Prestigious Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam recently X-rayed its thousand years old monumental Shiva-Nataraja statue as a part of research and was surprised to know that it was cast in solid bronze. Hollow sculptures have reportedly been a common practice in Europe since the Greek Antiquity. Museum discovered after X-ray that even the ...

Sr no Cities Name Candidates 1 Abohar Kuldip Singh (BSP),Lakshami Bhadon (BJP),Sunil Kumar Jakhar (Cong), Barjinder Singh Nehra (SAD-A), Mr. Shiv Lal Doda (Ind) 2 Adampur Sukhwinder Singh Kotli (BSP),Pawan Kumar (SAD),Dr. Rajbir Singh (BSP-A) , Satnam Singh Kainth(cong) 3 Ajnala AMARPAL SINGH (SAD),Master Jagdish Singh (BSP),Jagdish Kaur (BSP-A), Amrik Singh Nangal (SAD-A), Harpratap Singh Ajnala(Cong) 4 Amargarh Mohd. Arshad Dalli(BSP),Iqbal Singh (SAD),Ajit Singh Chandu Arayian(PPP) , Surjit Singh Dhiman (Cong), Paramjit ...

KAPURTHALA: Violating the poll code, the Biharipur village Gurdwara on Tuesday was used for poll campaigning by the SAD. An announcement exhorting people to congregate near the gurdwara to listen to party candidate Sarabjit Singh Makkar was made from the shrine. "The SAD candidate has arrived in the village. People are ...

By Rashmi Talwar: The 5th Chandigarh Regional Brain Bee Championship-2012 (a Neuroscience Contest), organized by the joint efforts of Department of Neurology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh and Indian National Brain Bee (INBB ), Hyderabad was held at the Advanced Eye Centre PGI, Chandigarh. The aim was ...

CHANDIGARH: Career-oriented vocational subjects, including courses started by the CBSE in 2008, are yet to gain popularity among students in the region (Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir). Only Chandigarh has bucked the trend, with the demand for such courses high in the city. Currently, 90 vocational subjects are being offered, ...

NEW DELHI: The union food processing ministry has sought a four-fold hike in its 12th five-year plan outlay, to Rs 15,000 crore, to curb wastage of fruits and vegetables worth Rs 44,000 crore every, which is more than the budgetary allocation for the Nrega in financial year 2011-12. It has sought ...

CHANDIGARH: Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda expressed grief over the death of former Indian cricket team captain Mansur Ali Khan -Pataudi on Thursday. In a condolence message issued here, Hooda said that in his death, the country had lost a great cricketer. He conveyed his condolences to the members ...

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president Capt Amarinder Singh on Monday condemned use of force against the farmers in Mansa who were protesting acquisition of their land. Singh also slammed the arrest of Budh ladha MLA Mangat Rai Bansal by the police. Airing his views, Amarinder said, "It was quite unfortunate that ...

ROHTAK: The new 500-bed women's medical college at Khanpur Kalan in Sonepat district will start functioning from the Independence Day this year. Rohtak MP Deepender Singh Hooda said this while talking to media persons at the Gohana ‘Press 'Club on Wednesday evening. Hooda further said process was on to recruit 45 ...

CHANDIGARH NEWS: Punjab's chief electoral officer in a communique to the departments of education, technical education and medical education has asked to give directions to all government and private education institutes, including medical, nursing, engineering and polytechnic colleges, to motivate eligible youngsters to get themselves enrolled as voters. Disclosing this on ...

CHANDIGARH NEWS: Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal here on Friday administered the oath of office and secrecy to three Akali MLAs who were made chief parliamentary secretaries (CPSs) at a ceremony held at Punjab Bhawan. With this, the strength of CPSs in Punjab has gone up to 17, of which ...

AMRITSAR NEWS: Expressing concern over tobacco products being sold in plastic pouches, local BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu said on Tuesday that he would spearhead a campaign against these products. Addressing media persons at a joint press conference with office-bearers of Mission Aagaaz, an NGO dedicated to the cause of environment, ...

CHANDIGARH NEWS: The Punjab government on Friday started a campaign to motivate citizens to get their names included in their birth certificates, and that too free of cost. According to an official spokesman, this campaign has been launched in public interest so that citizens should not face any legal hassles in ...