Today’s music has no content: Pankaj Udhas (Interview)CHANDIGARH - Pankaj Udhas, one of India’s most popular ghazal singers, feels the music industry is going through one of its worst phases as it lacks quality content and is all about marketing and packaging. Punjab setting up music academy in singer Ishmeet’s memoryCHANDIGARH - Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Friday said his government was committed to establishing a music academy in the memory of singing sensation Ishmeet Singh, who died mysteriously in Maldives last year. Punjabi actor Harbhajan Mann auctions ‘Heer Ranjha’ costumesCHANDIGARH - Well-known Punjabi singer-actor Harbhajan Mann Thursday kicked off the auction of the costumes worn by him and his co-artitst Neeru Bajwa in the forthcoming Punjabi film “Heer Ranjha”. Court seeks explanation from Punjab BJP legislatorCHANDIGARH - Acting on a contempt of court petition, Punjab and Haryana High Court Monday sought an explanation from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator from Amritsar, Anil Joshi, for allegedly creating obstacles in the implementation of the court’s orders. Badal wants youth to eat traditional foodCHANDIGARH - Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Sunday urged the youngsters to say good-bye to fast food culture of pizza, burgers and pastas, and eat traditional food that has a more nutritional value. Doctor contracts swine flu in ChandigarhCHANDIGARH - A resident doctor of the leading Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) here tested positive for influenza A (H1N1) virus, a health official said Sunday. Punjabi men can cook - and prove it tooCHANDIGARH - Punjabi men take pride in being macho, but a clutch of them proved they were equally good in the kitchen by rustling up some mouthwatering dishes in record time - while the ladies sat back and smiled! Chandigarh prisoners restore Le Corbusier furnitureCHANDIGARH - While serving their jail terms, prisoners here are not sitting idle but working to restore pieces of furniture designed by legendary architects Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret. The products of the jail workshop will soon be displayed in Chandigarh’s upscale galleries. Chandigarh all geared to celebrate World Tourism DayCHANDIGARH - Chandigarh is set to celebrate World Tourism Day Sunday with a musical extravaganza, food festival, shopping bonanza and an assortment of activities for both the city dwellers and for the tourists coming to this union territory (UT). Licence scheme to curb mobile music piracy launched in PunjabCHANDIGARH - The Indian Music Industry (IMI), an association of 142 music companies, Thursday launched Music Mobile Exchange (MMX), a mobile licensing scheme, to curb music piracy on mobile chip in Punjab. Punjabi film takes hard look at female foeticideCHANDIGARH - In the backdrop of skewed sex ratio in Punjab, a filmmaker here is ready with a Punjabi movie “Akhiyan Udeekdian” that takes a hard look at female foeticide prevailing in the state. Panjab University research proposal sparks controversyCHANDIGARH - The synopsis for a PhD thesis in Panjab University’s (PU) English Department is generating a lot of controversy among the faculty, who are divided over the alleged sexual and pornographic content of the research. Discovery’s ‘Survivorman’ reality show has no cameramanCHANDIGARH - After the success of its “Man vs Wild”, Discovery channel has launched a new adventure reality show “Survivorman” in which the protagonist will remain alone in the wild without any camera crew, a channel official said here Friday. Want a golfing holiday? Go to ChandigarhCHANDIGARH - If you want to play golf without making a big hole in your pocket, Chandigarh is the right place for you. Cast and crew of ‘Yeh Mera India’ promote their movieCHANDIGARH - Cast and crew of Bollywood film ‘Yeh Mera India’ that highlights various problems of the Indian society, promoted their film in Chandigarh on Wednesday. Bollywood makes turbans, beards appealing to Sikh youthCHANDIGARH - Bollywood’s newest trend to go in for turbaned and bearded heroes is to the liking of Sikh religious leaders, who feel it is helping popularise the look and preventing young Sikhs from getting their hair cut. ‘Ahata’ to taverns: Chandigarh takes to modern drinkingCHANDIGARH - Till about two years back, the word ‘Ahata’ on a signboard did not get even a second look from most people in Chandigarh — whether drinkers or non-drinkers. But a simple change of name, thrown in with a few aesthetic interiors and classy looks have changed it all. Hostel food stinks: Panjab University sends its cooks for refereshersCHANDIGARH - Facing increasing protests from students over the quality of food in its hostels, Panjab University (PU) now plans to send the kitchen staff to a hotel management institute for a “refresher course”. Now, Monica Bedi releases her first devotional music album, Puhleez!
‘Eyes of Silence’ first animation film to grab five international awardsCHANDIGARH - ‘Eyes of Silence’ has becomes the first animation film from India to win five international awards and to be selected for screening in as many as 11 international film festivals. More turbaned Sikhs in Bollywood, Punjabis say ‘balle balle’CHANDIGARH - Akshay Kumar popularised the turbaned Sikh look in last year’s blockbuster ‘Singh Is Kinng’ and now Ranbir Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan will don turbans for their upcoming movies - a trend welcomed by the Punjabi film industry. Shooter Bindra’s millionaire father arrested for fraudCHANDIGARH - India’s first Olympics gold medal winner Abhinav Bindra’s father A.S. Bindra was arrested by a Delhi Police team from his farmhouse near here Thursday evening for defrauding nationalised and private banks of millions of rupees. |
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CHANDIGARH - Having seen the glamour of the tinsel town, the harsh existence behind prison walls and the ‘make-believe’ world of reality shows, former starlet Monica Bedi is all set to don a new role - that of a devotional singer. Bedi, whose family originally hails from Chhabewal village near Hoshiarpur town in Punjab, 130 km from here, chose this place Wednesday to announce the release of her first album of Sikh devotional music.
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