City Beautiful Chandigarh is reeling under the serious pressure of swine flu; latest in the move was seventeen members of a family who were being quarantined in their Sector 9 home by heath department on Monday.

According to H C Gera, Nodal Officer of Chandigarh Administration, the respective family members have been for a week in their house for the examination of swine flu symptoms.

 

On account of the Lok Sabha election, the Chandigarh Administration has declared a public holiday on May 13 in all offices/ boards/corporations/institutions under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.

The holiday will be a paid holiday in industrial shops, commercial establishments and for daily wage earners.

 

The Chandigarh administration has initiated a campaign to promote gender education in college campuses, beginning with a gender sensitisation workshop for college lecturers.The five-day-long gender sensitisation workshop will be held for college lecturers beginning tomorrow. Read the rest of this entry »

 
To improve tourism infrastructure at Sukhna Lake, the government has sanctioned Rs.27.3 millions for setting up fountains, a tourism information centre and for landscaping. Talking to reporter home secretary of Chandigarh, Ram Niwas said that, the ministry of tourism has given its nod to the proposal sent by the Chandigarh administration.

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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 »

 

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

 

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 »

 

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 »