CII to hold Blood Donation Camp on Wednesday

By 121 News Reporter

Chandigarh 27^th January:- Confederation of Indian Industry, Northern Region in association with Indian Society of Blood Transfusion & Immunohaematology  will hold a Blood Donation Camp on Wednesday, 28^th January 2015 from 10 am to 3 pm at Basement Hall (L1), CII NR Headquarters, Chandigarh. The camp, which is being organised as part of CII's Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative is expected to witness participation of a lot of enthusiastic CII employees, employees of CII member companies, organisations like Food Corporation of India, Narvodaya Vidyalaya Samiti, Bank of India, Ministry of Environment, Forest & climate Change, Central Warehousing Corporation, National Hydro Power Corporation and volunteers from the tricity, industry and institutes with the aim to save precious lives. 

 

Disney Channel promises of ‘Shanivaar, Ravivaar only for Parivaar:The channel brings five new heartwarming live-action shows

By 121 News Reporter

Chandigarh 27^th January:- Disney Channel India will air five new heartwarming and uplifting live-action shows Starting from January 31^st at Disney Channel, that will capture emotions and evolving aspirations whilst celebrating the joys of the progressive Indian Family of today.  January 31 will see the launch of five new live-action shows premiering on the weekend on the channel – 'Kabhi Aise Geet Gaya Karo', 'Maan Na Maan Main Tera Mehmaan', 'Goldie Ahuja Matric Pass', 'Lage Raho Chachu' and 'Zindagi Khattee Meethi'. The starcast of 3 shows visit Chandigarh to promote their shows. The star-cast including television veterans like Renuka Shahane, Mahesh Thakur, Sudhir Pandey, Maninee Mishra, Ashwin Kaushal, Harsh Vashisht amongst others.

While talking with media Sidhir Pandey, Renuka Shahane & others shares their experiences about the shows. They said that with heartwarming stories, moments of humor, celebrations and distinctly quirky personalities, each of the shows promise to touch your hearts and make you smile .Now with a promise of 'Shanivaar, Ravivaar only for Parivaar', the channel is extending this experience for families over weekends and will continue to entertain the kids with compelling animation stories and characters on the weekdays.

 

Philips Lighting Opens Light Lounge in Ludhiana

By 121 News Reporter

Chandigarh 27^th January:- Philips Lighting India, inaugurated its 1st Light Lounge at Madhok Complex, Ludhiana today. The new Philips Light Lounge is an experience zone which gives customers a 'see, touch and feel' experience of a diverse range of more than 800 world-class home decorative lighting designs and concepts from Philips.

Being at the helm of lighting industry in the country, Philips Lighting India has been driving the transformation to LED lighting at a very rapid pace. The new retail outlet in Ludhiana showcases the full range of LED lighting solutions that have been designed keeping in mind Philips India's commitment to improve people's lives through meaningful innovation.

Rahul Taneja, Business Head - Consumer Luminaires, Philips Lighting India, said that Punjab was a growing market, and an important one for Philips Lighting India. The opening of our 1^st Light Lounge in Ludhiana reaffirmed our commitment to this market. The growing awareness about LED lighting and the tremendous response we have received from our consumers in Punjab, has given us the confidence to continue expanding our presence here. Lighting was a key business division of Philips and we remained committed to strengthening the business with growing retail presence across all important cities in India. He elaborated that close to 90% of Philips Lighting India's revenue come from products and solutions which are designed and manufactured in India for the Indian market. With 30% market share, Philips currently leads the lighting market in India.

With the launch of the newest Philips Light Lounge in Ludhiana, the company now has more than 100 Light Lounges in India, in addition to around 1200 Light Shoppes in the country. The market for decorative lighting is currently inundated with unbranded cheap imports that do not always satisfy energy efficiency and safety norms. Philips differentiates its offerings through innovation in design, energy efficiency and application of its global lighting application expertise. The product range starts from a price of INR 575 and extends up to INR 60,000.

Philips India understands that as their consumers are evolving with each passing day, they are getting more conscious of their lifestyle. Homes reflect one's distinct style and preference, therefore consumers, now, want to design their homesin their own unique way. Lighting plays a vital role in interior designing and Philips Home Decorative Lighting range is a unique offering in the market to cater to the evolving lifestyle needs of global Indians. At the Philips Light Lounge, consumers will receive expert advice in choosing the right lighting design solutions to meet their unique requirements.

 

The Holy Wonder Smart School celebrates Republic Day

By 121 News Reporter

Mohali 27^th January:- The Holy Wonder Smart School celebrated the Republic Day with zeal and Zest. The program commenced with a special prayer for Bharat Mata, which was followed by a welcome song by the students. At this moment tiny tots attired in the costume of martyrs i.e. Mahatama Gandhi, Pandit Nehru, S.Bhagat Singh to pay them tribute. Students performed on patriotic dance. Patriotic poem were also recited the students. Children were made aware of their fundamental rights and duties through a skit. Skills to defend and protect, Martial were present on the stage

The Director of School Ashween Arora said while speaking on the occasion that  we, Indians can keep our national spirit alive by recalling the past to improve our present and future and she further added that we should be true Indians in words ,action and thoughts and  be worthy of our country . 

 

 

Shemrock School Organise Baby Show

By 121 News Reporter

Mohali 27^th January:- Shemrock Senior Secondary school, Mohali organized a fun-filled 'Baby Show' which showcased the hidden talents and antics of the children. The bouncy, Doramon & his family were added attractions. Around 500 Parents and tiny tots from tri-city participated in the show. Kids from the age group of 1 to 4 years sashayed down the ramp at the show setting it on fire in their lively and exuberant performances. The most interesting contest of the show was 'Baby Ramp Walk', where the enthusiastic Babies were dressed in synchronization.

Children, who participated, were given the titles of Most Healthy Baby, Most Active Baby, Best Dressed Baby, Baby with curly hair, Baby with Sparkling smile and Most charming Baby. Surprise gifts like teddy bear and certificates were given to all participants. The innovative round drew huge applause from the audience. Based on the idea of child and his/her parents' innovation, the round witnessed little ones presenting themselves confidently before public and spoke on the attire they wore.Best dressed baby from 1to 4 years were Manya Sharda,Gungeet Kaur, Amaan Alam and Pihu respectively.  

A S Bajawa, Chairman, Shemrock School while honoring the winners guided parents on child's healthy upbringing.

 

Delegation from Mumbai meets Mayor, Commissioner

By 121 News Reporter

Chandigarh 27^th January:- A delegation led by Deepakbaba Hande, Chairman, works committee alongwith delegation of 28 members of various committees from Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, met with the Mayor Smt. Poonam Sharma, Municipal Commissioner V P Singh, & Mrs. Gurbax Rawat, Deputy Mayor, MC, Chandigarh. Mayor welcomed the delegation at committee room, here today afternoon and the Commissioner gave brief introduction regarding various projects & functions of the Corporation, Roads, water supply, gardens & Green Belts, urban planning and architecture etc. Others who were present on the occasion were among Rajiv Gupta, Joint Commissioner, Mukesh Anand, Chief Engineer and other officers of Municipal Corporation Chandigarh.

Dr. Ram Barot said that the study tour also aims to study the best practices of Municipal Corporation like infrastructure development, planning, Roads, Sanitation and maintenance of Green spaces etc. The delegation also visited Japanese Garden, various other gardens and sukhna lake etc.

 

Doon International School Organise Farewell for Passing out students

By 121 News Reporter

Mohali 27^th January:- The students of  Doon International School arranged a fantastic and superb send off  a Farewell Party  function for the outgoing students of 10+2 in school Campus. Cultural items were presented on this occasion. The function was graced by C S Mann, Director Doon International School. Amidst cheer and applause were ushered into the pandal and rose petals were showered on them. The function began with the performance of Deepshikha ceremony as a mark of respect for the Goddess Saraswati, the Goddess of learning.

The cultural programme comprising skits, mono-acting and songs was interspersed with delightful modern and traditional dances. The comedy highlighted the role of professionally educated people in the modern day society. Senior students coordinated with their juniors in organizing the Event which was a grand success.

While congratulated the outgoing students Director C S Mann impressed upon them the need of hard work, commitment, discipline, punctuality, foresight and said that quest for knowledge is a great boon in any sector and will remain as asset for the young managers of tomorrow.  He urged the students to work assiduously to carve out their careers and climb the ladder of success to the greater heights of achievements.

 

 

 

Verka opens 24 ultra modern milk booths

By 121 News Reporter

Mohali 27^th January:- Verka has opened 24 ultra modern milk booths in the S.A.S Nagar to sell its products. Now, the residents will be able to get milk and milk products from near their houses

Divulging this, Deputy General Manager (Marketing) Mrs. Neelam said that the booths opened in the district have been allotted to physically handicapped and unemployed. She also conveyed that these are selling various products manufactured by verka e.g.- Curd, Yoghurt, Paneer, Lassi, Desi Ghee, Namkeen Lassi, Sweet Lassi, Gachak, Rewri etc. She said that 4 more such booths are proposed to be opened in the district. She further elaborated that  verka milk plant is collecting 4 lakh kilos of milk on daily basis and 3 lakh 56 thousand 412 litre is supplied to various cities daily. She informed that 1124 sabhas are associated with the milk plant having 65 thousand 338 members. Apart from this, 340 dairy farms are also attached with it. Giving more information she said that during 2013-14,  32 percent more curd, 24 percent plain lassi, 13 percent paneer and 12 percent kheer have sold in comparison with the previous year, which is a record.

According to her, during the festive season milk plant sold 1.38 lakhs of boxes containing sweets made of desi ghee and also milk plant gives the highest rate of milk in entire Punjab to the producers. During 2013-14, 346.28 crores of rupees were given to sabhas as price of milk. Besides this, 22 thousand 486 metric tonnes of cattle feed and 2279 quintal seeds of green chara were sent to the sabhas. She also said that milk producing members are provided with free medical help for the purpose of getting their animals examined and 6 veterinary mobile vans are working for this purpose in which expert doctors examine the animals free of cost at sabha level and 1 lakh 45 thousand 162 animals have been administered injections for breed improvement. Now, the capacity of this plant for milk maintenance has been increased to the levelof 5 lakh litres daily.

 

Padam Shri Prof. Yogesh Chawla Celebrates Republic Day

By 121 News Reporter

Chandigarh 27^th January:- On the occasion of Republic Day Prof. Yogesh Chawla, Director PGI congratulated the audience and said, that it is his pleasure to inform them that PGIMER is becoming more and more popular as a public hospital for excellent health care as daily the hospital is rendering service to 10,000 patients both in the OPDs and emergency.  Our faculty and resident doctors are serving patients till late evening and despite that participating actively in research activities.

Prof. Chawla expressed his gratitude to the NGOs Red Cross, Lifeline, Sewa Bharti, Cancer Sahayta Sahyog; philanthropic citizens and media organizations for donating in cash and kind to the poor patients of PGI. 

Earlier Prof. Chawla unfurled the national flag at PGIMER and celebrated the Republic Day along with the faculty, nursing, administrative and other staff.  All the senior officers of the Institute attended the Republic Day function. Patriotic songs were sung by the Nursing staff and sweets were distributed amongst the employees by the Director. Prof. Chawla with great pride enumerated also shares the developments in the Institute.

Prof. Chawla has been bestowed with Padam Shri 2015 by Govt. of India.

 

Gymnastics Federation to hold its General Body elections on Wednesday

By 121 News Reporter

Chandigarh 27^th January:- The General House of Gymnastics Federation of India (GFI) will elect its new Executive Body here on Wednesday. This was disclosed by M A Chemburkar, Senior Joint Secretary of the GFI.

 While interacting herewith the media M A Chemburkar said that the Notice for elections was issued by incumbent President Jaspal Singh Kandhari on 2nd January 2015, after a decision to this effect was taken in the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the GFI in New Delhi on 6 December 2014. These elections have been scheduled following a directive in this regard to the GFI from the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Government of India. He added that the Gymnastics Associations of 28 states and Union Territories affiliated with the GFI constitute the Electoral College. Each Permanent Member affiliated with the GFI will have two votes, for the officer bearers and Executive Body members. The voting will commence at 11 am and the results will be announced by 12 noon.

M A Chemburkar said that the results will be announced by the Returning Officer on Wednesday at Hotel Chandigarh Beacons, Chandigarh, which is the venue for these elections. These elections will fill up five posts: President, General Secretary, Treasurer, Vice President (4) and Joint Secretary (4), besides Executive Committee members (4).

 M A Chemburkar said that the term for the Governing council is for four years. He also shares future plan for the next term.

 

 

 

 

 

Education Department Presents Cultural Bonanza on the Eve of Republic Day

By 121 News Reporter

Chandigarh 26^th January:- A cultural Bonanza was presented by Education Department on the Eve of Republic Day on 25^th January  at Tagore Theatre, Chandigarh. The worthy Chief Guest Vijay Kumar Dev, Adviser to the Administrator U.T., Chandigarh graced the occasion and delivered a very meaningful & enthusiastic speech and further stated that our children are our future . It is just in time that we pass on the responsibilities to our future. But to ensure this; we need to bring about radical changes in our educational system. Education is a great equalizer and can help achieve the pinnacles of professional , economic and social success . It is the bedrock of all social and economic development. It is the only tool that can eliminate the gaps that have made our society unequal. In Chandigarh, education is no longer the privilege of the elite, but a universal right. RTE is implemented in Chandigarh. Every school abides by it. A pilot project of Worksheets in all subjects has been undertaken.  The students of all Govt schools from Classes 1 to 5 will receive well planned, coloured worksheets to supplement the NCERT books. The Administration has also planned to open 6 new schools which will be fully equipped to meet the demands of the present times  and more new class rooms in existing schools are also in pipe line. The Swatch Bharat Abhiyan followed in true spirit in all schools in Chandigarh.

 The cultural programme started with a Ganesh Vandana performed by students of GGMSSS Sector-18.Other cultural performances included Bengali Dance by students of Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti -25, Giddha by students of GHS  Dadumajra, Rajasthani Dance by students of Chitkara International School-25, Skit by students of GMSSS Sector16,  Haryanvi Dance by students of  Shishu Niketan School Sector -22, an Action Song by Manav Mangal School  Sector-21 and Bhangra performed by students of GMSSS Khuda Alisher.  Also present on the occasion were Finance cum Education Secretary Saravjit Singh, DPI Schools K.K Bhadoo among other officers of Chandigarh Administration.

Cm unfurls National Tri-Color on 66th Republic Day

By 121 News Reporter

Mohali 26^th January:- Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today appealed all the political parties, NGOs, voluntary and social organizations to launch a crusade against the social evils especially the drug menace thereby rising above the petty considerations of party affiliations and trivial interests to emerge Punjab as the leading state in the country. Addressing the gathering after unfurling the national tri-color on the 66^th Republic Day here at State Level function in Government College, the Chief Minister said that the decisive battle against these social maladies such as drug addiction, female foeticide, environmental pollution, unemployment, illiteracy and economic disparity should be fought till its logical end.

Pleading for a true federal structure, the Chief Minister asked the countrymen to make a firm resolve on this historic day to make our country secular, republic, democratic and federal to the core so that we could cherish the aspirations of our founding fathers of Indian Constitution. Appreciating the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Chief Minister mentioned that for the first time a sincere attempt has been made to demonstrate 'Inclusive Development' in true spirit by eliciting the views of Chief Ministers of all the states in formulating the policies and programs in a wide spectrum by scrapping the earlier Planning Commission of India (PCI) and now replacing the same with National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog where the Chief Ministers would have far more effective representation and say in projecting the problems and issues related to their respective states and viz-a-viz their resolution to the satisfaction of all the stakeholders.  

Recalling the enormous contribution of Punjabis' in the national freedom struggle, the Chief Minister cited that above 80% people who were either martyred, exiled or imprisoned for life term belonged to Punjab adding he said our brave Punjabi soldiers have always safeguarded the integrity of country from the external aggression and internal disturbances besides the hard working and resilient Punjabi farmers made the country self-reliant in food production despite having just 2.5% of country's total area. The Chief Minister said that Punjabis were all the more proud for this sacred land from where the pivotal movements of freedom struggle like Kuka, Pagri Sambhal, Ghadar, Gurdwara Reform, Babbar Akali and others were spearheaded.

On the occasion, the Chief Minister took salute from an impressive parade comprising the contingents of PAP, Police Band, NCC, Bharat Scouts and Guides led by DSPs Akashdeep Singh and Mrs. Rupinder Kaur Rama.

The Chief Minister also gave away tricycles to the physically challenged and sewing machines to the poor and needy women. A colorful variety program by the school children besides a mass PT show by the tiny tots regaled the audience. A series of Tableaux depicting the overall development of the state especially the district administration was also the star of attraction.  

On the occasion, the Chief Minister honored 16 eminent personalities in recognition with their outstanding contribution in the different fields by the Punjab Government and District Administration. Chief Minister also honored the freedom fighters and their next of kin on the occasion. He also conferred 'Mukh Mantri Rakhshak Padaks' on the seven police personnel towards their outstanding dedication for duty.