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PUDA to slash interest rates
SAS Nagar, January 24
The Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority will be slashing the interest rates being charged from its allottees. This has been recommended by a special committee formed by the authority to consider a change in interest rates after the Haryana Urban Development Authority brought down substantially its rates some months back.
City awaits air link
restoration
Chandigarh, January 24
Chandigarh remained cut off by air for the twentyfirst day today with all to and fro flights being cancelled till Sunday, while Ludhiana was the coldest with the low of 2.5°C.
MC may penalise Reliance
Chandigarh, January 24
The Municipal Corporation is considering to slap a penalty on the Reliance industries for allegedly breaking a water supply line on the sectors 29, 30, 31 and 32 roundabout.
Tourism Day
activities
Chandigarh, January 24
The Department of Tourism, Chandigarh Administration, along with CITCO, Food Craft Institute and Institute of Hotel Management will organise various activities to highlight the importance of tourism and its increasingly recognised human, social, economic and cultural values on the
occasion of the National Tourism Foundation Day tomorrow.
Zoos to remain
closed tomorrow
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, January 24
The Chhat Bir zoo , the Ludhiana zoo and deer parks at Patiala, Bathinda and
Neelon, respectively, will remain closed on January 26, on account of Republic Day, according to a press note of the Chief Warden, Zoos, Punjab.
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President’s Medal for two excise
officers
Chandigarh, January 24
Two senior officers of the Central Excise Commissionerate, Chandigarh, have been selected for President’s Award on the occasion of Republic Day. Ms Fantry M. Jaswal, Commissioner, a 1976-batch Indian Revenue Service officer, has been selected for her meritorious service and distinguished record.
Bitta: certain Cong men conspiring to kill
me
Chandigarh, January 24
All India Anti-Terrorism Front President Maninderjit Singh Bitta here today suspected “certain Congressmen” of being involved in a conspiracy allegedly to eliminate him in league with terrorists who had recently collected Rs 4 crore for the purpose.
16 more secys arrested
Chandigarh, January 24
The local police once again arrested 16 agitating Panchayat Secretaries here. They were later sent to judicial custody in Burail jail by a local court.
They condemned the police action and announced that they would draw a new strategy to protest against the government in days to come.
Abducted girl
rescued
Panchkula, January 24
A 17-year-old girl was allegedly abducted by a taxi driver from Chandigarh on May 10 and kept under confinement for over eight months. The victim, now an adult and seven months pregnant, was rescued by the police from the Mansa Devi Complex.
Body found
Chandigarh, January 24
The body of 55-year-old drug addict of Janta colony near Nayagoan was found near Maloya. According to the information available, the deceased has been identified as Tara.
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