December 31: His Majesty the King granted an audience and hosted a luncheon to the new and outgoing IMTRAT Commanders at the Dechencholing palace yesterday.
The new Commander Major General Vijay Kumar Pillai is a recipient of the Sena Medal. He was commissioned into the Rajput regiment on 12 May, 1974. He has held important command, staff and instructional assignments at all levels in army.

The general officer has acquired M.Sc in Defence studies and M. Phil from Madras University.
The outgoing Commander Major General Gyan Bhushan, is a recipient of Vishist Seva …

6 Nov : Noted journalist Prabhash Joshi died of a heart attack in New Delhi last night. He was 72. He was admitted to a private hospital after he complained of chest pain at 11.30 pm where doctors declared him dead, family sources said.

He is survived by wife Usha Joshi, two sons — Sandeep and Sopan — daughter Sonal and mother Leela Bai.Joshi, who began his career with Nayi Duniya, was the founder editor of leading Hindi daily “Jansatta” in 1983.
After retiring from the newspaper in 1995, he continued as …

By Madhup,Chandigarh : After giving the 16 super hit films, the popularly known no. 1 Jodi of actor- director Govinda and David Dhawan is back again in another film ‘Do Knot Disturb’ that is said to release across 1060 screens worldwide. Yesterday, Bollywood stars Govinda, Riteish Deshmukh and director David Dhavan were present in Reliance World at Juhu, Mumbai for a video conferencing across respective R-World’s in Chandigarh, Jaipur, Indore, Lucknow and Hyderabd where they share their shooting experiences with us. A special ‘Meet-and-Greet’ with key RCom distributors and dealers …

30 Aug : The Common Admission Test (CAT), which is being conducted through computers for the first time, will be held over a period of ten days from 28th November this year, an official notification said.
The CAT is being held through computers and the IIMs have hired a US-based firm to conduct the competitive exam across the country for candidates seeking admission to the prestigious B-schools.
The test will be conducted at 30 centres including Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhopal, New Delhi, Chennai, Kochi, Guwahati, Mumbai, Kolkata and Hyderabad, it said.
There are about …