Best Beach in GOA ---- Calangute Beach

Calangute is a census town in North Goa in the state of Goa, India. It is famous for its beach, visited by domestic and international tourists alike. The peak tourist season is during Christmas and New Year, and during the summer in May. In the monsoon season, June through September, the sea can be rough, and swimming is prohibited.

To the north lies Baga, and south Candolim. To the east lies Saligao, and the arabian sea lashes its waves along the west. Calangute remains warm through the year with little temperature fluctuations. Calangute is 10 km from Mapusa City, & 18 km from Panjim the capital of Goa, Languages spoken include Kannada, Konkani, Marathi and English. The town is popular due to water sports, which are offered on the beaches of Calangute.

The word CALANGUTE which has become kolngutt or korgott, is derivedf rom KOLI-GUTT, (or Gudi), which originally meant land inhabited by fisherfolk. It must have become Kolyiangutti, kalangutti, kolngutt, kongott With the advent of the Portuguese, the word probably got distorted to Calangute, and has stuck till today. The name Koli may be connected with the goddess kali, worshipped by the fisher folk. there was a temple in the area of MOTTH. Another possibility is that it comes from KALYAN-GUTTI, which means a village of art, a beautiful village. this is quite a plausible derivation. a third derivation is from konvallo-ghott. which means the coconut was good (strong pith), since coconut trees are believed to possess strong pith which is the "marrow" or soft substance in the center of the plant.

BMW Grand Turismo

Aimed at niche customers in a market sector not yet in being, the new 5 Series variant is a mix of some of the desirable elements that a saloon, estate or SUV can offer: elegance inside and out from a luxury BMW saloon; long legroom and huge load capacity from using the 7 Series platform; limousine ride comfort but with near 5 Series agility (it adopts the 7 Series adjustable rear air suspension); and the command seating positions, versatile sliding and folding rear seats and twin tailgate openings from the X5. The GT has boot space of 440 litres which can be expanded, by folding down the rear seats, to a very accommodating 1,700 litres. 

The BMW 5 Series Grand Turismo, or Grand Tourer, by name and by nature, offers unbeatable space, specification and performance and it is also unbeatable because it is arguably the only car of this type on sale.

Trying to describe what the 5 Series Grand Turismo is not easy. It is aimed at a niche customer, a market sector not yet in being so only around 2,500 of these new models will be sold in the UK in a full year. The product is a mix of some of the desirable elements a saloon, estate or SUV can offer.Elegance inside and out from a luxury BMW saloon, long legroom and huge load capacity from using the 7 Series platform, limousine ride comfort but with near 5 Series agility although it adopts the 7 Series adjustable rear air suspension and the command seating positions, versatile sliding and folding rear seats and twin tailgate openings from the X5.

The GT has boot space of 440-litres which can be enhanced, by folding the rear seats down, up to 1,700-litres.Bringing luxury and versatility together in one product, that isn’t an out-and-out high-range 4x4’ is not an easy task but the unique BMW Grand Turismo is an interesting product.

5 Series GT engines

There are three engine options for the GT, the main selling 530d, 3.0-litre, six cylinder common-rail direct injection turbocharged diesel which will take 85% of sales. It produces 245hp with a massive 540Nm of torque and accelerates from zero to 62mph in 6.9 seconds before going on to a top speed of 149mph.

The combined cycle official; fuel economy is 43.5mpg and we achieved a real-life 27.5mpg during some very hard and fast driving on the wind

Like the other two engine options this unit is only available with BMW’s new fuel efficient eight-speed automatic transmission but with its tiptronic type sequential gear change function it works really well either in full auto mode or by using the manual override.

There are two petrol engines on offer, the 535i a new 3.0-litre six cylinder turbocharged powerplant with 306hp, 400Nm of torque 0-62mph takes 6.3 seconds and top speed is limited to 155mph. Average fuel economy is officially 31.7mpg but somehow we only achieved 19.3mpg during our test drive.

Working the petrol engine harder to achieve the same response as offered by the better 3.0-litre diesel unit took its toll on fuel economy. The emissions are 209g/km.The last engine option for those which must have the largest and most powerful on offer is the 550i, a 4.4-litre, V8 with twin turbochargers. Zero to 62mph takes 5.5 seconds, top speed is limited to 155mph with 25.2mpg being the officially combined cycle figure and 263g/km

Delhi Metro Map

DELHI METRO RAIL - The City LifeLine

Metro rail service in Delhi has come as a much awaited gift for the people of Delhi, which has indeed changed the transport facility of the city. It has become the "life line" of Delhi as people are dependent on Delhi Metro for commuting to different places within the city. Delhi Metro Project has been recognized all over the world for its specialty in terms of a hi-tech rail and better equipped transport system. The project is under the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, DMRC and it deserves all the credit for transforming the transport service of the city.


Metro rail in the city has reduced the traffic to some extent and the pollution level has certainly declined. Construction of Metro is still in progress in other parts of the city as the network of Delhi Metro is expected to cover whole of Delhi by the year 2010. Delhi Metro is equipped with modern facilities and the state of art design makes it very different from other metro rails in the world. Security within the metro rail has been give prime importance. The train ensures the safety and comfort of passengers with hi-tech compartments having adequate security cover. The compartments are fully automatic with gates being operated automatically and there are emergency exits in the train. You can communicate with the driver of the train at any point in case of an emergency.


Metro Rail stations have been designed keeping in view the comfort of the passengers and the traffic on the road. Each and every station of Delhi Metro has sufficient parking space to provide hassle free commuting where people can park their vehicles and use the metro service. The stations have an international look in them and the immaculate facilities within the stations make you feel proud of the service offered by DMRC. The stations have special care for handicaps and senior citizens with escalators and lifts in place. The computerized ticketing system makes transit in and out of the metro very smooth. DMRC also gives the option of possessing travel card if you are a daily traveler and wish to avoid standing in queues for tokens.
Currently metro is operational in some parts of the city but in the coming years; Delhi Metro will have operations all through the city with connectivity to Gurgaon and Noida.

Indian Railway Budget

NO HIKE IN PASSENGER FARES

Cancer patients travel free in AC3

Concession to film industry and press. Children upto 18 yrs travel free

To launch 10 more duronto trains

Aims at electrification of 1,000 km route in FY11

Special train named ' Bharat Tirth' to connect Himachal to Kanya Kumari. (all over the country).

Janmabhoomi train: connected areas in western sectors, linking Jodhpur, Lalgarh, etc. To run every week

Karmabhoomi: sleeper trains introduced for the unorganised sector

Introduction of ladies special trains in the name of Matribhumi

Work under Mumbai suburban area under MUTP phase 1 to be completed this year, and under phase 2 to be completed by March 2014

Kolkata Metro to be extended inside the city, 5 stations to be renamed.

Funding for METRO RAIL projects up 5%

FY11 operating ratio pegged at 93.2%

Impact of 6th Pay Commission at Rs 55,000 cr

Will link western corridor development deal with Japanese firm in March

Cost sharing projects bagged from Andhra Pradesh Government

Propose to run a special train from West Bengal to Bangladesh

Importance given to north East states in this Budget.

FY11 Gross Traffic Receipts seen at Rs 94,700 crore

To acquire 80,000 new wagons

FY11 working spend seen at Rs 87,100 crore

To beat FY10 freight target by 8 million tonnes

To start door-to-door service for freight movement

To launch tourist trains on 16 routes

To introduce 54 new trains  in FY11

Will launch double-decker trains on pilot basis

Allocation for implementing 1,000 km news lines in a year almost doubles to Rs 4,411 crore. Passenger amenities Rs 1,200 cr

Appropriation for pension fund at Rs 14,500 cr

Budget estimates for 2010-11 : Special efforts for deficit to be cleared

Expenditure of 783 cr after meeing the dividend liability

Budget estimates: Target for freight set at 944 million tonnes (up 54 million metric tonnes)

Non core business earning seen at Rs 1,000 cr

Cuts freight on foodgrains, kerosene by Rs 100 / wagon

Training insitution for railways for the south and south east Asian countries

Dedicated passenger corridor (Golden Rail corridor) project to be set up

Propose to start execution of Sonpur Dankuni section this year through PPP mode

Plan to create railway eco park

plans propose to introduce a GPS based driver guidance service

22.6 million free CFL lights already distributed

Premium tatkal service for parcel and freight movement

Autmobile and ancillary hubs in 10 different locatins on PPP mode

5 wagon industry in JV-PPP mode, in Secundrabad, Andhra Pradesh, Guwahati, Orissa and Haldia

Wagon repair shop in Mumbai

Agrees to set up railway coach factory in Singur if land is available; Intergral coach factory in Chennai

Rae Bareli coach factory, the work will begin within a year. Also in Bengal, Kerala, Bihar.

To modernise the CLW from its present 200 locomotives to 275

Railway will establish strong research partnership with institutes like IIT, CSIR etc

Corporate Social Responsibilty thorugh expansion of Rashtriya Swastha Yojana

Railways has 80,000 women employees. creches and hostels to be set up for children of women employees

MoU with health and HRD Ministry; 101 secondary hospitals, and multi functional hospitals with AIIMS and Vellore to be set up

Staff Welfare: 'House for all' scheme for railways employees

NO INCREASE IN FREIGHT TARIFF.

Railways to be the lead partner in Common Wealth Games 2010. Also to introduce special train for the games.

To provide increased employment opportunity in railways through sports quota 

To promote sports, wil build  five sports complexes in Delhi, Secundabad, Chennai Kolkata and Mumbai.

To strengthen the RPF security force; Mahila bahini -  for security of women to be introduced

Will construct underpasses at railway stations to counter problem of lack of usage of foot overbridges.

3,000 level crossings to be mended this year, rest to be done in within next 5 years.

Core projects of TPWS for implementing safety and preventing accidents

Twin strategy for safety and security.

To expand the scope of 'mushkil ashan' e-ticket mobile vans.

Introducing modern trolleys at all imp stations to assist senior citizens, physically handicapped and children

Six bottling plants on PPP basis to provide clean water at cheaper rates to passengers

Upgradation of 94 stations. Propose to take up another 93 multi functional stations.

Examination fee to be exempted for minority, and women, with income less than Rs 50,000 in a year

Increased financial power of field officers at the local level.

117 trains will be flagged off

Target: To implement 1,000 route km in one year , 25,000 km in Vision 2020

However, will set up business model -- need of the hour is to invite domestic investments through PPPs.

No privatisaton of railways, says is proud of 14 LAKH employees.

To set up a special task force to clear proposals for investments within 100 days

Only 10,419 km of railways added between 1958 and now.

Vision 2020 goals broken up in to short, medium and long term projects. The latter two will require funds and can be done in 5 years.

Mission is continuous development and goal is to unite the country through railway connectivity

Budget made keeping in mind the economic viability of the projects as well as social responsibility.

Mamata Banerjee presents Railway Budget 2010.

Karthik Calling Karthik review

After a long time, finally you will get some different taste of Indian Typical common movie theme with Karthik Calling Karthik. The revised version of Amol Palekar Choti Si Baat with some extra masala mixed.

Before going any further deep, have a preview on big starcast of the movie.

Cast: Farhan Akhtar, Deepika Padukone, Ram Kapoor, Shefali Shah

Director: Vijay Lalwani

Genre: Comedy, Thriller, Romance

Rating – 3 and half star.

Reviews – Karthik ( Farhan) is an introvert person and his life goes unnoticed even by his office colleagues and specially her dreamgirl Deepika whom he has written many unsent drafts of love.

His life just changed with a phone call of a person named same karthik. This is from where movie gets his name. Because all of a sudden karthik achieves everything that he wants.

After the revelation of original Karthik who wants him to be mean again send back to his misery and how from that point a rise of phoenix takes place is the base of the story.

With his Super hit movie Rock On followed by a average Luck by Chance and then KCK, Farhan is gently pushing himself in true actor category. Acting wise he is brilliant. About Padukone, leave everything upon her and you will get worst, Unlike her acting in Love Aajkal, here Director Vivek Lalwani has induced her best acting part ( including glamour) in the movie.

Screenplay lacking grace, editing could have been more artistic. Storyline different from current trend and finally song Uff Teri Ada by ALyssa Mendonsa ( daughter of Loy) is already a hit among youths.

A good, entertaining, comedy thriller which will be pleasant to watch and this is Karthik Calling Karthik ( kartik Calling Kartik)

Ambience Mall

Ambience shopping mall is a complete new experience for the shopping mall visitors of Gurgaon. It's the largest shopping mall in India. Shopping in Ambience Mall is an event in itself as it would require a complete day once you visit there. Stores like Debenhams and Reliance Timeout would take most of your time and you would enjoy every bit of it.
The international brands that you see in the mall are exclusive, to name a few NEXT, Hush Puppies, Debenhams and others present a different experience. Ambi Mall covers 1 KM area on 3 different floors, this makes it 3 KM area shopping mall. The specialty of the stores in Ambience mall is the huge space. Almost all the stores within this mall are huge in total covered area with great interiors.


One great advantage of Ambi mall, Gurgaon is its location. Its been built right on the National Highway 8 (NH8) also called as Gurgaon Expressway. If you are driving down from New Delhi, just after the Gurgaon toll point you would be able to witness the huge structure in red and blue.
The stores in Ambi mall had opened to the general visitors from 12th October 2007. The few first are BMW, Debnhams, Reliance Trends, Pantaloon, NEXT, M & S and a coffee shop. As reported few week back by us, the parking is very much organized now with the option of both open parking are and basement parking. Current parking charges are Rs. 30/-.
Ambience Mall management spends approx 25 lacks per month in maintenance of security apparatus that includes CCTV cameras, Vapour Tracer, non-linear junction devices, bomb blankets, fire blankets, dog squad and 300 trained security personnel.
Opening and closing time: 10:00 am - 11:00 pm
Major Ambience Mall attractions: Debnhams & Reliance TimeOut
Location: National Highway 8, NH8 (Delhi - Jaipur road)
Parking facility: Parking area is in basement, open parking also available
Number of stores: 200 till last count on all floors combined, rest still opening
Accessibility: 76 escalators and elevators

Bogmallo Beach Resort

The Bogmallo Beach Resort is ideally situated on the secluded white sands of Bogmalo beach (Goa - INDIA) and is located just 10 minutes from the airport. It is a 5 star resort, with 126 rooms and 15 cottages. It is the only resort to have all rooms with a sea view.

 Bogmallo Beach Resort is also an ideal venue for conferences with 3 conference halls to choose from, each easily able to accommodate 80-120 persons. The hotel also boasts a full range of audiovisual equipment and trained staff, so that every need connected to conferencing is anticipated and taken care of. If you are planning a wedding and would like to have the sea as your backdrop then this is the place you need to come to. With splendid settings and banquet arrangements Bogmallo Beach Resort is the ideal venue for parties, cocktail dinners and get-togethers. A lot more can be described but one needs to come & discover the beauty for themselves

Palika Bazaar

Palika Bazaar is an underground, air-conditioned market located below the inner circle of Connaught Place, New_Delhi. It hosts several hundred shops selling a diverse range of items; however, the market is dominated by electronic items and clothing.

Palika Bazaar attracts many foreign tourists. It is known as a place with a very low level of prices. Bargain as much as you can & get the lowest prices. 

Palika Bazaar hosts 390 numbered shops selling a diverse range of items; however, the market is dominated by electronic items and clothing. Palika Bazaar was set up in the late 1970s, but since the 1980s it has seen a decline in customers, in part due to the opening of several new, modern shopping malls all over Delhi.

Palika Bazaar is estimated to have some 15.000 people within its confines at any given time and also attracts many foreign tourists. It is known as a place with a very low level of prices. It does, however, also have a reputation for a wide availability of illegal products such as pornography, stolen goods, fake designer products and pirated CDs, software and movies. Police conducts regular raids to recover stolen or pirated merchandise, but this has failed to put an end to the illegal activity in the market.

As part of a wider effort to prepare Delhi for hosting the 2010 Commonwealth Games the New Delhi Municipal Council is currently working on plans for a major "regeneration of Palika Bazaar", described to be in a state of decay.

Gates of Palika Bazaar

Gate no. 1: Main gate. Faces Connaught Place Central Park, with F Block on the right and Palika Underground Parking on the left. Staircase entry.

Gate no. 2: Faces Palika Underground Parking. Handicap ramp entry.

Gate no. 3: Not in use. Faces Palika Underground Parking. Closed to the public.

Gate no. 4: Spiral staircase entry with two doors, one not in use. Door in use faces Parliament Street, Regal Building and Jeevan Bharti building.

Gate no. 5: Spiral staircase entry with two doors. One door faces Janpath, N Block and Jeevan Bharti building, the other faces towards Palika Underground Parking.

Gate no. 6: Staircase entry. Faces N Block and F Block.

Gate no. 7: Handicap ramp entry. Faces F Block.

MOSSAD

The Mossad is the national intelligence agency of Israel. "Mossad" is the Hebrew word for institute or institution.

"Where no stratagem is, the people fall; but in the multitude of counsellors there is salvation." (Proverbs 11:14)

Seal of The Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations. Formed in December 13, 1949 as the Central Institute for Coordination.


The Mossad is responsible for intelligence collection and covert operations including paramilitary activities. It is one of the main entities in the Israeli Intelligence Community, along with Aman (military intelligence) and Shin Bet (internal security), but its director reports directly to the Prime Minister.

The "Mossad Le'aliyah Bet" was a small, unorthodox Zionist organization whose mission in 1938 was to bring Jews to the British mandate of Palestine. This was done to subvert the British quotas on Jewish immigration. The Mossad's modes of operation, its ideology, and politics resulted in the creation of the intelligence agency for the Israeli government once it was established in 1948. The agency consisted of several of the existing members who had worked to establish Israel as a Jewish state.



Some people suspect the Mossad of orchestrating the assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, a senior Hamas military commander in January 2010. A team thought to consist of 11 agents, travelling on fake passports, entered al-Mabhouh's hotel room. Mabhouh was allegedly electrocuted and interrogated for information, and then his veins were injected with poison, then the door to his room locked from the outside. Burns were found under his ears, on his legs, in his groin and on his chest.Although Hamas has declared Israel responsible for the assassination, no evidence linking Mossad to the activity has been found. Some commentators have pointed out that, based on the available evidence, the assassination is just as likely to have been a false flag operation. The passports used included 6 British, clones of real British nationals living in Israel and 3 forged Irish identities. False French and German passports were also used.

West Bank's 'Avatar'

The conflict in the Middle East took on an especially cinematic quality Friday, when activists representing a small Palestinian village dressed up like the oppressed aliens from the blockbuster movie "Avatar" before staging a demonstration in front of the Israeli West Bank barrier.

"When people around the world who have watched the film see our demonstration and the conditions that provoked it, they will realize that the situations are identical," said Mohammed Khatib, one of the leading Palestinian organizers of the protest against the barrier.

Secret Papers on UFO Sightings

The minister in charge of domestic law enforcement and passports in Britain is used to close scrutiny. But the government figured it was worth an extra look when six witnesses swore they saw a UFO hovering over his house.

That was one of more 1,600 "unexplained aerial sightings" reported in the U.K. from 1994 to 2000 and described in more than 6,000 pages of formerly secret papers released today by the British Ministry of Defense. 

The 1997 incident was taken seriously enough that the Royal Air Force began an immediate investigation of what witnesses, including two firefighters, reported as a large, triangular "humming" object seen over a house owned by then-Home Secretary Michael Howard.

The object was described as being much bigger than a plane, with lights around the outside and a disc on the back, fitting a classic description of UFOs reported around the world.

My Name is Khan Review

Music Directors: Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonca;
Lyricist: Niranjan Iyengar;
Singers: Rashid Khan, Adnan Sami, Shankar Mahadevan, Shreya Ghoshal, Suraj Jagan, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Richa Sharma and Shafqat Amanat Ali;

My Name is Khan is a somewhat old concept movie which would have liked me if it was released in 2001-2006 as it has the back drop of 9/11 in it which is i think little bit old fashioned. Having said that the acting by especially Srk is too good. He has acted as an autistic person very well and he really deserves an award for his acting in MNIK. The movie revolves around religion and terrorism and although it conveys a good message but it failed to impress me. I would still rate 3 idiots more than MNIK.