Railway budgets of punjab are illusionary and discriminatory!!

Today Parkash Singh Badal, chief minister declares Union Railway budget for 2010-11 describing it as “another instance of sheer discrimination and gross injustice meted out”…According to Parkash, the railway budget given by minister Mamta Banerjee is completely “insensitive” towards the need of the border state..
He said that even the progress on the Chandigarh-Ludhiana link sanctioned [...]

Chandigarh Municipal Corporation Approves Rs 690.8 Crore Budget

Chandigarh (Mera Chandigarh): The Chandigarh municipal corporation on Friday approved the budget of Rs 690.8 crore for the financial year 2010-11.

Chandigarh (Mera Chandigarh): The Chandigarh municipal corporation on Friday approved the budget of Rs 690.8 crore for the financial year 2010-11.

The approved budget under plan head was of Rs 409.35 crore [...]

Microsoft cuts down Windows 7 Prices

MICROSOFT is to sell the standard home-user version of its new Windows 7 operating system for 8 per cent less than the comparable version of its Vista system, as the global downturn hits spending on technology. The world’s largest software company, whose recent ads champion low-priced PCs against more expensive Apple computers, said the new [...]

Henkel– 100cr business from utensil cleaning

Chandigarh: Henkel India on thursday announced that it is expecting a business of Rs100cr from its utensil cleaning segment.The sales in this segment have grown 500 pc last year i.e Rs 75cr in 2007 from 12.5cr in 2003.
The Henkel India is planning to capture 25% of the market share in household cleaners segment.

Auction of largest commercial land in Mohali tomorrow

Mohali: All is set for the largest commercial land auction ever in Chandigarh and Mohali. Scheduled to be held on February 8, the site spread across 9.60 acres provides freedom for the development of a multiplex, shopping mall, hotel, service apartments or anything the buyer may wish to develop except industry. The reserve price for [...]

GMADA to hold auction of 9.6-acre commercial land tomorrow

Chandigarh: The Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) will auction 9.60 acre of commercial land located in Sector 64, Mohali, which lies on the border of Chandigarh and Mohali. The authority has reserved the price of the land at Rs 464 crore, said a GMADA spokesperson today.
He said, “The auction is scheduled to be held [...]

Late investors scurry for exit

Reliance Power IPO
Chandigarh: The crash in the stock markets has dealt a severe blow to the Reliance Power IPO, as a large number of investors have decided against investing in the shares.
The investors who had put in their money on the last day of the IPO, have now asked banks to stop payment for buying [...]

CITCO offers its name to a resort

Chandigarh: The Chandigarh Industrial and Tourism and Corporation (CITCO) will expand its profile as a brand franchisee by offering its name to a resort at Barog, near Shimla. The CITCO board meeting, chaired by Home Secretary Krishna Mohan, today decided that franchise will be offered on profit sharing business model and the CITCO will also [...]

Local investors upbeat amid scare

Market meltdown
Chandigarh: In spite of the plunging stock market, it was buying time for local investors and traders. Along expected lines, investors were rather upbeat about the downfall in share prices and decided that this was the right time to buy.
The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) sensitive index today plunged sharply by 1,408.35 points or [...]

‘Haryana Destination Next for investors’

Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today said that the road network in Haryana would be strengthened so as to enable a passenger to reach from any corner of the state to the other corner in three hours’ time.
Speaking at the special plenary “Destination Haryana: leading India’s progress” at the Partnership Summit 2008, at [...]