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Work to clear 3rd trash mountainat Dadumajra landfill site begins

Chandigarh, Feb. 14 -- After missing repeated deadlines, Chandigarh municipal corporation (MC) has finally completed the bio-remediation of two garbage mountains (legacy waste) dumped at Dadumajra lan... Read More


Cash-strapped MC looking to raise Rs.410cr from its own sources

Chandigarh, Feb. 14 -- With limited grants from the Centre and UT administration, the cash-strapped Chandigarh municipal corporation (MC) is aiming to generate a total of Rs.410 crore for upcoming fin... Read More


MC chief puts foot down, says property tax hike 'need of hour'

Chandigarh, Feb. 8 -- A day after mayor Harpreet Kaur Babla rejected the proposal, the Chandigarh municipal corporation's (MC) plan for a four-fold hike in property tax was still tabled during the Hou... Read More


Mayor rejects MC's plan for four-fold hike in property tax

Chandigarh, Feb. 7 -- The cash-strapped Chandigarh municipal corporation's (MC) plan to impose a four-fold hike in property tax rates, by tabling an agenda in the MC House meeting on Friday, has been ... Read More


No end to salary delays at Chandigarh MC

Chandigarh, Feb. 3 -- The Chandigarh municipal corporation (MC) is grappling with a severe financial crisis, leaving its regular employees with delayed salaries for the second consecutive month. The c... Read More


MC staring at another year of rough sailing

Chandigarh, Feb. 2 -- The Chandigarh municipal corporation (MC) is bracing for another tough year ahead, with the UT administration allocating a grant-in-aid of just Rs.625 crore for financial year 20... Read More


Newly elected mayor Babla gets cracking on Day 1, visits Dadumajra dump site

CHANDIGARH, Feb. 1 -- On her first day as the newly elected mayor of the city, Harpreet Kaur Babla hit the ground running by calling two important meetings with city councillors and municipal corporat... Read More


Homemaker looks to put MC House in order

Chandigarh, Jan. 31 -- Harpreet Kaur Babla, 60, a homemaker and seasoned politician with over two decades of experience, has her work cut out as the newly elected mayor of Chandigarh. Taking charge a... Read More


AAP sinks as cross-voting helps BJP sail to win

Chandigarh, Jan. 31 -- In a politically charged contest on Thursday, simmering tensions within both the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Congress, coupled with the fractured unity of their alliance, allowed ... Read More


FIR against outgoing mayor threatens AAP-Congress majority in poll today

Chandigarh, Jan. 30 -- Just a day before the high-stakes mayoral elections in Chandigarh, the incumbent mayor and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor, Kuldeep Kumar Dhalor, was on Wednesday booked in a c... Read More