With veterans like Shabana Azmi and Tom Alter in town with their plays, audiences in the city are revelling in the ongoing Chandigarh Theatre Festival.

‘The theatre festival of Chandigarh has got stunning response and we are feeling very satisfied. We have got the best of theatre productions and we are happy that we have been successful in bringing people to theatre even in this time of multiplexes,’ Chandigarh home secretary Ram Niwas told IANS Monday.More

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Elaborate security arrangements have been made to keep an eye on hooligans and ensure a peaceful Valentine’s Day here Sunday, police said.

“We are geared up to maintain the law and order situation in the city tomorrow (Sunday). We have already given special instructions to our patrolling teams. An increased number of police check posts will be established at all sensitive locations here,” Chandigarh Superintendent of Police (security) H.S. Doon told IANS Saturday.

“We have constituted special teams for all the three divisions: east, south and central. Both male and female officials will be stationed at various places in plain clothes to keep an eye on anti-social elements,” he said. Read the rest of this entry »

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Without waiting for the weekend holidays ahead, people are flocking the 1st Chandigarh National Crafts Mela like. The momentum to see the real Indian craft and art by the people is maintained and the Craft Mela has left a mark of perfect blend of cuisine, craft and culture on the minds of the visitors.More

A day before its start, the national crafts mela at Kalagram courted controversy as Jammu and Kashmir has threatened to pull out of
it.

Deputy secretary to J&K State Academy of Art, Culture and Languages, Javaid Rahi said they were being forced to resort to such a step. Revealing that they informed the government of Jammu and Kashmir about their move, he added the final decision would rest on the regime. ‘We are waiting for a final word from our government,’ said Rahi on the sidelines of a press briefing organized by North Zone Cultural Centre (NZCC) and Chandigarh Administration and addressed by Ram Niwas, home secretary of Union Territory.

Airing their grievances, Rahi said J&K was the theme state of this national event and Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages the main organizer. But the NZCC, Patiala and UT administration did not mention J&K Academy in any of its publicity methods, hoardings, advertisements, cards and other related materials.More

Rejects proposal to tinker with design

The adage “old is gold” may not hold true for the owners of Kiran Cinema in Sector 22 but it is apt for the Chandigarh administration, which is mulling over granting “heritage status” to the city’s oldest theater.

With land prices soaring in the city and multiplexes becoming the “in thing”, the owners of Kiran Cinema were too looking forward to raking in the moolah by going in for its conversion, like their other counterparts, but the UT administration is in no mood to oblige them. Read the rest of this entry »

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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 »

Chandigarh (PTI): The Chandigarh Administration, in association with Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), is going to organize the second Chandigarh Film Festival in the Knowledge City here from February 1 to 4.

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