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MC yet to collect Rs 13 cr
Chandigarh, October 19
The annual audit report of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation rapped the tax branch of the civic body for its failure to maintain records of the property tax collections.

Chlorine gas leak lands 22 in hospital
Chandigarh, October 19
Twenty-two persons, including four fire-fighters, were rushed to the GMSH-16 today after they fell unconscious due to chlorine gas leak.

Firemen spray water on the leaked cylinder in Chandigarh on Saturday. Tribune photo: S Chandan

Mohali tussle: Fans cheer Dhoni's helicopter swing at the PCA stadium during the third ODI between India and Australia on Saturday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari Fireworks inside, chaos outside In a city like Chandigarh, c of cricket stands for chaos. Organising international events has never been an easy process here. Traffic went haywire on the third ODI between India and Australia.

Open auction: 0001 goes for Rs 7.01 lakh
Chandigarh, October 19
NRI Taranjeet Singh’s entry set the pace for the first open auction of the vanity numbers by the Registration and Licensing Authority today. The vanity number 0001 of the CH01 AV series fetched the RLA Rs 7.01 lakh.

Man held for stalking wife
Chandigarh, October 19
Spying on his wife proved costly to a Mohali resident. The Chandigarh Police arrested Dr Gyaneshwar Maini for installing a global positioning system (GPS) and a microphone on his wife’s car without her knowledge. He used to track his wife’s location and listen to the conversation going on in the car. The couple, both doctors, had estranged relationship. The accused runs a clinic in Sector 55 and the complainant works at a private hospital in Mohali.

COMMUNITY

Food poisoning: Health officer gives nod to legal action against restaurant
Mohali, October 19
The district health officer (DHO), Mohali, has allowed the food safety officer to initiate legal action against the management of Barbeque Nation, Phase V, which offered food that was “unfit for human consumption”.

Admn invites objections to food security Act
Chandigarh, October 19
The UT Food and Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department has invited objections from the public to the National Food Security Act. These objections are to be submitted by the first week of next month.

Inflation hits Karwa Chauth
Panchkula, October 19
Decking up for Karwa Chauth will burn a hole in your pockets this season. For applying henna that cost Rs 600 as the highest last season, you will have to shell out Rs 1,150 this time.






Artists apply henna on girls’ hands at a market in Sector 7, Panchkula, on Saturday. Tribune Photo: Nitin Mittal

Northern Railways fined Rs 10,000 for harassing senior citizen
Chandigarh, October 19
The UT District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum today slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 to Northern Railways which would be paid as compensation for the harassment and agony caused to a complainant, who is a senior citizen and a resident of Panchkula. The court further ordered to pay Rs 5,000 as litigation expenses to the complainant.

Special weekly train to Jaipur from tomorrow
Chandigarh, October 19
To clear the heavy rush due to Chatt Pooja and Diwali, the Northern Railways is going to start a special weekly train to ferry passengers between Nangal Dam and Jaipur. On its way, the train will halt at various stations, including Chandigarh.

Crime against women in focus
Chandigarh, October 19
A daylong conference on woman empowerment at Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, discussed at length various aspects of crime against woman.

Nurse injured as ambulance catches fire in Panchkula
Panchkula, October 19
A ambulance of the Alchemist Hospital, Sector 21, caught fire near the Tau Devi Lal Stadium, Sector 5, Panchkula, in which a nurse suffered minor burn injuries, while the driver and an attendant escaped without any injuries.

EDUCATION

Students show their degrees during the first annual convocation of Chandigarh University, Gharuan, where a total of 217 students were awarded degrees, on Saturday. A Tribune photograph

International conference from Oct 23
Chandigarh, October 19
An international conference, Advances in Water Resources: Development and Management (AWRDM - 2013), will be organised by Panjab University at centre of advance study in geology from October 23 to 26.

FROM SCHOOLS
150 units of blood collected
Chandigarh: A blood donation camp was organised by Sacred Heart School, Sector 26, Chandigarh, on Saturday. As many as 150 units of blood were collected. A 188-time blood donor, Charanjit Singh, was the special invitee on the occasion. Dr RR Sharma and Dr Dhawan from the blood transfusion medicine department, PGI, supervised the camp.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

bassi pathana grain market
Arhtiyas’ body announces indefinite strike
Fatehgarh Sahib, October 19
Farmers, who have been sitting in the grain market to sell their paddy for the past many days, and the labourers had to face great difficulty as the commission agents of Bassi Pathana boycotted the procurement of paddy process and announced to observe indefinite strike against the pick and choose and dictatorial attitude of the officials of all the government procurement agencies.

CRIME

Two vehicle thieves held
Chandigarh, October 19
The city police has arrested two youths who used to steal motorcycles and cars for taking joyrides and then abandoned the vehicles after emptying the fuel tanks. Two cars and six two-wheelers have also been recovered from the accused.

The accused along with recovered vehicles at the Mani Majra police station in Chandigarh. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Man held for not returning borrowed SUV
Chandigarh, October 19
The Chandigarh police has arrested KK Malhohtra, the complainant in the infamous DSP Raka Gira case, for allegedly refusing to return an Innova borrowed from a taxi operator.

Woman, brother-in-law arrested for assault
Mohali, October 19
The Mohali police today arrested a woman and her brother-in-law for assaulting the manager of the Phase VI branch of the Oriental Bank of Commerce.

27-year-old youth kidnapped, beaten up in Mohali
Mohali, October 19
A 27-year-old person was forcibly taken away in a car by some unknown persons, who also beat him up first at his rented accommodation at Phase IV, here tonight. The incident occurred around 10 pm, said the police.

Woman booked on charge of impersonation in exam
Panchkula, October 19
The police has booked a Yamunanagar resident on the charge of impersonating. The accused, Sangeeta, was taking Trained Graduate Teacher (TGT) exam for someone else at a private school in Sector 16, when she was nabbed on June 26.

SPORTS

3rd ODI: Fireworks inside, chaos outside
Chandigarh, October 19
In a city like Chandigarh, c of cricket stands for chaos. Organising international events has never been an easy process here. Traffic went haywire on the third ODI between India and Australia.

Spectators queue up outside the stadium. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari

A full house: Fans root for Team India during the third ODI between India and Australia at the PCA stadium in Mohali on Saturday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari

blue magic: Youngsters break into a frenzy as Dhoni pulls out helicopter swings. Tribune photos: Pradeep Tewari and Deepankar Sharda

Yuvi’s dismissal disheartens fans
Mohali, October 19
All eyes were on Yuvraj as he was on strike. His dismissal on the first ball came in as a disappointment. He fell to Mitchell Johnson. Cricket buffs were hoping fireworks from the local lad. His 35-ball 77 knock in T20 against Australia on October 10 had heralded his comeback. Jalandhar-based Ajay Singh Mann, who was accompanied by his three friends, Rajinder Singh, Deepak and Sukpreet Singh, said they had not expected a poor show from Yuvi. Panchkula resident Tamanna and her friend Divya said, "We wanted to see him hit sixes and boundaries.

Tickets sold on black market
Mohali, October 19
Black-marketeers made most of the third ODI today. A number of people were seen selling tickets on the black market at Phase IX near the PCA stadium.








The police rounds up youths on a charge of black marketing at Phase IX of Mohali. Tribune photo: Deepankar Sharda

Tae kwon do meet
City lads win bronze medal
Chandigarh, October 19
On the second day of the ongoing CBSE North Zone-I Tae kwon do Championship, Bhawandeep Batth of Stepping Stone School, Chandigarh, and Abhishay Rawat of AKSIPS School, Chandigarh, won a bronze medal each.

baseball TOURNAMENT
Guru Nanak Dev varsity trounce SRTM
Chandigarh, October 19
Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, blanked SRTM University, Nanded, 11-0, on the first day of the All India Inter-University Baseball for Men. In the second match, JNT University, Hyderabad, beat Charan Singh University, Meerut, 14-4.