The rupee gained 18 paise to 46.86 against the US dollar in early trade on the Interbank Foreign Exchange today amid a fall in the value of the American currency against its major rivals.Read More

Cold conditions abated in Punjab and Haryana as the minimum temperature rose in the region.

In Punjab, Ludhiana registered a low of 11.5 degrees Celsius, while the minimum at Patiala settled at 11.3 deg C.

The minimum at Amritsar was 8.8 deg C.

While, Chandigarh registered a low of 11.5 deg C, three above normal. Read the rest of this entry »

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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Terming Rajiv Gandhi Chandigarh Technology
Park (RGCTP) as a successful experiment that would provide over 30,000 jobs by 2010, UT
administrator Gen (retd) SF Rodrigues on Thursday said the administration was committed to promoting Chandigarh as the next major IT hub of the country.

After inaugurating the e-revolution 2009 conclave jointly organized by UT administration, Punjab and Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), Rodrigues said projects like metro rail, education city and modern terminal market would augment infrastructure in the city to attract big IT companies.More

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Chandigarh is likely to get an in-market business office from British Columbia with an investment of Rs. 60 lakh. With this British Columbia will become the second Canadian province after Ontario to set up a trade office in India to promote business. The British Columbia government had already announced to invest Rs 5 crore for fostering its ties with India. The newly sanctioned 60 lakh is in addition to the earlier amount. Read the rest of this entry »

Unlike Delhi, Chandigarh was one of the first cities to allow sale of wine in supermarkets. This year a new concept of the establishment of a Modern Liquor Shops has been introduced to give a modern look to these stores. The annual license fee has been reduced from Rs. 2.5 million for the conventional retail shop to Rs 2 million for these shops which must be air-conditioned and would be allowed in the SCOs / SCFs on the sectorial grid roads or malls only, and will be allowed to sell liquor too. Apart from the obvious advantage of easier availability, the step will ensure better storage for wines. Read the rest of this entry »

Tipplers will now have to shell out more for their drinks as the Chandigarh administration has decided to hike the value added tax on liquor to 12 per cent in the Union Territory from 4 per cent. Read the rest of this entry »

With the economy the way it stands today, more and more people are finding it is a buyer’s open market when looking to purchase first homes as well as additional investment homes. These days Home lÃ¥n are available from numerous types of lenders. These lenders vary from your commercial downtown banks, mortgage companies to even your own local credit unions. Read the rest of this entry »

Chandigarh and region has emerged as one of the most preferred destinations for technology companies in the country. It is seen as an idyllic business city especially since it boasts of an excellent quality of life, huge base of human resources, with many engineering colleges in and around the city at all levels: regional, state, and polytechnics. policies of the Administration which are conducive to such investment. There has been a conscious effort by the Government & Administration to promote Chandigarh and region in the ICT Knowledge Sector.

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Ludhian Stock Exchange Association Limited (LSE) was established in the year 1983. By 1999-2000, the exchange had a total of 284 brokers, out of which 79 were corporate brokers. Among 284 brokers, it was further classified as 212 proprietor broker, 2 partnership broker and 70 corporate broker. Then, there was only 23 sub-brokers registered. Read the rest of this entry »

There are seven essential elements to successful business communication: Read the rest of this entry »

Benefits of Inventory Management are as follows:

1) Inventory management can remove barriers between manufacturer and retailers and establish a closer relationship between them.
2) It helps in frequent analysis of purchases, sales and inventory records. Read the rest of this entry »

Chandigarh (India)is Beautiful city of the World.
The name Chandigarh was derived from the famous temple called ‘Chandi Mandir’. ‘Chandi’ is the Goddess of Power and ‘Mandir’ means temple. ‘Garh’ or fort beyond the temple, the beautiful city ‘Chandigarh’ name was derived.

Chandigarh is the capital of two states i.e Punjab and Haryana. After independence, India had invited the great architect, Le Corbusier to design the new capital of Punjab, as the earlier capital Lahore had gone to the Pakistan after partition. But, the city doesnot belong to any of the two states. Now, it is a UT(Union Territory) which means city is administered by the Government of India. Read the rest of this entry »

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