Pakistani Exhibitors Showcase Traditional Wedding Couture at ‘Nikaah’

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Chandigarh 02^nd July:- Dr. Sukhchain Singh Gill, SSP, Chandigarh,today inagurated 'Nikaah' – A Wedding & Lifestyle Exhibition. The exhibition will be on till 5^th August at Himachal Bhawan, Sec 28, Chandigarh. 'Nikaah' as the name suggests is presenting an enticing collection of Wedding Haute Couture like Shararas, Gararas, Bridal Wear, Salwar Kameez, Indian Bridal Wear, Jewellery, Passas, Haar's, Stones, Pakistani Juttis,  Sherwani's, Indian Footwear etc. The exhibition features as many as 50 fashion designers out of which over a dozen are from Pakistan. The prominent ones among others from Pakistan are Meer Designers, Laila's Art, Mars Hoor Gallery, Reena's by Mavraz, Shahzad Traders, Mariyam Collection, Zafar Sons, Hamil,Linon Cotton and Urooj.

According to Ms. Neha Amit Singla, Director, A Million Dollar Affair that as the marriage season has started we wanted to provide an opportunity to Wedding Shoppers to purchase the best bridal attires under one roof. We have invited designers from Pakistan and the Exhibition is giving both designers from India and Pakistan a chance to interact with one another to get a feel 'what is in' during the bridal season in the two neighbouring countries. The customer is the one who will benefit the most as he or she will be able to lay hands on the best wedding products & services that not just India but also Pakistan has to offer.

Shahnaz Malik, who has coordinated the arrangements of travel of the Pakistani Exhibitors at 'Nikaah said that "Exchange of people from the fashion industry and artistes from all walks of life; is a very good way to build relations; between our two countries. The common people in Pakistan by and large want peace and trade with India; it is only political persons who for their narrow selfish interests; create problems in ties between us.

There are an array of high end Indian Designers too who are exhibiting their designer wear and other wedding related products at 'Nikaah'.Elegance Jewel's by Designer Alka brings imitation jewellery, Indian Fashionara has brought gorgeous fabrics, dazzling embroidery and unique designs. Milan Celebrations Studio a Professionally managed designing and printing company with specialization in wedding invitations and matching sweet boxes is also there. The idea is to provide all Wedding shopping products and services on one platform.

 

 

Dance Pe Chance Hold Grand Finale of ‘Celebrations’

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Chandigarh 02^nd July:- City emporium Mall, Chandigarh reverberated with two mega  events – Gummi King Kidz Envouge 2015 powered by INDIA GO HEALTHY organized by AMBRO GROUP and 'Celebrations', which was organised by Mohali based fastest growing academy Dance-Pe-Chance.

Roahan Kalra, Director, Ambro Group said that the extravagnza started with an all kids' event --  Gummi King Kidz Envogue 2015 which witnessed a fun day for kidz & parents. Free Diet & Health advices were give by INDIA GO HEALTHY .Kids enjoyed activities like  bouncy; tattoo making, Mouth watering cotton candies , Photo sessions , Gun Shooting all free of cost. There were special attractions for parents too. The USP was that all the entertainment was free of charge.

The activities made participants exercise their brains as the kids in the Prince & Princess show had to come with a message on the theme of Saving Environment. Even Models showcased top end attires as they walked the ramp.

Ms Jagdeep Kaur, Director, Dance Pe Chance said that Dance Pe Chance 'Celebrations' was a complete talent show under one roof. The event gave a wonderful opportunity to children in the age bracket of 2-10 years to participate in Prince & Princess show which was supported by NOTTY Kids , a Ramp walk was held for upcoming models to show their talent, a Dance competition and a Singing competition too were part of the activities.

 

 

Nav Bal Niketan School Celebrates Green Day

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Chandigarh 01^st August:-  Nav Bal Niketan School Sector 29B, Chandigarh celebrated Green day at its scholl premises. All the children looked attractive draped in their green colored attires. Their teachers made them aware of the need of protecting their environment and the role they could play to do so.  Students were explained about the importance of trees and plants in
our lives. Inter house science quiz competition was also organized. Students of classes 5th through 8th planted medicinal and ornamental plants along the boundary wall of the school. Each house was also assigned plants so that they are taken care of while they grow bigger.

Principal Mrs Punam Mahajan told students about global warming and how we can save our environment from harmful effect of green house gasses by planting more and more trees.

 

New Public School Hold Inter School singing Competition

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Chandigarh 01^st August:-  To promote and motivate students to take interest in classical singing, an Inter School Semi Classical Vocal Competition was organized at The New Public School, Chandigarh. 25 Schools from the tricity participated in this competition. The students participated in the competition with great enthusiasm. It was a treat to the ears to hear the melodious voice of the talented budding singers. Vikhyat from Manav Mangal School Sec 11 Panchkula declared winner for the Competition, whereas Rashi Kaushal from Mount Carmel Sec 47 Chandigarh declared 1^st Runner up, Mukul Gill from Bhavan Vidyalaya Panchkula declared 2^nd Runner up and the Consolation Prize was awarded to the Aayush Sharma, Stepping Stones School Sec 37 D Chandigarh.

The jury for the competition comprised of Gurpreet Singh, MA, M.Phil Music Vocal, Sangeet Visharad – Serving with GCG, Sector 11, Chandigarh; Vikram Singh, M.A., M.Phil Music Vocal-Radio and TV Artist; and Jagir Singh M.A., M.Phil Music Vocal, Singer and Music Composer.

Preet Mohinder Singh, Deputy General Manager, Punjab Agriculture Co-operative Bank, was the Chief Guest. In his address to the students he said that singing & Dance are the hidden language of the soul' and is also considered an act of creation. All classical forms of art are an important source of not only aesthetic values but also life, mind, soul and spiritual values. It is the awareness of these values which we envision and aim to spread through our Heritage of classical music and dance amongst the youth of today.

While applauding the singing talent of the students & congratulating the music teachers for putting great efforts to train the students Principal New Public School R D Singh said that the main purpose of the competition was to bring out the hidden talent of the students. 

 

 

Asawari Srivastava Wins Benadryl BIG Golden Voice Season 3 for Tricity Region Finals

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Chandigarh 01^st August:-  Owing to its enormous popularity, 92.7 BIG FM's nation-wide singing radio talent hunt show, Benadryl BIG Golden Voice is back with its third season and a promise of being better and bigger. The show is being conducted across 45 stations of 92.7 BIG FM. With audiences voting for their favorite regional singers and then national, the talent hunt is supposed to culminate into a Grand Finale thus identifying the BIG Golden Voice that gets a direct entry into Bollywood.

 With an overwhelming response of over 1,50,000 entries across India and International, Benadryl BIG Golden Voice Season 3 is all set out to look for its next BIG winner. To enable the most deserving canditate achieve his/her position on the nationwide platform and showcase his/her talent, Regional finals of the City beautiful Chandigarh for the radio's biggest singing talent hunt show were successfully organized today here at Chandigarh University campus. Dr. Neelam Paul, Chairperson, Dept. Of Music, Panjab University Chandigarh was the esteemed judge on the occasion & she judged the selected contestants Sargam, Asawari Srivastava, Aasheena Verma, Raj Navinder Singh Bahad, and Vijay from the tricity region at this event. Regional finals held today constituted of 3 different rounds based on the genres of Bollywood, Folk & Judge's choice song for the contestants to prove their metal.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr Neelam Paul said that she is delighted to be a part of the Benadryl BIG Golden Voice Season 3 from a judge point of view as well as mentoring the contestants. It feels great to see 92.7 BIG FM give such a wonderful platform to budding singers. Both the past seasons have given its winners some incredible opportunities and she looks forward to picking the most deserving participant who will go on to represent Chandigarh on a national platform.

The finalist from the region will be selected on the basis of the Performances held today & On Air voting. The selected regional finalists will then gain entry into the national level competition & 12 shortlisted voices will then go on to represent talent from their regions on a national platform. During the course of their practice, 92.7 BIG FM will take them to Mumbai and allot each contestant a guru. With a 2-day workshop on Sur Saaz and Awaaz with their gurus, these 12 finalists will then compete to take home the coveted title of the next BIG Golden Voice and a prestigious opportunity to kickstart a career in playback singing in Bollywood.

 

CGC Jhanjeri College Wins Award for Quality Placements

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Chandigarh 01^st August:-  In view of excellent placements of its first two batches of MBA students, Chandigarh Group of Colleges, Jhanjeri, Mohali has been conferred Award for Quality in Placements by ABP News. In a glittering ceremony held at Hotel Tajlands End, Mumbai, the awards for various categories were presented by Avinash Pandey, COO, ABP news prominent personalities  like Dr. David Richard Namwandi, Former Education Minister, Namibia, Prof. Michael Hodd, Vice Chancellor, Baze University, Dr. Christopher Hill, University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus, Jamiu O. Busari, Maastricht University, Netherlands, Prof Zinyemba, Vice Chancellor Catholic University, Zimbabwe ,   Prof  Y.K. Bhushan, Sr Advisor, IBS, Mumbai etc. were  present during the ceremony .

Speaking about this achievement, CGC President Rashpal Singh Dhaliwal said that the placements of students are the top priority of CGC Management. We give 360o pre  placement training to our students. ABP News Avinash Pandey, COO of ABP News round the year so that they get selected in top companies of India.

Dr. G.D. Bansal, Director General CGC said that in the first 2014 batch of MBA students, a large number of students had more than one job offers in their hands before they passed out. In the second batch passing out in 2015, almost all the students have already been placed in leading companies with hefty salaries of upto Rs 4 Lakh pa with number of them having multiple offers. 

 

PNB organizing Saving Bank Account Campaign from 1st August to 31st August

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Chandigarh 01^st August:-  Punjab National Bank is organizing saving bank account campaign from 1^st August to 31^st August. Today, Sector 17 B, Main Branch of PNB organized a function for the purpose.  On this occasion, Satish Kumar Jain, Director Social Welfare, UT Chandigarh inaugurated the campaign besides inauguration of privilege lounge opened for rendering personalized service to its premium customers. Privilege lounge shall provide all types of services to valuable clients.  

Assistant General Manager of Punjab National BankS K Chopra said that our bank is organizing the campaign to connect the persons with bank who are not connected till date.  For the purpose, bank employees shall visit schools, colleges, Govt Offices, business houses to encourage them to open saving bank account in the bank to avail special schemes.  Bank will be allowing debit card, mobile banking, and internet banking facility to the customers.  Besides this the bank is providing extra benefit to saving bank account holders with PNB-Oriental Royal Mediclaim Policy at the cheapest rates.  Bank has a tie up with Oriental Insurance Company to provide family floater policy which is available to PNB customers on payment of Rs 6930/- for Rs 5.00 lacs.  The scheme is available exclusively for PNB account holders.  In the floater policy account holder and his / her spouse with two dependent children are covered under the scheme.  The age for coverage of facility is 3 months to 80 years with the uniform premium without any medical examination.  The cover is available from Rs 1.00 lac to Rs 5.00 lacs.  Cashless facility is also available under the scheme.   

 

Friendship Day is a Very Special Day:Captain Tiao

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Chandigarh 01^st August:-  Friendship stands a lot in everyone's life. Friendship day is a very special day for all of us. But it means for celebrities, let us check it up at their end:-

Goldie Ahuja – 'I share a great chemistry with Namit, who plays my son in Goldie Ahuja, I have been one of the few fathers to have found my best friend in my reel son, Harry. On-screen, the chemistry is the same, we play together, study together, party together, he helps me with my homework and everything else that friends in school normally do for each other. Harry is my strength, my security and my best friend. Happy Friendships Day to Harry and to all those fathers and sons who share a lovely friendship like the both of us do.'

Harry Ahuja (Namit Shah)  -  'It's been great fun working with Ashwin uncle, who plays my father, Goldie Ahuja in the our show – Goldie Ahuja, Matric Pass. Rather than a father figure, he is more of a friend to me, on and off screen. While shooting or not it's so much fun to be around him. Apart from all the fun we have, he also helps and supports me in taking important decisions and has always given me his valuable advice when I needed it. I want to wish him a very Happy Friendship Day and I would like to tell all my friends that your father can also be your best friend.'

Captain Tiao – 'Friendship day is a very special day, we get time to spend with our friends and celebrate it together and have lot of fun. This friendship day, I will be celebrating with my close friends by watching a movie and then by having a small party at home with all of them. I would like to wish all kids a happy friendships day.

 

 

 

Oakridge International School Organise Art Exhibition

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Chandigarh 01^st August:- Oakridge International School organised exhibition of various projects  and Paintings. The hallways were buzzing with excitement as students shared their projects with their peers and facilitators. Various Projects of students like Animal worlds, unique me,my family etc were showcased  . All the projects were exhibited for the parents to view. The parents were delighted to see the handiwork of the students whilst the children themselves were busy trying to spot their own special creation amidst the collection. The main motive of organising this exhibition was to give the young artists a glimpse into the art projects made by them.

While speaking at the moment Principal Ramamjit Ghuman said that learning does not end at classroom doors, art exhibition gave students a chance to engage in academic and artistic self-reflection. The exhibition also allows students to gain insight into the life. This is the time when even introvert children shed their shy nature and shows their talent which is not possible in normal routine. 

Quest Group of Institutions Signs MOU with SAP

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Chandigarh 01^st August:- Quest Group of Institutions signed a Memorandum of Understanding with SAP University Alliances Program Associate Membership. SAP University Alliances will provide the students an access to learn SAP Lumira and SAP HANA Cloud Platform technologies and online training resources and community tools to help the students via their professors to leverage best practices and share knowledge to provide industrial exposure to students to give them the skills necessary for employment.

Chairman D.S.Sekhon Quest Group said that according to a NASSCOM report; only 25 per cent of technical graduates are considered employable by IT and ITES companies due to the inadequacies of skills. The industry requires students who are readily employable, which will be possible only if they are trained as per industry requirements & students need to upgrade their knowledge as per technology demands so that they  can begin the work on the day of joining. By signing this MoU students will be actively involved in research & projects, which will enhance the confident level of the students and bridge the gap between industry & academia in order to provide industrial exposure to students to give them the skills necessary for employment.

 

SMD Little Champ Smart School Celebrates ‘Yellow Day’

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Chandigarh 01^st August:- Students of SMD Little Champ Smart School Panchkula celebrated 'Yellow Day' in the School premises. The Students as well as teachers came to school wearing yellow coloured attires. Classrooms of the kindergarten section were decorated with Yellow balloons, toys and frills. Students also had a Mango party in the School.

Principal of the school Ms. Deepika said that the aim behind the celebration was the identification of yellow colour. The students recited Rhymes related to yellow colour. The Director of the School Naresh Gupta appreciated the efforts of the Teachers and motivated them to do such activities in future also.

Tiny Tots of Doon Public School Visit Butterfly Park

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Chandigarh 01^st August:- Students of the Nursery Section of Doon Public School, Panchkula visited Butterfly Park. In this park nature trails have been created in such a way that it becomes a perfect habitat for the butterflies. The sighting of butterflies was not only interesting but also exciting. There was also a conservatory of butterflies where the children observed the butterflies closely. The children ran after the butterflies to catch them as part of their play. The visit was full of fun. 

Capt Sanjay Anand, SM, Principal said that the aim of this visit was to show the students the varieties of butterflies and flowers, as both attract children. The students gained knowledge about butterflies in a fun environment.