Elante Mall celebrates third anniversary
Chandigarh: Elante Mall celebrated its third anniversary on Wednesday with a ‘Mega Cake-Cutting Ceremony’. Acknowledging the contribution of its retailers to the mall’s success, Elante also organised ‘Retailer Excellence Awards’ in 20 categories, where the most successful retailers/brands in these categories were honoured, including lifestyle in the category of Overall Performance - Anchor, The Collective in the category of Fashion – Unisex Wear amongst others. With Elante’s third anniversary coinciding with Baisakhi, the mall celebrated the occasion in festive spirit by holding five-day Baisakhi festivities named “Baisakhi Masti”, which were replete with an array of exciting events like display of gatka, bhangra and giddha performances, a musical evening among others.
Saxena is Resident Commissioner, Haryana
Chandigarh: Haryana Government has ordered that Vivek Saxena,IFS, Officer on Special Duty-cum-Chief General Manager, Haryana Forest Development Corporation, New Delhi will also be Additional Resident Commissioner, Haryana Bhawan, New Delhi, in addition to his present duties, against a vacant post. These orders have been issued with immediate effect.
Tata Docomo appoints Marut Dilawari
Chandigarh: Tata Teleservices limited (TTl) has announced appointment of Marut Dilawari as Consumer Business Unit (CBU) Head for Upper North Region -Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh circles. Dilawari will spearhead company’s strategic operations and businesses in the highly competitive and growing telecom markets of Punjab as well as Haryana.
Bhangra fitness session held
Chandigarh: With the spirit of Baisakhi festivity, Body Zone on Wednesday organised a Bhangra Fitness Session at their Gym in Sector 9 here which was well attended by over 50 fitness freaks. The objective of the session was to not only to enliven the spirit of Bhangra to mark this occasion but also promote the brethren feeling amongst the health freaks. Attired in traditional, the participants worked out for two hours which was followed by home-bring pot luck lunch to enjoy the scrumptious meal. All the moves in the session follow the folk dance pattern, but was reconditioned so that they can also provide a healthy cardio-vascular program, designed to burn as many as 500 calories an hour.
‘excess weight can be harmful during pregnancy’
Panchkula: Weight gain during pregnancy is a normal even desirable phenomenon. However, excessive weight gain can have dangerous consequences for both the mother and the baby and cause problems such as gestational diabetes, hypertension and other complications during pregnancy and delivery, said doctors at Paras Bliss Hospital, Panchkula. They said that more weight leads more lethargy, the deposition of excessive fat also creates technical hurdles in viewing the baby’s progress during ultrasound. Additionally, excessive weight gain by the mother also puts the baby being born too large or obese. Apart from having health threats for the baby, this also leads to delivery complications such as vaginal tears, excess bleeding and an increased need for a Caesarean section for the mother, said the doctors.
YES BANK releases report on Water sustainability
Chandigarh: YES Bank has released a knowledge report titled ‘Water – the Next Sustainability Frontier’ at the India Water Week 2016. The report, unveiled by Shashi Shekhar (Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation), was released during the session on strategy to achieve targets under UN sustainable development goals in water sector. Rana Kapoor, MD & CEO, YES BANK and Chairman, YES Institute said, “Water, a unique resource, is core to sustainability and not only, serves the basic needs of humans, but also, acts as an economic catalyst, and maintains ecological balance. The impact of water on the economy can be gauged by the fact that, today, a significant proportion of businesses face water related risks.”
CHB abolishes interview system
Chandigarh: The Chandigarh Housing Board has abolished the system of interviews for processing transfers of all dwelling units/ apartments/flats/ Independent houses as well as all commercial properties. The applicants who apply for transfer of dwelling units/flats under the GPA Transfer Policy and the Consensual(Mutual) Transfer Policy of CHB etc. have often complained of harassment during the process of interviews. From now onwards, the applicant shall submit the application form along with the required documents in original at the Reception Counter of CHB.
Zingadi presents new show “Kankar”
Chandigarh: Emphasising the silent screams of women who suffer domestic abuse across the globe, Zindagi’s new show, Kankar, resonates the need and importance for women to stand up for themselves and raise their voice against violence and ill-treatment. The show is airing at 9:50 pm on Zindagi from Monday to Saturday.
State Bank OF PATIAlA donates e-hundi
Patiala: State Bank of Patiala has donated an e-hundi at Kali Mata Temple. During Navratra a large number of devotees are using the e- hundi for donations. The e-hundi will accept donation in 100, 500 & 1000 denominations. Kalyan Mukherjee, CGM (RB), Papia Sengupta CGM (SAMG), G. Venkatanarayanan GM (IT & FI) and Ajay Kumar Khanna GM (SAMG) of State Bank of Patiala visited the temple on Wednesday and took a review of functions of the e-hundi.