Monday, December 6, 2010, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 2:30 am (IST)

Chandigarh in danger
The tribune investigation
IT slaps tax on Punjab politicians for Camelot
Chandigarh, December 5
The 102 Punjab politicians who had entered into a deal with Tata Housing Development Company (THDC) to build the controversial Camelot high-rise housing project in Mohali district may claim to be “innocent” beneficiaries, but the Income Tax Department seems to disagree.

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Airfares dip by 25 pc after DGCA cracks the whip
New Delhi, December 5
Domestic airlines have lowered overall airfares 20-25 per cent after the Civil Aviation Ministry and the DGCA cracked the whip on them for charging very exorbitant prices in the last few weeks. However, ticket prices are yet to return to the average levels that prevailed during the same period last year.

The Tribune remains No. 1 in the region
The latest IRS and ABC reports reveal that The Tribune is the most read English daily with the highest circulation in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh
Chandigarh, December 5
The latest reports of the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) and the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) reaffirm the dominance of The Tribune as the Number 1 English daily of the region. It is not only the most read newspaper in the region but also the largest circulated.

The Tribune: Total dominatION

Export Trouble
Govt doesn’t want basmati to go the honey way
Joins hands with exporters, gives growers tips
Chandigarh, December 5
Having lost the battle for export of honey and grapes to Europe because of alleged high pesticide content in them, the government is joining hands with All India Rice Exporters Association to ensure that the basmati rice does not meet the same fate in the prestigious European market.

India may allow Pakistan access to 26/11 witnesses
New Delhi, December 5
India may allow a Pakistani commission to travel here to interview key witnesses and other officials in connection with the trial of seven Pakistani suspects in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks’ case. Sources said Pakistan would be informed of India's stand on the issue once the government got the view of the Bombay High Court on it, possibly next week.

Sarkozy, PM discuss ways to bolster
N-cooperation
Delegation-level talks today; French power couple reaches Capital
New Delhi, December 5
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tonight had restricted talks with visiting French President Nicholas Sarkozy amid concerns expressed by Paris over India’s Civil Nuclear Liability Law. The two leaders are understood to have discussed ways to sort out wrinkles that have developed in their civil nuclear cooperation endeavour.
(Details on Nation page)

LeT planned to kill Modi
Wanted to set up bases in Kerala and TN to strike in South India
Washington, December 5
Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba had planned to assassinate Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and use Kerala and Tamil Nadu as base for carrying out strikes in southern India, according to a secret US diplomatic cable.

Special to the tribune ‘UK politicians in habit of chanting please-US mantra’ The UK’s questionable claim to pursue an independent foreign policy and the legacy of colonial era racism have been laid bare by the latest batch of documents from the WikiLeaks website. Many in South Block have long held the view that British priorities are best understood in Washington as the foreign policies of the two countries are intertwined.