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Time of India
11-07-2025
- Automotive
- Time of India
Chandigarh residents spend crores on premium vehicle registration numbers
Chandigarh: Riding in expensive wheels is just part of the city's way to climb up the social status ladder. The real shortcut for many is the big-price-tag vehicle registration number. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The city residents splurged more than Rs 23 crore in buying the 'premium' registration numbers in the last ten auctions of the fancy registration numbers between May 2023 and July 2025. The top of the charts remains the most sought-after registration number - 0001. In each of the last ten auctions, the number fetched the highest bids for the UT Registration and Licensing Authority (RLA). This year in May, registration number - 001 broke all the previous records of the RLA auctions when the CH01CZ series 0001 was sold for Rs 31 lakh - the price at which one could buy three compact-sized special utility vehicles (SUVs). The city's fascination for the fancy registration numbers does not stop at '0001'. Many other premium numbers are sold for lakhs of rupees. Another favourite of the motorists is registration number '007'. In the last ten RLA auctions, the number was among the top three selling numbers. After '001', the registration number 007 fetched the highest price at Rs 15 lakh in an auction held in March this year. Most of the time, it is the single-digit numbers that have found favour with bidders. Once in a while, more digit numbers have seen motorists spending big money. For instance, CH01CZ9999 was sold for Rs 9,40,000, CH01CY9999 for Rs 7,00,000, CH01CV0055 for Rs 2,80,000, and CH01CR0100 for Rs 3,00,000.
Trade Arabia
01-06-2025
- Business
- Trade Arabia
Major wellness hotels post strong top-line recovery, says report
Major wellness hotels recorded a strong top-line recovery, generating more than twice the total revenue per available room (TRevPAR) compared to No Wellness hotels, according to the latest report by hospitality advisor RLA Global. Minor wellness hotels led growth in RevPAR and TRevPAR, and were the top performers within the Luxury and Upper Upscale classes, it stated. Occupancy remained largely stable across all segments, although ancillary revenue – a significant contributor to TRevPAR – was marginally lower than in 2023, said RLA Global in its 6th annual Wellness Real Estate Report. Based on performance data from over 11,000 hotels worldwide supplied by HotStats, the RLA Global report provides an in-depth analysis of 2024 hotel performance year-on-year by wellness property type (Major, Minor, and No Wellness) across asset classes (Luxury, Upper Upscale, and Upscale). According to the report, major wellness outperformed minor wellness in leisure performance and was the only group that could also raise per-room F&B revenue, albeit just slightly. Minor Wellness continued to excel in profit conversion, while Major Wellness properties saw sharp improvements in GOPPAR (gross operating profit per available room) in the Upscale category, it stated. "Major Wellness hotels came roaring back in 2024, displaying a standout top-line performance in TRevPAR and RevPAR and impressive year-on-year growth rates in the Upscale category," said Roger Allen, Group CEO, RLA Global. "The all-important bottom line performance showed Major Wellness outperforming Minor Wellness in GOPPAR in absolute terms in 2024, but minor wellness had higher year-on-year GOPPAR growth compared to 2023," he stated. TRLA Global said this year's report also explores key trends redefining luxury and wellness in 2025 - including a return to foundational health habits, a rising emphasis on restorative sleep, and the growing preference for meaningful experiences over material opulence.
Yahoo
30-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Pennsylvania holds literal roll of the dice for election audits
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — A literal roll of the dice determined which recent election results are audited. Pennsylvania's election leaders do this after every election: they audit a random sample of election results, examining them carefully to make sure there are no irregularities. So, how do they choose the sample? Well, it's almost like a low-tech lottery drawing. One volunteer after another rolled the dice and the Department of State recorded the dice-roll results, which correspond to which election results will get an extra-close look. 'This is our sixth statewide risk-limiting audit since the 2022 general election,' Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt said. 'RLAs are proven to be the highest standard of comprehensive election audits because the RLA process provides a statistically sound, scientific method for confirming, with a high degree of confidence, that the reported outcome of the audited election is accurate.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Indian Express
27-05-2025
- Indian Express
20.02 lakh challans out of 35.93 lakh unpaid since 2019 in Chandigarh: RTI reply
A total of 20.02 lakh challans are still unpaid among the 35.93 lakh challans issued by the Chandigarh Traffic Police since 2019, revealed the data obtained via an RTI. In the RTI reply by the Chandigarh Traffic Police, over the past six years and four months (from Jan 1, 2019 to 2025 till May 4), 35,93,667 (35.93 lakh) challans have been issued across the city roads to vehicles registered in Chandigarh and outside, however a majority of the violators — 20,02,995 (20.02 lakh), have not responded to the fines, and just 15,90,672 (15.9 lakh) challans were paid by violators. In 2025 itself, till May 4, 2025 — 3,27,732 challans were issued by the traffic police, however just 71,00,85 challans were paid by violators. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) (Traffic) Sumer Pratap Singh said that the failure to clear the challans will result in suspension of driving licences and registration certificates, as been recommended by Chandigarh Traffic Police to the Registering and Licensing Authority (RLA), Chandigarh to act further against the violators who are habitual offenders. A list of offenders, who have been issued multiple challans, in the city has been prepared and the RLA has been suspending driving licences on the basis of this list. Also, a habitual traffic offender, will not be able to get PUC (pollution under control) certificate for his vehicle, thus attracting more challans and fines, a traffic police official said. Meanwhile, R K Garg, an RTI Activist in Chandigarh, raised questions on the issue stating that, 'there is urgent need to find out reasons for such an all-time high pendency of traffic violation challans'. 'The pace of payment of challans should speed up, otherwise the challans piled up will take several years to get cleared.' 'With such a large number of challans and less recovery, we still lack the safe and efficient traffic management. It is worrisome that fatal accidents have killed 8 persons per month and dangerous driving is on increase. The concerned departments must take a call unless it is too late,' added Garg. According to records, Rs 5.35-crore fine was collected from 3.25 lakh challans issued by the Chandigarh Police in 2025 till April. In 2024 — Rs 21.38-crore fine was received from 10.25 lakh challans, and Rs 26.26 crore from 10.32 challans issued in 2023. The maximum fine collected in the past five years was in 2022, when Rs 28.33 from 6.11 lakh challans were received, whereas in 2021 — Rs 15-crore fine was collected against 2.42 lakh challans. Red light jump, speeding top offences Three offences — red light jump, speeding, and driving without helmet, are the top three offences committed by the violators in Chandigarh. In 2025, till April — 1.55 lakh challans were issued for red light jump, 39,000 for speeding, and 3,100 for driving without helmet. Similarly, in 2024 — 5,00,952 challans were issued for red light jump, 1,47,663, for speeding, and 84,737 for driving without helmet, and in 2023 — 4,25,048 challans for red light jump, 2,06,276 for speeding, and 1,28,935 for driving without helmet, were raised.
Time of India
26-05-2025
- Automotive
- Time of India
EV adoption surges in Chandigarh as diesel vehicles decline
Reflecting a significant shift in consumer vehicle preferences in the city over the past three years, the number of electric vehicles (EVs) has steadily increased, driven by government incentives introduced in 2022. This upward trend in EV adoption has coincided with a sharp decline in diesel vehicle sales. However, petrol vehicles continue to dominate the market, remaining the top choice among residents and consistently outnumbering both EVs and diesel vehicles. The vehicle registration data from the Chandigarh administration shows that in 2022, a total of 7,922 diesel vehicles were registered with the UT's Registering and Licensing Authority (RLA). This number of diesel vehicles decreased to 6,510 in 2023, and it dropped drastically as merely 3,895 diesel vehicles were registered with the RLA in 2024. In the case of EVs, there was a significant rise. The data revealed that the Chandigarh administration registered a total of 996 EVs in 2022, and this number increased to 3,116 in 2023. In 2024, the total number of EV registrations reached 3,078. Meanwhile, as in previous years, the registration of petrol vehicles in Chandigarh remained over 30,000 every year from 2022 to 2024. Elaborating on the multiple reasons for the dip in the registration of diesel vehicles, sources in the Chandigarh administration said, "Strict norms on diesel vehicles in other states, especially in the NCR region, and the availability of high-end petrol and EVs are the key reasons behind the decrease in people's interest in diesel vehicles. Interestingly, in Chandigarh, people have just changed the variant of vehicles from diesel to petrol, hybrid, and EVs only, but the number of sales or registrations of vehicles is the same. The people, whose movement in the city or in the tri-city is much, prefer to buy EVs now." Since the consistent growth of EVs has been reported in both two-wheelers and four-wheelers in Chandigarh since 2022, the owners of EVs have also been getting timely incentives, as per the laid down criteria of the Chandigarh administration. Moreover, since more and more EV companies are coming forward to launch their EVs in the markets over the past few years, sources in the UT revealed that now people have multiple options to purchase EVs as per their needs. Chandigarh at 2nd spot In a significant milestone, Chandigarh emerged as the second-ranked city in the country after Tripura for registering the maximum percentage of EVs out of the total registered vehicles in the city during the last financial year of 2024-2025, which ended March 31. Since the ministry of road transport and highways (MoRTH) of the central govt compiled the data of ICE and EVs registration throughout the country, the registering and licensing authority of Chandigarh registered 14.82per cent EVs out of the total registered vehicles in the city in the 2024-2025 financial year.
