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Chandigarh: Congress cries foul, says House 'kept in dark' over scrapping of free water agenda

Chandigarh, Aug. 21 -- The proposal of providing 20,000 litres of water to every household, which topped the manifesto of now dismantled Congress-Aam Aadmi Party alliance during 2024 Lok Sabha electio... Read More


After deluge, Chandigarh MC House sees stormy scenes

Chandigarh, Aug. 21 -- Two days after an unprecedented deluge laid bare the inadequacies in Chandigarh's drainage system and disaster management plans, the municipal corporation (MC) General House mee... Read More


Chandigarh: 9 table agendas passed sans requisite quorum, show minutes of meeting confirm

Chandigarh, Aug. 19 -- Amid the controversy surrounding the table agenda worth Rs.227 crore being passed without discussion in the previous MC House meeting on July 31 resulting in backlash by the opp... Read More


Chandigarh MC to make NOCs mandatory for all shops, eateries selling meat

Chandigarh, Aug. 18 -- The municipal corporation (MC) is set to overhaul rules governing meat, fish, poultry shops and commercial food establishments in Chandigarh, with a detailed agenda regarding th... Read More


Chandigarh: Submit suggestions to MC on waste mgmt rules within 15 days

Chandigarh, Aug. 17 -- A fortnight after the General House of the Municipal Corporation approved the Solid Waste Management-2026 bylaws, the civic body has invited suggestions and observations from th... Read More


rRs.r7 crore since 2024: Crackdown against squatters boosts Chandigarh MC's revenue

Chandigarh, Aug. 10 -- The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation, which has collected nearly Rs.7 crore by issuing challans to 64,806 encroachers across the city since 2024, has seen a sharp rise in revenu... Read More


Chandigarh: Congress brings Bansal back into key panel, Tewari in-charge of poll panel

Chandigarh, Aug. 8 -- Ahead of the municipal corporation (MC) elections slated for December, the Congress high command has accommodated former Chandigarh MP and Union minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, 78, ... Read More


Chandigarh: rRs.r227-crore agenda passed without discussion, withdrawn after outcry

Chandigarh, Aug. 6 -- A table agenda costing Rs.227 crore - one third of the total grant-in-aid received by the municipal corporation (MC) this financial year - was hurriedly passed during the House m... Read More


Chandigarh: Under fire over sanitation staff deployment, MC seeks report

Chandigarh, Aug. 3 -- Concerns over the deployment and distribution of safai karamcharis in the city's northern sectors were raised during the Municipal Corporation House meeting on Friday, with counc... Read More


Chandigarh Solid Waste Management rules | No hike in user charges but violators to pay through nose

Chandigarh, Aug. 1 -- While approving steeper penalties for littering, throwing waste in public and dumping garbage in water bodies, the General House of the Chandigarh municipal corporation (MC) reje... Read More