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Friday, April 29

LIFE WITH INTERNET



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Safety Guide for Indian Women

Safety Guide for Indian Women


  • Ooze confidence : - its been proved that sexual offenders usually pick on women who don't have assertive body language.
  • Have a crisis buddy : - even the police follow it. This means that policemen always go to the scene of a crime together, so if one gets into trouble, the other can call for help. Safety or crisis buddy doesn't mean a person who always has to walk with you, it can be someone who calls you when you are on your way.
  • Reduce risk : criminals like dark roads and corners because it gives them a chance to disappear. They prefer striking when the risk of their getting traced or caught is less, so it is advised to avoid dark roads.
  • Be aware : it is essential to be aware of where you are. Many women are in la-la mood while walking on the road or driving late at night. Many others listen to music.
  • Party smart : with drugs easily available over the counter. It is easy for mischief. Be careful about your partners, be assertive on self service. Watch your drink if you are out with marginally strangers or half known.
  • Surf cautiously : making friends online is always a risk. There are two ways one can ensure security. Ignore strangers completely and try to have complete private profile. If you are open to making new friends, first check their friends list and see they are normal men.
  • Make a fuss :  while its best to avoid ignoring eve Teasing  initially as nothing spurs a man on more than a reaction from you, if harassment continues, confront the person loudly and immediately.
  • Be a fashion but... : although women can be covered from head -to-toe and still be a target of sexual harassment. Be comfortable with what you wear.
  • Act now : Be aware of things that can be used as weapons of self-defense small safety pin can cause lot of pain. It also helps to carry a deodorant or pepper spray.It is freely available. So get out of tendency or instinct to freeze, while in trouble. Act.
  • Travel safe : with more and more women venturing out 'solo' in India and abroad. Safety must be priority while doing solo act. Wherever you stay just don't stay too late. Be aware of whats happening around. Choose a room close to reception while staying in a hotel. Always keep your phone recharged and batterries charged and make sure someone is expecting you back. Take down the number of the bike or car that you think is following, try to memorize occupants face, if possible. When its real late, call a friend or husband and talk through the journey or parts of it. It feels safe.




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Wednesday, April 27

 various world records
 - * world record in "worms eaten in 30 seconds": by C. Manoharan,
   aka "Snake Manu", in Chennai, Tamil Nadu; he ate 200 earthworms each at
   least 10 cm long in November 2003 [GBoWR]
 - * world record for longest hair: 5.15 m long hair by Hoo Sateow (1997) [GBoWR]
 - * world record for longest beard: 1.83 m by Shamsher Singh, Punjab (1997) [GBoWR]
 - * world record for the longest fingernails (1998): 6.15 m as the combined length
   of the five nails of left hand by Shridhar Chillal from Pune, Maharashtra [GBoWR]
 - * age of the oldest person to become Prime Minister: 81 years, Morarji
   Ranchhodji Desai, Indian PM 1977-1979 [GBoWR]
 - * number of movies output in India 1990: 948 (standing record) [GBoWR]
 - * estimated number of people who donated hair at the Tirupati temple in
   Andhra Pradesh 1999:
6.5 million - a standing record [GBoWR 2004]
 - * world record of highest monthly rainfall: 9,300 mm at Cherrapunji, Meghalaya,
   July 1861 [GBoWR]
 - * worst train disaster in the world: in Samastipur, Bihar, India, on 6 June 1981;
   more than 800 passengers died [GBoWR]
 - * highest motorable road in the world: Khardung La, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir,
   with an altitude up to 5,682 m (18,640 ft) [GBoWR]
 
 various world records
 - * world record in "worms eaten in 30 seconds": by C. Manoharan,
   aka "Snake Manu", in Chennai, Tamil Nadu; he ate 200 earthworms each at
   least 10 cm long in November 2003 [GBoWR]
 - * world record for longest hair: 5.15 m long hair by Hoo Sateow (1997) [GBoWR]
 - * world record for longest beard: 1.83 m by Shamsher Singh, Punjab (1997) [GBoWR]
 - * world record for the longest fingernails (1998): 6.15 m as the combined length
   of the five nails of left hand by Shridhar Chillal from Pune, Maharashtra [GBoWR]
 - * age of the oldest person to become Prime Minister: 81 years, Morarji
   Ranchhodji Desai, Indian PM 1977-1979 [GBoWR]
 - * number of movies output in India 1990: 948 (standing record) [GBoWR]
 - * estimated number of people who donated hair at the Tirupati temple in
   Andhra Pradesh 1999:
6.5 million - a standing record [GBoWR 2004]
 - * world record of highest monthly rainfall: 9,300 mm at Cherrapunji, Meghalaya,
   July 1861 [GBoWR]
 - * worst train disaster in the world: in Samastipur, Bihar, India, on 6 June 1981;
   more than 800 passengers died [GBoWR]
 - * highest motorable road in the world: Khardung La, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir,
   with an altitude up to 5,682 m (18,640 ft) [GBoWR]



 figures on glaciers / global warming
 - * average yearly retreat (vanishing) of Himalayan glaciers: 2006: 30 metres --
   1935-1999: 18 metres -- 1842-1935: 7 metres [DNA Jan 07]
 - * average decrease of glacier thickness (of 30 glaciers monitored by WGMS) in
   2005:
66 cm (WGMS: Swiss based World Glacier Monitoring Service) [DNA Jan 07]
 - * Himalayan glaciers and years in which they are to vanish due to global
   warming:
Gangotri, Miyer, Mlion, Janapa to vanish by 2030-2050 [TNJ Jan 07]
 - * number of people directly affected if above glaciers were to melt: 1.5 billion
   [TNJ Jan 07]
 - * length of India's largestglacier, Gangotri: 2006: less than 20km -- 1930: 25km
   [DNA Jan 07]
 - * rate in which India's largest glacier, Gangotri, melts: 28.1 metres per year
   [TNJ Jan 07]
 - * year in which Himalayan glacier Gangotri will disappear: 2050, if glacier
   melt continues at same rate [TNJ Jan 07]
 - * distance that Siachen glacier retreated between 1990 and 2001: 578 metres
   [TNJ Jan 07]
 - * average yearly melt of Siachen glacier between 1990 and 2001: 52 metres
   [TNJ Jan 07]
 
figures on India's population
 - total population: 1.06 billion people (mar 2004)
 - daily population increase: about 50,000 people
 - one baby born in India: every 1.25 seconds
 - India's working age population (15-60 years): 610 million (estimate 2003)
 - population dependent on agriculture for livelihood: 65 %
 - population living in approx 600,000 villages countrywide: 722.8 million people [2001]
 - population living in cities: 277.8 million people [2001]
 - population living a significant distance from a road: nearly 40 percent
   [Sahara Time, Mar 2004]
 - population growth per year (1991 - 2001): India: 1.9 % -- Rajasthan: 2.5 %
   -- Kerala: 0.9 %
 - population growth in India within decade 1991-2001: 21.4 % [HT Mar 04]
 - population growth in Kerala within decade 1991-2001: 9.42 % [HT Mar 04]
 - population density in Kerala: 819 people per sq km (3rd highest in India, after
   West Bengal and Bihar) [HT Mar 04]
 - population density in Ladakh: 1.3 people per sq km
 - Delhi population: 1981: 6.2 million -- 2003: 13.5 million
 - population of Bangalore approx 2 decades ago: approx 2 million [BBC, Jan 2006]
 - current population of Bangalore: approx 8 million [BBC, Jan 2006]
 - population of different religions (acc to figures by census commissioner, census
   of 2001):
80.5% Hindu, 13.4% Muslim, 2.3% Christian, 1.9% Sikh, 0.8% Buddhist,
   0.4% Jain, 0.01% Zoroastrian, 1.3% other
 - loss of female births within past 2 decades caused by abortion and sex selection:
   estimate of more than 10 million [BBC, Jan 2006]
 - annual 'girl deficit' due to prenatal sex selection and selective abortion: 500,000
   according to researchers for the Lancet Journal [BBC, Jan 2006]
 - child sex ratio of 0-6 year olds acc to census data 2001 (numbers of females per
   1000 males):
Himachal: 1991:951, 2001: 897 -- Spiti Valley in HP: 2001: 1009 --
   Punjab: 1991: 875, 2001: 793 -- Haryana: 2001: 820 -- Sikkim: 2001: 986
 








 some statistics on education
 - expenditure on education in 2000-2001: 778.5 billion Rupees,
   equiv. to 4.11 % of the GDP of that year
 - number of universities: 1950-51: 27 -- 2000-01: 254
 - number of colleges: 1950-51: 578 -- 2000-01: over 10,000 (some estimate over 13,000)
 - * number of college graduates per year: 20 lakh (2 million) [BBC Jan 07]
 - number of teachers in higher education: 1961: 62,000 (estimate)
   -- 1997: over 320,000 -- 2003: over 330,000 (estimate)
 - number of students enrolled: 1961:17.9 million -- 1991: 72.4 million
 - average number of students per teacher: 220
 - people partaking of higher education: 1 person out of every 14,000
 - number of pupils at the City Montessori school in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 2002:
   26,312 pupils (world record) [GBoWR]
 - number of Indians going as students to Britain: 17,000 per year
 - number of Indians going as students to the US: 14,000 per year
 
  data on agriculture
 - number of cows globally: 1.5 billion [NATURE oct 04]
 - number of cows in India: 200 million [Times of India aug 04]
 - number of buffaloes in India: 90 million [Times of India aug 04]
 - annual number of cattle smuggled from India into Bangladesh: 6 million
 - milk production 2001-2002:
84.6 million tonnes
 - people who are farmers:
almost 550 million [Sahara Time, Mar 04]
 - number of agricultural labourers: about 200 million (many with daily wages
   below 10 Rs per day) [Sahara Time, Mar 04]
 - cultivation which is rain-dependent: nearly 60 percent [Sahara Time, Mar 04]
 - area in which pesticides are used: 1980: 6 million hectare -- 1990: 125 million hectare
 - people in Andhra Pradesh who depend on agriculture: 60 % (of population of
   76 million) [HT May 04]
 - number of farmers in Andhra Pradesh: 12 million [HT May 04]
 - number of small/marginal farmers in Andhra Pradesh who depend on rain for
   irrigation:
10 million [HT May 04]
 - number of debt-ridden farmers committing suicide every day in AP: 5-7 [HT May 04]
 - * number of farmer suicides due to bad debt in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra
   within the past 3 years (2006):
1,500 according to revenue records --
   930 since 2001 according to Maharashtra state Government [DNA Jun 06]
 - interest rates charged by "moneylenders" and local "businessmen" for a small
   agricultural loan:
100 to 450 % [Sahara Time, Mar 04]
 - GDP from agriculture: 24 % of total gross domestic product [BBC Jul 04]
 - government spending for the agricultural sector: 8 percent of the annual budget
   [Sahara Time, Mar 04]
 - total of arable land which is not irrigated: nearly 63 percent [Sahara Time, Mar 04]
 - bank credit allocated for agriculture: 12% of total bank credit in India [Sahara Time,
   Mar 2004]
 - money allocated for various irrigation policies by the government: 620 million Rs
   for the 2003-2004 budget [Sahara Time, Mar 2004]
 - disparity in average income between farmers and non-farmers: 5 times
   (non-farmers earn 5 times more than farmers) [Sahara Time, Mar 2004]
 - production of fruit and vegetables by India: 14% of world wide production [BBC Sep 04]
 - India's export of fruit and vegetables: 1 % of world's fruit/veg exports [BBC Sep 04]
 - India's tea production in 2003: 856 million kg [BBC Sep 04]
 - tea produced in Assam: 55 % of India's total tea production [BBC Sep 04]
 - daily tea production in Assam in high picking season: 2 million kg [BBC Sep 04]
 - decrease of Assam's best quality tea prices within 5 years: 10 % [BBC Sep 04]
 
 numbers on the Kumbh Mela
 - * size of population in Allahabad: 2 million [BBC Jan 07]
 - * number of visitors to Allahabad during the Maha Kumbh Mela: 1989: 15 million --
   2001: 50-70 million [DI Jan 07]
 - * expected number of visitors to Allahabad during the Ardh Kumbh Mela 2007:
   about 60 million [BBC Jan 07]
 - * area covered by the festival ground in Allahabad: 1,620 hectares (6.2 square
   miles) [BBC Jan 07]
 - * number of tents erected as temporary accommodation on the Kumbh Mela
   ground (2007):
50,000 [BBC Jan 07]
 - * number of temporary toilets on the Kumbh Mela ground in Allahabad (2007):
   25,000 [BBC Jan 07]
 - * number of police patrolling the festival grounds (2007): 20,000 [BBC Jan 07]
 
 various Delhi statistics
 - * number of weddings in Delhi on the auspicious day of 10 Dec 2006:
   around 36,000 [IND Dec 06]
 - * cost of 2-3 bedroom middle-class luxury apartment in tier II or tier III town:
   around 20 lakh Rs (approx 25,000 GBP); tier II and tier III towns are about
   2-3 hours drive from Delhi, for example Kundli, Sonepat, Panipat in Haryana and
   Rudrapur in Uttaranchal [TH Jan 07]
 - * cost of equivalent apartment in Delhi: 60-70 lakh Rs (approx 75,000 - 87,000 GBP)
   [TH Jan 07]
 - * cost of studio apartments (1 bedroom) in Rishikesh: up to 30-40 lakh Rs
   (37,000 - 50,000 GBP) [TH Jan 07]
 - bottles of beer sold in financial year 2002-2003: 27.5 million
 - Delhi's annual per capita consumption of alcohol: 5.7 litres (compared to
   9.25 litres in the UK, 14.02 litres in France) [HT Jul 04]
 - average age a Delhiite loses his/her virginity (according to a survey 2003): 18 years
 - number of female births per 1000 male births: 1992:862 -- 1994: 840 -- 1995: 744
   -- 1998: 899 -- 2000: 820
 - abandoned babies per year: 2002: 90 (about 60 % female) -- 2000: 100
 - estimated number of cattle / cows on Delhi's streets: 40,000 [NATURE oct 04]
 - number of "cowboys" hired by Delhi municipality to catch stray, free
   roaming cows to be transported to special reserves outside the city perimeter:

   100 [NATURE oct 04]
 - estimated number of stray dogs in Delhi: 200,000
 - estimated number of monkeys in Delhi: 5,000 (with annual growth rate of 20 %)
 - monthly salary of monkey catcher (government rate): 3000 Rupees
 - number of fixed telephone lines in Delhi: 2.3 million (2002 or 2003)
 - number of mobile telephone connections in Delhi: 3.4 million (2002 or 2003)
 - reduction of pollution level in Delhi since 1996: down by up to 73 %
   (base is year with highest pollution levels 1996)
 - number of security personnel deployed Republic Day 2004: 23,000
 - amount of explosives seized by Delhi police in the run-up to Republic day 2004:
   6.5 kg of high explosives, rocket propelled grenade, detonators and timers
 - tube wells running dry in Delhi: about 20 % of the Delhi Jal Board's (water board)
   total of 2,800 tube wells [HT Jun 04]education
  more facts and figures about Delhi in quick reference stats popup
 
 miscellaneous stats about Indian states or places
 - beef consumption in Kerala: 40 % of meat consumed in the state
 - Haryana cost of buffalo: 18,000 - 24,000 Rupees
 - Haryana cost of girl (human trafficking): 4000 Rupees
 - Uttaranchal hydropower theoretical potential: 20,000 MW
 - Uttaranchal hydropower potential actually used: 8 %
 - number of diesel engine tube wells in Uttar Pradesh: 2.7 million [BBC sep 04]
 - number of electric motor tube wells in Uttar Pradesh: 600,000 [BBC sep 04]
 - installation of solar pumps in Uttar Pradesh in 2003: 109 [BBC sep 04]
 - number of guests invited to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha's foster son's
   wedding:
over 150,000 people at a cost of 2 crore for security, paid by the state [GBoWR]
 - * number of buses owned by APSRTC in 1999: 18,397 (APSRTC = Andhra
   Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation) - a world record [GBoWR]
 - * casualties in 2003 in Andhra Pradesh due to Naxalite insurgency:
   Naxals: 172 -- civilians: 137 -- police: 14
 - * number of personnel (police and para-military forces) involved in anti-Naxalite
   operations in Andhra Pradesh:
20,000
 - * number of years with uninterrupted Communist rule in the state of West Bengal:
   27 (since 1977 CPI-M in power) [BBC Oct 04]
 - * number of vehicles on Bangalore's road: 5 million [BBC Jan 07]
 various Indian statistics
 - position in the corruption index of 133 countries surveyed (2003): 83rd (survey
   by Transparency International)
 - number of districts in India (2003): 593
 - number of families: 192 million
 - number of houses: 179 million
 - Indian families living in one-room-houses: 40 %
 - number of places of worship (temple, mosque, church etc): 2.4 million (more
   than schools, colleges and hospitals combined)
 - number of gays, lesbians and transgender individuals: 70 million (estimate by
   Humsafar Trust)
 - estimated percentage of sexually active males in India who have had sex with men
   at least once
: 25 % (estimate by National AIDS Control Organisation health survey)
 - Indian families who own a TV set: 32 %
 - illegal immigrants from Bangladesh: over 15 million
 - length of the Indo-Bangladesh border: 4096 km [Indian Express Oct 04]
 - most polluted river in India: Yamuna (July 2003)
 - annual increase of forest cover: 38,000 hectares (according to HP forest
   Minister Chander Kumar)
 - India's first test tube baby: 1978 (world's second test tube baby); Kanupriya Aggarwal
 - literacy rate: 1990: 52 % (61.8% male; 33.7% fem) -- 2001: 65.4 %
 - * newspaper readership in urban areas in 2006: 45% of urban population
   [DNA Aug 2006]
 - * growth of newspaper readership from 2005 to 2006: 12.6million more readers
   [DNA Aug 2006]
 - * average time spent on reading newspaper: 44 min [DNA Aug 06]
 - * people listening to the radio: 27% of the total population [DNA Aug 06]
 - percentage of rain during 4 months summer monsoon: 80 % of yearly rainfall in India
 - number of NRIs in Britain: 1,3 million (NRI: Non Resident Indian)
 - number of Indian nurses working in the UK: almost 10,000 [2004]
 - number of additional villages electrified in 2003: 6,350 (acc. to Ministry of Power)
 - number of single light connections released to "Below Poverty Lines" family:
   over 3 million (acc. to Ministry of Power)
 - number of portraits of Jayalalitha by painter Shihan Hussaini drawn by his own
   blood:
56 [HT Feb 04]
 - India's road accident record 1998: 6 % of the world's road accident deaths happen
   in India (while India has only 1 % of the world's road vehicles) [GBoWR]
 - death and injury caused by accidents on India's roads: 1 person dies every 6
   minutes; 10 are injured in the same time frame [BBC; Sep 2005]
 - * India's percentage of global car population: 1% [Daily Telegraph Sep 06]
 - * India's share of global car accidents: 10% [Daily Telegraph Sep 06]
 - financial losses due to road traffic injuries 2005: 550 bn Rs = 3% of GDP
   [BBC; Sep 2005]
 - number of vehicles per km in Mumbai: 591 [BBC; Sep 2005]
 - number of road accidents in Mumbai: up to 35 per day (with up to 15 deaths per day)
   [BBC; Sep 2005]
 - number of cars in Bangalore (Karnataka): 1.95 million cars (Bangalore's population
   is 6.5 million people) [BBC Sep 04]
 - increase of alcohol consumption in past two decades in India: by 106 % [HT Jul 04]
 
 

Love jihad in Wikipedia

Love Jihad

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Love Jihad (Malayalam: ലൗ ജിഹാദ്, La Jihād‌), also called Romeo Jihad, is an alleged activity under which some young Muslim boys in Kerala and coastal Karnataka in Southern India reportedly targeted college girls belonging to non-Muslim communities for conversion to Islam by feigning love. The allegations have raised concerns in various Hindu and Christian organizations,[1] while Muslim organisations in Kerala have denied that they are true.[2] Officials have taken concerns seriously and investigations were launched in 2009 in Kerala and Karnataka, but to date no organised activity of the sort has been confirmed in those investigations.

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Love Jihad was alleged to be conducted in Kerala and Mangalore in the coastal Karnataka region. According to Kerala Catholic Bishops Council, up to 4,500 girls in Kerala have been targeted, whereas Hindu Janajagruti Samiti claimed that 30,000 girls have been converted in Karnataka alone.[3][4][5] Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana general secretary Vellapally Natesan said that there had been reports in Narayaneeya communities of "Love Jihad" attempts.[6][7]
The practice is said to be popular on college campuses, and it was on one such that in early September 2009 two girls — one Hindu and one Christian — indicated that they had been forced to convert by two Muslim youths.[8] The young men, both of whom were members of the Muslim Popular Front of India's student organisation Campus Front were subsequently arrested and held without bail.[8]

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In October 2009, the Karnataka government announced its intentions to counter "Love Jihad", which "appeared to be a serious issue".[9] A week after the announcement, the government ordered a probe into the situation by the Crime Branch CID to determine if an organised effort existed to convert these girls and, if so, by whom it was being funded.[10] One woman whose conversion to Islam came under scrutiny as a result of the probe was temporarily ordered to the custody of her parents, but eventually permitted to return to her new husband after she appeared in court, denying pressure to convert.[11][12] In April 2010, police used the term to characterize the alleged kidnapping, forced conversion and marriage of a 17-year-old college girl in Mysore.[13]
Following the launching of a poster campaign in Thiruvanathapuram, Kerala, purportedly by organisation Shri Ram Sena, state police began investigating the presence of that organisation in the area.[14] In late October 2009, police addressed the question of "Love Jihad" itself, indicating that while they had not located an organisation called "Love Jihad", "there are reasons to suspect ‘concentrated attempts’ to persuade girls to convert to Islam after they fall in love with Muslim boys".[15][16] They documented unconfirmed reports of a foreign-funded network of groups encouraging conversion through the subterfuge, but noted that no organisations conducting such campaigns had been confirmed and no evidence had been located to support foreign financial aid.[17]
In late 2009, The Karnataka CID (Criminal Investigation Department) reported that although it was continuing to investigate, it had found no evidence that a "Love Jihad" existed.[18] In late 2009, Director-General of Police Jacob Punnoose reported that although the investigation would continue, there was no evidence of any organisation using men "feigning love" to lure your women to convert to Islam.[19] However, on 9 December 2009, Justice K T Sankaran for the Kerala High Court weighed in on the matter while hearing bail for the Muslim youth arrested for allegedly forcibly converting the two campus girls. According to Sankaran, police reports revealed the "blessings of some outfits" for a "concerted" effort for religious conversions, some 3,000 to 4,000 incidences of which had taken place after love affairs in a four year period.[20] Sankaran "found indications of ‘forceful’ religious conversions under the garb of ‘love’", suggesting that "such ‘deceptive’ acts" might require legislative intervention to prevent.[20] According to The Indian Express, his conclusion that "such incidents under the pretext of love were rampant in certain parts of the state" ran contrary to Central and state government reports.[21] In early 2010, the State Government reported to the Karnataka High Court that although a large number of young Hindu women had converted to Islam, there was no organized attempt to convince them to do so.[22] A petition was also put before Sankaran to prevent the use of the terms "Love Jehad" and "Romeo Jehad", but Sankaran declined to overrule an earlier decision not to restrain media usage.[21] Subsequently, however, the High Court stayed further police investigation, both because no organised efforts had been disclosed by police probes and because the investigation was specifically targeted against a single community.[23]


FOR further info refer WIKIPEDIA

Monday, April 25

Vintage Photos of Hyderabad/ Deccan /Bhagyanagar








Charminar
Sultan Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah , the 5th ruler of the Qutb Shahi dynasty built Charminar in 1591 shortly after he had shifted his capital from Golkonda to what is now known as Hyderabad.[1]. He built this famous structure to commemorate the elimination of a plague epidemic from this city. He is said to have prayed for the end of a plague that was ravaging his city and vowed to build a masjid (Islamic mosque) at the very place where he was praying.










Source: Life Archive hosted by Google

Namma Bengaluru

Bengaluru.........
  

Vidhan Soudha




VIDHANA SOUDHA

A magnificent building housing the State Legislature and Secretariat, it was conceived and executed by Kengal Hanumanthaiya, the then Chief Minister, in 1956. It is built entirely of Bangalore granite in the Neo-Dravidian style.





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ATHARA KACHERI
This elegant two-storeyed building is directly opposite the Vidhana Soudha. It houses the State High Court. Within walking distance are the Public Library, the Government Museum , the Vishveshwarayya Industrial and Technological Museum and the Venkatappa Art Gallery .

 

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BANGALORE PALACE
Inspired by the Windsor Castle , this palace was built in the Tudor style by a wodeyar King in 1857.

 


 

THE LALBAGH
Started by Hyder Ali in 1760 and later completed by Tippu Sultan, this 240 acre landscape park is home to some very rare species of plants. The glass house, inspired by the Crystal Palace in London , is the venue for the bi-annual flower shows.








ISKCON TEMPLE

Built at a cost of Rs.32 crores on a sprawling 7-acre plot, atop the Hare Krishna hill, is a pious blend of modern technology and spiritual harmony.







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Infosys Campus  

It is one of India 's largest IT companies with over 91,187 professionals, nine development centers in India and over 30 offices worldwide.

 



 
Satya Sai Hospital ,Whitefield
 


 

Shiva Statue

Gigantic statue of Lord Shiva on the Bangalore Airport Road .  

A visit to these shrines is a  proof enough that certain traditions and values remain timeless in a fast-changing world,65 ft. high depiction of Lord Shiva seated in Lotus position. Backdrop of Mount Kailash with Ganga flowing from matted rocks. The statue looks majestic during the night with its lighting




UB City

UB City
is the biggest commercial property project inbangalore,UB City has four towers namely, UB Tower(19 Floors), Comet(11 Floors), Canberra (17 Floors) and Concorde(19 Floors). The later three towers are all named after aircrafts.

 

Hebbal Flyover – Engineering Wonder – One of India's largest flyovers – 8.5km
 





 



                                           
Leela Palace Kempinski
IISc Bangalore, Tata, Administration Bldg
IISc Bangalore

The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) is a premier post-graduate institution of research and higher learning located in Bangalore , India . It offers postgraduate and doctoral research programmes to over 2,000 students working under the supervision of more than 400

faculty members in 48 departments ranging from aerospace engineering to molecular biophysics to management.



 

Ulsoor Lake


1.5
sq.km picturesque lake with a couple of islands, this lake was constructed by Kempe Gowda 2nd. Boating facility is also avalible.Drinking water was also supplied to nearby inhabitants and the Military, when contonment was established








ITPL

 
Information Technology Park Ltd" formed between Indian and Singapore private enterprise to develop the Park.The International Tech Park Limited, Bangalore , or simply ITPL, is one of India 's first world-class plug-and-play IT parks

 

 


Iflex Bangalore
 

 





 




Bangalore Metro
 


One of the Metro stations to be built in Trinity Cricle,









Bangalore International Airport

The Bengaluru International airport is spread over an area of over 4,050 acres and confirms to international standards in every way. It is modernization at its very best and offers a facility that is one of the best in the country.
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Utility Building

The Public Utility building situated on Mahatma Gandhi Road is an all in one shopping complex.It has 24 floors. The entire scenic beauty of Bangalore can be viewed from the top floor. It houses a variety of business centres like handicrafts, jewellery, garments, hotels, resturants and many more on the ground floor and first floor. It has a theatre on the second floor and a hotel on its 24th floor to boast off.

 

 

Electronic City – Largest Technology Park in Asia employing more than 1 lakh people  

 

 

Bird's eye view of the GARDEN CITY, IT CITY, PUB CITY, SILICON VALLEY OF INDIA BANGALORE, the Great….
 


 Do you know

Bangalore was the first city in India to receive electricity in India .


Bangalore has produced the highest number of professionals in USA almost 60% of the Indian population abroad is from Bangalore


Bangalore has produced the maximum number of scientists considered for Nobel Prize nominations (from India).


Bangalore has the richest(HNI) people in India . The line of poverty is the least of all cities of the world.


Bangalore has produced the maximum International Sports persons in India for all sports ahead of even Mumbai & Delhi.


Bangalore is rated one of the Cleanest cities in India .


Bangalore is considered the Fashion Capital of East comparable to Paris .


Bangalore University has highest number of students going Abroad for higher studies taking the first place from IIT-Kanpur.



Bangalore has highest number of Public sectors and Government organizations in India .



Bangalore is the only city in the world to have commercial and defence airport operating from the same strip  ,  till recently.  

Bangalore University has 57 Engineering Colleges affiliated to it, which is highest in the world.


Bangalore has 21 engineering colleges, which is highest in the world in any given city.


Bangalore has the highest number of software companies in India , Hence called the Silicon Valley of India .


Bangalore has the highest number of software professionals in the world taking the
first place from Osaka, Japan .


Bangalore was founded in 2nd Century and still has the same infrastructure drainage & sanitary systems - the oldest in the world.

Bangalore has the highest number of 2-wheelers in the world


Bangalore is the only city in India with maximum number of temples, mosques, churches & gurdwaras.


IT firms in Bangalore employ about 35% of India 's pool of 10 lakh (1 million) IT professionals. Bangalore accounts for the highest IT-related exports in the country.

 
Bangalore has the impeccable record of highest growth in 20 year