Chandigarh Municipal Corporation saw the BJP setting its feet stronger on the municipal corporation soil. BJP Municipal Councillor Sarabjit Kaur got chaired on the Mayor post defending AAP's Anju Katyal by just one vote in a direct contest. As per the officials statement, Ms Kaur bagged 14 votes while Ms Katyal got 13, and one was declared invalid.
After the results, AAP Councillors cried foul & created rucks in the house. The police had to intertwine in between and calm them. AAP in its social media account has blamed this incident as shocking death of democracy.
The BJP has also bagged the senior deputy mayor and deputy mayor seats. The Congress and SAD abstained from voting in both the elections as well. “I am mayor of the entire city not of a party; and will try and take all the parties along. My first priority would be to improve city’s ranking in Swachh Survekshan,” Sarabjit Kaur Dhillon said.
Fake nurse kidnaps baby in Kerala
A woman, dressed as a nurse, entered the gynecology department of the medical hospital and walked away with the infant at around 3.00 PM and it took more than half an hour for the child's mother and relatives to realise the baby had been kidnapped. Neethu R Ra, the woman who allegedly kidnapped the child was a native of Thiruvalla and she plotted this plan to prevent her lover marrying another woman. The breakthrough came when an autorickshaw driver informed the police that a woman with a baby was seen entering the Park Hotel which was just 100 meters from the hospital. Police reached the hotel, arrested the woman and rushed the baby back to its mother at the hospital.
Ugandan woman caught with 1kg synthetic drug in Bengaluru
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Bengaluru on Saturday seized around 1 kg of Methamphetamine from a Ugandan lady at Hubli railway station, the agency said in a statement. The bust comes a day after the Bengaluru police made startling claims of an increase in the peddling and consumption of drugs in the city, especially those from other nationalities. She was traveling with the drugs in a concealed form on the train. The drug was sourced from Delhi and was for further distribution in the state of Karnataka,” according to the NCB statement on Saturday. The drug was cleverly packed and further concealed in two Cerelac baby food carton boxes to avoid detection. Each box contained around 500 grams of Methamphetamine.
By arresting the said Ugandan national by officers of NCB, Bengaluru has effectively neutralized a drug syndicate which was operating in the southern regions uniquely and systematically.
Jagannath Puri closed for devotees till 31st January
With the rise in Covid cases, the Odisha government has decided to shut down Jagannath Temple for devotees from January 10, said Samarth Verma district collector of Puri. The government has decided to shut down colleges, universities & other educational institutions in the state w.e.f January 10, confirmed special relief commissioner PK Jena. The state has recorded six times rise in Covid-19 cases in less than a week. Verma said the temple will be shut down following the discussion with the temple priests & management. Some priests have also been tested positive for the virus. Hence the temple shall remain closed till January 31.