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property tax
Railways, pvt schools among top defaulters
Civic body sends case to legal department to initiate process of attaching their properties
Chandigarh, October 22
Waking up from deep slumber after an objection by the audit department, the Municipal Corportion has compiled a list of defaulters of property tax that includes the railway station, Central Poultry Development Organisation, 13 top private schools and 52 industrialists.

PRAYING FOR HIS LONG LIFE: A woman goes through the rituals of Karva Chauth at the Sukhna Lake in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Tribune photo: S Chandan

Advocate gets one-year jail in cheque-bounce case
Chandigarh, October 22
Asserting that the relation of a client and counsel is not ordinary and to bring one's client to the doors of court against his own counsel is a matter which cannot be overlooked, the court of Judicial Magistrate (First Class) Shifa has sentenced a city-based advocate to one-year imprisonment in a cheque-bounce case. The court convicted advocate Rajiv Kataria and asked him to pay a compensation of Rs 11 lakh (double the cheque amount) to the complainant.

Panchkula thefts: Police fails to build on leads
Panchkula, October 22
Despite a spate of thefts in the township, the police has failed to capitalise on the clues provided by the victims.

Onion prices go through the roof
Chandigarh, October 22
Onion has once again brought tears to the eyes of people as its price has shot up to Rs 90 a kg. Not only are households feeling the pinch, even local retailers say it has affected their business. The common man is already reeling under skyrocketing prices of essential commodities.

UT mulls transport pact with HP, Haryana
Chandigarh, October 22
To overcome the shortage of long-route buses in its fleet, the Chandigarh Administration plans to sign a reciprocal transport agreement with the neighbouring states of Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan. The agreement will enable the signatory states to run buses to Chandigarh in a reciprocal manner.

COMMUNITY

Better Chandigarh
Segregation of waste remains ineffective in city
Chandigarh: Even as the city tops the chart in "effective" bio-medical waste management in the country, segregation of bio-medical waste (both bio-degradable and hazardous) from solid waste continues to be a casualty, at least at the civil dispensaries in the city.

Bio-medical waste dumped with garbage at the main entrance to the civil dispensary in Sector 22 in Chandigarh. Tribune photos: S Chandan

• Lack of incinerators a cause of concern
• e-waste management: A well-meant drive fails to deliver

property tax
Residents up in arms against MC
Mohali, October 22
Over 1,000 residents of Mohali today staged a dharna in front of the Mohali Municipal Corporation office to lodge their protest against the imposition of property tax at Sector 68.

Members of the Citizen Welfare and Development Forum hold a protest against the imposition of property tax in front of the office of the MC in Mohali on Tuesday. A Tribune photograph

Spread awareness about right to vote, says spiritual guru 
Chandigarh, October 22
"There are over 1.3 trillion dollars in Swiss Bank which belongs to India and if it comes back then each person in this country will get Rs 3 lakh and country can be run for fifteen years without collection of any tax," said spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on replying to a question asked by one of his devotees, during a satsang at the Leisure Valley in Sector 10.

RTI activist denied more info over use of black film on vehicles
Chandigarh, October 22
In a surprising move, the Chandigarh Police that had already provided the registration number of vehicles permitted to use black films on windscreens to an RTI activist, has now, denied further information, including sticker and hologram numbers permitting the black film issued to them, stating that the information provided could endanger the life of the people allowed to use the black film as the information could be used by any terrorist group.

remaining liquor vends
Dept invites fresh bids
Chandigarh, October 22
Six months after introducing a new excise policy for 2013-2014, the UT Excise Department is again inviting fresh bids for the 77 remaining liquor vends in the city. The bids have been invited till October 29.

Three outlets of eatery raided
Chandigarh, October 22
The UT Excise Department today conducted raids at three outlets of Gopal Sweets, an eatery, in connection with evasion of the value added tax (VAT). Sleuths of the department simultaneously landed at the Sectors 8, 15 and 35 outlets of the eating joint and frisked the record.

Officials of the Excise Department inspect an eatery at Sector 8 in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Tribune photo: S chandan

traffic chaos
Police to deploy extra force in city markets
Chandigarh, October 22
On the demand of traders, the Chandigarh Police has decided to deploy extra force in city markets to manage the traffic chaos during the festive season.

Two die in road mishaps
Mohali, October 22
Two persons died in separate accidents here. The deceased have been identified as Karnail Singh, a resident of Desu Majra village and Dhani Ram from Saneta village.

Special train gets poor response on maiden trip
Chandigarh, October 22
The maiden trip of the special train from Chandigarh to Katihar today got little response from passengers. Though the records of the railways said the train would be jam-packed in the first week of November.

Anti-social elements defrauding people on pretext of jobs: Officer
Mohali, October 22
In a shocking development, certain anti-social elements have been defrauding people on pretext of giving jobs by setting up fake “kisan call centres” in the district. This was revealed by the district Chief Agricultural Officer Dr Parminder Singh.

EDUCATION

Now, library in classrooms 
Chandigarh, October 22
To promote the reading habits among children, the UT Education Department has introduced an innovative "Library in Classroom" concept by procuring modular hanging libraries for local government schools. These portable mini-library sets have the storage capacity of 125 books that can be kept in the classrooms during the school hours to motivate the students to take up reading along with their formal education.

DSP complains to PU VC against head of defence dept
Chandigarh, October 22
A former student of the department of defence and national securities studies, Panjab University, who has just completed her training as a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in Punjab, has written to the Vice-Chancellor complaining against the chairperson of the department of defence who in March this year had written to the Director of the Punjab Police Academy, Phillaur, against her while she was undergoing training at the academy.

Student clears stage 1 of maths olympiad
Mohali, October 22
Archit Nanda of Class IX at Anees School, Kharar, brought laurels to the institution by clearing the prestigious exam of the Regional Mathematical Olympiad (RMO) Stage 1. The competition was with students of up to Class XII.

23,150 SC students given free books: DC 
Mohali, October 22
To help them become self-dependent, a total of Rs 85.30 lakh has been given at subsidised lower interest rates under government schemes to unemployed youth belonging to the scheduled castes and backward classes in the district.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Patiala players win state archery championship
Patiala, October 22
Continuing their winning spree, Patiala archers drubbed their opponents to emerge overall champions in the Punjab State Archery Championship that concluded today at Government Senior Secondary Model School, Punjabi University. Former SGPC president Kirpal Singh Badungar and Deputy District Education Officer Bahadur Singh gave away medals to the winners.

Man held on charge of rape
Kharar, October 22
The police arrested a person, Harvinder Singh, alias Bhindu, a resident of Ghoga village, on charge of raping a woman of the same village this afternoon.

COURTS

Insurance firm penalised for rejecting claim
Chandigarh, October 22
Reliance General Insurance Company has been penalised by the District Consumer Forum for rejecting insurance claim for a damaged truck, which was “duly insured”.

CRIME

Man robbed of Rs 60K by youths
Panchkula, October 22
In yet another loot in the city, a resident of Khatauli village in Barwala was robbed of Rs 60,000 by two youths after the former was given juice laced with some sedatives.

• Crime Briefs

SPORTS

baseball meet
Hosts win quarterfinal 11-0
Chandigarh, October 22
The host team of Panjab University, Chandigarh, won their first quarterfinal match of the ongoing All-India Inter-university Baseball Championship for men (A-division), being held at the PU campus grounds, here today.

Players in action during a match of the All-India Inter-University Baseball Championship being held at Panjab University in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Tribune photo: S. Chandan

Delhi lift tennikoit title
Chandigarh, October 22
The Tennikoit team of Delhi won the overall championship for the 14th North Zone National Tennikoit Championships concluded at the Chitkara International School, Sector 25, here today. A total of 8 states including Uttar Pradesh, Punjab ,Haryana, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttrakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh participated in the championships.

Cricket tourney
Satluj Bravehearts beat British School
Panchkula, October 22
The cricket team of Satluj Bravehearts defeated The British School by 6 wickets, in a match of Satluj Premier League Cricket Tournament held at Satluj Public School, Sector 4, here today.

Rolling Tigers Club win laurels in skating meet
Panchkula, October 22
Skaters of Rolling Tigers Club won laurels during recently concluded CBSE North Zone-I Championship held in Delhi. The skaters of the club won 13 medals in CBSE North Zone Competition held in Remal Public School, Rohini, Delhi. Around 1,200 skaters from various states including Jammu and Kashmir, Chandigarh, Delhi and Haryana participated in the championship.

Winners display their medals after the skating championship in Delhi on Tuesday. A Tribune photograph

City coach selected for world championship
Chandigarh, October 22
Badminton coach Surinder Mahajan of the Sports Authority of India (SAI) has been appointed as the coach of the Indian badminton team for the upcoming Junior World Badminton Championship to be held at Bangkok (Thailand) from October 23 to November 3. Mahajan, who has been appointed at the Panjab University Badminton Coaching Centre, has also acted as coach in other events including Common Wealth, Youth Games and Asian Championship. This will be his fourth assignment as a coach with the Indian team for World championship.

KVS national sports meet begins
Patiala, October 22
The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan(KVS) 44th national sports meet for cricket U-16 (boys) being held from October 22 to October 28 was inaugurated at Kendriya Vidyalaya No 2, DMW, Patiala. Around 450 players from all 25 regions of KVS are participating in it.

football meet
Bhopal defeat Chandigarh
Chandigarh, October 22
The local soccer side of Reserve Bank of India, Chandigarh, went down fighting against Reserve Bank of India, Bhopal, team in the ongoing Inter-Bank Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Football Championship being held at football stadium of Sector 17, here today.

shooting championship
Namanveer wins title
Chandigarh, October 22
Local shooter Namanveer Singh Brar, a student of DAV College, Sector 10, won gold medal in the 10th Sardar Sajjan Singh Sethi Memorial Masters Shooting Competition held at New Moti Bagh Gun Club, Patiala.