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4 held for immoral trafficking
Zirakpur, January 23
Continuing with its drive against immoral trafficking, the Dera Bassi police arrested four persons, including a teenage girl, from a hotel on the Ambala-Chandigarh highway, near Bhabhat village, here last night.
Woman held for snatching money
Chandigarh, January 23
A woman Reshma of Bassi Pathana, was today arrested affter she was trying to run away after stealing money from the purse of an NRIwoman, Mrs Prem Hawa. The NRI had gone to a chemist shop in Sector 22 when three women came near her and one of them snatched money from her purse. When the NRI woman raised alarm, some passerby caught the women. The other two women have been booked for loitering.
Two arrested
Chandigarh, January 23
The Chandigarh Police today caught red handed two employees of a Sector 35 gas agency while filling empty LPG cylinder illegally in Sector 44 here. The employees of Vijay Gas Agency were filling the LPG with the help of a nozzle.
Confusion over new tariff plan
Slashing of rates by cell operators
Chandigarh, January 23
The cellular operators’ decision to increase monthly rental by Rs 49 in the name of providing free incoming calls originating from GSM mobile-to-mobile, while imposing incoming airtime charges up to Rs 2 per minute for incoming calls originating from BSNL, MTNL and Reliance mobile phones and fixed line phones have created a confusion among subscribers about any benefit.
WORLD CUP BONANZA
Videocon offers Rs 90 crore
Chandigarh, January 23
Taking an initiative to cash the mega event of the Cricket World Cup, the Rs 5,500-crore consumer durables major Videocon International Ltd., has launched a scheme ‘Videocon Khel Ke
Dekho’ offer for its customers. It expects to sell 4.5 to 5 lakh TV sets during this period worth Rs 450 to Rs 500 crore and will offer Rs 90 crore prizes to customers.
Mr Sunil Mehta, GM, Sales, Videocon, at the launch of ‘Khel Ke Dekho’ Rs 90 crore World Cup bonanza in SAS Nagar on Thursday.
— A Tribune photograph
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