Hooda to inaugurate ‘Rail-Pul Rally’
Chandigarh: The ‘Rail-Pul Rally’, being held at Dabwali on February 16, would have the Chief Minister, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, inaugurate various projects worth `380 crore. Out of these, projects worth `358 crore will be for the Dabwali Assembly constituency. KV Singh, Adviser, said that it would be a historical day for Dabwali as Hooda would announce various projects making the ‘Rail-Pul Rally’ a gift for the people of the area. This is for the first time that various big projects would be started in Dabwali. These include Rail Overbridge at Dabwali, 400 KV substation of Nuhiyanwali, 220 KV substation of Chormar, Kharif channel of Kaluana, building of Government school and other projects.
Sarovar Hotels launches park plaza
Chandigarh: Sarovar Hotels launched Park Plaza in Zirakpur on Friday. The 104-key full service, upscale hotel offers Punjab’s largest banquet and conferencing space to accommodate up to 3,000 guests. This is also Sarovar’s fifth property in the State. Other Sarovar Hotels in the state include two hotels in Chandigarh — Park Plaza and Hometel, and two properties in ludhiana — Park Plaza and City Heart Sarovar Portico. The Park Plaza hotel is located on the Ambala — Chandigarh National Highway-21, which also connects Zirakpur with Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh. The strategic location of the hotel makes it easily accessible from the Chandigarh Airport and Railway Station which are 6 km and 9 km respectively from the hotel.
MAX Insurance outperforms private industry
ludhiana: Max life Insurance continued its profitable growth journey during the first 9 months of the Financial Year 2013-14. The Company has outperformed the private industry to record New Business Premium of `1,480 crore, growth of 15 per cent over the corresponding period last year. Max life Insurance further increased its market share to 10.2 per cent, an increase of 120 bps, amongst private life insurers and maintained its rank as the largest non bank owned life insurer. The Gross Written Premium of the Company grew 6 percent to `4,846 crore. During the period Shareholder Profit after Tax grew 3.5 per cent to `326 crore.
Kidney Transplant Couples celebrate V-DAY
Mohali: It was a unique, love-filled and emotional Valentines Day Celebration which was held today at Fortis Hospital, Mohali. Spouses who had donated their kidneys to their life partners to save their lives after they suffered from kidney failure, gathered at the Fortis Auditorium to celebrate the Festival of love. Dr Priyadarshi Ranjan, Kidney Transplant Surgeon, Fortis Hospital, Mohali, who conducted all these Kidney transplants, was there to cheer the special couples and to increase the awareness for kidney donation. Dr Ranjan has conducted over 50 kidney transplants with a 100 per cent success rate.
president of sr advocate association elected
Chandigarh: Rajiv Atma Ram has been unanimously elected as president of Punjab and Haryana High Court Senior Advocate Association. Rajiv Atma Ram joined Bar in 1981 and was designated as senior advocate in 2001. He worked as Deputy Advocate General, Punjab in 1989 and also served as senior standing counsel for Union Territory for five year from 2002 to 2005. Senior advocate Puran Singh Hundal was elected as vice-president, Major Sanjiv Sharma as Secretary and Gurinder Singh as treasurer.
Herbalife launches Aqua Shampoo in India
Chandigarh: Herbalife, a global nutrition company, announced the launch of the Aqua Shampoo and Conditioner in India. AQUA is a new addition to Herbalife’s outer nutrition range of products for a healthy, beautiful appearance. As the name AQUA suggests, the new shampoo and conditioner replenishes and hydrates hair, leaving it soft and moisturised. Both products are enriched with essence from botanicals through a blend of camellia leaf and seaweed extract to keep hair healthy, moist and full of life. AQUA shampoo and conditioner can be purchased exclusively from the nearest Herbalife independent distributors in India.
former Dchl director lands in trouble
Chandigarh: Siddhartha Pendyal, a former Director of Deccan Chronicle Holdings limited (DCHl), a Hyderabad based company engaged in the business of print media, has recently been declared a proclaimed absconder by the court at Chandigarh in the four cheque bounce cases registered against DCHl and its seven directors by Religare Finvest limited (RFl). The said four cheques amounting to `3 crore were issued on behalf of DCHl which had availed loan of `240 crore from RFl. The cheques however, bounced upon presentation as DCHl’s account was frozen, thus forcing Religare to initiate the criminal proceedings against DCHl and its directors at Chandigarh. Notwithstanding the issuance of summons and thereafter bailable and non-bailable warrants on several occasions by the Chandigarh court , Siddhartha Pendyai did not appear before the court for almost one and half years and the court has now declared him as proclaimed absconder.
PVR launches largest multiplex in Punjab
Mohali: PVR Cinemas, the largest cinema exhibition company in India, announced the launch of its nine-screen multiplex in North Country Mall, Mohali on Friday. With this opening, the screen count of PVR in Punjab rises to 35 screens with a total of six properties in the cities of ludhiana, Jalandhar including Chandigarh (Union territory) and now Mohali. The launch of PVR’s largest multiplex of Punjab in Mohali (Kharar) was also witnessed by a Bollywood actress, Kangna Ranaut. The celebrity along with Pramod Arora, group president, PVR ltd inaugurated the cinema with a ribbon cutting ceremony and opened the cinema for people of Punjab.