Offices must help spread HIV awareness Dec 1, 2008
Bangalore: Workplace intervention is necessary to create awareness on HIV/AIDS, as people in formal work sectors are equally vulnerable to the disease ... "Out of nine MTI centres -- two each in Bangalore and Bellary, one each in Mandya, Bidar, Mangalore, Chikmagalur and Kodagu -- six have been launched. We are focusing on the garment and construction industry in Bangalore, sugarcane workers in Mandya, mine workers in Bellary and those working in the ports of Mangalore,'' said John Antony, team... (Times of India)
Angry Mumbai Wants Answers, Changes Dec 1, 2008
This year alone, the country's biggest cities New Delhi, Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Jaipur, among others have suffered bomb blasts that have killed hundreds of people. Mumbai, the country's financial centre, was attacked in a series of bombing in 1993 that killed 257 people, and again in the 2006 train bombings that killed 184. (Time.com)
Police mourn their dead Nov 30, 2008
Bangalore is also mourning the loss of a leading commando - National Security Guard (NSG) Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan - who was killed during operations to flush out gunmen from the Taj Mahal Palace hotel. Mr Karkare's daughter pays her last respects. (BBC News)
Mumbai worries, grieves after siege Nov 30, 2008
In the southern city of Bangalore on Saturday, the National Security Guard held a funeral for Gen. Sandeep Unnikrishnan who was killed in the siege. "He gave up his own life to save the others," J.K. Dutt, director general of India's elite NSG unit, said from Mumbai. (MSNBC -- Race)
ACS to ramp up India headcount by 1k Nov 30, 2008
The company is in the process of setting up a new facility in Noida, while it already has offices in Bangalore, Kochi and Chennai and the total employee strength of the company is around 5,000 in the country. Bangalore operation has a capacity of about 2,800 people and around 1,800 people are stationed in Kochi. (India Times)
Space scientists pay homage to Mumbai terror victims Nov 30, 2008
BANGALORE: International space scientists and experts Saturday joined Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman G. Madhavan Nair at a meet here in paying homage to the victims of terror attacks in Mumbai ... The three-day event at the Bangalore international exhibition convention complex on the outskirts of the city began on a sedate note, with the conspicuous absence of any minister or state government official due to the seven-day mourning being observed as a mark of respect to former... (Economic Times)
Web outperforms Media in Mumbai Blast Nov 30, 2008
BANGALORE, INDIA: The effectiveness of web is again brought out as paralyze India's financial capital, Mumbai. The usage of web came in a new colour and flavour as the mobile and fixed line circuits to city were clogged since large number of people was trying to get in touch with each other in the city. (CIOL)
Mumbai siege ends, toll 195 Nov 30, 2008
In the southern city of Bangalore, black-clad commandos formed an honor guard as the flag-draped coffin of Maj ... But its shameful to balme His Highness Mannmohan Singh and don"t forget that who Blamed Sir Karkare, and please do not blame any relegion for it, Do you think that whatever the terrorist would tell the truth to anyone.. They want us to divide and create a home massacare, but please make sure to keep your religions out when you are thinking for Bharat Maa and today some post in this... (Express Buzz)
The Mumbai dilemma for cricket Nov 30, 2008
There were previous deadly bomb blasts in Jaipur (two days before a match in the IPL), Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Delhi and Guwahati (all Test and ODI venues). Their assertive administrators and huge population, India have become the epicentre of international cricket. (CricInfo.com)
Indians See Mobile Phones as a Necessity in Economic Crisis Nov 30, 2008
Average selling prices of mobile phones are coming down as users economize, said a mobile phone reseller in Bangalore. If users typically replaced their handset with a newer and more expensive version, now they are more likely to buy a handset at about the same price they paid for their earlier phone, Gupta added. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Post a comment Nov 30, 2008
Posted by: Karthick, Bangalore, India 27 November 2008. this is a very said part on india which is the largest in tourisim and after this incident india will be highly effected in this trade. (International Herald Tribune)
Bush Offers Support To India After Attacks Nov 30, 2008
In the southern city of Bangalore, black-clad commandos formed an honor guard for the flag-draped coffin of Maj. Sandeep Unnikrishnan, who was killed in the fighting at the Taj Mahal hotel. (CBS News -- 60 minutes II)
Sending a safe sex message Nov 30, 2008
Nine years on, she sells cheap sex to lorry drivers at a dusty truck stop outside the southern Indian city of Bangalore ... Twenty minutes' drive away, up the main highway from Bangalore to Pune in the west, Radhamma, another male-to-female transsexual who paid for Savitha's illegal sex change, has a similar rule ... Radhamma heads a six-strong hamam next to a petrol station at a busy junction on the main Bangalore to Pune highway at Nelamangala. (iAfrica.com)
Mourning begins in Mumbai Nov 30, 2008
In the southern city of Bangalore on Saturday, the National Security Guard held a funeral for General Sandeep Unnikrishnan who was killed in the siege. "He gave up his own life to save the others," JK Dutt, director general of India's elite NSG unit, said from Mumbai. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Times View: How much can we take? Nov 30, 2008
Since then, there have been serial blasts across the length and breadth of the country from Delhi to Bangalore, Jaipur to Hyderabad, Ahmedabad to Guwahati killing hundreds and maiming many more. The post-terror response has become depressingly predictable. (India Times, India)
Cricket faces uncertain future after terrorist attacks Nov 29, 2008
Two dozen commandos from Karnataka state s special action force cordoned off the arrival lounge at the Bangalore airport. The team was taken under high-security escort to a city hotel to wait until its early morning flight to London. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
How safe is outsourcing? Nov 29, 2008
While 6-7 years ago, business process outsourcing (BPO) mostly involved basic data entry, a number of mission critical processes such as airline bookings and investment research are now taking place out of offices in Mumbai, Pune and Bangalore. In its strategic review, Nasscom, the apex industry body, notes, Indian BPO has undergone significant transformation since its inception over a decade ago. (India Times)
Mumbai Residents Survey Damage, Mourn Losses Nov 29, 2008
In the southern city of Bangalore on Saturday, the National Security Guard held a funeral for Maj. Gen. Unnikrishnan who was killed in the siege. (Fox News)
Rochester man, a native of India, calls attack India's 9/11 Nov 29, 2008
Yanambaka said that in the months leading up to the attack on Mumbai, there had been a series of bombings in Bangalore, New Delhi and other Indian cities. "We should have been more vigilant," he said. (Post-Bulletin)
All Infosys and India Nov 29, 2008
We caught up with Nilekani at the Infosys headquarters in Bangalore, where he talked about the company he helped build, the outsourcing industry and his first book, Imagining India: Ideas for the New Century (Penguin), just released. FORBES ASIA: Will economic conditions change things for Indian outsourcing. (Forbes -- Technology)
It is a safety net of ideas Nov 29, 2008
Bangalore: Nandan Nilekani, co-chairman and co-founder of Infosys Technologies Ltd., speaks to V. Sridhar about his recently-launched book, Imagining India: Ideas for the new century. He speaks about his agenda of reforms that can transform India. (Hindu)
Major attacks in India since 2003 Nov 29, 2008
July 25 - Eight small bombs hit the IT city of Bangalore, killing at least one woman and wounding at least 15. July 26 - At least 16 small bombs explode in Ahmedabad in the state of Gujarat, killing 45 people and wounding 161. (India Times, India -- Community News)
* Tour of India up to players: Pietersen Nov 29, 2008
Former England captain Michael Vaughan said he and the rest of the performance squad would have been in Mumbai, and possibly in one of the hotels targeted by gunmen, if they had not been moved to Bangalore ... Englands cricket team left the eastern city of Bhubaneswar for Bangalore on the first leg of its journey home after the last two limited-overs internationals in a seven-match series were canceled ... Two dozen commandos from Karnataka states special action force cordoned off the... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Chabad mourns deaths of Rabbi in New York Nov 29, 2008
Based on the success of the Holzberg's experience in Mumbai, Chabad authorities met last week to discuss opening up another Chabad centre in Bangalore. The couple will now be buried in Israel. (NDTV.com)
England returning home from India Nov 29, 2008
Security was tight for the England squad at Bangalore Airport ... It was only at the last minute that our training camp was switched to Bangalore. (BBC News)
Airlines cut down flights to and from Mumbai Nov 29, 2008
Similarly some of our daily flights to Bangalore- Mumbai and Bangalore- Delhi will also be merged together, the airlines spokesman said. Other domestic carriers Jet Airways and Air India have re-scheduled few of their flights out of Mumbai. (Economic Times)
2 NSG men killed in gunbattle Nov 29, 2008
The officer hails from Bangalore where his father works for the Indian Space Research Organisation. . (Sify.com, India)
The Political Price Of Terrorism Nov 29, 2008
From the metros, it has spread to newer areas such as Bangalore, Jaipur and Ahmedabad ... If it could happen there, it could also happen in the Taj and Oberoi in Delhi, Kolkata and Bangalore. (Forbes)
ENGLAND COME HOME But I've got unfinished business admits KP Nov 29, 2008
No sooner had the England players departed for Bangalore from Bhubaneshwar than the Indian cricket board announced a change in venue for the scheduled second Test from terror-stricken Mumbai to Chennai. It is a move designed to appease the security networks and get this tour back up and running as soon as possible. (Mirror.co.uk)
Mumbai Death Toll Rises as Siege Nears End Nov 29, 2008
Large technology companies like Infosys Technologies Ltd. and Wipro Ltd. said their clients hadn't canceled visits to the southern Indian city of Bangalore for now; airlines were back to normal operations in most cases in Mumbai. Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said near-term investor sentiment may be hurt by the attacks, but he was also quoted by local television station NDTV Profit as saying the government wouldn't let growth slip below 7. (SmartMoney)
Rahul rigged the final: Zulfi Nov 29, 2008
My parents live in Bangalore and I shudder to think of their trauma if I had unfortunately been one of the victims. The worst part is that this whole experience makes us all realise our vulnerability. (Times of India)
Eng players fly back home Nov 29, 2008
BANGALORE: The England cricket team which arrived on a transit halt left for home on Saturday morning. The team which reached in Bangalore from Bhubaneshwar last evening had been put in a reputed city hotel for the night stay. (India Times, India)
Dell plans to send more work to Asia Nov 29, 2008
From Bangalore, it has built systems management capability and software for enterprise activity. While in China, it does design work and R addition, in Malaysias Cyberjaya, it does software development. (India Times, India)
Diabetes responsible for amputations Nov 29, 2008
Bangalore : Diabetes is responsible for over 1 million amputations each year. Cardio-vascular disease is the major cause of death accounting for 70% of all diabetes fatalities, said president, DiabetesIndia, S R Arvind. (India Times, India)
Mass. residents with ties to India anxiously await word Nov 28, 2008
Neal and Janhavi Wadhwani planned to fly to Mumbai last night to stay with relatives then embark on preparations for an elaborate family wedding in Bangalore ... The Newton couple postponed the Thanksgiving night flight to Saturday and rerouted it to Bangalore ... "Who's to say that Bangalore's not going to be the next target?". (Boston Globe)
Dozens released from Mumbai hotel Nov 28, 2008
BOMB ATTACKS IN INDIA IN 2008 30 October: Explosions kill at least 64 in north-eastern Assam 30 September: Blasts in western India kill at least seven 27 September: Bomb blasts kills one in Delhi 13 September: Five bomb blasts kill 18 in Delhi 26 July: At least 22 small bombs kill 49 in Ahmedabad 25 July: Seven bombs go off in Bangalore killing two people 13 May: Seven bomb hit markets and crowded streets in Jaipur killing 63. Commandos initially dropped smoke bombs to create confusion, and then... (BBC News)
Cricket's champions league postponed Nov 28, 2008
1 million) in prizemoney, was supposed to have been played in Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai over from next Wednesday. Watson said: "It hits home a little bit more because I know that area of South Mumbai so well.". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
England returning home but India Tests go ahead Nov 28, 2008
"They were due to spend a period in Bangalore before they moved on to Mumbai," Morris said of a squad featuring ex-England captain Michael Vaughan and spinner Monty Panesar. "Clearly that is not possible and they will return home in due course.". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
IT clients scrap Blore visit Nov 28, 2008
BANGALORE: The terror strike in Mumbai has resulted in cancellation of planned visits by clients to offices of some of Indias top technology companies here and organisers of upcoming IT events say that they have been receiving anxious enquires from potential participants about the security situation in Indias tech capital ... Bangalore is home to around six lakh IT and BPO professionals, a fair sprinkling of them expatriates ... Most large IT companies in Bangalore have stringent security... (India Times)
Companies bet on pay-per-view Nov 28, 2008
BANGALORE: With direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television growing in popularity, film producers, broadcasters and DTH service providers see pay-per-view (PPV) buying of movies emerging as a significant contributor to revenues. Indian television viewers are just beginning to get the option of PPV, which allows them to view movies or individual programmes for a fee. (India Times)
Indian Baby Born With Heart, Liver Outside of Body Nov 28, 2008
Last year, then 2-year-old Lakshmi Tatma, underwent surgery in Bangalore, India, to remove six extra limbs and a parasitic twin. The surgery took 27 hours and Lakshmi has been able to live a relatively normal life ever since. (Fox News)
India moves 2nd test from Mumbai to Chennai Nov 28, 2008
England's cricket team left the eastern city of Bhubaneswar for Bangalore on the first leg of its journey home after the last two limited-overs internationals in a seven-match series were canceled ... Two dozen commandos from Karnataka state's special action force cordoned off the arrival lounge at the Bangalore airport ... The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) had already sent its second-string squad, which was in Bangalore, home on Friday. (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
India Shares Fall 1.5 Pct After Attacks, Seesaw Nov 28, 2008
BANGALORE (Reuters) - India's main share index opened down 1. 5 percent on Friday and seesawed in early trade, after coordinated militant attacks on India's financial capital of Mumbai that killed more than 100 people. (ABC News -- Wire)
Some city events cancelled Nov 28, 2008
BANGALORE: The terror attack on Mumbai had a cascading effect on events in Bangalore. The launch of Infosys Technologies co-founder Nandan Nilekani's book -- `Imagining India: Ideas for the New Century' -- on Thursday was cancelled. (Times of India)
* India-England Tests to go ahead Nov 28, 2008
Englands High Performance squad, which is currently training in Bangalore, was awaiting guidance from the British government on the future of its own tour. This story has been viewed 265 times. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
BCCI postpones Champions League Nov 28, 2008
"We are confident we can hold the tournament early next year and India will remain the venue, as there was never a problem with hosting it here. All the teams agreed that they wanted to come for the tournament. But we had a problem with finding a third venue after Mumbai. There was no way we could have shifted the venue to Bangalore or Chennai, considering the state of the wickets and the grounds would not have accommodated all the matches," he said. N Srinivasan, whose team Chennai Super Kings... (Economic Times)
Inbound air traffic severely hit Nov 28, 2008
"Kingfisher Airlines had to combine two flights each from Delhi to Mumbai and Bangalore to Mumbai. Flights from Mumbai to Hyderabad and Nasik were also combined,'' said the official spokesperson. Sources added that inbound traffic had gone down to about 60% while outbound traffic was about 75% of usual passenger load. Travel agents too, reported a sudden spurt of cancellations on Thursday morning. "Other than domestic passengers who cancelled their Thursday tickets, several foreign nationals... (Times of India)
Assault on Mumbai: Eyewitness to terror Nov 28, 2008
India has also witnessed terror attacks in its major cities - Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Hyderabad and New Delhi - which have killed another 500. Indeed, apart from Iraq and Afghanistan, more people have died from terrorist attacks in India in recent years than in any other country in the world. (International Herald Tribune)
Pietersen says India return will be up to individuals Nov 28, 2008
Former England captain Michael Vaughan said he and the rest of the performance squad would have been in Mumbai, and possibly in one of the hotels targeted by gunmen, if they had not been moved to Bangalore. "It was only at the last minute it was switched, I don't know why," Vaughan wrote in his Daily Telegraph column. (International Herald Tribune -- Travel)
Cricket: England coming home to consider next moves after attack Nov 28, 2008
The England squad will now fly over to Bangalore today to link up with the Performance Programme Squad and they will all fly to London from there to await talks between the ECB and BCCI.. All Indian Cricket League matches and the Champions League Twenty20 tournament have already been postponed because of security fears, but BCCI vice-president Lalit Modi remains confident the Test series will go ahead. (WalesOnline)
India Stocks Shrug Off Terror Attacks Nov 28, 2008
Some of India's largest and most recognizable technology companies, such as Infosys Technologies Ltd. and Wipro Ltd., said clients hadn't so far canceled visits to their operations in the southern city of Bangalore. Airlines said they had for the most part resumed normal operations to and from Mumbai. (SmartMoney)
Condemnations of Mumbai terrorist attacks Nov 28, 2008
There is nothing of this sort in India -- I know because recently I was in Bangalore and New Delhi and had occasion to meet some business associates in five-star hotels. Sometimes some form of autocracy is better than India's chaotic democracy. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
India call off T20 Champs Nov 28, 2008
The tournament, featuring the top eight Twenty20 domestic teams from Australia, South Africa, India, England and Pakistan, was due to be held from December 3-10 in Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore. "We held consultations among all the stakeholders including the founding members, the participating teams and members of the Governing Council after the unfortunate terrorist attacks in Mumbai on Wednesday night," League chairman Lalit Modi said in a statement. (iAfrica.com)
Visitors manage escape Nov 28, 2008
Visitors manage to escape terror in Mumbai. Visitors manage to escape terror in Mumbai. (AZCentral -- News)
India's day of reckoning Nov 28, 2008
In May the Lashkar-e-Toiba head, Abdul Subhan Qureshi, threatened to attack tourist sites unless the Government withdrew its support for the United States, and it has claimed responsibility for the recent bombings in Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Delhi. This suggests that by striking at India's investment and inflows, the attackers want India to pay a heavy price for its backing of the Karzai Government in Kabul and its detente with Pakistan over Kashmir. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Hospitals wake up to security needs Nov 28, 2008
BANGALORE: The terror attacks in Mumbai have raised pertinent questions regarding security at the city hospitals, both government and private ... G T Subhash, Director and Dean, Bangalore Medical College said, We have deployed private security personnel around all hospitals for checking all activity. (Express Buzz)
Breast care clinic launched Nov 28, 2008
BANGALORE: One in every 22 Indian women is likely to develop breast-related diseases during her lifetime. Apollo Hospitals on Thursday launched a breast care clinic that will provide clinical diagnosis, surgical treatment like breast reconstruction, and expert consultancy. (Times of India)
Bollywood box-office report of the week Nov 28, 2008
Checking out the performance of Karan Johar's Tarun Mansukhani directed DOSTANA, the multiplex audience has lapped it up quite well, especially in cities like Bombay, Delhi (mainly South Delhi), Pune and Bangalore ... 35 lakhs from Aurangabad, 14 lakhs from Bangalore and 3. (GlamSham)
Two Islamic Groups Suspected for India Attacks Nov 28, 2008
They have since claimed responsibility for multiple bomb attacks in Jaipur, Bangalore, Ahmedabad and New Delhi. WHO DOES INDIA BLAME. (Newsmax)
Mumbai Held Hostage Amid Terrorist Carnage Nov 28, 2008
Hotel managers at the Taj are given some crisis management training but nothing that would prepare them for a situation in which the attackers were running "free and loose" inside the hotel, says Anupam Amrohi, 23, an employee of Taj hotels in Bangalore. Amrohi was on the phone with his friends trapped inside the conference center all night. (Time.com)
Attacks to add to IT cos worries Nov 28, 2008
BANGALORE: India's $52 billion outsourcing industry, battered by a global financial crisis that is squeezing its business clients, faces more short-term challenges in the wake of attacks on Mumbai that killed more than 100 people. Industry officials said prospective overseas clients were likely to put off planned visits to India because of the attacks, even though most software and back-office services firms were operating normally. (India Times, India)
Seven Britons injured in Mumbai Nov 27, 2008
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Troops confront Mumbai attackers Nov 27, 2008
BOMB ATTACKS IN INDIA IN 2008 30 October: Explosions kill at least 64 in north-eastern Assam 30 September: Blasts in western India kill at least seven 27 September: Bomb blasts kills one in Delhi 13 September: Five bomb blasts kill 18 in Delhi 26 July: At least 22 small bombs kill 49 in Ahmedabad 25 July: Seven bombs go off in Bangalore killing two people 13 May: Seven bomb hit markets and crowded streets in Jaipur killing 63. "We all moved through the lobby in the opposite direction and another... (BBC News)
Indian Twenty20 tournament postponed Nov 27, 2008
Naeem Gulzar, president of Sialkot Region, Pakistan's representative in the Champions League, said his team would have no problems if matches were shifted out of Mumbai to Bangalore or Chennai. "After last night's incident in Mumbai, cricket is now secondary and it is too early to say what will be the future of Champions League," Gulzar said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
MAJOR ATTACKS IN INDIA SINCE 2003 Nov 27, 2008
July 25 - Eight small bombs hit the IT city of Bangalore, killing at least one woman and wounding at least 15. July 26 - At least 16 small bombs explode in Ahmedabad killing 45 people and wounding 161. (India Times)
