Chandigarh, Feb. 14 : Oriental food has traditionally been popular in the cities near seashore. The cuisine, however, is now being catered in Chandigarh as well.

The credit goes to Purple Rice, the oriental restaurant which has been popularizing this special food while bringing cheers to food lovers here.

Chandigarh, Feb. 9, : Indian Hockey team lost a golden opportunity on Monday by losing to Netherland during the final match of the Punjab Gold Cup hockey tournament here.

India lost the match 1-2 to the Netherland, who had outplayed Olympic Champion Germany 7-1 in the last league match on Saturday.

Both the teams were goalless at the end of first half. But, in the 44th minute, Sandeep Singh sounded the board with a sharp low shot on the right of Dutch goalkeeper to put India ahead.

A local court in Chandigarh on Thursday has issued summons to cricketer Harbhajan Singh, TV actress Mona Singh and the entertainment channel, ‘Colors’ for allegedly hurting religious sentiments with their Ravana-Sita dance act in a reality show last year.

In his petition filed to the court, local advocate Arvind Thakur said, “After hearing the arguments on the petition, the magistrate issued summons of Harbhajan, Mona and authorities of channel, on which the program was aired, for April 27.”

Chandigarh, Feb 5 : A local court has issued summons to Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh and television actress Mona Singh on Thursday on the accusation of deliberately hurting religious sentiments.

The complaint was filed in October 2008 by lawyer Arvind Thakur and members of local unit of Vishwa Hindu Parisad (VHP) under sections 298 (doing actions with a deliberate intent to wound the religious feelings of any person) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of Indian Penal Code.

Chandigarh Feb. 4 : Availability of top quality medical facilities and existence of a good infrastructure in Punjab is fast making this State a perfect destination for medical tourism.

The post-graduate institute of medical education and research with its cutting edge care in different areas of eye care at economical rates is one such example.

The Advanced Eye Care Centre at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh offers a big hope to patients suffering from eye diseases.

Chandigarh, Feb 2, : Fiza, the second wife of former Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Chandra Mohan, claimed on Monday that he had blackmailed and begged her to marry him.

Formerly known as Anuradha Bali, Fiza claimed that Mohan who had changed his name to Chand Mohammad could leave the country any time.

She told reporters here that she was afraid for her life.

"I don''''t even know if I will be alive tomorrow to say these things before you all," she said.