Twentieth Regional Councils, to be held in December,4 and 5 2009

Central Council of ICAI are scheduled on Dec 4 & 5, 2009 [outside Delhi only on Dec 5, 2009  from  8 am to 8 pm.

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Christmas gift-buying season is upon us once again.This year i want to do something unique and thoughtful. I’ve some unique Christmas gift ideas . Everyone planning their Christmas Eve parties. How can i lag behind?
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It is important to choose the right global Sim card and service for your phone when traveling internationally. A wrong choice at best may cost you a great deal more money for the calls you make and receive, and at worst, may mean that you have limited or even no service at all while away from your home country. Read the rest of this entry »

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in Chandigarh Tuesday to attend two convocations and police were on high alert since morning with traffic snarls expected in the city during his day-long visit.
The prime minister will first attend a convocation at the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER). He will also inaugurate the advanced cardiac centre at the institute.

He will then attend a special convocation at his alma mater, Panjab University, Tuesday afternoon where he will be honoured with a Doctor of Laws degree.

This is his first visit to PU, where he was a postgraduate student and later joined as a faculty member.

Tight security measures were in place across Chandigarh in view of the prime minister’s visit. The routes that he will take during the day were manned by armed police and traffic personnel.

Major parking lots in commercial areas of Sector 7 and 26 (along Madhya Marg) were made out of bounds for all vehicles. Office goers had a harrowing time parking their vehicles behind these markets as the regular parking zones were sealed.

Traffic was halted on roads taken by the prime minister from the airport to the PGIMER.

The birth of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikh faith, falls on Kartik Purnima. The day is celebrated across the world with much fervour
as Guru Nanak Jayanti or Parkash Utsav.
For Hindus, it’s the day when god incarnated himself as “Matsya Avatar” (fish formation) with the aim to save Vavaswata, the seventh Manu.

Guru Nanak was born on 14 April, 1469 AD, at Talwandi, now Nankana Sahib, about 40 km from Lahore. The anniversaries of Sikh guru’s are known as Gurpurabs (festivals) and are celebrated with devotion and jubilation.

Gurpurabs mark the culmination of “Prabhat Pheris” - early morning procession which start from the gurdwaras (Sikh temples) at dawn. Devotees go around localities singing hymns in praise of the lord. Celebrations last for three days which include, the Akhand Path (a forty-eight-hour non-stop reading of the Guru Granth Sahib).
Since the day happens to be Kartik Purnima, it is also known as “Tripuri Purnima.”
Scores of Sikhs and Hindus take a holy dip in the Brahma Sarovar at Kurukshetra on this day.More