Pune- This holiday season is beginning to feel a lot like Christmas! Celebrate your Christmas Eve at The Cult House with DJ Sunny & Harneet on 24th December starting at 7:00 PM alongside the very special Christmas Eve Ball at Cult Terra.  Christmas celebration cannot be the same without the Great Terra X-Mas Brunch featuring Abhishek Mantri bringing in the joy from 1pm to 5pm on 25th Dec.

Followed by the X-mas Gala Dinner Buffet featuring Abji George starting at 7:30 PM

at Cult Terra to put the right end to the jolly season.

Date: 24th & 25th December

Time: 1 pm onwards

Address: The Cult (Terra & House), KadWasti, Magarpatta, Hadapsar, Pune, Maharashtra 411028

Contact: +91 895628 82212 | 895628 82213

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Satiate your taste buds with a curated Kolkata-style Chinese street food menu as Chef Ho Chi Ming exhibits his childhood chronicles at the ‘Tales of Tangra’ festival.

Pune, October 2022: Rediscover the authentic flavors of Kolkata’s oldest Chinatown as Chef Ho Chi Ming with the essence of his roots in his blood and passion for culinary arts in his heart, brings to you the ‘Tales of Tangra’ festival.

Taking root in a multi-generational close-knit Chinese community in downtown Tangra, Chef Ming is the 3rd generation of his family to make his profession in cooking food. No stranger to Cantonese and Hakka-style flavors that the city is revered for, the tradition of cooking Indo-Cantonese-style Chinese food, flows in the blood of Chef Ming.

Carrying tremendous love and pride for this cuisine, Chef Ming has curated an entirely new menu at The Market unfolding age-old culinary secrets and tantalizing flavors of original Kolkata-style Chinese food.

The vast menu opens with soups and appetizers like Honey Chili Baby Corn, Crackling Spinach Almond Flake, and Dragon Chicken Lollipop, before moving to the homestyle Mains and Rice & Noodles.

Other top picks from their extensive menu include Beijing Style Lamb, Buddha’s Delight, Four Season Green Beans, and Chicken Dry Chili Cashewnut. The Rice & Noodles section, of course, focuses on the cuisine’s classic Garlin Chili Fried Rice, Yam Mein, and Cantonese Chow.

Don’t miss the menu’s bespoke desserts Banana Toffee With Ice Cream and Date Pancake With Ice Cream.

That said, there are plenty of other indulgent dishes for patrons to try at the Tales of Tangra Festival. So come together at The Market with your favorite people to satiate your taste buds to your heart’s desire.

• Date: Till 23rd October 2022
• Time: 12:30 PM – 12:00 AM
• Venue: The Market, The Westin Pune Koregaon Park
• Contact: +91 7066200300

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After the success of TOAST Mumbai and Bangalore, Swiggy SteppinOut, WMS entertainment, and Passcode Hospitality are pleased to announce the launch of TOAST in Pune.

TOAST- Wine & Beer Festival is a fun-filled festival featuring the finest international and homegrown wine and beer brands, delectable restaurant pop-ups, incredible musical performances, and much more!

TOAST is a celebration of all things Beer and Wine, and this time around an Oktoberfest version of this festival is being introduced, featuring the best of what there is to offer with an extensive choice of beers and wines from across the globe and engaging in a distinctly unique festival that embraces the fine taste of ales and grapes, lots of grub, and unfiltered fun in this one-of-its-kind 2-day experience.

Right from a vibrant retail alley showcasing an exciting lineup of homegrown brands to shop from, to restaurant pop-ups with an enticing selection of delicacies that are sure to make a great pairing with a selection of beers and wines for the foodie in you, there is something for everyone! Brace yourselves to jam to the tunes of some phenomenal homegrown artists from across the country! Get ready to groove to the tunes of Kartini, Vasu Raina, Lifafa, DJ Kan-i, Aarifah, When Chai Met Toast and Gurbaxx to name a few.

Brands such as Bira, Hoegarden, Pursue, Carlsberg, Corona, 7 Rivers, Martini, Jacob’s Creek, Fratelli, and Redbull add to the wholesome experience. Come through for a night to remember as we #RaiseATOAST to the country’s rising beer and wine scene through a two-day celebration replete with food for every palate, music for all ears, and tipples for every wine and beer aficionado.

• Instagram link – https://www.instagram.com/toast_wineandbeerfest/
• Tickets: https://insider.in/toast-oktoberfest-edition-pune-oct15-16-2022/event
• Date: 15th & 16th October
• Timings: 3 P.M.-10 P.M.
• Venue: Phoenix Marketcity, Pune

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Pune, 5th September 2022: NIC Honestly Natural Ice Cream, the fastest-growing ice cream brand in India has introduced a festive-special Ice Cream flavour on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi. Typical might be everyone’s favourite, but festivals are the perfect way to create artisanal flavours that celebrate Indian traditions. NIC Honestly Natural Ice Cream has introduced Modak flavour Ice Cream that is available from 25th August 2022 till the end of Ganesh Chaturthi. It is time to chant Ganpati Bappa Moraya and welcome this vibrant festival with innovations.

Speaking about the festive-special ice cream flavour, Sanjiv Shah, Director, NIC Honestly Natural Ice Cream said “NIC Honestly Natural Ice Cream constantly strives to innovate traditional confections in the form of ice creams. Being one of the fastest-growing ice cream brands in the country, we thought about how can we be a part of the festival, the culture and the traditions in a healthy, innovative and tasty way. NIC Modak flavour ice cream is a perfect combination to go with the joyfulness of people and the excitement of celebrating Ganesh Chaturthi after the pandemic.”

This flavour is made with honestly natural ingredients like jaggery, grated coconut, cardamom powder, pure milk, maida, rava, and ghee ultimately making it a flavour that lets you enjoy the goodness of Modaks, in the form of ice cream. Get ready to be home to a delicious dessert that will be an intrinsic part of your meal during this Ganesh Chaturthi.

NIC Honestly Natural Ice Cream is always on the lookout to go out of the box and give something that the public wants. Modak flavour which was launched on 25th August is already doing very well in the market and there will be a decent number of orders for Modak flavour ice creams with Ganesh Chaturthi around the corner. Modak flavour ice cream and all the other Indian-inspired flavours are available on Food-Tech platforms like Swiggy, Zomato, and Dot Pe. The flavour will be available all over Maharashtra, Gwalior, Baroda, Surat, Bangalore, Hyderabad and a lot more cities.

About NIC Honestly Natural Ice Cream:

NIC Honestly Natural Ice Cream was founded in 2015 on the principles of providing uncompromising quality, innovation, and a superior customer experience. Honestly Natural Ice Cream is not only their motto; it is also a promise that contains no artificial flavours, colouring agents, or preservatives. NIC Honestly Natural Ice Creams won the prestigious BARC Rising Brand Award in March 2022. NIC Honestly Natural Ice Cream is the most popular ice cream brand on FoodTech platforms such as Swiggy and Zomato, with flavours ranging from fruit and dry fruit variations to international flavours such as Mediterranean Sea Salted Caramel, Madagascar Chocolate, French Vanilla, and those inspired by Indian sweetmeats such as Gulab Jamun, Sheer Khurma, Til Gud, and Gajar Halwa to name a few.

• Visit at www.nicnaturalicecreams.com
• Follow on Instagram @nicicecreams
• Like on Facebook @nicHonestlyNaturalIceCreams
• Subscribe on YouTube NIC Honestly Natural Ice Cream

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Add a heavenly touch to your Celebrations this GANESH CHATURTHI.

This Ganesh Chaturthi witness the amalgamation of cultures at Sweet Bengal, with a twist! Punekars can relish the quintessential delicacies albeit with a unique touch, as artisans from Bengal add flavors that satiate your taste buds in true celebratory tradition. Sweet Bengal brings to you this festive season a wide selection of Modaks, leaving you spoilt for choice. Pick from Chocolate Sondesh, Gurer Sondesh,Mawa Sondesh,
Strawberry Sondesh and so many more. You can also make this Ganesh Chaturthi special with a delicious pack of freshly made Kaju Anjeer Roll, Dry fruit Roll, and Kaju Pista Sandwich, all aesthetically arranged in a beautiful box a feast for you and your eyes.

• Date: 31st August to 9th September
• Time: 10 AM TO 10 PM
• Price: 750/- Plus taxes onwards
• Venue: ICC Tech Tower, Plot no: 403, Unit no: 7, Ground Floor, Senapati Bapat Rd, Pune, Maharashtra 411016.
• Ground Floor, City Point, Boat Club, Dhole Patil Road, Pune

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The roads in central areas (Peth) of Pune city were thronged by Ganesha devotees on Sunday due to the public weekly holiday and the fifth day of Ganesha immersion.

The steady beat of dhol-Tasha, organized by the mandals’ live performances on social and spiritual topics, and Ganesha devotees from outside the village added to the excitement of the festival. Since it was a public holiday, citizens started thronging the main city from 11 am. The mandals also continued playing music and organized various programs throughout the day. The fifth-day immersion procession of Lord Ganesha became a special attraction.

Ganeshotsav became more colorful with the setting sun. In the evening, all the mandals opened the dramas organized for the devotees.

While the feet of the youth were swaying to the rhythm of the steady music and the DJ, the scenes oozing with heroism attracted the attention of many. Chhatrapati Shivaji Road and Bajirao Peshwa Road saw heavy crowds. From those selling vada-pav on the roadsides to the shopkeepers selling idols of Ganpati, the festival took on the form of a fair.

To avoid traffic congestion, special parking was arranged at five places by the police. Due to this, traffic due to four-wheelers was reduced, but the two-wheelers made it difficult for pedestrians to walk. In many places, activists of mandals and drum teams were blocking the way for Ganesha devotees.

Despite the India-Pakistan cricket match and light rain, the enthusiasm of the devotees for Ganeshotsav remained unwavering.

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On the occasion of Azadi ka Amrut Mohatsav, and to commemorate the 75 years of the establishment of Indo-French political relations, the fourth Bonjour India Festival has been organized in Pune. The announcement was made by Emmanuel Lenain, French Ambassador of India.

Bonjour, India will be held as an on-ground event after a pandemic-induced hiatus across multiple cities in India, including Pune, in collaboration with the cultural outreach arm Alliance de Française and its network of consulates as well several French and Indian corporate sponsors.

The organizers said that this year’s edition will celebrate 75 years since India and France established diplomatic relations through people-to-people exchanges, with 120 events in 19 cities.

They added that the themes at the event will include performing arts, street art, gastronomy, cinema, literature, science, and education, among others. The event is organized between March 31 and April 28.

“‘Bonjour India’ is a gift from France to Indians. India and France have been close friends for many years and through this festival, we are trying to strengthen this relationship by exchanging ideas. The culture of both nations can be studied and art can be co-created. Along with this, seeds of new ideas will be sown through the free exchange of ideas between the two countries,” said Emmanuel Lenain, French Ambassador of India.

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NODWIN Gaming, one of the world’s leading esports companies, and BACARDÍ have successfully wrapped up the 12th edition of the Happiest Music Festival – BACARDÍ NH7 Weekender! Held at Pune’s Mahalakshmi Lawns, the multi-genre festival was attended by thousands of fans from Pune and other cities. Headliner – Prateek Kuhad had the audience mesmerized with his new release ‘Just A Word’ from the album ‘The Way That Lovers Do’ during an incredible hour-long performance, while ‘Rap Queen’ Raja Kumari created a unique setting with a live band for the very first time. The curated set by Ritviz saw an elaborate setup that included an orchestra, dancers, actors, and much more who performed his very first story-telling based act at the festival.

This year, the festival had 4 arenas and 5 stages with the BACARDÍ Arena hosting the main BACARDÍ stage and the Jack & Jones stage whereas the Casa BACARDÍ arena had the Casa BACARDÍ stage along with Red Bull Off The Roof. These stages were headlined by artists like Prateek Kuhad, Seedhe Maut, Ritviz, Kayan, Raja Kumari, Yung Raja, Ankur Tewari, and many more, who performed never-seen-before sets created only for the festival. The stages and arenas were carefully curated to offer the audience 7 hours of non-stop entertainment each day. Tinder was back this year with Camp Tinder which hosted acoustic sets by artists like Kamakshi Khanna, Kayan, Osho Jain, and Ankur Tewari, who set the vibe to close the evening off.

“It’s a wrap! And what a great way to bring together the community again to share a common love for music, comedy, and gaming. We are delighted to have been able to pull this off successfully after months and months of hard work put together by our teams and partners. I’d like to thank each and everyone who has taken a leap of faith despite the odds and worked tirelessly to make this event a super-duper success. A special shout out to the audience for their trust in us. We now look forward to taking this party across our other 9 City Takeovers in April,” said Akshat Rathee, Co-Founder and Managing Director, NODWIN Gaming.

Comedy artists like Sonali Thakker, Anu Menon, Sapan Verma, Azeem Banatwalla, Varun Thakur, Nick, Sumaira Shaikh, Supriya Joshi, Shreeja Chaturvedi, Urooj Ashfaq, Neeti Palta, and Sumukhi Suresh had the audience in splits with their hilarious scripts and performances at the Comedy stage in the Bazaar arena.

The festival, for the first time, saw the Gaming Lounge by NODWIN Gaming, where attendees checked out games like Street Fighter, FIFA, Tekken, CS: GO. People also played at the traditional retro gaming machine – Just Dance and won exciting prizes.

“It was an unbelievable experience to see BACARDÍ’s core spirit and ethos come to life. We were back on the ground after two years and it was simply a delight to see the audiences do what makes them happy again and groove to the enthralling performances by a stellar lineup of artists. BACARDÍ has always kept consumers at the heart of everything we do, and we are now equally pumped to take the happiest music festival to 9 markets with our City Takeovers, bringing consumers the best of music, culture, and comedy closer to their homes,” said Sameeksha Uniyal, Brand Lead – Brand BACARDÍ, India and South East Asia.

Entertaining the crowd in between performances, was the Bazaar Arena which had food and merchandise. Another highlight was the custom-curated cocktails that were specially created for the festival and served at the BACARDÍ bars. The first 500 attendees to enter the festival received exciting Jack & Jones goodie bags. The brand’s pop-up store also displayed its latest collection and the crowd kept pouring in to shop. Mia by Tanishq was associated with the festival for the first time and offered Virtual trials of trendy and contemporary Mia Jewelry using AR that the audience could test while enjoying the popsicles specially created for this lounge. The festival also had multiple aesthetic and creative installations for people to enjoy as they went from one arena to the next.

The festival also supported several initiatives like ‘Access For All’ who were the accessibility partners for the differently-abled; ‘6 Degrees’ the inclusivity partners for the LGBTQ community; Culpable who provided the audience with reusable glasses; and Butt Ballot who made recycling fun by asking a ballot question with every cigarette butted in the smoking zones. The festival also brought back the long-standing association with ‘Skrap’ who were BACARDÍ NH7 Weekender’s sustainability partners this year again. Scrap recycled every bit of waste at the venue, right from the food to the stage materials.

BACARDÍ NH7 Weekender prioritized all necessary safety and hygiene protocols and checks. Vaccine certification, on-ground rapid tests (antigen), encouraging wearing masks and using sanitizers, temperature checks, etc., were ensured for fans to enjoy the live experience in a safe atmosphere

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Pune: As the winters are slowly but steadily setting in, the only color that we can see is Orange. While most of you have relished our quintessential delicacies crafted by our artisans from Bengal, we thought of adding some tanginess to your taste buds. Being inspired by this thought, Sweet Bengal brings to you a sweet rendezvous of the taste of fruit in some of their delectable range of sweets.

Presenting to you The Orange Mishti Festival, which showcases some of the best sweets of Sweet Bengal with the tingling tanginess of Orange in it. Let your taste buds dance to the unique mix of Orange Rosogolla, Orange Sondesh, Orange Kanchagolla, Narangi Barfi, and a new addition to the lot, Orange Chandrapuli, a half-moon shaped sweet crafted with the mix of coconut and khoya. It is regarded as a very sought-after delicacy in West Bengal prepared during Durga Puja and other festivals.

So, without further delay rush to your nearest Sweet Bengal outlet and experience the sweet and tangy moments with your loved ones.

Share your tangy moments on our Facebook and Instagram page and tag us #sweetbengal #orangefestival #mishti #bengalisweets #heavenlysweets #festival #orange #ordernow #orangemishtifestival

When: 06^th Dec 2021

Where: Sweet Bengal Outlets

For orders, please call on 89769 97567 /89769 97568.

Sweet Bengal is the confectionary vertical of Speciality Restaurants Limited founded by Mr. Anjan Chatterjee (Founder & Managing Director). Sweet Bengal was born with Mr. Anjan’s mission to bring Bengal’s finest sweets to the Indian diaspora. Sweet Bengal’s legacy dates back to 1995. Since then, every delicacy created has brought in a special and unique taste along with the heritage of Calcutta’s historic nuances. Indulge yourself in this sweet journey which will take you along the Maidan as you hear the faint tune from a Tagore’s song or letting the words of a Pablo Neruda weave magic in your head. With 30 outlets in Mumbai and 2 in Pune with a centralized confection factory, it is the most sought-after and awarded destination for connoisseurs with a sweet tooth. It has been a satisfying and soulful journey in making your moments sweet and special.

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• Searches also remain high for pest control, housekeeping services, and modular kitchens
•  Mumbai driving bulk of the demand across Tier-1 cities and Jaipur in Tier-II
•  Festive rush propels car rentals to become the fastest-growing category with 100% growth 

Mumbai, Oct 27: This Diwali, Just Dial, India’s No.1 local search engine, saw a demand surge for furniture, beauty parlours, and restaurants, with Tier-I cities witnessing most of the traction.

In terms of volumes of searches, furniture was the most searched category with a YOY growth rate of 54%, reports the latest Just Dial Consumer Insight Report. Beauty parlours were the second most searched category with a YOY demand growth rate of 73% while restaurants were third with a growth rate of 76%. The fastest-growing category was that of car rentals at 100% but the volumes of searches were considerably lower compared to that for furniture, beauty parlours, and restaurants.

For furniture, maximum YOY demand drive was witnessed among Tier-1 cities as compared to Tier-2. Most of the demand was for beds, followed by sofas and chairs. Almost 53% of the demand for furniture in Tier-1 cities was from Mumbai and Delhi. Among Tier-2 cities, Madurai, Chandigarh, and Nagpur were the top-3 with maximum demand.

Searches for beauty parlours in Tier-1 cities grew by 94% and by 66% in Tier 2. In Tier-1 cities, almost 60% of the demand was driven by Mumbai and Delhi while Chandigarh, Jaipur, and Lucknow were the top-3 cities Tier-2 cities generating maximum demand.

The onset of the festive season also drove searches for restaurants with Tier-2 cities witnessing a 112% YOY growth rate. Chandigarh, Jaipur, and Surat were the top-3 cities in Tier-2 with maximum searches. Volumes of searches in Tier-1 cities remained considerably high vis-à-vis Tier-2 but the formers YOY growth rate was at 19%. Almost 53% of the demand in Tier-1 cities was driven by Mumbai alone.

Commenting on the consumer demand growth during this festive season, Mr Prasun Kumar, CMO, Just Dial said: “We are witnessing a cumulative 69% YOY demand growth across all these seven most popular categories during this festive season on Just Dial. This augurs well for the economy, which is gradually recovering from the impact of COVID. Achieving the milestone of 1 billion Covid vaccine doses has uplifted the consumer sentiment and it couldn’t have come any time better than this festive season. It is encouraging to see that demand is booming across Tier-1 cities while the demand growth rate in Tier-2 cities also remains encouraging.”  
Car rentals were the fourth most searched category on Just Dial with a 100% YOY growth rate. Demand in Tier-1 cities grew by 136% with Mumbai alone generating 53% of the demand followed by Delhi and Hyderabad in the second and third place respectively. Tier-2 cities also saw searches grow YOY by 68% with maximum demand emanating from Goa, Surat, and Patna.

Searches for housekeeping services also soared during this festive season at a YOY rate of 49%. Tier-1 cities saw a growth rate of 40% and Tier-2 43%. Mumbai generated 26% of the demand in Tier-1 cities while Delhi and Bangalore were second and third place respectively. Among Tier-2 cities, Coimbatore, Jaipur, and Vadodara were the top-3 cities with maximum searches.

Pest control services also witnessed a high demand growth rate of 62% with Mumbai generating almost 44% of the total searches from Tier-1 cities. Delhi and Pune were second and third respectively among Tier-1 cities in terms of total searches. Searches in Tier-2 markets also grew at a healthy 41% with Lucknow, Chandigarh, and Jaipur seeing most of the demand.

Just Dial also saw a 41% YOY rise in demand for modular kitchens during this festive season. Demand in Tier-1 cities rose by 49% and the markets of Mumbai and Delhi generated almost 57% of this demand. Tier-2 cities saw a YOY demand rise of 25% with Nagpur, Jaipur, and Indore witnessing maximum uptick.

About Just Dial Limited

Just Dial Limited provides local search-related services to users in India through multiple platforms such as Desktop/PC website (https://www.justdial.com), mobile site (https://t.justdial.com), mobile apps (Android & iOS), over the telephone (voice, pan India number 88888-88888) and text (SMS). Justdial’s latest version of JD App is an All-in-One App, replete with features like Map-aided Search, Live TV, Videos, Stock quotes, etc to make the life of the consumer infinitely smoother & more engaging.

The Company has recently launched its B2B marketplace platform, JD Mart. JD Mart platform, available at https://www.jdmart.com and via apps on Play Store and App Store, is aimed at enabling millions of India’s manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, retailers to become internet-ready in the post-COVID era, get new customers and sell their products online. The platform offers digital product catalogues to businesses and aims at digitalising India’s businesses, especially MSMEs, across categories. Buyers can discover quality vendors offering a wide selection of products to choose from, spread across millions of categories to suit all B2B needs.

Justdial has also initiated transaction-oriented services for its users. These services aim at making several day-to-day tasks conveniently actionable and accessible to users from one App. With this step, Justdial is transitioning from being purely a provider of local search and related information to being a direct/ indirect enabler of such transactions. Justdial has also recently launched an end-to-end business management solution for SMEs, through which it intends to transition thousands of SMEs to efficiently run a business online and have their adequate online presence via their own website, mobile site. Apart from this, Justdial has also launched JD Pay, a unique solution for quick digital payments for its users and vendors.

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