Chandigarh

April 12, 2013

1469 Habitat: Promoting Punjabi culture

Tags: 1469 Habitat, Harinder Singh, Chandigarh

Chandigarh-based 1469 Habitat was started by Harinder Singh, 45, in the year 1996. The firm had a humble beginning with just 15 employees, but it now boasts of over 60 staff members. It presently earns 20 times more than the turnover it started with.

November 29, 2012

Businessman to construct high-rise in 48 hours

Tags: 10-storey building, Chandigarh, Sukhbir Singh Badal, INSTACON, Harpal Singh, Mohali

A 10-storey building, set to come up in just 48 hours! A businessman in Chandigarh claims it is possible, and he will prove it.

October 30, 2012

Amritsar fears losses when Chandigarh international airport opens

Tags: Amritsar, Chandigarh, airport, Ludhiana, Punjab

In Punjab, the proposed launch of international flights at the Chandigarh airport would affect tourist inflows into Amritsar, and lead to commercial loss to the Amritsar city, local traders said. Amritsar is the only city in the Punjab state to have an international airport. The state government has announced that international flights will operate out of the Chandigarh airport as well.

August 16, 2012

Chandigarh to be developed as solar city: Patil

Tags: Shivraj Patil, Chandigarh, solar city, private, Government, builders, energy

Chandigarh will be developed as a solar city in near future, Punjab Governor and Union Territory Administrator Shivraj Patil said at the 66th Independence Day celebrations organised at the Parade Ground in Sector 17 on August 15.

July 18, 2012

Work on Ludhiana Metro to begin soon

Tags: Ludhiana, Parkash Singh Badal, metro, rail, Chandigarh, traffic, congrestion, industrial hub

The Ludhiana Metro project will soon roll out after Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, on July 18, gave a go-ahead to the INR10,300 crore mass transport scheme. According to the plan, the project will be completed within five years, a spokesperson of the chief minister's office said.

June 21, 2012

Power outage affects parts of Chandigarh for hours

Tags: technical, snag, power, Electricity, outage, Chandigarh, supply, low voltage

A major technical snag hit the power supply in Chandigarh, resulting in a complete blackout in most areas of the city beautiful for long hours on the night of June 20. Sectors 10, 11, 15, 25, 32 to 40 and 43 to 56 of the city faced about seven hours of power cut from around 6.30 PM onwards.

April 20, 2012

Bathinda refinery to benefit several tertiary industries

Tags: Chandigarh, Bathinda, Punjab, refinery, employment, tertiary, Prime Minister, industries, Manmohan Singh, benefit

The INR21,500 crore Guru Gobind Singh Refinery near Bathinda town - the largest investment in Punjab since independence - will be formally inaugurated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on April 28, Punjab officials stated.

April 11, 2012

India to get 14 innovation universities

Tags: india, Chandigarh, innovation, university, education, country, benefit, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Chief Minister, Kundli, Haryana, Ashwani Kumar

The Union Minister of State for Planning, Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Ashwani Kumar stated that 14 innovation universities would be set up in the country during the 12th Five Year Plan.

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