Hillary Victor is a Special Correspondent at Chandigarh. He covers Chandigarh administration, municipal corporation and all political parties.
Articles by Hillary Victor
Three months on, GMADA yet to release developers’ approved layout plans
Notably, the Punjab government in a bid to ease the payment process for builders had allowed them to pay the pending EDC in four instalments over a period of a year and a half in March this year
Updated on Jun 28, 2024 09:02 AM IST
Hillary Victor, Mohali
Fancy plates: Chandigarh RLA to tweak e-auction policy to check defaulting bidders
The Chandigarh Registration and Licensing Authority (RLA) had suffered a loss of ₹67 lakh in 2022-23 on account of its failure to recover the bidding amount from buyers of fancy numbers
Updated on Jun 28, 2024 08:50 AM IST
Hillary Victor, Chandigarh
Chandigarh MC all set to beautify dumping ground with trees
Expected to cost ₹19 lakh, the beautification work will begin next month, as per MC officials; the civic body has already floated tenders with a two-month deadline to complete work
Updated on Jun 17, 2024 08:24 AM IST
Hillary Victor, Chandigarh
Unrecovered fancy number fee cost Chandigarh RLA ₹67 lakh: Audit
Checking the RLA records for the period 2022-23, the audit team noticed that the choice number was allotted to the bidder but only the reserve amount for the same was deposited and balance amount is still remaining
Updated on Jun 15, 2024 09:52 AM IST
Hillary Victor, Chandigarh
CITCO refuses to run unsold liquor vends in Chandigarh
After failing to sell 18 of city’s 95 liquor vends in financial year 2023-24, the Chandigarh excise and taxation department, through the 2024-25 UT Excise Policy, had decided that any liquor vend remaining unsold will be managed by CITCO
Updated on Jun 14, 2024 08:58 AM IST
Hillary Victor, Chandigarh
Centre seeks fresh Tribune Flyover estimate from Chandigarh admn
After reviewing the fresh estimate, the Union ministry of road transport and highways will take a call on whether the project can be executed with the same consultant or a new one should be hired
Updated on Jun 13, 2024 08:38 AM IST
Hillary Victor, Chandigarh
Chandigarh admn to tighten noose around societies under govt departments
The Chandigarh finance department has directed heads of departments not to retain any income generated by a society without MHA approval
Updated on Jun 13, 2024 08:36 AM IST
Hillary Victor, Chandigarh
Chandigarh STA failed to achieve targets in 2021-23: Audit report
According to the report, the Chandigarh administration’s finance department set revenue receipt targets for the STA at ₹64 crore for the financial year 2021-22 and ₹70 crore for 2022-23
Updated on Jun 12, 2024 09:06 AM IST
Hillary Victor, Chandigarh
Chandigarh’s periphery areas to get tertiary treated water for irrigation by April next year
Tertiary treated water essentially refers to sewage water that has been made suitable for irrigation after chemical treatment and sedimentation.
Updated on Jun 11, 2024 08:20 AM IST
Hillary Victor, Chandigarh
UT Employees Housing Scheme: Providing flats at 2008 rates to cost Chandigarh ₹2,000 crore
Finding it impossible to construct the flats within a year, as directed by HC, apart from the mammoth financial loss, UT is planning to approach the top court
Updated on Jun 10, 2024 07:56 AM IST
Hillary Victor, Chandigarh
Now, Chandigarh admn pushes deadline to clear Dadumajra landfill to December
UT administration extends deadline to clear Dadumajra landfill legacy waste to Dec 31. NGT directs additional waste processing facilities to address gap. New MP highlights issue.
Updated on Jun 08, 2024 08:22 AM IST
Hillary Victor, Chandigarh
Chandigarh: BJP to crack the whip on 7 local leaders post election debacle
BJP decides to take action against seven local leaders who stayed away from Sanjay Tandon’s campaign in Chandigarh and engaged in anti-party activities
Updated on Jun 07, 2024 09:04 AM IST
Hillary Victor, Chandigarh
Knives out in Chandigarh BJP camp, day after poll debacle
As per party insiders, seven leaders – most of them ticket aspirants themselves -- have been identified against whom action is to be sought. Tandon, a poll debutant and a former president of the saffron party’s city unit, had replaced two-time Member of Parliament Kirron Kher as the BJP candidate from the city after she opted out of the election. The party had also seen a dip in vote share – from 50.64% in the 2019 general elections to 47.7% now.
Updated on Jun 06, 2024 09:14 AM IST
Hillary Victor, Chandigarh
In Chandigarh, Sanjay Tandon’s boat sinks before sailing
Pitted against Congress’ seasoned leader, Manish Tewari, the road was always going to be tough for Tandon, a poll debutant; of the multitude of factors that led to Tandon falling short, the anti-incumbency that built up over the 10-year reign of BJP’s Kirron Kher, who failed to address some of City Beautiful’s major issues, stands out
Published on Jun 05, 2024 05:55 PM IST
Hillary Victor, Chandigarh
In Chandigarh, Manish Tewari wins a cliffhanger
Congress’Manish Tewari polled 2,16,657 votes against Sanjay Tandon’s 2,14,153 votes in a nail-biting finish where his lead swung up and down through the counting process
Published on Jun 05, 2024 05:54 PM IST
Congress expels five leaders for six years over ‘anti-party’ activities
Relieves another five from various posts after report from party’s observer for Chandigarh constituency
Updated on Jun 03, 2024 08:20 AM IST
Hillary Victor, Chandigarh
Colony voters lead Chandigarh poll turnout again
Long queues outside polling booths in colonies reflected a stark difference in voting behaviour between the rural and urban parts of the City Beautiful
Published on Jun 02, 2024 06:02 AM IST
Hillary Victor, Chandigarh
Historically, Chandigarh echoed national sentiments
The Congress candidates won in 1971, 1980, 1984 and 1991, before achieving a hat-trick in 1999, 2004 and 2009 through Pawan Kumar Bansal — the only time a party had stayed in power in Chandigarh for three consecutive terms; the BJP bagged the seat in 1996 and 1998 with Satya Pal Jain, and in 2014 and 2019 with Kirron Kher
Updated on Jun 01, 2024 08:44 AM IST
Hillary Victor, Chandigarh
In Chandigarh, Tewari vs Tandon duel on last day of campaign
The Congress and BJP nominees from Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat engaged in fiery verbal sparring at press conferences, while claiming certain victory
Published on May 31, 2024 05:25 AM IST
Divided Congress can’t bring development to Chandigarh: Smriti Irani
Referring to a photo clicked during Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi’s visit to the city, Irani said that the Tewari and Bansal appeared to be having some kind of altercation
Updated on May 29, 2024 09:32 AM IST
Hillary Victor, Chandigarh
Modi not coming to Chandigarh, Kejriwal to campaign for Tewari
AAP supremo and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal will be hold a roadshow in the colonies on May 29 to seek votes for INDIA bloc candidate Tewari, AAP’s Chandigarh co-in-charge Dr Sunny Ahluwalia confirmed
Updated on May 28, 2024 09:26 AM IST
Hillary Victor, Chandigarh
What Congress couldn’t do in 60 years, we did in 10 years: Nitin Gadkari says in Chandigarh
Addressing people during a meeting held at Sector 30 in support of BJP’s Chandigarh candidate Sanjay Tandon, Gadkari said that the Congress got to serve the country for 75 years but did not do good on its promises.
Updated on May 23, 2024 09:36 AM IST
Hillary Victor, Chandigarh
Pawan Bansal campaigning in Mohali, Panchkula, yet to join Manish Tewari
A four-time Member of Parliament from Chandigarh, Bansal was a strong contender for the ticket this time but had lost out to Tewari. Upset over this, he has been staying away from Tewari’s campaign.
Updated on May 23, 2024 09:32 AM IST
Hillary Victor, Chandigarh
Chandigarh: Yogi fires ‘udan khatola’ barb at Rahul, Tewari
Addressing a rally in Maloya to seek votes for Bharatiya Janata Party’s Chandigarh candidate Sanjay Tandon, Adityanath said, “Whenever there is a crisis in the country, Rahul Gandhi is the first to leave.”
Updated on May 21, 2024 06:20 AM IST
Hillary Victor, Chandigarh
CHB allottees vexed by delayed need-based change policy
Resentment among dwellers of 60,000 Chandigarh Housing Board flats, who have been waiting for a decade for a policy to regularise changes made in accommodation
Updated on May 17, 2024 08:46 AM IST
Chandigarh: After 4 decades, Subhash Chawla shifts loyalties, dumps Congress for BJP
Former Chandigarh president and two-time mayor Subhash Chawla cited his dissatisfaction with the Congress-AAP coalition in Chandigarh as the reason behind leaving the Congress
Updated on May 16, 2024 07:28 AM IST
Hillary Victor, Chandigarh
SAD pulls out of race for Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat
The decision comes hot on the heels of SAD’s Chandigarh candidate Hardeep Singh Saini quitting the party on May 6 and three days later surprisingly defecting to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), dealing a major blow to the panthic party’s campaign in Chandigarh, where it had stepped into the fray for the very first time
Updated on May 13, 2024 08:56 AM IST
Hillary Victor, Chandigarh
With just three days left for nomination, SAD still mum on candidate
With SAD yet to decide on a candidate, the contest currently is directly between Congress’ Manish Tewari and BJP’s Sanjay Tandon
Published on May 12, 2024 06:08 AM IST
Hillary Victor, Chandigarh
Get us the seat and we will resolve all issues: Nadda to voters in Chandigarh
Nadda said the Union government was already in the process of turning the Chandigarh Railway Station into a world-class facility for which ₹550 crore had already been sanctioned
Updated on May 11, 2024 08:40 AM IST
Hillary Victor, Chandigarh
SAD’s Chandigarh pick Hardeep jumps to AAP
Major setback for SAD, shot in the arm for INDIA bloc candidate Manish Tewari, who is contesting the Lok Sabha poll from a Congress ticket with AAP support
Updated on May 10, 2024 09:10 AM IST
Hillary Victor, Chandigarh