The Punjab Weekly

  Mohali : To initiate a pioneering real estate project in tricity, a real estate organisation ‘Icon Group’ held the bhoomi poojan and ground breaking ceremony of a four-side-open plaza- 'Downtown Mohali' , which will be spread  across over 5 acres in the heart of Mohali at Sector 62, Ram Leela Ground.   Rajesh Puri, a Director in the Icon Group said, "Downtown means a central part or main business and commercial area of a town or city. It will be a perfect amalgamation of work and entertainment, which tricity residents will experience for the first time in their hometown. The project is one-of-a-kind due to its unique four side-open design. This will set it apart from other plazas. This quadruple side-open architecture will be customer friendly." Puri further said, "Besides this new architectural design, we are also introducing within the plaza a shopping high street ' Icon Street ', which is designed on lines of international patterns. Gurjeet...

Gurdaspur: As part of the CSR initiative of Bharat Petroleum (BPCL), Bisnouli Sarvodaya Gramodyog Sewa Sansthan (BSGSS), an NGO mentored by former civil servants, Nandita Bakshi, and Vijay Kumar Jha, launched a new training session at its Skill Development Training Centre for Women. The NGO has been functional in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and UP for the past two decades.   The training centre conducts programmes for women in four disciplines, namely Cutting-Tailoring, Beauty Culture, Computer Operation and English Speaking. The programmes have enabled the beneficiaries to learn new skills and boost their confidence to realize their potential and explore new opportunities for employment and income generation.   B V Gokhale, Chief Manager-HR and Rajesh Kashyap, Executive (Ben-Admn) NR of BPCL, interacted with 30 beneficiaries from the  previous batches to evaluate the efficacy of the project being run at at Dorangla in Gurdapsur district. Over ...

Jalandhar: With spring wedding season around the corner, Punjab grown fashion label Jaamawar Minx (JM) founded by a famous fashion designer Rupam K. Grewal, unveiled a spacious and opulent store in Jalandhar's Model Town . The opening of the brand new store also saw the unveiling of a mesmerizing collection ‘Riyasat’. The beautiful collection has 'dupattas' which have been made painstakingly with real gold, pearls, and real Swarovski. The USP of the 'dupattas' is that these have been so richly crafted, that they are heirloom material, to be passed on from one generation to another. Rupam K Grewal who is mainly known for intricate bridal ensembles has experimented this wedding season to blend the vibrancy of the traditional 'phulkaris' with ‘zardozi dabka work’ to give a royal look to her ensembles.  Ace designer, Rupam Grewal who has worked with various types of embroidery for over 15 years said, “We had a lot of demand coming from Jalandhar and mainly N...