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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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To keep a check on canine population in the city, the authorities have made it mandatory for owners to keep only two dogs as pets and ensure their registration. Read the rest of this entry » |
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March 15th, 2010
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From around 40,000 at the turn of the last century, there are just 1411 tigers left in India. Our National Animal is fighting for its life! 2009 was the worst year for tigers in India, with 86 deaths reported. Its major cause is poaching of tiger for, bones and other tiger products and loss of their natural habitat due to climate change and human activities like logging, farming and encroachment of forests. Boost in population has lead people to struggle for finding place to live, that resulted in vanishing forest area and hence decrement in number of these wild animals. Already we have lost many species of animals in last century. The animals are killed for commercial use, and for their skins. Why projects fail… Basic need: The anti-poaching campaign has failed because the need to protect an ‘animal’ does not appeal to a poor and illiterate ‘human’ who has to struggle to feed his family. Especially when killing that animal [our national animal in this case] can give him money to feed his family. Low personal appeal: Moreover, projects like the Project Tiger are very impersonal; they fail to create personal involvement in the wellbeing of every tiger. It is difficult to feel passionately about an idea. For success in the project, strong, passionate and personal involvement is necessary by the people. Inadequate punishment: The punishment by law for smuggling of tiger parts is also probably not severe enough to be a deterrent. And even if it is, corruption and loopholes in the legal system do not allow law to take its course. Poor technology: There also seems to be inadequate funds for sophisticated equipment to monitor tigers, and surveillance of all entry points to the park. Guides are still relying on ineffective and obsolete systems like the waterhole or pugmark system to monitor tigers. What we can doReward villagers: Huge monetary rewards should be announced for any information given by the villagers that could prevent poaching activity. The informants should additionally be promised anonymity and protection. Use latest technology: Tigers can be radio-collared to track them in the park. Rangers should give daily reports of their location and wellbeing with their signatures on that report. CCTV cameras and multi-layered surveillance can be put up in strategic locations to avoid escaping accountability. Enforce stringent laws: All loopholes in anti-poaching and anti-smuggling laws must be plugged. Any infringement of law should get the severest punishment. Educate the public: The claimed aphrodisiac properties in tiger parts must be denounced by modern medicine and by the W.H.O vehemently as they are not backed by scientific trials and studies. Major campaigns educating people about their inefficacy should be launched so that they abstain from buying products that make such claims. Every little bit helps. You can speak up about the cause. You can write or blog about our tigers. Even staying up-to-date with tiger facts like knowledge of tiger sanctuaries, their population, news updates, etc. helps. You can also donate money to NGOs working for the cause, like WWF-India. |
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The art of Phulkari has emerged in the early 19th Century. Phulkari literally means, flowers-crafting and it comprises of the colorful embroidery, originating from Punjab. The thread used for the embroidery is made from silk usually golden, yellow, crimpson red, blue or green colored. These are mostly worn in traditional Punjabi festivals. If the whole piece of cloth is embroidered, the phulkari work is called ‘baag’ (garden). If only the sides are embroidered, the work is called ‘chope’. Phulkari products range from handkerchiefs, sofa and cushion cover, table covers, bed-spreads to beautiful wall hangings. |
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Literally “Holi” signifies “burning” in Indian language. But, how it came to be associated with ‘burning’, is a story. The reference is found only in ancient Indian mythology. And It is the legend of Hiranyakashipu, to whom the celebration of Holi is associated. Read the rest of this entry » |
The celebration of Holi is very ancient in its origin. And by its very origin, it celebrates an ultimate triumph of the ‘good’ over the ‘evil’. While, a feast of colors associated with the Holi, is the face of this celebration, the original reason of celebrating Holi, lies in its soul. And this gives us the ‘why’ of this ancient festival.|
The 38th edition of the annual flower show will be supplemented by dances and songs by Bollywood artists, a stunt dancing troupe from Goa and a fashion show. “The Rose Festival is an integral part of the carnival calendar of Chandigarh. Our preparations are going on in full swing to make it a big success. We have also invited prominent Bollywood artists to add colour to this event,” Ram Niwas, home-cum-tourism secretary of Chandigarh, told IANS. Read the rest of this entry » |
The city is smelling of roses as it prepares for the three-day Rose Festival starting on Friday.|
The man-made lake, which is popular among tourists, boating enthusiasts and daily morning and evening walkers, has a capacity of only about 513 hectare metres against the original capacity of over 1,074 hectare metres in the late 1950s when it was built. Much of the capacity of the Sukhna Lake has been lost to hundreds of tonnes of silt that has accumulated in the lake over the last five decades. Read the rest of this entry » |
Chandigarh’s famous landmark, the Sukhna Lake, is shrinking and has been reduced to half its original size even as the ‘City Beautiful’ continues to expand.|
Here is the list Chandigarh CA Branch 2007-2010 ICAI Managing Committee CA.VIVEK K. ARORA |
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If you are looking for a address of Chandigarh branch of institute of chartered accountants of India here is the particulars’|
January 29th, 2010
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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 » |
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Cold conditions continued to sweep Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh, though mercury went up by two notches above normal. Amritsar remained the coldest place in the region as it recorded a minimum temperature of 1.2 degree Celsius, dipping by three notches below normal, the MET office said here. Chandigarh recorded a low of 7 deg C, up by one degree against average temperature. Read the rest of this entry » |
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Chandigarh and its neighbouring states Punjab and Haryana experienced overcast conditions accompanied with dense fog but got respite from chilly weather Sunday. The centrally-administered city, which shivered at 2.2 degrees Celsius Saturday, saw an increase in temperature of over 6 degrees in the last 24 hours. The minimum temperature Sunday was recorded at 8.6 degrees Celsius. Bright sunshine greeted the denizens by 10 a.m. Read the rest of this entry » |
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Many areas in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and even Chandigarh faced a power blackout early Saturday due to the northern grid ‘tripping’ owing to heavy fog, affecting rail services. Railway traffic was adversely affected in Punjab and Haryana due to the power failure but resumed within a few hours. Read the rest of this entry » |
