Chandigarh

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Constable exam result on May 7

Chandigarh: The result of entrance examination for the posts of constable, general duty and constable, technical in Army will be declared on May 7 at 9 am. A spokesman of Army Recruitment Office, Hisar said that entrance examination for general and technical posts was organised in Army Public School, Hisar on April 27.

Conference on MSMEs held

Chandigarh: “Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in northern region, especially in Punjab, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh and Haryana need to diversify their focus from wealth creation model to value creation model and hence realise the importance of getting listed on the stock market to be able to raise funds easily and compete globally,” said Ajay Thakur, Head, SME, Bombay Stock ltd, while addressing a conference on MSME Funding: Opportunities and Challenges, organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) at its Northern Region Headquarters in Sector 31 A, here on Wednesday.

‘Elante Wednesdays’ begins

Chandigarh: “Elante Wednesdays”, the customer centric concept and first such initiative to be launched by any mall in the tricity, kicked off on Wednesday with a cookery demonstration by celebrity chef Kandla Nijhowne of Master Chef Season One fame at Elante, Chandigarh. The workshop not only catered to beginners in cooking but also experienced housewife’s to add to their pool of dishes. Along with the informative knowledge shared with the participants the ladies along with a few men who made it especially for the workshop grabbed preferred parking along with amazing offers such as free participatory prizes among others. The session commenced with the famous chef teaching over 85 participants how to make a variety of summer dishes beginning a Notorious Bean and Green Salad. 

Mock fire drill for SBI held

Chandigarh: A mock fire evacuation drill for State Bank of India, local Head Office, Chandigarh, a multi-storied building was conducted on Wednesday in close coordination with Fire and Emergency department, UT Chandigarh, Chandigarh Police and local Administration. All fire detection system i.e. smoke and fire detection system and fire fighting systems such as wet risers, Hydrant Systems, fire extinguishers functioned perfectly. All equipment including snorkel which was used to evacuate persons stuck on the 2nd floor of the building, were used as part of the evacuation drill. Water jet was used to douse the fire in the high rise building. The arrangements available in the building and the drills and procedures of fire fighting and evacuation were appreciated by Shri Baljinder Singh, Sub Station Fire Officer who had supervised the evacuation and fire fighting operations.

Most luxurious office space in the city

Chandigarh: Berkeley Square has brought the most advanced office space located at Industrial Area phase -1, five level parking space, round the clock security, 100 per cent power back up, two Glass capsule and two regular lifts, 2,00,000 sq feet of built up area and office spaces starting from 400sq ft and going up to 12000 sq ft and many other amenities to facilitate the demand. Chandigarh, the best planned city in India, makes everyone’s desired place to own property but only few get a chance to fulfil their dreams.

lifestyle Opens new store

Chandigarh: leading shopping destination lifestyle has launched its first store in Mohali at North Country Mall, Mohali-Kharar Road. The store is spread across two floors spanning 60,000 sq ft offering customers the trendiest in fashion. Renowned for its widespread collection, fashionable product portfolio, youthful and vibrant interiors, lifestyle brings four concepts under one roof —apparel, footwear and bags, children’s wear, and beauty and accessories. Customers can choose from hundreds of national and international brands.

Rajinder Singh Ghumman retires

Chandigarh: Rajinder Singh Ghumman, IPS, DIG/UT retired from service on Wednesday after serving for 31 years in Indian Police Service. He was given a warm farewell at Police lines, Sector-26, Chandigarh. Sukhchain Singh, SSP and Maneesh Chaudhry, SSP Security & Traffic, Parminder Singh, ASP/City with all DSPs & Inspectors were present in the farewell function at Police lines. Under the command of DSP Satish Kumar, SDPO/Central, five contingents of farewell-parade saluted the DIG. Beside the contingents of police personnel, parade was also followed by Band Staff and Mounted Police. Ghumman joined Police Force as Asst. Commissioner of Police (ACP) in 1983 in DANIPS Cadre on the basis of combined civil services exam (1981) conducted by UPSC.

Three HoDs retire from PGI on Wednesday

Chandigarh: Yogesh Chawla, Director PGI, honoured three Heads of Departments namely Prof Jyotsna Wig of Department of Anaesthesia; Prof SK Jindal of Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Prof S Prabhakar of Department of Neurology and fifteen officers and officials on their superannuation on Wednesday by presenting mementoes to them. Sushil Thakur, Financial Adviser handed over beneficiary cheques comprising GPF, gratuity and group insurance. Respective Heads of Departments wished them well in life by presenting bouquets to them.