8th Pinjore Heritage Festival from saturday
Chandigarh: The two-day 8th Pinjore Heritage Festival would be organised at Pinjore Gardens, near here, on November 30 and December 1. Managing Director, Haryana Tourism Corporation Sumita Misra said that the two-day Heritage Festival would be inaugurated by Chairman, Haryana Tourism Corporation Chakrvarty Sharma and Speaker, Haryana Vidhan Sabha Kuldeep Sharma would be Chief Guest during the closing ceremony of the festival on December 1. Misra said that cultural evenings would be organised during the Heritage Festival where renowned artistes would give their performances.
School of Nursing’s lamp lighting Ceremony held
Chandigarh: The lamp lighting ceremony of 48th batch of probationer Nurses of School of Nursing of Command Hospital Western Command was held on Thursday at Sushruta Auditorium. Maj Gen A K Sharma, Major General (Medical) HQ Western Command, Brigadier Military Nursing Service HQ Western Command and other senior officers of Command Hospital lighted the lamp. lamp lighting signifies the firm decision of these young students to be trained to care of the sick and wounded soldiers of the armed forces and their families at the time of peace and war. The lighting of the lamp symbolises transfer of knowledge, skills and spirit of nursing. Nursing students took the Nurse’s Oath followed by the showers of blessing songs.
12-City Tour by Kingfisher Ultra In UT on Dec 1
Chandigarh: Kingfisher Ultra would present a 12-city tour of Ultra performances by India’s leading audiovisual performers BlOT (Basic love Of Things). The tour which kick started in Mumbai is now coming to Chandigarh. BlOT will stir the party spirits while Kingfisher UlTRA promises to keep the brew flowing. It is happening in Chandigarh at Score lounge on December 1, from 8.30 PM onwards. BlOT is an audiovisual performance collective at its core, and everything else beyond. An acronym for the Basic love of Things, it is a multi-disciplinary project helmed by Gaurav Malaker and Avinash Kumar and supported by a network of artists.
Dollar launches new range of Thermals
Chandigarh: Hosiery brand, Dollar has now introduced new styles in their range of thermalwear for men, women and children. Dollar’s Thermals comes under four brand names — Dollar Ultra Magic, Dollar Ultra Thermals, Dollar Esteem and Dollar Wintercare.
METRO cash & carry honours 700 chefs
Chandigarh: METRO Cash & Carry India recognised the culinary skills of over 700 chefs from across Food & Beverage industry of North India and honoured their contributions to the industry at The International Chefs Day, conducted in association with Indian Culinary Forum and supported by IFCA and WACS. Competition was held amongst participants from the top hotels, restaurants, bakeries, confectioneries and catering businesses of the country. The competition was centered around the theme Modern Indian Cuisine. Rajeev Bakshi, Managing Director, METRO Cash & Carry India congratulated all the winners and thanked all the participants and guests for their contribution and efforts to make this event a grand success.
Honours for Dept of Biochemistry, PGIMER
Chandigarh: Department of Biochemistry, PGIMER has been identified for the support for level-1 category under the FIST (Fund for Improvement of Science & Technology Infrastructure) Programme, 2013 by Department of Science & Technology, Government of India. DST has sanctioned funding for high end research instruments like GC-Mass Spectroscopy and Flow Cytometer, Installation of Networking and Computational Facility and Infrastructure development like BSl-3 facility to augment the teaching & research facilities in the department.
HSCFDC provides assistance of over Rs 20.65 cr
Chandigarh: Haryana Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation (HSCFDC) has provided financial assistance of over Rs 20.65 crore, including over Rs 2.71 crore as subsidy, among 3,865 beneficiaries under various schemes up to October 2013. Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Geeta Bhukkal said that members belonging to Scheduled Castes were being provided loans under various categories to enable them to set up their enterprises.