CHANDIGARH: Punjab Governor and UT administrator Gen (retd) SF Rodrigues, on Friday, visited the restructured Le Corbusier Centre at Sector 19 which has a souvenir shop showcasing art works of the versatile genius. Read the rest of this entry »

 

“The colonies and villages should be brought at par with the rest of the city,” said Congress candidate for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections Pawan Kumar Bansal while addressing a rally at Dhanas village on Sunday. Read the rest of this entry »

 

 

CHANDIGARH: The panel headed by Sarabjit Singh Pandher Sunday won eight seats in the election of Chandigarh Press Club except for one seat of vice president reserved for women.

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To give a boost to arts and culture and present Chandigarh as a tourism hub, the city’s administration has organised a six-day Arts and Heritage Festival beginning March 27.

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Chandigarh: Student guides well versed in foreign languages are being recruited here in an effort to help international tourists go around one of India’s prettiest and planned cities.

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Chandigarh: The Chandigarh administration has sanctioned a budget of Rs.17.4 million for the beautification and maintenance of Rock Garden, a major tourist attraction here. “Considering various proposals put forward by Nek Chand, curator of Rock Garden, we have decided to add more artistic value to the garden.Read More

 

Seeking to distance itself from the Bush administration, the Justice Department is omitting ‘enemy combatant’ from its filing that defines detention of prisoners at Guantánamo.
BY WILLIAM DOUGLAS AND CAROL ROSENBERG

crosenberg@MiamiHerald.comWASHINGTON — Breaking with the George W. Bush White House, the Barack Obama administration on Friday dropped the term ”enemy combatant” for suspected terrorists and said international law governed the detention of terrorism suspects at the Guantánamo Bay prison, which Obama intends to close. Read the rest of this entry »

 

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Holi Greetings to all my friends and hindi lovers and learners. Wish you a Happy Holi may your Life fills with colours. Read the rest of this entry »

 

Chandigarh, March 8 (IANS) Three people, including a Nigerian woman, were arrested here late Sunday during a special operation to nab any foreigners illegally staying in the city, police said. Read the rest of this entry »

 

 With an objective to spread awareness among school children on the adverse effects of global warming and related environmental problems, Tellusart, a Swedish non-government organisation, recently conducted an art workshop in Chandigarh. Read the rest of this entry »

 

Chandigarh In an attempt to minimise vehicular pollution, the Chandigarh traffic police has acquired four vehicle-checking machines, two each for petrol and diesel. They would soon launch an anti-pollution drive to book vehicles emitting smoke and causing environmental pollution. Read the rest of this entry »

 

 

Former Member of Parliament and BJP candidate for the lone Chandigarh parliamentary seat, Satya Pal Jain, said here over the weekend that the Congress had no issues whatsoever on which to seek votes from the electorate. Read the rest of this entry »

 

Adviser XI defeated Press Club,Chandigarh by 6 wickets in the Samuel Banarjee Trophy Match played at Cricket Stadium sector-16, Chandigarh, today. Batting first in the match, the Press Club scored 146 runs in the allotted 20 over. Rohit 33, Vikrant 16, Raghav 29 were the main scorers. For Adviser XI, Narinder Kawatra 2 for 18, H.S. Doon 2 for 33 were the main wicket takers. Read the rest of this entry »

 

Chandigarh: MCM DAV College For Women hosted the unique C-TOSS (Chandigarh Training on Soft Skills) event titled “EXUBERANCE” with much fanfare. Read the rest of this entry »

 

 

Student guides well versed in foreign languages are being recruited here in an effort to help international tourists go around one of India’s prettiest and planned cities. The Chandigarh administration will appoint students who are studying different foreign languages such as French, German, Spanish and Russian. Read the rest of this entry »