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CHANDIGARH:  The Finch, premium bar and restaurant, has come up with an exciting event to set the last weekend of this month high on the right notes.  Known for its magnificence and luxury, the place is ready to offer the most amazing and eclectic activities for it’s customers to enjoy the thrill of their favourite and Netflix’s most watched series along with aromatic flavors of delectable cuisines and heavenly taste of slurping beverage concoctions. The event happening on 31st of January  is based on the popular American series, Friends, is a tribute to the show. Named after the series only, the brand has organized a fun activity based on the show for it’s customers where the winner will be rewarded with shots/beers/vouchers and some Friends’ merchandise. On the top of it, anybody who will come dressed up in the outfits/merchandise based on the characters of the series, his/her one beer will be on the house. The band Summer Breeze will be playing hard rock, Indie, R...

Chandigarh  , The fastest growing startup from this region, Pumpkart.com has rechristened the name of its service network Pumpkart Services as NNJA. NNJA is a spelling twist to the word Ninja which means someone who is a professional and expert in a skill. The re-branding strategy is part of Pumpkart's new service initiative - 'E Commerce 2.0' which has been formally unveiled. Pumpkart already has 15 service centres spread across Punjab which service and repair Home appliances, kitchen appliances and Electrical products. KS Bhatia, CEO & Co Founder of Pumpkart.com said, "By the end of these 2020, Pumpkart is targeting to open 75 service centres across the three states of Punjab, Haryana & Himachal Pradesh. The major reason why many small companies are not able to expand their distribution network is because of the lack of a reliable service network, so we are creating that for companies on board our portal. We are a B2B E commerce company and have boa...

Chandigarh : Nissan will launch its first made for India Compact SUV on the philosophy of “Make in India, Make for the World”. Building on Nissan’s global SUV heritage and advanced technology, the New Compact SUV is designed for tomorrow’s journey as  a feature-rich premium offering with stylish design for a strong and dynamic road presence . Nissan’s new SUV features the latest technology as a part of Nissan Intelligent Mobility, the company’s vision as to how vehicles are powered, driven and integrated into society. The compact SUV is a testimony to Nissan’s Global SUV DNA spirit of relentless innovation and Japanese engineering, building on Nissan’s iconic models such as the Patrol, Pathfinder, Armada, X-Trail, Juke, Qashqai and KICKS.

Chandigarh: Sushma Group, major realty player of Punjab celebrated India's 71st Republic day on 25th January with fervour and lot of enthusiasm in Zirakpur. After the overwhelming response of the past two seasons of celebration, this year the group saluted to the republic of India with third season of its mega kite flying event that took place at Sushma Empiria located on PR-7, Airport Ring Road in Zirakpur. The event was organised to revive the patriotic feelings and to promote the country's cultural diversity. The whole premise was caught up in the spirit of patriotism with tricolor decoration and patriotic songs playing. The day was commemorated by flying tri-coloured kites of different shapes and sizes which soon filled the whole sky with beautiful saffron, white and green colours, the colours reflecting unity, strength and lively culture of India. Around 300 people from across Tricity became the part of this grand kite flying event. Speaking on the occasion, Mr...

Chandigarh :  After the grand success of Happy Hardy and Heer tour in Pune, Surat, Ahmedabad, Baroda, kolkatta,  Mathura, Indore, Mehsana, Jaipur and Bangalore, now Super hit machine singer composer actor rockstar Himesh Reshammiya is all set to rock the Chandigarh city. Happy Hardy and Heer releases worldwide on 31th Jan 2020. The film is the biggest Musical of the year with a very powerful love story of three characters Happy Hardy and Heer who are very Indian at heart and embark on a journey of true love. The movie will showcase the music maestro in a double role for the very first time. The film also stars the very beautiful Sonia Mann.  Himesh and the makers of the film Deepshikha Deshmukh and Sabita Manakchand and the music label tips decided to use a very different strategy of releasing the songs ahead of the trailer which worked out very well for them. Now that the music has become a blockbuster hit with teri meri kahani and Ashiqui mein teri topping the b...

Chandigarh, January 25, 2019 : After penning biographies on actors Shashi Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra  renowned author Aseem Chhabra has now come out with a book based on actor Irrfan Khan. The book titled “Irrfan Khan, The Man, The Dreamer, The Star” was unveiled at Press Club, Sector 27, here. The book was released by the author and Mitul Dikshit, Chairman , Adab Foundation. The book launch event was organised by the city based NGO 'Adab Foundation' which works for promotion of the arts & literature in the region. Drawn from personal interviews and told through many voices, author Aseem Chhabra, who is a freelance writer based at New York traced down renowned Indian Actor Irrfan Khan’s personal and artistic life in its many shades.  Speaking on the occasion Aseem said, “After writing two books on Indian celebrities, I was looking for another interesting actor’s life to explore. Among other things, what attracted me in Irrfan is a parallel career, as he has al...

Chandigarh, January 25, 2020 : Dev Samaj College of Education(DSCE), Sector 36B, Chandigarh organized a function to celebrate Republic Day as “Ek Bharat Sresth Bharat” to promote unity in the country & also for the upliftment of the girl child. The celebration also observed 'Voters' Day' which falls on 25th January, 2020 in the college premises with great zeal and enthusiasm. The event aimed at inspiring young minds to learn the importance and need of constitution as well as voters' role in forming the Republic of the Nation. The celebration was supervised by Charanjit Kaur and Dr. Harpreet Kaur- NSS Officers of the college. The function commenced with a speech by Dr. Agnese Dhillon - Principal DSCE who brought energy to the event through her motivational speech. The speech was followed by the college prayer cum song titled 'Bharat Humara Desh Hai.' Dr. Richa Sharma, Associate Professor, DSCE recited a poem composed by Pt. Ram Prasad Bismil...

Chandigarh, January 24, 2020 : Marking its entry into the premium hatchback segment, Tata Motors today launched – the Altroz. The Altroz will be available in five trim levels across all Tata Motors authorized dealerships at an introductory price starting from  INR 5.29 lakhs   for the petrol version and  INR 6.99 lakhs   for the diesel version. The Altroz is the first vehicle developed on the new ALFA architecture and the second vehicle showing the Impact 2.0 design language. With its striking design, bouquet of industry-first features and the most recent achievement of Global NCAP 5-star rating, it has set the GOLD Standard in Safety, Design, Driving Dynamics, Technology and Customer Delight. All set to entice customers, Altroz will come with 6 different factory-fitted customizable options. According to Mr. Vivek Srivatsa,  Head - Marketing, Passenger Vehicle Business Unit, Tata Motors,  “We are delighted to announce the launch of our premium...

Youth Achievers of the state would be honored with Punjab Youth Achievers Award 2020 by State Government says Minister Rana Sodhi Capt. Amarinder Singh Chief Minister Punjab to inaugurate Punjab State level Youth Festival 2020 on 3th Jan uary at Chandigarh University    Punjab Government announces new sports policy of the state: Reserves 3% government jobs for sports-persons and medal winners  “Youth has major role to play in the development of society, state and nation at large and with this mission, the Government of Punjab is organizing a first of its kind Punjab State Youth Festival-2020 at the campus of Chandigarh University, Gharuan on 30th- 31st January 2020” announced Minister of Sports, Youth Affairs and NRI Affairs, Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi. He was speaking during a media interaction at the university campus. Rana Gurmit Singh was on a visit to Chandigarh University to meet the officials and look into the arrangements of the Punjab State You...

Chandigarh,  A blood donation camp 'Shaurya Blood Connect  With  Indian Army' will be organized by a city-based NGO 'I Am Still Human' (IASH) in  with PCL Gateway and DLF DT Mall, for the welfare of the Indian Army personnel.   The details of the camp were shared by  Vivek Mehra, Founder of  'I Am Still Human' and the 'Shaurya' campaign, who was accompanied by Jagjit Singh Majha, MD, PCL Gateway & a Philanthropist, Col(Retd.) Jarnail Singh, Deputy Director, Defence Services Welfare, Punjab and Siddharth Prakash, Mall Head, DLF City Centre during a press meet held at Press Club, Sector 27 here.   The 9th Edition  of Shaurya Blood Connect  With  Indian Army will be held from 10:30 am to 3 pm on January 24, (Friday) at DLF City Centre Mall, IT Park, Chandigarh. The blood donation camp will be conducted by a medical team of Command Hospital, Western Command, Chandimandir. A motivational session will also be held by Lt. G...

Hundreds of runners from many states to participate in the event on 26 January Chandigarh : To give the message of De-addiction on the occasion of Republic Day, the Gillco Group and Urban Dive events are going to organize the Punjab Winter Half Marathon on 26 January. The competition will include hundreds of runners from the states of Punjab, Himachal, Jammu, Delhi. This marathon has a category of 5 km, 10 km, 21 km. Women, men, children can participate in this open competition, whose minimum age will be 10 years. The competition will be held at Sector 126 Gillco Park Hills on Airport Road. In this competition, the 21 km race will be held at 6 am, the 10 km race is 6:40 and the 5 km race will be at 7 pm. Runners participating in this competition can get their registration online till 22 January and offline by 24 January. At the same time, 76-year-old marathon ambassador Amar Chauhan also known as golden Sikh who has won 78 gold medals and has run 89 marathons across the wo...

Chandigarh, 21 st  January, 2020 : Bunge India Private Limited, a subsidiary of Bunge Ltd., one of the leading global agribusiness and food companies today announced the re-launch of Hudson Canola Oil. The Canola Oil brand ‘Hudson’, by Bunge India is being re-launched to consumers in a completely new avatar. The press conference to announce the re-launch was graced by an esteemed panel of experts – Celebrity Chef Amrita Raichand, Dr.Ramnik Singh Bedi, IMA President-Punjab, Dr. Mandeep Singh Kohli, Consultant Cardiologist and Mr. Milind Acharya, Marketing Head - Bunge India.  High on good fats like MUFA (Mono Unsaturated Fatty Acids), Omega-3 and antioxidants like Vitamin-E, Canola Oil is recommended by IMA as a healthy cooking oil suitable for all types of cooking. Speaking on the re-launch,  Mr. Milind Acharya, Marketing Head - Bunge India  says,  “Hudson Canola Oilhas always been a house manager’s best friend in the kitchen. With its high perc...

Mumbai, January 15: Audi, the German luxury car manufacturer, today launched the new face of its Q family - the Audi Q8. A combination of a four-door luxury coupé and a versatile SUV, the Audi Q8 is equipped with a powerful yet efficient 3.0 TFSI engine that generates 250KW (340 hp) and 500Nm of torque propelling the car from 0-100kmph in 5.9 seconds.  Richly equipped, comprehensively connected and tough enough for off-road duty, the Audi Q8 55 TFSI is a composed companion for business and leisure. It is big on customization and is priced at INR 1.33 Crore onwards Commenting on the launch, Balbir Singh Dhillon, Head of Audi India, said, “With the launch of the Audi Q8, we are targeting individuals who want their car to match their personality. Each Audi Q8 will be made-to-order, available with a plethora of customization options to choose from; we want every Q8 in the country to look different, from the outside and the inside.  The Audi Q8 will be imported to India...

RIWAAZ - a three-day wedding, lifestyle and home décor exhibition began at Himachal Bhawan, Sector 28 here today. The expo will continue till Monday, 20 th  January. The exhibition is being held under the aegis of The Global Events & Planning Gurus. The exhibition is free for all between 11 AM to 8 PM daily. Elaborating the salient features of the exhibition, the organisers - Mr Rattandeep Singh Walia and Mrs Aman Walia, Director, Global Events & Planning Gurus, said, “The exhibition is focused on the wedding season. There are a lot of varieties displayed here keeping in mind the wedding season buyers of lifestyle products and those who want to indulge in fashion wear and footwear buying. We have tried to bring almost everything under a roof related to the latest trends at this shopping fiesta.” AK Fashions from Zirakpur has displayed designer wears. Me and U has brought home decor items, while Florina has brought pashima suits from Amritsar. Preeti from Chandigarh has brou...

RIWAAZ - a three-day wedding, lifestyle and home décor exhibition began at Himachal Bhawan, Sector 28 here today. The expo will continue till Monday, 20 th  January. The exhibition is being held under the aegis of The Global Events & Planning Gurus. The exhibition is free for all between 11 AM to 8 PM daily. Elaborating the salient features of the exhibition, the organisers - Mr Rattandeep Singh Walia and Mrs Aman Walia, Director, Global Events & Planning Gurus, said, “The exhibition is focused on the wedding season. There are a lot of varieties displayed here keeping in mind the wedding season buyers of lifestyle products and those who want to indulge in fashion wear and footwear buying. We have tried to bring almost everything under a roof related to the latest trends at this shopping fiesta.” AK Fashions from Zirakpur has displayed designer wears. Me and U has brought home decor items, while Florina has brought pashima suits from Amritsar. Preeti from Chandigar...

Mumbai, January 15: Audi, the German luxury car manufacturer, today launched the new face of its Q family - the Audi Q8. A combination of a four-door luxury coupé and a versatile SUV, the Audi Q8 is equipped with a powerful yet efficient 3.0 TFSI engine that generates 250KW (340 hp) and 500Nm of torque propelling the car from 0-100kmph in 5.9 seconds.  Richly equipped, comprehensively connected and tough enough for off-road duty, the Audi Q8 55 TFSI is a composed companion for business and leisure. It is big on customization and is priced at INR 1.33 Crore onwards Commenting on the launch, Balbir Singh Dhillon, Head of Audi India, said, “With the launch of the Audi Q8, we are targeting individuals who want their car to match their personality. Each Audi Q8 will be made-to-order, available with a plethora of customization options to choose from; we want every Q8 in the country to look different, from the outside and the inside.  The Audi Q8 will be imported to India...

Chandigarh : The millennials heartthrob Varun Dhawan and Shraddha Kapoor's movie Street Dancer 3D is all set to hit the theatres on 24th January. The actors were in Chandigarh along with Raghav Juyal and Sushant Pujari to promote their movie. During media interactions Varun mentioned that Chandigarh is a lucky city for him. Shraddha Kapoor sung 'Mile Sur Mera Tumhara' on everyone's request and the entire team danced to the Illegal 2 song from the movie. Varun and Shraddha along with the team interacted with the college students and shaked  leg on  the popular song Muqabla, Garmi and Illegal 2 from their movie. The College students were overjoyed to have their favorite stars and kept chanting Street Dancer 3D!  Varun and Shraddha also visited the popular mall were they were welcomed by sea of fans. The actors  were overwhelmed with the love the city gave them. 'Street Dancer 3D' produced by Bhushan Kumar, Divya Khosla Kumar, Krishan Kumar, and Lizelle D’Souza...

Chandigarh,15 th  Jan 2020: To Create awareness on “Obesity & its Health Hazards”a team of Doctors from Panchkula, addressed the media person today. Speaking on the occasion  DrRajan Mittal, Consultant Gastroenterology, Interventional Endoscopy, Bariatric endoscopist said that “ Obesity is an epidemic and India is  right in the middle of a fat explosion .” DrRajan shared that  73% of urban Indians are obese, that is 3 out of 4 people and a recent Lancet report quotes that 34% of India’s population is insufficiently active. What is even more alarming is that millions of youngsters and millennials are battling medical conditions and complications that arise from obesity - such as type-2 diabetes mellitus, Obstructive sleep apnea, Osteoarthritis, Low self-esteem, Depression, Infertility, Hernias, Cancers and Heart Failure.. Not to forget, the implications of the incalculable emotional cost attached to it. Obesity has led to an immense increase in the mor...

Chandigarh, January 15: The mountain biking club, Riders of the Storm (ROS) conducted its yearly grand finale of MTB Cross Country Race in Shivalik foothills on the outskirts of the tricity.   The grand finale was dedicated to the memory of the club’s founder Amit Chopra, who died due to cancer in 2016. Mona Chopra the wife of late and her son flagged-off the race.   The finale attracts the best talent from the entire country riders from Bir Billing, Shimla, New Delhi, Manali, Bangalore, Dehradun, Haldwani besides riders from Team Hero, Team Cannondale, Scott Sports India, Team Btwin etc.    The four categories carried total prizes worth Rs. 2.5 lakhs. The circuit for the race was a 15.5-km loop consisting of all elements of a MTB Cross Country Race including single track trail, mountain climbs, mountain descents, jeep off-road tracks, tarmac and riverbed.   The 12 kids also participated in kids’ loops which was organized first time by club. The...

Department of Community Medicine & Public Health held the third organising committee to plan and review the progress updates for the upcoming 5th National Conference for Tobacco or Health (NCTOH) 2020. The meeting was organised under the chairmanship of Prof. Amarjeet Singh, HoD Department of Community Medicine &School of Public Health. The 5 th  National Conference is scheduled to be held at Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh from 25 th  to 27 th  September 2020. While welcoming the members of organising committee, Prof Amarjeet Singh said that we are looking forward to make the conference unique than the previous held conference. Dr Sonu Goel, Organising Secretary NCTOH, briefed the committee regarding the conference. He said that over 800 delegates from across the country are expected to take part in the conference. Apart from Dr Goel, Dr Ravindra Khaiwal, Additional Prof, PGIMER; Dr Mahesh Devnani, Assici...

AMRITSAR, JANUARY 15: National Students Union of India (NSUI) Punjab President Akshay Sharma on Wednesday castigated the Modi regime for playing havoc with the lives of millions of people by utterly failing to control prices of essential goods thereby breaking the back of households across the country.  Addressing a huge gathering here outside the historic Jallianwala Bagh, Akshay Sharma stated mindless and insane economic policies of Modi have brought masses to the brink of desperation and poverty adding that the present economic mess was unprecedented for which BJP had no solution.  With retail inflation at over five year high, people across the country are feeling the brunt of this regime's mindless approach. Where is the roadmap, Mr. Prime Minister, thundered Akshay amidst slogans of Congress Lao, Desh Bachao.  People had seen through the nefarious policies of Modi and will throw this BJP out of power soon, Akshay added addressing a huge crowd of people fr...