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Huge SetBack To AAP As BJPโ€™s Sarabjit Kaur Becomes Chandigarh Mayor

Chandigarh: BJP municipal councilor Sarabjit Kaur became the new Chandigarh Municipal Corporation mayor on Saturday. Meanwhile Aam Aadmi Partyโ€™s Anju Katyal lost by just one vote in a direct contest.

Out of the total 36 votes, 28 were polled while seven Congress councillors and the lone Shiromani Akali Dal councillor abstained.

Ms Kaur bagged 14 votes while Ms Katyal got 13, and one was declared invalid, officials said.

After the result was declared, AAP councillors created a ruckus in the House. Police were called in to remove them.

The results of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation polls which were declared on December 27, threw up a hung House, with the AAP winning 14 of the 35 wards and the BJP 12.

The Congress had bagged eight seats while the Shiromani Akali Dal got one.

However, municipal councillor from the Congress Harpreet Kaur Babla had joined the BJP, days after the polls results were declared.

Besides 35 councillors, the Chandigarh MP, who is an ex-officio member in the municipal corporation, also has a voting right.

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Madhya Pradesh: IT Department Raids, Recovers 8 Crores & 3 Kg Gold From Liquor Business Man

Aleesha Sam

Bhopal: The Income Tax department on Thursday recovered Rs 8 crore and 3 kilograms of gold with addition of incriminating documents on the premises of Shankar Rai and his brothers in Madhya Pradeshโ€™s Damoh district, an official said on Friday.

The raids had begun on early morning Thursday, were still continuing said Income Tax (investigations) Jabalpur circle joint commisioner Munmun Sharma. During the searches so far 8 crores have been recovered. Of this 1 crore was found hidden in a water container, an official said.

Along with the money 3 kilogram gold has been recovered, she said. The official said I-T sleuths have found incriminating documents that was related to the wealth amassed by the Rai brothers. The papers found in Rais have bagged contracts of liqour shops and also were running luxury buses in the names of their staffers, she added. 

Sharma said the I-T department has announced a cash reward of Rs 10,000 for anyone who provides information to them about the wealth of Shankar Rai and his brother. Nearly 200 personnel including I-T department staffs and policemen from Indore, Bhopal, Jabalpur, and Gwalior were carrying out searched in various premises of the businessman and his brothers.

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