who was allegedly shot by additional SP Ashish Prabhakar before he shot himself on November 22 in the city.

CHANDIGARH: President of the women's wing of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) poonam sharma and several of her supporters resigned from the party and joined the Samata Party. Several senior male members of the NCP have also decided to leave the party.

Residents of sector 25 on Sunday welcomed Chandigarh Territorial Congress Committee president Pradeep Chhabra and city mayor poonam sharma when they attended huge gathering of public there. This was Chhabra’s first public gathering after becoming city’s Congress president.

City Mayor poonam sharma on Wednesday said that the Women Empowerment Committee (WEC) of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation felt a need of focal point in the city.

Around 300 women gathered at Sukhna Lake to participate in The Pink Run, organized by Max Super Speciality Hospital Mohali in association with SHE (Sacred Heart Ex-students association) to commemorate the breast cancer awareness month on Saturday morning.

The engineering wing of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation has finally started the construction of community centre in Maloya village. It was long pending project of the civic body authority which was hanging fire due to clearance of finance by the accounts department.

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Taking a tough stand on organized crimes such as gambling, prostitution and bootlegging, Vijay Kumar Dev, adviser to UT administrator, decided to place under suspension the SHO, excise inspector and administrative officers of the area wherein these crimes would surface.

High drama was witnessed at Sector 15 on Friday afternoon when the son of Chandigarh mayor fled after allegedly hitting his car with another that was being driven by the wife of a city-based businessman who was a relative of a BJP MLA of Ambala City.

In what comes as cause for concern, the dog which bit several city residents, including six children, died in Manimajra on Thursday evening.

The family of Jyoti Dinesh, who along with her nine-year-old daughter Ujalla was murdered last May in Australia by her husband Sanjay Mehta finally got justice.