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Gas scare in Sector 25 school
Three teachers, two students faint
Chandigarh, August 13
Panic gripped students and teachers of Government High School, Sector 25, here when a pungent odour, suspected to be of methane or ammonia gas, made them breathless.

Students and teachers of Government High School, Sector 25, Chandigarh, wait outside the school after a pungent smell created a scarce on Friday. — Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan

MC nod to 3 pc tax on commercial property
Walkout by BJP, SAD, INLD members
Chandigarh, August 13
The Congress-led Municipal Corporation here today approved a 3 per cent tax on commercial property amidst a walkout by the BJP-SAD-INLD members at the meeting of the House.

Traffic restrictions for I-Day function
Chandigarh, August 13
The traffic wing of the Chandigarh Police has imposed certain restrictions on the traffic flow and planned diversions from certain roads near the Parade Ground in Sector 17 and near the Punjab Raj Bhavan on August 15.

• Mehta, Zakir to be honoured on I-Day

• 52 to be honoured in Panchkula

Three hurt as students clash
Chandigarh, August 13
Three students of DAV College, Sector 10, were reportedly attacked by another group of students of the same college today. It is learnt that Ravi Dhillon, Vinny and eight others assaulted Ramandeep, Vishal and Harpreet of Sector 41, 46 and 26, respectively, outside the college gate.

Car catches fire
Mohali, August 13
A car, running on a gas cylinder, caught fire here today with the driver fleeing after leaving the vehicle. The fire was brought under control by the fire brigade while the police diverted the traffic near the Spice Chowk fearing that the cylinder might burst.

COMMUNITY

UT cops given lessons in public behaviour
Chandigarh, August 13
The Chandigarh police was given a lesson in public behaviour as senior officers got down to the basics and held a meeting with Inspectors, Station House Officers and PCR cops.

General Shahrawat visits Western Command HQ
Chandigarh, August 13
The Director-General, Ordnance Services and Senior Colonel Commandant of Army Ordnance Corps (AOC), Lieut-Gen R.S. Shahrawat, visited Western Command Headquarters at Chandimandir, near here, today.

Air Marshal Patkar visits 3 BRD

Chief of Defence Staff needed, say ex-servicemen
Chandigarh, August 13
The Defence Minister’s statement that a post of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) may or may not be created has caused concern in the service community based in and around the city.

Sector 7 shopkeepers block traffic
Chandigarh, August 13
Shopkeepers of Sector 7-C market blocked traffic on the internal roads for over half-an-hour following alleged high-handedness of the UT Estate Office personnel , this morning.

Poisoning claims another buffalo
Zirakpur, August 13
With the death of one more buffalo, the number of heads of cattle that have died after consuming some poisonous substances in the Sukhna choe in Bhabhat village, near here, has gone up to 18, of which eight were milch cattle.

Boy injured by monkey
Chandigarh, August 13
Vishal a seven-year-old child, was injured when he was attacked by a monkey in his house in Sector 39-D, today.

CRIME

3 theft cases reported in city
Chandigarh, August 13
The city police has registered three cases of theft in various parts of the city, today. Mr Y.S. Khera of Sector 39 filed a complaint that someone has stolen his Maruti car (CH-01-F-7632) from his residence on the intervening night of August 11-12. The police has registered a case of theft under Section 379 of the IPC.

• Liquor seized, 4 held

Industrialist nabs ‘cheat’
Mohali, August 13
A man who attempted to cheat an industrial unit owner in Phase IX of his money was handed over to the police here today.

• Youth beaten up

• Mystery shrouds driver’s death

• 7-yr-old hurt

EDUCATION

St. Soldier kids celebrate I-Day
Mohali, August 13
Tiny tots of St. Soldier International Convent School, Mohali, today celebrated Indepedence Day. The school will have a separate function for the seniors on Sunday wherein the Tricolour will be hoisted. 

3 declared elected to PU Senate
Chandigarh, August 13
Three candidates were declared elected to the Panjab University Senate, here today, subject to the approval of the Chancellor of the university. They include Ms Ravinder Kaur, Principal, Malwa Central College of Education for Women, Civil Lines, Ludhiana, Dr RP Asija, Principal, D.A.V. College of Education, Abohar, and Dr Satinder Dhillon, Principal of Dev Samaj College of Education, Sector 36.

CBSE Plus II compartment result today
Chandigarh, August 13
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will declare the result of Plus II compartment examination tomorrow. Over 7,000 children had participated in the examination held in July last.

DAV boys clinch Rock Idols title
Chandigarh, August 13
Stoned on Salt, the rock band of DAV College, Sector 10, has won the Rock Idols contest held in Leisure Valley yesterday. The runners-up for the contest were Wasted Souls, a band featuring performers from the Chandigarh College of Architecture and PEC.

College students protest
Chandigarh, August 13
Students of Government College for Men, Sector 11, today raised slogans against the college authorities for not allowing subject change in BA-part I, not allowing admission in hostel to those with less than 50 per cent marks and improper drinking water facility.

Students of Government College, Sector 11, protest in support of their demands in Chandigarh on Friday. — A Tribune photograph

CULTURE

Documentary lauds Sant Sechewal’s service to Kali Bein
Chandigarh, August 13
Chandigarh-based documentary maker Daljit Ami’s film “Karsewa” portrays the efforts of a community to save the historic Kali Bein rivulet from the hazards of pollution. The rivulet flows through Sultanpur Lodhi.

Sant Baba Balbir Singh Sechewal leads a karsewa in the historic Kali Bein rivulet near Sultanpur Lodhi.

Malhar Festival music exponents honoured
Chandigarh, August 13
The three-day Malhar festival concluded at Pracheen Kala Kendra today with the participating music experts receiving honours from the Haryana Governor Dr A.R. Kidwai, who was chief guest for the occasion.

Agra gharana doyen invokes Malhar’s folk origin
Chandigarh, August 13
In true tradition of the guru-shishya parampara, the Malhar festival concluded with the doyen of Agra gharana Pt Yashpal being called in to have the last word. And as expected, he made a lucid presentation, invoking the folk origin of raag Malhar for the first time in the past three days.

SPORTS

Olympic fever yet to catch on
Chandigarh, August 13
Even as the Olympic Games opened with a grand ceremony in Athens today, the Olympic spirit is yet to grip the city residents. Unlike cricket which evokes high passion, the international sports event has still not created any waves in the city.

• St Soldier’s school triumph

• Aishwarya, Arshdeep win titles

• Coach invited by President