AllInOne-Bangalore

Direct TV

2009-07-03T15:14:00.002+05:30

Direct TV, the door which opens to a new world of entertainment through television. Direct TV is a direct broadcast satellite service based in California.

Subscribers of Direct TV service can enjoy their programs in many ways such as by paying monthly rentals or by opting for Pay-Per-View events and movies.

Apart from all the specified features, Direct TV also provides services to bars, restuarants, hotels etc., for business puposes. The company also offers mobile service for cars, boats as well as aircrafts(Direct TV Airborne).

Direct TV provides offers various number of packages which can be found in the site of Direct TV. Below are few fascinating packages provided by Direct TV.

PREMIER: This package provides over 250 channels including premium movie channels and sports channels. Along with all this, it provides free DVR or HD reciever after instant rebate.

Plus DVR: Over 185 channels including 68XM satellite radio channels and DVR service are provided in the Plus DVR package.

Family: Direct TV service offers you a special family package which provides parental controls over 40 channels which are suitable for all ages.

Along with all the above packages, Direct TV offers many more packages which can be found in Direct TV System site.

If you want to compare the price of Direct TV package with any other competent package, Direct TV provides you a comparision tool on its home page. It just takes 15 seconds to get the quote. Fill few details related to the package you are interested in and get the quote.

For its phone orders, it offers exclusive special offer i.e. if you order through phone then you will get a special offer which is exclusively meant for phone callers.

Web Directories

2009-07-02T13:07:00.003+05:30

Web directory, a pool on World Wide Web where addresses of numerous websites are referenced. It specializes in linking to other websites.

One of the special features of web directories is that it lists web sites based on their category and sub category. Web directories are not search engine tools and the sites in the web directories are not searchable by using keywords which we do generally with search engines.

Web directories include various features which are helpful for the website or blog owners in increasing their popularity in terms of traffic as well as page ranking.

1. Site review and listing in web directories doesn't include any charge.

2. Reciprocal link should be added in the site or blog which is to be listed in the web directory.

3. Featured listing - Premium position is given in the directory and will be posted in primary

pages like Home Page.

4. Website or blogs in Web direcotries can be listed in any of the related categories such as Regions & Travel, Arts & Humanities, Internet & Online Marketing and many more.

Few of the most popular web directories on the web are Google web directory, Yahoo web directory, DMOZ, BOTW, Business.com

Along with the above mentioned popular web directories, Jasmine directory and Max directory provides the review and listing of websites and/or blogs.

The procedure for the website submission in any web directory is simple. Submit your website or blog, directory owners will review your site or blog and will approve or reject the submitted blog or site if it doesn't meet the terms and conditions specified by that particular web directory owner(s).

There are directories specially designed for specific category such as Environment web directory that lists websites related to environment only.

Web directories will help you in bringing the traffic to your site or blog but the site or blog owners should publish their sites with fresh information so that the readers creep in again and again.

Bangalore - Pub Capital

2009-06-29T16:59:00.004+05:30

Pub capital of India, this phrase is enough to describe about the pubs in Bangalore. Once drinking use to be considered as a bad habit. But now it is part of social gatherings or weekend parties.
Not only men but women are also equally taking part in this revolution. Though recession has slowed down the business for pubs, but still they are the best ways of entertainment in Bangalore.
Few of the famous pubs are listed below, in case you are looking for pubs in Bangalore.
HARD ROCK Cafe
40, St.Marks Road,
Bangalore
Tel:080-41242222

ENIGMA,
2, 5th Block,100 Feet Road,
Opp. Canara Bank,
koramangala,
Bangalore
Tel: 080-25633999

Legend Of Rock
903, 3rd Cross
6th Block, 80 Feet Road
Koramangala
Bangalore
Tel: 080-41303232

Legend Of The Rock
6, 11th Block
Opp Prestige Towers,
Jayanagar
Bangalore
Tel: 2657-3389

NASA
1/4, Church Street
Bangalore
Tel: 2558-6512/2558-4595

All the above specified pubs are just like few drops in an ocean, there are many m ore pubs in the happening city of Bangalore. The reason for pubs becoming popular among youngsters here is, as many think, growing IT industry and the pressurise environment. These factors are the root causes for which people seek various ways to get relaxation. Though moral policing is high in the state, people still like pubs as their favorite entertaining adda (place).

Jupiter Suits At Makati

2009-06-25T00:40:00.006+05:30

Jupiter suits, budget hotel in Makati, at Makati brings you the high-quality, comfortable and tariffs that suits your budget.

What makes your stay in Jupiter suits a special one? Here are few reasons

1. Jupiter suits provide you with internet access in all the rooms as part of standard service.

2. It has 24-hour security, private parking, smoke detector & standby generator.

3. Facilities at Jupiter suits are Jestine's Coffee shop, Function Room, business center, Airport & city transfers and many more such facilities.

In Jupiter Suite's site, you can find vast number of features. One such important feature is making reservations in Jupiter suits online.

You can view all the amenities provided for each kind of room along with the image of the room, which provides you to select the rooms that suits you. Few common room features and amenities provided by Jupiter Suits are Complimentary breakfast, complimentary newspaper, in-room internet service and many more such services.

Various types of rooms such as Standard suits, Deluxe suits & Family suits are available with Jupiter suits.

Be a Facebook fan of Jupiter suits and experience a pleasure stay.

Jupiter Suites - a budget hotel in Makati City

Cheaperthanhotels.com - Providing Best Hotels Around The Globe

2009-06-22T21:48:00.004+05:30

Searching or staying in a hotel was never easy. Whether it is a business travel or a holiday travel, Cheaperthanhotels.com, brings you a vast number of hotels in different countries across the world for the price that suits your budget.

Why to choose Cheaperthanhotels.com among others? Here are few fascinating reasons to choose Cheaperthanhotels.com.

Cheaperthanhotels.com provides 4000+ hotels to stay across the globe, all year round special offers, good savings and many more.

For instance, if you are looking for accommodation in niagara falls or cheap new orleans hotels, Cheaperthanhotels.com provides you best stay with the best deals.

On the home page, it displays most poplar destinations with the number of available hotels in the list. Cheaperthanhotels.com provides you the most popular hotel brands around the world and you can search, compare and book the hotel convenient to you.

You can search hotels in various ways on Cheaperthanhotels.com. You can search with check-in & checkout dates, search by hotel, search by map or search by region. To avail more benefits from Cheaperthanhotels.com, become a member by registering in the site.

Maps are provided for almost all the destinations so that you can spend your stay safe & pleasant.

You can also read review by the people who experienced the benefits of Cheaperthanhotels.com.

Fly High With Low Fares

2009-06-11T16:14:00.008+05:30

Travelling by air, or worried about hotel bookings!! Then your worry vanishes as LowFares.com has brought deals on various flights, hotels, cars rentals and at very special rates, that suits your pocket.
Booking cheap airline tickets, car and/or hotel through LowFares.com is very simple and efficient. It is a three-step procedure. Search, Compare and Book.
On the main page of LowFares.com, there is a tab for flight booking. You just need to provide few details like whether you want to book a roundtrip tickets or one way, number of tickets, source and destination, specific dates and an option is provided that stated if you book airline tickets as well as hotel, you will get an average amount of $220 on the deal. Isn't it interesting!!!!
You can compare the LowFares.com deals with other providers like FedTravel so that you will know that LowFares.com provides cheap flights along with satisfaction.
You can also sign up for LowFares.com exclusive hot deals just by providing your email address and home airport name. With this, you can latest and best hot deals on tickets in your mailbox.
Apart from all these fascinating options with LowFares.com, you can find weekly travel deals on the site.
In the similar way, you can get best deals on various cheap hotels, cars rentals and package tours and all at cheap rates that suits your pocket.

Lastminute Cheap Flights & Hotels

2009-06-07T00:32:00.002+05:30

Traveling for a business trip or holiday? Finding a hotel or airlines which lands you there has become easy with Lastminute.com.au.
It is a fascinating site with almost all the options which makes your travel a remembering one.
The main page is centralized for Hotels and Flights. Last minute accomodation can be found on main page. You can search a last minute hotel by its name on the main page and get the details of the same. And not only this but you can narrow down your hotel search by entering the details like Country, City, Check-in and check-out etc., and get a hotel of your choice and suitable to your pocket.
One more interesting feature of this site is that you will be able to see exciting offers for both flights as well as hotels.
Get into the last minute flights tab to discover flights which will land you in the destination you want in an affordable prices. You can find cheap international & domestic flights. Search for a cheap flight and book online.
You can find many airlines like Quantas, Singapore Airlines, Jetstar, Virgin Blue ad many more.
Along with these you find information about Travel Insurance, Car Hire, Holidays & Gifts. Customer support is available to resolve your issues and provide you a safe landing and staying.

Vidhana Soudha - The Pride Of Bangalore

2009-06-06T23:34:00.007+05:30

Vidhana Soudha is the pride of Bangalore. It is one of the famous buildings not only in Bangalore but also in India.

Vidhana soudha was build in 1952 by the then Chief minister of Mysore, Kengal Hanumanthaiah who is responsible for the concept, the structure and the setting of this magnificent building.

It houses current state legislature with 22 departments and 300 rooms. Its architecture is a marvel of neo-Dravidian architecture which is built of granite and porphyry. The building of Vidhana Soudha started in 1952 and completed in four years. Nearly 5000 laborers, 1500 chisellers and wood carvers were employed to bring the building to the present form.

Vidhana Soudha is 46m tall. It is adorned with four domes on its four corners. In the entrance of the building, a four headed lion is placed which is national symbol of India.

There are four gates to enter the building but the entry is restricted, though the entry with prior permission is possible. One can watch the entire Vidhana Soudha lit up on every Sunday evening and on public holidays between 6PM to 8.30 PM.

If you are planning to visit Bangalore then Vidhana Soudha is one of the best sight seeing spots and i feel your sightseeing tour is incomplete without a visit to Vidhana Soudha.

Almost all the travels will have Vidhana Soudha as a visiting spot in their broachers and you can find many big and small hotels near it.

Laptops & Netbooks - Portable & Cheap

2009-06-04T18:16:00.014+05:30

Are you planning to buy a portable laptop and get connected to internet? If your answer is YES then the right option will be buying a portable netbook at Savebuckets.
Best features, among many, of Savebuckets.co.uk are finding the portable laptops and comparing the prices of various popular brands available in the market. It will provide you with the wide range of products that are suitable to your pocket too.
As today's demand is growing for cheap Netbooks, a cross between an internet ready mobile and a portable laptop, it is important to find a good quality of portable laptop that suits you need.
One more attractive feature of Savebuckets.co.uk is that along with product image, product name & product price, it also displays the offers associated with the product which enables the online consumer to buy the appropriate models with all the return perks.
Online consumers can search for variety of brands like Acer, Toshiba, Samsung, Dell, Sony Asus and many other popular and reliable brands and compare them with similar products available in various stores.
One more feature of Savebuckets.co.uk is that you can report a problem if any encountered in the netbook purchased and can avail the service depending on the seller's or manufacture's terms & conditions.

Alaska Travel

2009-06-03T10:20:00.008+05:30

Alaska is one of the largest, by area, and beautiful state in the northwest of America. In spite of its cold weather, it attracts tourists from across the world for its tourists attraction. Denali park is one such tourist attraction. In the local tongue, Denali means "High One".
Alaska travel information can be found through Alaska Denali Tours site. Alaska Denali Tours is an 100% Alaska owned company which provides various facilities like hotel booking, taxi booking etc., What makes Alaska Denali Tours a unique travel is that it has its own Denali lodges and Denali tour buses in Denali.
Travel Alaska has other major tourist attractions like adventurous Anchorage, Fairbanks (Alaska's second largest city), Whitter, Seward, Kenai Fjords National Park, Nancy Lake State Park and many more. Alaska Denali Tours will facilitate the tourists with spacious, comfortable & climate controlled environment.
Alaska Denali Tours is specialized in offering best quality lodges from Seward to south of Denali National Park & north of Fairbanks.
If you are planning an Alaska vacation then Alaska cruise tour into Kenai Fjords National park or Prince William Sound are the most popular wildlife and glacier cruises.
Additional to the specified facilities, Alaska Denali Tours site will provide tourists information like Travel Insurance, Alaska Travel Books, Free Alaska Travel Tour Procedure and much more.

Blog Advertising - A Source For Part Time Income

2009-05-19T17:36:00.004+05:30

Blogging is a powerful concept evolved in this decade. Through blogging, we can express our views, share various types of information, share ideas & comments and much more. Tonnes of people have started and/or visit various blogs everyday and this count is increasing day by day. To start a blog one need only a blog provide, a computer with internet. With this ease blogging is becoming hobby.

Since many people like to visit blogs, blog advertising has become a prominent way of advertising products & services. For this reason, Advertisers with good advertising skills are looking for blogs which are relatively famous in terms of ranks or number of visitors or layout to advertise their products & services.

For example, an advertiser (click here for the advertisement specified) is providing details of various services provided by the advertiser.

Blog advertising has emerged as an efficient and cost effective way of advertising the products & services of various kinds of advertisers.

To enable advertisers & bloggers or site developers interact with each other, many blog marketing sites are present on web. One such site is blog advertising though PayingPost. Bloggers can earn few/lot of bucks by posting reviews of the advertisers with Get-Paid-To-Blog concept.

Registration in PayingPost is simple process. After registration, your blog will be reviewed and will approved, if your blog meets all the quality guidelines specified by PayiingPost. Once it is approved, you are ready to take opportunities you are qualified for and can write reviews for advertisers products, websites, services etc.,

Bloggers efficiently can earn bucks and advertisers can increase their sales through blog advertising.This will also enable advertiser to spend far less amount compared to advertising on popular sites like Yahoo or Rediff.

So blog advertising is an efficient, useful and informative way for both advertisers and bloggers to fulfill their goals and achieve success though web.

Holiday Travel

2009-05-14T06:52:00.004+05:30

Traveling was never so easy before. Planning for your next holiday, looking for a hotel booking, need suggestion for your next travel and much more can be understood well by clicking here.

"Well begun is half done", this is the saying we use in our daily lives. But this is applicable in our holiday spending also. If a holiday travel is well planned and organized one then the satisfaction rate will be very high.

For planning a holiday, internet can play a vital role. To plan for holiday travel, an article in web-articles.info can be useful. Click here to view the specified article.

The article will help you in planning your next holiday either domestic holiday or an international one. It displays few options to select a proper holiday destination like choosing a holiday destination by using the map.

The article provides suggestions that are to be taken care before starting the travel

This article is an useful one in terms of understanding how to identifying the destination and the places to visit there after reaching there. It also includes various sites to see various places to visit, weather condition on particular places, tickets & their fares and many more.

It is worth visiting this article if you are planning to travel on a holiday.

Buffalo Hits Bangalore

2009-05-11T18:13:00.005+05:30

America is facing a huge dropdown in terms of its economy since few months and it is decreasing day by day. American president Obama is trying his best to bring the bread & butter of Americans back.

One such measure is acquiring the mantra "Say NO to Bangalore and YES to Buffalo". It is a warning that American president has given to those US companies which provides jobs overseas in places like Bangalore. These companies will not get the tax incentives they were getting from years.

This initiative, by Obama, is one of his major election promises, which he is fulfilling now. Obama said "We will use the savings to give tax cuts to companies that are investing in research and development here at home so that we can jump start job creation, foster innovation and enhance America's competitiveness".

These tax laws are expected to hit, majorly, India, China Philippines (primarily Bangalore, India) where most of the US work is being outsourced.

Already Indian companies are facing a major hit due to recession and in this situation, Obama's decision will cause major problem in India.

This decision of American president has kept many IT giants in an unpredictable condition. Thousands of engineers working in Bangalore are kept under the burning roof of these new tax laws in America.

Hope Indian government takes necessary & useful steps in order to fight with the prevailing situation.

IPL 2009 - Bangalore Royal Challengers Team

2009-04-23T11:38:00.007+05:30

What is IPL all about?

DLF IPL,Indian Premeire League,is a twenty-20 cricket tournament created by BCCI.It was

first commenced on 18th April 2008 and thr trophy was conquered by Rajasthan Royals at

DY Patil Stadium,Navi Mumbai.

IPL should follow few rules:

1. Each team should contain 16 players along with a physio & a coach.

2. A minimum of 4 local players must be included in each team.

3. Maximum 8 players in the team and maximum 4 should be in playing XI list.

4. Minimum of 4 players from BCCI under-22 pool in each team.

Teams participating in IPL 2009:

1. Bangalore Royal Challengers

2. Chennai Super Kings

3. Mumbai Indians

4. Rajasthan Royals

5. Delhi Daredevils

6. Kings XI Punjab

7. Deccan Chargers

8. Kolkata Knight Riders

Bangalore Royal Challengers:

Bangalore Royal Challengers is one of the strongest teams in IPL.It is owned by Vijay Malya

with CEO Charu Sharma and advisor Martin Crowe.

List of players in Bangalore Royal Challengers team 2009 are below

Kevin Pietersen	Mark Boucher
Abhmanyu Mithun	Muralidharen Gautam
Anil Kumble	Nathan Bracken
Balachandra Akhil	Pankaj Singh
Bharat Chipli	Praveen Kumar
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	R. Suteesh
Cameron White	Rahul Dravid
Dale Steyn	Rajesh Bishnoi
Devraj Patil	Raju Bhatkal
Dillon du Preez	Robin Uthappa
Gaurav Dhiman	Roelof van der Merwe
Ishank Jaggi	Rohit Sabharwal
Jacques Kallis	Ross Taylor
Jagadeesh Arun Kumar	Saurabh Bandekar
Jesse Ryder	Sreesanth Aravind
Jitendra Patil	Srivastava Goswami
Karan Sharma	Sunil Joshi
Kedar Jadhav	Tinu Yohannan
Kotarangada Appanna	Udit Patel
Manish Pandey	Vinay Kumar
Virat Kohli	Wasim Jaffer
Ray Jennings (SA) (Coach)

Though Bangalore team didn't performed well in IPL 2008 but its fans have lots of hopes this

time.

Watch out more on IPL latest updates here!!

Bangalore Politics & Administration

2009-04-18T18:04:00.006+05:30

Karnataka politics was not stable during the British era.Today's Karnataka was under 20 different administrative units such as State Of Mysore, Nizam's Of Hyderabad, The Bombay Presidency, The Madras Presidency and the Territory Of Kodagu being the most important ones.

On 1st November 1973, the State Of Mysore was renamed as Karnataka. The present day Karnataka politics is stable. Major parties in Karnataka presently are Congress, BJP & JD(S).

Bangalore if the hotspot for Karnataka politics for being the capital of the state.Major political parties head offices are there in the city. The state legislative assembly is situated in the city.

Bangalore contributes 2 seats to the lower house of parliament, Lok Sabha and 24 members to Karnataka state assembly.

Two Lok Sabha constituencies are below:

Bangalore - South
Bangalore - North

In the era of Bangalore politics,many parties evolved and dissolved. Major parties in the race are Congress,BJP,JD(S) and many medium & small parties.

Currently BJP is ruling Karnataka with CM as B.S.Yediruppa from May,30 2008 to till date.

As elections are going to take place, party rallies, party flags and demonstrations can be seen in the city.Polling for 2009 elections for Bangalore North is on 23 April.

More details about the Karnataka elections can be seen here. Bangalore Elections.

UGADI - Beginning Of Hindu New Year

2009-03-27T17:12:00.016+05:30

UGADI - A festival marking the beginning of Hindu new year and celebrated in most parts of South India.

UGADI:

   UGADI name has been changed from Yuga Aadi (Yuga + Aadi means "Beginning of New age"). The ages starting from a major reference point are Golden age, Silver age, Copper age and Iron age and also known in Hindi as Satyuga or Krutha yuga, Treta yuga, Dwapar yuga and Kaliyuga. The very end of Iron age i.e. the Kaliyuga is refer to hell or "Naraka" or the age of ignorance, which our Puranas or even in Srimath Bhagavath Gita mentioned that the Kaliyuga is "the night of the Brahma, the creator of new world and the Satyuga is the Day of Brahma".

Special Preparations:
   A week ahead of this festival,preparations will start.Houses are given a thorough wash. Shopping for new clothes and buying other items that go with the requirements of the festival are done with a lot of excitement.

The UGADI Day:
   On the auspicious day of Ugadi, people wake up before the break of dawn and take a head bath after which they decorate the entrance of their houses with fresh mango leaves. The significance of tying mango leaves relates to a legend. It is said that Kartik (or Subramanya or Kumara Swamy) and Ganesha, the two sons of Lord Siva and Parvathi were very fond of mangoes. As the legend goes Kartik exhorted people to tie green mango leaves to the doorway signifying a good crop and general well-being.
   The celebration of Ugadi is marked by religious zeal and social merriment. Special dishes are prepared for the occasion. In Andhra Pradesh, eatables such as "pulihora", "bobbatlu" and preparations made with raw mango go well with the occasion. In Karnataka too, similar preparations are made but called "puliogure" and "holige". The Maharashtrians make "puran poli" or sweet rotis.
   Mouth watering UGADI pachachadi is one such dish that has become synonymous with Ugadi. It is made of new jaggery, raw mango pieces and neem flowers and new tamarind which truly reflect life - a combination of sweet, sour and bitter tastes!

KSRTC (Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation)

2009-03-26T23:48:00.023+05:30

Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation is one of the biggest transport service provider in India which was set up in 1961.It was started with 1792 buses and is wholly owned by the Government of Karnataka, India.

KSRTC has more than 25000 employees serving round the clock operating 5400 buses of various types like Airavatha Volve, Rajahamsa, Sarige,Meghadoot AC,Mayura, Sheetal and many more along with City & Sub-Urban buses.

KSRTC has made a profit of Rs.27 crore and its total earnings crossing Rs.1000 crore making it one of the best state transport undertakings in India.

My personal experience with KSRTC was very good.KSRTC buses, well known for the comfort though roads & highways in Karnataka are not appreciable.

If you have a Debit or Credit card and have little bit knowledge of internet, then reserving a seat in any of the KSRTC bus is just few clicks away. Log in to the KSRTC's official site www.ksrtc.in for finding bus schedules, reserving/cancellation of seats, news about KSRTC, special offers etc.,

The online reservation is being maintained by Radiant Infosystems Inc. Radiant won the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 2008 award as it is ranked as the fastest growing technology company in India. Recently it has implemented its first punctuality & revenue monitoring system for the KSRTC, Bangalore. This is a smart-card based system and expected to streamline the functioning of KSRTC services.

Click here if you are looking for the KSRTC reservation centers in various parts of Bangalore.

Click here if you are looking for KSRTC reservation from outside Karnataka.

Awesome Bangalore Weather

2009-03-14T21:19:00.019+05:30

Bangalore Weather:
Bangalore city is located in the Deccan plateau of southern peninsular India.It is situated at a height of 949 meters above the sea level.

Bangalore experiences a very favorable weather throughout the year.The warmest month in Bangalore is April and the coldest month is January.

Bangalore always experiences a soothing weather with warm summers & cold winters.Rainfall takes place quite often.Bangalore witnesses the south-western monsoon rains.If you are planning to visit Bangalore in rainy season then we suggest you to avoid the place from July to September.

June to September is accompanied with rains caused by the Southwest Monsoon whereas November and December carry the Northeast Monsoon.

With temperatures ranging between maximum of 33º C to lowest minimum of 14ºC, the city of Bangalore has moderate climate throughout the year. Average rainfall is 38 inches.

Weather becomes foggy in the early mornings of October to February,December & January being the maximum.

But, of course, the weather condition is declining day by day due to pollution, tree cut due to road widening and similar reasons.

But still I would like to tell you personally that Bangalore's weather one of the best in India is. You can get 100s of sites to know about Bangalore whether and make arrangements accordingly.

WELCOME TO BANGALORE - THE GARDEN CITY :)

SriLankan Team BackTo Home

2009-03-04T17:25:00.006+05:30

Below are few images captured when the srilankan team came back home after experiencing a massive terrorist attack in Pakistan during a cricket match.Click Here for more news on this.

Bangalore Police's Valentines Mantra – WE ARE HERE,CELEBRATE WITHOUT FEAR

2009-02-13T15:24:00.013+05:30

Saif

Celebrating valentines in Bangalore seems to be on safer side as stated by Bangalore police.

Now lovebirds will get police protection in city.

Why need protection? Is celebrating valentines an offence? Some of these questions come to those minds who don’t read news or not updated with the parties like Sri Rama Sene, VHP etc., or who doesn’t belong to the state.

Here is a brief on the issue: Hindu rightwing outfits have warned the people not to celebrate Valentines Day as it is against Indian culture.

Their warning is “If we see a couple roaming on roads or parks hand-in-hand, then we will marry them to each other then and there”.

People, especially young couples, are scared of celebrating the Valentines Day as they may getting married or publicly getting assaulted.

Therefore,to safe guard public, Bangalore police has warned these parties that whoever disrupt the celebrations with force or violence will be treated as thugs and prosecuted under the state Goondas (thugs) Act.

Punishment will be severe under this Act compared to the Indian Penal Code or the Criminal Procedure Code. Getting bail pending trial is also difficult.

Let us see whether these promises will stay just over paper or they will come in action when needed.

However, my suggestion for love couples is to store nearby police station number where you are going for date or celebration.

JJJHappy Valentines Day Friends from Saif JJJ

Bangalore Traffic Jams & Resolutions

2009-02-03T19:20:00.012+05:30

Everyone in Bangalore is aware of the current traffic situation. There is jam everywhere.

Unlike in other metros, Bangalore does not have peak & non-peak hours of traffic. Traffic jams are there in many places across the day. Below are the cause for traffic jams and possible resolutions.

1. Traffic Sense: Experts says if vehicle drivers have traffic sense then 90% of the traffic problems can be avoided.

Traffic sense angles too many views but common one are below

Drive in a straight line without blocking the vehicles overtaking you.
Slow vehicles should go to extreme left and faster on right.
Show indicator if you are changing lanes.
Keep on the exact side where you are taking 'U' turn else you will block many vehicles and can avoid accidents.

2. Pooling: Pooling is nothing but sharing something. Here it means sharing your vehicle. Share your vehicle, it can be 2 or 4 wheeler, with a person and he will do the same next day. Suppose if you are coming by 4 wheeler and 4 people stays nearby to your house and goes to almost same places as you go. Then instead of coming by a four 4-wheelers you can come by one 4-wheeler and in a round robin fashion. With this you are not only helping to maintaining the traffic but you are saving you money, avoiding pollution and,ofcourse, building friendship with your fellow travelers J

3. Traffic control: If there is a jam in a place where there is no traffic signal or police pfficers then god knows when it will get released.

I saw many times just because somebody left a two-wheeler in a small road the whole road, sometimes untill ½ KM, traffic will be jammed. However, no one from their vehicles step outside and help releasing the jam.

Friends, take initiative in these kinds of activities, get down from your vehicle and control the traffic. With your little common sense, you can help Bangalore get rid of these kinds of jams.

4. Rash Cab Drivers: We see lot of call center cabs and medium sized buses drowning over road. We scold him by sitting in our A/C vehicles. You might have seen on almost all corporate vehicles back side the quotes “If I am driving rashly, call *******” Isn't it? But how many of us call those numbers and complaint against driver. I hope very few of us will do that.

There are many more reasons for traffic. However, they are useful only when we take initiatives to curb this evil of traffic jams that is eating our valuable time and energy.

Let's make our Bangalore a happy & pleasant place to live :)

Obama - A Trend Setter In Fashion World

2009-01-22T19:38:00.006+05:30

Bangalore is the one of the fastest fashion-acquiring place in the world. Its not even couple of days for Obama to become president of America, his crew cut has taken place in the fashion world.

Youngsters in Bangalore can be seen with the Obama’s crew cut. Untill that time Aamir’s Ghajini look was a trend.

There is not much to change from Ghajini’s hairstyle to Obama’s crew cut. Just little more hairs can change one’s personality.

Days are gone when people wanted to look like their favorite actors or actresses. Now politicians also in the verge of setting trends in fashion world.

Bangalore City

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Bangalore – When we hear this word first thing comes into our mind is IT as it is known with its names like IT Capital, Silicon Valley etc.,
    It has/had many other names like Pensioners City, Garden City, City Of Pubs etc.,
    It s known for it’s whether also which is pleasant and welcoming all the nationals and foreigners.It is an ocean of opportunities for people who are in need of job or want to change their job. So many people from India as well as abroad flows here.
    People from almost all religions of the world stays here, either for short period or longer one.
    Bangalore is known for its educational institutions also. It has India’s most reputed institutes like IISc & IIM-B.
    It is flooded with colleges and universities and training institutes. You can find ‘n’ number of websites to find information about jobs, colleges, training institutes or any other information.
    If you are planning to travel in or across Bangalore then come during October as the winter season starts and before February when people start drowning from Bangalore.
    If you are coming for job hunting the don’t come ni the month of December as almost all the companies wont work muc at that time because of Cristmas and New Year which are feasts for Americans & now for Indians too.
    In order to be clear I will write various posts on Bangalore Keep visiting my blog J

Founder Of Bangalore

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Founder Of Bangalore - Kempe Gowda I

Employee Referral for ITO (Walk in at Bangalore & Chennai)

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Below are few referral openings in HP.

You can contact your kins in HP or mail me,along with your CV, if you don’t referrer in HP.

My mail id:saeed.s25@gmail.com

Walk in for ITO at Bangalore

For the position below:

Date: 10 Jan 08 Time:9.00AM to 4.30PM

Venue:

Hewlett Packard

HP, # 49, Khanija Bhavan, 3^rd Floor,

Race Course Road, Opp Taj West End

Bangalore – 01.

India +91 80 261 44302

Windows System Administrator - L3 Bangalore

o Provide L3 support on Microsoft Windows OS platforms [servers] and VMware

o Multiple customers across the globe with differing shift timings and support processes;

o Incident/ problem/ change management; - Analysis of the environment and perform root cause
analysis for identified problems;

o Qualification : Bachelors degree in engineering or 10^th + three year Diploma (University
recognized) will be considered in exceptional cases

Experience : 5+ Years

Windows System Administrator L2 Bangalore

o Provide L2 support on Microsoft Windows OS platforms [servers] and Vmware

o Multiple customers across the globe with differing shift timings and support processes;

o Incident/ problem/ change management; - Analysis of the environment and perform root cause
analysis for identified problems;

Experience: 3 to 5yrs; qualification any degree or diploma

L3 Storage Engineer Bangalore

o 3 to 4 years of support experience on following storage arrays : EMC, Symmetrix, Fabric, Brocade, McData, Cisco

o 3 to 4 years Support experience: UNIX (HPUX/Solaris/AIX)/Windows System administration and HP Data protector/Veritas Netbackup

o Optional: Netapps, Filers , HP, EVA - Total Storage XP -Total Storage EMA -Total Storage MSA -Total Storage

o Support experience on Veritas Netbackup and Backupexec

o Support experience on Legato Networker

o Experience: Overall 6 to 8 years of IT experience

Education: Any Graduate or Diploma

L2 Veritas Net Backup Administrator

o Backup Administration using Veritas Back Exec.

o Data and Backup recovery.

o Trouble shooting various server related problem

o Installation, configuration and troubleshooting Backup Exec

o Backup and Restore Architecture

o Configure backup schedules

o Monitoring daily backups and weekly backups (success and failure)

o Education: Any Graduate or Diploma

Experience: 3 – 6 years of relevant experience.

Active Directory L3 Bangalore

o Expert Level Administration Knowledge of Active Directory 2000 / 2003.

o Experience in Incident / Problem/ Change management. Analysis of the environment and perform root cause analysis for identified problems.

o Analyzing and Performance tuning of Active Directory environment.

o Knowledge on windows 2008 will be an advantage.

o Experience in Datacenter Operations and Remote Management Center.

o Experience in AD disaster recovery scenarios.

o Experience 5 – 12 years.

Oracle DBA L3 Bangalore

o Oracle 8i/9i/10g Certified DBA with exposure to 24*7 Production support on UNIX environment.

o Must have worked on RMAN, RAC, Dataguard, Migration and upgradation.

o Have production DBA experience with good troubleshooting & Recovery skills and Root Cause Analysis of production outages.

o Education: Any Graduate or Diploma

o Experience: 5+ Yrs

SQL DBA L3 Bangalore

o SQL Server 2000/2005/2008 RDBMS Database Administration. Working Knowledge of Oracle Desired

o Substantive (3-5 years) experience providing database administration services in the following environments – MS SQL Server 2000/2005/2008 require comprehensive knowledge, along with extensive and varied experience in these Log shipping, Configuring Standby Database, DTS.

o University Degree or College Diploma in Information Systems and demonstrated experience in the field

o Ability to deal with conflicting deadlines on a regular basis when managing work packages associated with projects.

o Proven experience in Database Technologies; in one or more of the following, Oracle, DB2 UDB, MS SQL Server, Sybase and Informix.

o Good working knowledge of Windows NT/XP/2000 Operating environments.

o Education: Any Graduate or Diploma; Experience: 5+ Yrs

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Walk in for ITO at Chennai

For the position below:

Date: 10 Jan 08 Time:9.00AM to 4.30PM

Venue:

Hewlett Packard

Olympia Technology Park,

Plot # 1, SIDCO Industrial Estate,

Guindy,

Chennai - 600 032

Windows System Administrator - L3 Bangalore

o Provide L3 support on Microsoft Windows OS platforms [servers] and VMware

o Multiple customers across the globe with differing shift timings and support processes;

o Incident/ problem/ change management; - Analysis of the environment and perform root cause analysis for identified problems;

o Qualification : Bachelors degree in engineering or 10^th + three year Diploma (University recognized) will be considered in exceptional cases

Experience : 5+ Years

Windows System Administrator L2 Bangalore

o Provide L2 support on Microsoft Windows OS platforms [servers] and Vmware

o Multiple customers across the globe with differing shift timings and support processes;

o Incident/ problem/ change management; - Analysis of the environment and perform root cause analysis for identified problems;

Experience: 3 to 5yrs; qualification any degree or diploma

L3 Unix System Administrator Bangalore

o HP-UX administrator with LVM

o NPAR/VPAR/HPVM administration; Reactive performance analysis

o Patch depot/bundle and HP-UX package installation; OS recovery

o Desired Skills: MC-SG cluster or VERITAS cluster administration, Server Build development, OS configuration and security hardening, SAN devices configuration, Scripting Knowledge.

o Bachelors degree in engineering or 10^th + three year Diploma (University recognized) will be considered in exceptional cases

Experience: 5+years of relevant experience, Relevant UNIX platform support

Is Satyam career came to an end?

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Mr. B. Ramalinga Raju resigned as managing director and revealed shocking facts about the organization.

The balance sheet has inflated cash balances of Rs 5,040 crore (Rs 50.40 billion) and accrued interest of Rs 376 crore (Rs 3.76 billion) is non-existent. Rs 1,230 crore (Rs 12.30 billion) was arranged to Satyam and is not reflected in the books.
Second quarter numbers were inflated to Rs 2,700 crore (Rs 27 billion) when the actual figure was Rs 2112 crore (Rs 21.12 billion). He also said that other board member were unaware of the real numbers.
The accounts manipulation started a few years ago. The attempts to stop manipulation failed, he said in his confession.
The Satyam balance sheet, as on September 30, 2008, had an accrued interest of Rs 376 crore (Rs 3.76 billion) which is non-existent. It also had an understated liability of Rs 1,230 crore (Rs 12.30 billion) on account of funds arranged by Ramalinga Raju. The balance sheet showed an overstated debtors position of Rs 490 crore -- Rs 4.90 billion -- (as against Rs 2,651 crore -- Rs 26.51 billion -- reflected in books).
Satyam shares nosedived by nearly 54 per cent to Rs 83 after resignation of chairman, and managing director. DSP Merrill Lynch has terminated its engagement with Satyam Computer, the IT firm informed the Bombay Stock Exchange.

Also couple of days back World Bank has put a ban on satyam for 8 years which is not a small issue.

Satyam employees have kept their fingers crossed and the investors too.

This has left Satyam management & employees in chaos and fear. Now the question arises weather Satyam will survive after these tremors which occurred in the recession period?

Fresher Jobs - Updated On 11-02-09 12.30 IST

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Market is again opening but in a relatively slow pace. Following are few openings & walk-ins for freshers.

(FYI:Only Latest jobs will be posted from now onwards and the old ones will be deleted for your convinience)

INFOTECH Software Freshers Recruitment - Hiring Freshers

http://www.jobsnext.net/naukari.htm

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I would like to tell you that few openings have past dates but worth having a look.

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Infosys - A Great Company

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Infosys …. A dream company of every software engineer. In the IT revolution era where many giant MNCs from foreign countries competing to become #1, Infosys is one of the Indian that stood firm in this IT war.

Who started Infosys & When!!!

N.R. Narayan Murthy is the founder of Infosys on July 2^nd 1981 along with six of his colleagues, namely, Nandan Nilekani, N. S. Raghavan, S. Gopalakrishnan, S. D. Shibulal, K. Dinesh and Ashok Arora with an investment of Rs.10, 000 which Mr.Murthy had borrowed from his wife Sudha Murthy.

Today it is a leading IT company that provides end-to-end business solutions that leverage technology. It has more than 50, 000 employees across more than 20 countries.

In India and other countries an Infosian (a person working in Infosys) has special respect for their talent and intelligence.

Bit About The Founder:

Mr. Narayana Murthy was born on August 20, 1946 in a Brahmin family in Mysore,Karnataka, India. He obtained his Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (B.E.) from University of Mysore in 1967 and his Master of Technology (M.Tech.) from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur in 1969.

He started Infosys in 1981 along with a team of six people. The company was started with an investment of US250 at current exchange rates(approximately).

This down-to-earth man had to mortgage his wife Sudha's jewelry for Rs. 10,000 to put some funds in the company. - ZDNet India

Infosys In Bangalore:

Infosys has its headquarters in Bangalore campus and is situated on national highway-7

with a beautiful Pyramid shaped building.

Around 1,oo,ooo professionals work in this office. Two software development blocks of 426,000 sq ft with 4,130 seats and a Multimedia Centre of 26,000 sq ft with 110 seats have already been completed at the Bangalore centre.

Name a facility and it will be there in Infosys campus. It is beautiful campus with awesome landscape, bird sanctuary, a boating area, a golf putting area,2-3 large food courts serving various dishes.

Infosys Achievements:

Some of major achievements of Infosys are listed below

First Indian company to be listed on NASDAQ

First company to be awarded the "National Award for Excellence in Corporate Governance" conferred by the Government of India in 2000.

Rated Best Employer of India in a study by Business Today-Hewitt Associates in 2001.

First rank in the Business World's survey of "India's Most Respected Company" in 200

Bad side of Infosys…

Land:

Infosys, today, is said to be the largest owner of land among IT companies in India, and not everyone is happy about this. Last year, former prime minister H D Deve Gowda took on Infosys, leveling charges of 'land grabbing', accusing the company of doing little for Bangalore's growth as an IT hub.

Infosys' global headquarters and campus at the Electronics City, Bangalore, is the world's single largest software development facility among IT services companies.

Two software development blocks of 426,000 sq ft with 4,130 seats and a Multimedia Centre of 26,000 sq ft with 110 seats have already completed at the Bangalore centre.

In addition, a software development block of 196,000 sq ft with 2,500 seats, a food court of 61,000 sq ft, an employee care centre of 264,000 sq ft and a multi-level car park of 310,000 sq ft are under construction. The existing capacity at the Infosys Bangalore campus comprises 20,84,836 sq ft with 14,465 seats

It has acquired 300 acres of land near Sarjapur in Bangalore at market prices to build a second campus in the city. Bangalore, the company's largest centre, expected to seat 25,000 employees by March this year.

In other places like Mangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai Infy has acquired lot of land from various villages thereby leaving the villagers in chaos.

Infosys Employee + SIMI:

An employee of Infosys has been accused of 13 serial blasts in Jaipur that killed 60 people and injured 200, has led to the detention of an Infosys employee in Jaipur for alleged links to the Students Islamic Movement of India.

Whatever may be the bad side of this company,it stands tall for its services provided for IT industry as well as society.

Few snaps taken in the beautiful Infosys campus: Click Here To view!!!

Have you heard about the word 'Bangalored'!!!!

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Bangalored!!!

Yes, a new word has introduced in the dictionary. It formally means that the work has outsourced to Bangalore, India. It is an adjective and has published in many dictionaries online as well as hard copies.

Informally it is taken as a threat to an American or a non-Indian who may loose their livelihood if the work is Bangalored.

It is surprising that in US some T-Shirt manufacturers are selling their T-Shirts with caption “Don’t Get Bangalored” for around $15-$20

Few reasons for the existence of this word are that Bangalore is the hub for IT/ITES with talented professionals are in abundant. Their expertise can be utilized for fewer amounts with greater accuracy. Quality of education in Bangalore and surroundings is excellent and produces these IT experts.

A similar word is “Shanghaied”, meaning to kidnap someone for compulsory service aboard a ship and more broadly, to force someone to do something by fraud or coercion

Education In Bangalore

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Bangalore is a hub for education for students from all over India and all over the world as well. Institutions here have excelled in the deliverance of high-quality education in various disciplines to enable students to be prepared for a highly competitive working environment after graduation. Whether you’re interested in studying a subject in the Arts, Humanities, Business, Medicine, Science or Computers you can be sure that Bangalore has something for you. We’ve got a list of all the schools and colleges so you can take your pick. It really doesn’t matter what degree you are pursuing because it’s all right here from PUC to Ph.Ds.

The standard of education is already high and rising rapidly to meet the standard of the new Internet Economy. In addition to the schools and colleges there are computer training centers like NIIT, Wintech, Aptech, Zap and many more to choose from. It’s evident that once you come to Bangalore to study you will be in the fast lane and learn about cutting edge trends in technology in addition to what you are studying.

Among schools some of the best ones are Bishop Cottons (for boys and girls), Baldwins(for boys and girls), Sophia High School for girls, Frank Anthony Public School, Bangalore International School and the Mallya Aditi School. These schools place emphasis on a good academic education as well as extra-curricular activities to provide a well balanced education. It is advisable to book your child’s place in these schools years in advance (maybe before they’re born) as the waiting list is considerably long.

As far as colleges is concerned there are many colleges that provide a decent education and hands-on-training. As far as medical colleges are concerned some of them are Bangalore Medical College, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Medical College, Kempegowda Institute of Medical Science and M.S.Ramaiah Medical College. Some of these are world-famous and offer exchange programs with the leading institutes in the world. Engineering colleges are also well known here and the leading ones are I.I.Sc. (Indian Institute of Science), BIT (Bangalore Institute of Technology), M.Vishweshwaraiah Institute of Technology, B.M.S., Ramaiah Institute of Technology, R.V. College of Engineering and U.V.C.E. They’ll really put you through the grind and teach you the art of engineering. Please scan our list of Schoolsand Colleges to find the one that best suits your purpose.

Part Time Jobs in Bangalore

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Part time or flexible hourly job gives great support to persons who are unable to dedicate whole time of their day on job. Part time job seekers may be mostly students, householders (or housewives) who are engaged with other responsibilities. Or such persons there are project basis jobs, flexible hourly jobs, get paid per hour jobs all around in Bangalore.

Not only in US, but in Bangalore the part time jobs is blooming with lot of students, housewives & retired people spending their little time to earn extra income.

This post concentrates on Part time jobs in Bangalore. In this post, I have tried to list the major sites which give information on part time jobs in Bangalore, sites on employment for part time, student jobs in Bangalore, project basis jobs in Bangalore, flexible hourly jobs Bangalore, hourly paid Bangalore jobs, hourly basis jobs, work from home jobs in Bangalore, get paid per hour jobs, consultant jobs, tips to find part time jobs as well as the evening jobs, 2 hours jobs in Bangalore, online jobs in Bangalore, internet marketing jobs, part time sales jobs, Bangalore retailing jobs part time, part time data entry jobs in Bangalore, part time coding jobs, outsourcing jobs, customer care part time jobs, hourly promotional jobs and part time short term employment in Bangalore.

Contract Jobs

Bangalore is India’s prime city with new generation jobs and careers. Among these career opportunities, part time and freelancing jobs are gaining importance. Among the Bangalore youngsters there are students with technical background, who are capable to give good feeds to offshore technical projects and customer support services. These students and researchers, housewives, teachers, employees in various companies who can enjoy liberal leisure timings, etc. look for earnings through part time and freelance jobs. Bharat contract jobs is here to help all those who look for part time jobs, contracting jobs, hourly paid jobs, flexible timing jobs, data entry jobs, jobs for tech freshers, jobs for computer engineering graduates and experienced freelance programmers. Such jobs are available in technologies and databases such as Java, ASP.Net, C++, Oracle, SAP, SQL Server, etc.

Students Jobs

This site lists part time jobs for students. It also helps students to learn more about student jobs. The site provides top tips on finding and successfully doing student part time jobs.

Network Bangalore
Juniper is a networking site that revolutionizes information exchange. Juniper's network members offer part time job options in Bangalore in various categories.

Part Time Job Classifieds
Sulekha is one of the biggest online community of India with millions of people network every day. The site provides information on almost every area of human life. Sulekha part time jobs & employment section provides part time assignments in your city.

Bangalore Part Time Job Ads
Kijiji Bangalore gives an opportunity to find part time employment ads in Bangalore for BPO part time jobs, Sales, Telemarketing, travel guide part time assignments, online marketing, telemarketing part time jobs, entertainment and other local jobs.

Software jobs in Bangalore

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If you are a software professional in India you are probably residing in Bangalore. Software jobs and Bangalore are so closely associated. Software jobs in Bangalore are constantly on the rising scale. For an IT professional, software jobs in Bangalore give a wide range of options. All major software names are tied up with Bangalore. The boom of software industry has now made Bangalore to be considered an 'Alter-Pittsburgh' zone.

Bangalore which was famously known as 'Garden City' is now a 'Software City'. Many multinational companies have invested in Bangalore giving lot of opportunities to the job seekers. Bangalore has become a haven of jobs for all young graduates in India. Software jobs in Bangalore pay almost double or even triple the salary when compared to the other parts of the country.

Software jobs in Bangalore attract more salary because of low retention level. With so many multinational companies nesting in Bangalore, young graduates find it easy to hop from one job to the other even at the slightest irritation. In order to keep their staff happy and retain them companies are forced to pay more than what is normally considered as very good salary. If you have the right skills , then it is your world.

Though we use a generalized term software jobs, it is also non software skill that are highly wanted in Bangalore. Many multinational companies have their back end operations performed in Bangalore for cost reasons. Therefore any graduate with good communication skills and good English language skills can find highly paid job in Bangalore. Companies are ready to pay for the right skills. It is a reverse situation inemployment scenario in India at least as much as IT industry is concerned and as much as Bangalore. This software city is unable to find the needed workforce within Bangalore because of the existing over employment opportunities. It invites work force from all the other states of India creating 'National Brain-Drain'.

Bangalore Experienced Scaled Down Sale On Year End

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Bangalore: They are an increasingly visible part of Bangalore's seven million population but expatriates in India's IT hub have been known for their whole-hearted participation in major events the city celebrates, including the Christmas and New Year's Eve celebrations. But not this year.

The Mumbai terror attacks and the global economic crisis have forced the 35,000-strong expat community to welcome 2009 without hype and hoopla.

Bangalore hotels won't be rocking this New Year eve
"Every year we used to organise parties as part of Christmas and New Year's Eve celebrations, where German families staying in Bangalore participate. But this year we have lined up no special celebrations. Just a few days back we had a small party in our office with a few German business delegates who had come for work," Audrey D'souza, Bangalore regional director of the Indo-German Chamber of Commerce, said.
D'Souza added that out of 300 German families residing in the city, most had gone to their native places to celebrate year-end festivities as the current situation in India is not conducive to any big celebration, especially after the Mumbai terror attacks.
Goa bans beach parties from Dec 23 to Jan 5
"We're scared to organise any big celebration as questions of safety and security of revellers have to be taken into account post-26/11. Moreover, when the entire nation is mourning the deaths of innocent lives, we thought it inappropriate to hold any celebrations," said Meghala, the cultural coordinator of Alliance Francaise de Bangalore, the social and cultural hub of French expatriates in the city.
An estimated 200 French families stay.
"In past years we used to have a series of fun filled events to usher in New Year. Individually, of course French people will be celebrating Christmas and New Year's Eve. But not in a bigger way with lots of people coming together," added Meghala.
The Mumbai terror attacks killed around 170 people, of whom 22 were foreign nationals.
Kandhamal seeks more forces ahead of Christmas
Bangalore's reputation of being the technology hub of the country has made the city a favoured abode of expatriates in recent times.
Of the expatriates in Bangalore, some 13,000 are students pursuing professional education or internships from a wide assortment of countries, including Britain, Germany, France, Canada, Spain, the US and Iran.
"After the Mumbai terror attacks, we are all scared to go to public places to enjoy parties. Thus, I have invited a few of my friends at home to welcome 2009. Two of my cousins who are working in Bangalore have left for Toronto, so that they can celebrate their New Year parties in a grand manner," said IT professional Adam Olive, a native of Toronto, Canada.
'For us New Year is another day of survival'
The Bangalore Expatriate Club or BEC, a social club that provides the expatriates of the city a platform to interact and share one another's experiences, is not going for any big year-end parties either.
"The club members often used to do networking in pubs, clubs and restaurants of the city. But most of the public places are having tight security these days. We have no plans to hold any celebrations as part of our new year celebrations," Les P, senior member of BEC and a software architect from Chicago, settled in Bangalore for the last six months, said.
"Time is not conducive for any celebrations after the Mumbai terror attacks. We have not yet decided on any specific party for New Year's Eve," said Philip Collins, a native of Denmark, working in BPO and a member of the club.
The club currently has 4,000 members.
To beef up security cover for the expatriates who fear they might be potential terror targets, a delegation representing trade commissioners and consulates of different countries recently met Bangalore police commissioner Shankar Bidari.
"We've assured them full security cover in the city. We have also advised them to hire armed private security guards. We are also working out a special security measure to be provided to important foreign residents in the city. But we cannot divulge details," a senior police officer said.
Authorities in several churches spread across Bangalore said the enthusiasm to celebrate Christmas was missing this time.
"Due to the Mumbai terror strikes and attacks on the Christian community in Orissa and Karnataka, we have asked people to keep Christmas celebrations low key. The mood among the people too is sombre. Christmas this time will be a quiet affair," said Daniel Ravi Kumar, Presbyter-in-charge of St. Mark's Cathedral, the oldest Anglican Church in Bangalore, founded in 1808.

Aamir Khan’s Ghajini hairstyle banned in Bangalore

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   That near-bald crew cut with conspicuous scars has become a fashion statement among youths.
   Aamir Khan has sparked off a new trend with his attention-grabbing haircut for Ghajini (Hindi) . More and more youths are going under the scissors to acquire the same look.
   Aamir’s ‘Ghajini’ haircut has become so popular in colleges that the authorities in Bangalore have banned the hairstyle. Students sporting Aamir’s ‘Ghajini’ look are not being allowed to enter classrooms.
   In fact, the craze has caught up so much with the Bangalore youths that colleges in the city have barred the students with the Ghajini haircut from entering the classrooms. The reason given by the authorities is that the haircut distracts the attention of other students in the classroom.
   Almost all the colleges in Bangalore have formally announced that they will only allow students to sit in the classrooms if they don’t sport the Ghajini hairstyle. What Aamir would like to know is why his Ghajini hairstyle should be banned in colleges and if it is in any way interfering with the students’ concentration when they are attending classes. A source close to Aamir says, “Aamir has not been able to fathom why the colleges are objecting to his hairstyle, what is so indecent about it? Any objection needs a reason. Is this hairstyle attracting flies? Is it disturbing the concentration of the students in the class?”
   When Aamir came to know about this, he was both pleased and amused. Pleased because he is happy to note that the haircut has been loved young people. Amused because he doesn’t understand why the authorities are objecting to the haircut.
   Meanwhile, the trend is catching up in other cities like Mumbai and Delhi as well.

Bangalore Hotels

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Hotels in Bangalore
Unless otherwise specified the area/STD code for all telephone numbers is 080 (+91-80). For service apartments and Bed & Breakfast click here.
Need help with bookings? Click here!
Name Address Phone - Fax - Email

Luxury (Above Rs 6000)

Grand Ashok (Book online now)
Kumara Krupa,
High Grounds,
Bangalore.
Phone: 2226 9462, 2225 0202
Fax: 2225 0033

Email: htlashok@blr.vsnl.net.in

Ista Hotels (Book online now )

1/1 Swamy Vivekananda Road
Ulsoor
Bangalore - 560 008 Phone: 2555 8888
Kamath Yatri Nivas #4, 1st Main, Gandhi Nagar, Bangalore Phone: 2226 0088
Le Meridien
28,Sankey Road,
Bangalore 560 052 Phone: 2226 2233, 2228 2828

Email: leme@lemeridien-bangalore.com

Park Plaza 1,Golf Avenue Adjoining KGA Golf Course,

Airport Road,
Bangalore. Phone: 2521 6228, 2521 6039
Fax: 2521 6247

Email: roppBlr@vsnl.net

Ramanashre Comforts 16, Rajaram Mohan Roy Road,

Near Richmond Circle, Bangalore. Phone: 2222 5152
Royal Orchid 1, Golf Avenue,
Adjoining KGA Golf Course
Bangalore 560 008 Phone: 2520 5566
Fax: 2520 3366
Taj Residency (Book online now)
41/3 MG Raod,
Bangalore - 560 001 Phone: 2558 4444
Fax: 2558 4748

Email: resdency.bangalore@tajhotels.com

The Leela Palace (Book online now)

23,Airport Road,
Bangalore Phone: 2521 1234, 2521 2727
Fax: 2521 2929

Email: admin@theleelaBlr.com

The Oberoi (Book online now)

37-39 MG Road,
Bangalore - 560 001 Phone: 2558 5858
Fax: 2558 5960
Tollfree: 1-600-11-2030

Email: excentre@oberoihotels.com

The Park Hotel (Book online now)

14/7 MG Road,
Bangalore - 560 001 Phone: 2559 4666
Fax: 2559 4029

Email: tpbl@theparkhotels.com

The Taj West End

(Book online now )
Race Course Road
Bangalore Phone: 6660-5660
Fax: 6660-5700

Email: westend.bangalore@tajhotels.com

Windsor Manor ITC Hotel

Windsor Square,
Oppoiste Bangalore Golf Course,
25,Sankey Road,
Bangalore. Phone: 2226 9898
Fax: 2226 4941

Email: sales@windwor.welcomegroup.co.in

Medium (Rs 3000 - Rs 6000)

Angsana
Angsana Oasis Spa & Resort,
Doddaballapur Main Road,
Addevishwanathapura Village,
Rajankunte
Bangalore - 560064 Phone: 2846 8892-96
Fax: 2846 8897

Email: bangalore@angsana.com

The Atria No.1 Palace Road,

Bangalore. Phone: 2220 5205
Fax: 2225 6850

Email: atria.blr@gnblr.globalnet.ems.vsnl.net.in

The Bell

#88, Adjacent to City Railway Station
Bangalore - 23 Phone: 4015 2222
Fax: 4015 2233

Email: info@thebell.in

The Bride Corporate Suites

No 5 Bride Street, Richmod Town
Bangalore - 560 025 Phone: 4114 4408

Email: info@bridesuites.com

Royal Orchid Central

(Book online now )
47/1, Dickenson Road,
Bangalore. Phone: 2558 4242
Fax: 2558 8594

The Capitol (Book online now)
Raj Bhavan Road,
Bangalore. Phone: 2228 1234 / 515
Fax: 2225 9933

Email: tehcapitol@vsnl.com

The Chancery 10/6 Lavelle Road,

Bangalore. Phone: 2227 6767
Fax: 2227 6700

Email: thechancery@vsnl.com

Eagleton - The Golf Resort

29th Km. Bangalore Mysore Highway,
Bidadi
Bangalore- 562109 TeleFax: 26764 403/ 405/ 974

Email: sales@eagletonindia.com

Gateway Hotel Residency Road,

Bangalore. Phone: 6660 4545 / 2558 4545
Fax: 2558 4030

Email: gateway.bangalore@tajhotels.com

Infantry Court (Book online now)

66,Infantry Road,
Bangalore. Phone: 2559 1800, 2559 2281,2559 2283
Reservations hotline: 2558 2306
Fax: 2559 2276

Email: hotelic@vsnl.com

St. Mark's Hotel

4/1, St. Mark's Road, Bangalore - 560 001
Bangalore. Phone: 2227 9090
Fax: 2227 5700

Email: stmarks@vsnl.com

Manipal County
# 65, Singasandra, Off Hosur Road
Bangalore - 560 068 Phone: 2573 4242, 2573 6705, 2573 6706
Fax: 2573 6681
Email: sales@manipalcounty.com

The Monarch 54,Brigade Road,

Bangalore. Phone: 2559 1915
Fax: 2532 7199

Email: hotelmonarch@yahoo.co.in

Museum Inn
1, Museum Road, off M G Road
Bangalore - 560001. Phone: 4111 3333
Fax: 4111 3300
Nalapad's HotelBangalore International 2a-2b Crescent Road,
High Grounds,
Bangalore Phone: 2226 8011, 2226 8031
Fax: 2226 8015

Email: nahbi@blr.vsnl.net.in

The Raiintree Boutique Hotel
#6, Rest House Road
Off brigade road, Parallel to Church Street
Next to Dubai Plaza
Bangalore -560 001. Phone: 25559005 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9
Fax: 25559010
Email: reservations@raagasraiintree.com

The Richmond Hotel
88/2, Richmond Road,
Bangalore. Phone: 2223 3666
Fax: 2223 377

Email: restrh@vsnl.net

Budget (Rs 1000 - Rs 3000)

AshrayaInternational Hotel
149, Infantry Road, Bangalore Phone: 2226 1921
Fax: 2226 3982

Compact Guest House
28,3rd Main, 7th Cross,
Domulr Layout,
Bangalore. Phone: 2535 3881 / 2535 1893

Church Street Inn
(Book online now )
46-1-1 Church Street,
Bangalore 560 001 Phone: 3057 7190, +91-98450 01792

Curzon Court 10, Brigade Road,
Bangalore. Phone: 2558 1698, 2558 2997
Fax: 2558 2278

Ginger Hotel
128, EPIP Phase II
Whitefield
Bangalore 560 066 Phone: 6666 3333

Fax: 6666 3366
Email:reservation.bangalore@gingerhotels.com

Royal Orchid Ramada

11 Park Road,
Shivajinagar,
Bangalore 51 Phone: 2286 5566, 2865 5555
Fax: 2286 5943

Highgates Hotel 33,Church Street,

Bangalore. Phone: 2559 7172
Fax: 2559 7799
Hotel Algate 93,Residency Road,
Bangalore Phone: 2559 4786 / 87 / 88 / 89, 2559 6965/66

Email: algate@bgl.vsnl.net.in

Hotel Empire International

36, Church Street
Bangalore - 560 001 Phone: 2559 3743, 2559 3744, 2559 3745
Email: hotelempireintl@hotmail.com

Hotel Maurya 22/4, Race Course Road,

Gandhi Nagar,
Bangalore. Phone: 2225 4111-119
Fax: 2225 6685

Email: hotelmaurya@hotmail.com

Hotel Rama 40/2, Lavelle Road,

Bangalore Phone: 2227 3311-14, 2227 3381-84
Hotel Shangrila 182, Brigade Road,
Bangalore. Phone: 2558 8994
Fax: 2558 2984

Email: hotelshangrila@hotmail.com

Hotel Vellara 126 (New no.283) Brigade Road,

Opp Brigade Towers,
Bangalore. Phone: 2536 9116, 2536 9205, 2536 9775, 2536 5684
Ivory Tower On the Panthouse floors of Barton Center,
84,MG Road,
Bangalore. Phone: 2558 9333 / 2558 5164
Fax: 2558 8697

Email: ivoryhot@satyam.net.in

Nahar Heritage Hotel 14 St. Mark's Road,

Bangalore. Phone: 222 78731-36 ( 6 lines)
Fax: 222 78737
Terrace Gardens Kausalya Villa,
15 Brunton Road Crs.(off MG Road),
Bangalore. Phone: 2558 4987 / 2558 4797 / 2558 1836
Fax: 2559 1047

Email: terracegarden@vsnl.net

Sukh Sagar Hotel 10, 3rd Main Raod,

Gandhinagar,
Bangalore. Phone: 222 02255
Fax: 222 56730
The Basil 8, Sampige Road,
Malleshwaram,
Bangalore. Phone: 233 15123, 2346 4353
Fax: 2334 3904

Safina Hotel Safina Plaza Building,
Infantry Road,
Bangalore. Phone: 2558 1982-89
Fax: 2558 1990
Vintage Residency
9, Mission Road,
Bangalore. Phone: 2227 4507 / 9 / 10 /11
Fax: 2227 4564

Email: vintageresidency@rediffmail.com

Woodlands Hotel(P) Ltd.

Bangalore. Phone: 222 25111
Fax: 222 36936

Economy (Under Rs 1000)

Airavatam GuestHouse
330/7, II 'A' Main Extn., End of 14th Cross,
Domlur Layout,
Bangalore. Phone: 253 53635, 2535 9476
Cell: +91-98450-14862

Email: ram_mohan@mantraonline.com

Bangalore Travel Guide

2008-12-18T22:26:00.004+05:30

Transportation : Road, Rail and Airport.

Bangalore, the capital city of Karnataka, is a veritable melting pot of various races and cultures. This Garden City has well - laid out parks, gardens, long avenues of blossoming trees and salubrious climate. Emerging as the hi-tech capital of India, it still retains a charm that is totally Indian. Founded in 1537 by a local Chieftain Kempe Gowda, Bangalore has changed dramatically over the years.
There are numerous 'not-to-be-missed' sights in Bangalore like the magnificent Vidhana Soudha, sprawling Cubbon Park. Colourful Lalbagh etc. - and the convenient an exciting way to explore these sights is to take the KSTDC conducted Bangalore Sight-seeing tour.

Bangalore -"Garden City...Silicon Valley ofIndia...Fastest growing city in SE Asia...A place to come back home...Mini Subcontinent"
Founded by KEMPE GOWDA more than400 years ago, Bangalore is special in every respect - a SalubriousClimate, Beautiful parks, Avenues, Old and New Buildings, Museum, Theatre, above all theCultured People - a standing testimony for Secular INDIA.

An air-conditioned city, a garden city, the Silicon Valley of India, the fastest developing city in the world, these are some of the attributes used to describe this beautiful city which has a lot to offer you.

A dynamic Happening city, with innumerable cultural events organized every evening, you can choose from a Hindustan vocal concert, of a Carnatic Veena recital, or fusion music to pure western classical music, a play, or an exhibition of a famous painter.

You can taste of Bangalore. But the connoisseur can take his pick from any of the multicuisine restaurants of the city, Bangalore is also known as the city of Golf Courses.

Bangalore has a population of more than 56 lakhs. Besides Kannada, which is the official language of the state, Bangaloreans are also comfortable with English, Hindi, Tamil, Telegu, etc.,

How to Reach Bangalore:
Bangalore is very well connected by Air, Rail and road, with all metros of the country. Bangalore air-port has also become an international Air-port.

Climate in Bangalore:
The air-conditioned city of India, enjoys salubrious climate throughout this year, with a maximum temperature of 37 C and minimum 16C.

Property price boom in Bangalore to end soon?

2008-12-18T22:12:00.005+05:30

Land developers say the market situation will `correct itself'

The situation of demand far outstripping supply is likely to ease

Most developments will be complete in about a year

FAST DEVELOPMENT: Apartment buildings coming up in the Sarjapur Road area in Bangalore.

BANGALORE: The boom in property prices over the past two years, averaging 30 per cent to 35 per cent annually, may end to a large extent in 2006, developers in the city anticipate.

According to a spokesperson of Sobha Developers, the situation of demand far outstripping supply in the property market is likely to ease in about a year to 18 months when most of the new developments are completed.

The Brigade Group, a major developer of both residential and office space, feels it will take another 12 months for the market to "correct itself" and for prices to stabilise. They and other builders feel demand will continue to grow with the information technology sector especially on a path of growth. Other market watchers also feel that the hiring of personnel now taking place in the IT industry can only push up the demand for quality housing.

One interesting feature about the residential apartment complexes now coming up is the large extent of customisation within individual flats. "People want to go by `vaastu' in the positioning of doors and windows and certain indoor fixtures. Since most flats are booked in the pre-construction stage, it is not difficult to meet such requests,'' says an executive of Sobha builders. Choice of flooring, wall tiles and finishes of built-in wardrobes are other options now offered by builders.

Whether there will be a price correction or not, the entry-level prices for apartments are about Rs. 1,500 to Rs. 1,600 a sq.ft, and in the Sarjapur area it can be as high as Rs. 2,000 to Rs. 2,500 a sq.ft. "You can buy a basic flat for about Rs. 20 lakhs to Rs. 25 lakhs or a premium flat for Rs. 40 lakhs to Rs. 50 lakhs. Penthouses and duplexes command a premium and prices can touch Rs. 1 crore,'' Sobha Developers says.

Whitefield and Sarjapur are now preferred locations, and the North and North-east are where the building boom is on, most developers say. Another location to watch out for is Kanakapura Road. "Proximity to the IT corridor and the Outer Ring Road are deciding factors for location, and the Peripheral Ring Road, when it is built, will see many new developments along it. Accessibility matters to investors,'' says an executive of the Brigade Group. Bellary Road is another area which is seeing a lot of activity.

Value addition, what developers call "add ons", are no longer just a clubhouse or a swimming pool.

"These have become the norm; what apartment buyers now expect is more open space with scope for outdoor sports or just walking and jogging. This means we have to keep more space `unbuilt' and build vertically. Twenty-storey buildings will become more common soon,'' they explain. Potential homebuyers go both by location and the reputation of a builder, and are most serious about avoiding legal hassles over title later.

Bangalore's Retail Business Trend

2008-12-18T22:00:00.003+05:30

The growth in the retail sector is not just confined to the central business district of Bangalore, but has spilled over to other localities too.

The retail sector in Bangalore is witnessing an explosive growth, despite traffic snarls that jam every important junction. "Far from getting saturated, Bangalore is facing a severe shortage of retail space," says Bikash Kumar, Head, Integrated Retail Management Consulting. He estimates that the city can accommodate another 50-60 retail units of 30,000- 40,000 sq ft. "Shanghai with a 15 million population has 120 super and hyper markets. Bangalore with 8 million can easily have more than half of that," he says. Two years ago, with far less traffic, Bangalore had Big Bazaar, Globus, Lifestyle and Westside and some other outlets, accounting for 6 lakh sq ft of retail space. Since then, the 3.5-lakh sq ft Forum Mall, including an 11-screen PVR multiplex, and the 2.3-lakh sq ft Garuda Mall have also come up.

But the rush to set up more retail stores seems unabated. The growth is not just confined to the central business district of Bangalore, but has also spilled over to other parts such as Kormangala, Indiranagar and Airport Road in the east, Jayanagar in the south and Malleshwaram in the north. These areas offer retail giants a huge opportunity because the middle-class population here would rather shop in nearby places than travel to the business district on weekends. The retailers also have the advantage of acquiring space here at low rentals — between Rs 60 and Rs 90 per sq ft.

Kormangala is where the Forum Mall is located. Pantaloon Retail, which owns the country's biggest retail chain, is set to increase its space to 10 lakh sq ft from the existing three lakh sq ft in three years. The company plans eight more hypermarket discount stores branded Big Bazaar in Bangalore, taking the total to 10, which means almost every area will have one Big Bazaar with not less than 40,000 sq ft. Indiranagar will shortly get another Big Bazaar outlet, and Jayanagar and Malleshwaram too will have them. Bangalore looks set to have the largest number of Big Bazaars in the country.

"Bangalore means big money for us as the middle-class population is not only huge but prepared to spend money," says Vishnu Prasad, Pantaloon's retail head for south. Both the Big Bazaars in the city have total sales of around Rs 150 crore, while the Bangalore Central Mall, another Pantaloon retail store catering to the higher income group, mops up an annual sale of Rs 100 crore.

Pantaloon's resolve to make a mark in Bangalore can be gauged from the fact that `Bangalore Hebbar', the city's showcase for culture, is fully sponsored by the retail chain. "We have funded the entire event because we want to identify with the city," Prasad says. The event was earlier sponsored by the State Government. "Everytime a Bangalorean wants to shop for anything, Big Bazaar should immediately come into his mind," he says.

According to estimates, Bangalore will have a retail space of around 4 million sq ft by 2007; it is now less than 1 million sq ft, of which Pantaloon alone has a 25 per cent share. According to Mayank Saxena of Trammell Crow Meghraj, one of India's leading property consultants, developers are getting aggressive in Bangalore because of the potential they see in the retail sector. "Earlier, they were comfortable because IT was the main focus. Now because of the IT boom, the spending power has gone up considerably and this has given a major push to the retail sector expansion in the city," he says. It is a view shared by LG Electronics' Vice-President - Marketing, Girish Rao too.
"Bangaloreans are more aware of technology than others." LG Electronics now looks at Bangalore as one of the top three cities for growth. "There is a huge potential here and it is one of the fastest growing markets in India," Rao says.

The reason for the retail boom is the city's growing affluence. In the last 10 years Bangalore's population has increased around 30 per cent; it is ranked the seventh most affluent city in India. It is estimated that over one-third of the households in Bangalore have an annual expenditure between Rs 50,000 and Rs 1 lakh, while 40 per cent of the city's population has annual incomes ranging between Rs 70,000 and Rs 1.4 lakh. The 15-45 age group is a retailer's delight.

Bangalore Roads & Transport

2008-12-15T21:22:00.002+05:30

A checklist for decongesting our roads

For a city like Bengaluru with a very high literacy rate, it should not be a problem to bring in some order and civic sense into our roads, says a concerned citizen.
By Ramamurthy M S

Is it difficult for citizens who are so articulate, so cultured and so well informed on conditions abroad to help evolve a traffic flow system and ensure the woes of commuters? The solution could be planned in several layers.
Top on the list is synchoronised signal lights, adjusted to a moderate speed level. Moderate, because all kinds of vehicles ply on our roads and some of them may not touch the speed limit of 40 kilometers per hour.
Heavy vehicles, cargo laden trucks and the like must be barred entry in arterial roads. If this is not possible, they must be allowed to ply only during early morning or late night hours. Also, our city was not meant to be a megacity. So these vehicles could be conveniently stopped at the outskirts and only those carrying a lesser load may be allowed.
We shall not be cruel to the ones who ply their trade with muscle power. But the question is, whether our compassion should extend that far, allowing a bullock cart to block free flow on busy thoroughfares in the name of humanism?
Already some agencies are at work alerting citizens and commuters on traffic bottlenecks. Is it difficult to rope in a 24-hour news channel to assist this effort? All that needs to be done is to market the concept as a carbon credit proposition. Imagine how much fuel could be saved if diversions are suggested and updates are provided on road blocks as and when they occur?
It is disgusting to hear and see incidents of ambulances held up in traffic jams. The very purpose is defeated. A concerted effort is the need of the hour, and for the ones who cannot use public transport, a pooling system may be set up with the help of voluntary agencies. This could also be extended to regular office-goers, with regular timings.⊕
Ramamurthy M S
04 Dec 2008

Ramamurthy M S is a journalist and columnist and occasional blogger.
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Bangalore People

2008-12-15T18:32:00.001+05:30

Volunteer “traffic regulator” at 65

Traffic flows smoothly out here. Pics : Sharath Bhat Meet Srinivasalu Naidu - a self-appointed traffic regulator who stations himself at a narrow by-lane off Millers Road in Benson Town - a little before the railway overbridge near Coles Park.If you come in from the Cantonment Station and go past Nandidurga Road, you'll find this narrow by-lane that takes you to Benson Road or Pottery Road. With two-way traffic, this stretch can get tricky - and that's where Srinivasulu comes in. He regulates a steady stream of cars and bikes, with a practiced hand and business-like authority. Without someone out here, you can have traffic getting in from both sides, at the same time. Eventually clogging the road and leading to heated arguments.

Srinivasulu looks like he's in his mid sixties, but he's not sure how old he really is. Says he retired from the Railways a long time ago. He is at this spot from around ten in the morning to a little after ten at night; I saw a little bag nearby with his lunch and a water bottle.Does he make a living from this? Yes. The regulars who use this stretch of road actually stop by and hand over fivers or tenners. Not a great deal of money at the end of the day, but enough to make ends meet, he says. Isn't it tiring to be on your feet for close to 12 hours? He gets five-minute breaks at around three in the afternoon, when the traffic is lean - but that still makes it at least eight hours of being on-your-feet and moving your hands vigorously. Srinivasulu tried sharing the load with a friend, doing shifts that could have definitely eased the strain. But then, his friend would invariably come drunk in the morning which threatened to do more harm than good. So back he was, doing the job single-handed.He also says the people in the neighborhood are kind and often give him something to snack as well. But the bad news now is a potentially serious back problem that could number his days at this spot.

I'll do this as long as I can stand on my own two feet, he says. And that doesn't sound too good. I only hope people in the neighborhood can pool some money together and do what it takes to keep this brave soul going. If his back problem doesn't come in the way, Srinivasulu could ease traffic out here, for another ten years.

Happenings In Bangalore & Surroundings

2008-12-15T17:44:00.004+05:30

Job fair to be held in Hub

BANGALORE: The State Government is organising a job fair in Hubli on November 16 for candidates from Industrial Training Institutes.

Minister for Labour B.N. Bache Gowda told presspersons here on Thursday that the Government would sign a memorandum of understanding with the Rajiv Gandhi Housing Corporation, the Karnataka State Police Housing Corporation and Larsen & Toubro for training and employing 30,000 skilled youth.

Job fairs would be held in Gulbarga, Mysore, Mangalore and Shimoga in the coming months

Real Estate Severely Hit in Bangalore

2008-12-15T15:52:00.003+05:30

Real estate developement in Bangalore and some of the other important cities of the State such as Mangalore, Mysore and Hubli-Dharwad has been severely hit with hardly any buyers for apartments.

The global meltdown is said to be having a disastrous effect on real estate business in Bangalore, one of the fastest growing cities. Housing here has now entered the buyer’s market, in contrast to what prevailed during the boom period when people desirous of shelter were at the mercy of sellers. Apartment prices, particularly on the outskirts of Bangalore, have taken a major beating given the fact that discounts, freebies and even a special interest rates for housing loans (with a certain per cent of the interest paid by the seller) are not bringing in customers.

Sources in the housing sector told The Hindu that “indications showed that the people now feel that real estate prices have touched realistic levels, given the response to advertisements for apartments over the past fortnight”. It is another matter that the discounts being offered on the outskirts of the city, ranging between 15 to 35 per cent, based on the location of the property and the amenities provided therein, have not produced the desired responses. People are now in a “wait and watch” mode with the hope that the real estate market takes a further dip and they can step in at that time.

There are nearly 10 major and about 100 small apartment builders in Bangalore, with very few of them extending their operations to tier-two cities. Apartments are in demand only in Bangalore as independent houses are not very expensive in tier-two cities. Most builders are facing a crisis with hardly any buyers for apartments. This has had a cascading effect on material suppliers to the building sector, with builders unable to clear their dues. Some of them have gone back to the old system of bartering their flats to settle dues of suppliers.

The apartment price band about a year ago was between Rs. 2,500 and Rs. 12,000 a sq.ft. The maximum hit is in the luxury segment — between Rs. 5,000 and Rs. 12,000 — although apartment builders in the core areas of the city such as Sadashivanagar , Malleshwaram, Cantonment areas, Koramangala and Indiranagar are still holding on to their price tags. The supply here is less than the demand and consequently builders have been dictating prices, more so, with the land values being very high in these pockets. However, apartments on the outskirts of the city — Hosur Road and all areas adjoining Electronics City, Sarjapur Road, Whitefield , Marathahalli, Yelahanka, Hebbal and Kengeri have been affected with the supply being higher than the demand.

While flats in the core areas of the city are purchased for immediate occupation, those on the outskirts are normally termed as speculative investments