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Few Cities in the World have the power to attract and motivate a casual visitor to move there permanently. Bangalore is one of those rare cities which makes people who are new to the City to call themselves proud Bangaloreans

Bangalore, a real cool place on Planet Earth is the capital of Karnataka, a major state in the southern part of India. It is indeed cool - the people, the place and of course the weather. This website is dedicated to Bangalore and its cool people.

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Oye Amritsar

For all those who are missing and craving to taste the "Sarson Ki Saag" and other tasty food of Amritsar, Bhatinda, Jullunder, wait no more..........Oye Amritsar gives you the rustic hometown feeling. Githa U Badikillaya reports. ...................................................

Maharani College underpass Opened
After a long wait, commuters using Palace Road will get some breathing space. Chief Minister Yeddyurappa will opened two underpasses on June 7th— one near Maharani’s College and the other near KR Circle. The underpasses have been constructed as part of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike’s (BBMP) initiative to make the junction near the college as well as the KR Circle signal free. It was a dream project for BBMP, as the stretch used to witness heavy traffic jams during peak hours.

The underpass constructed near Maharani’s College will facilitate smooth flow of traffic on Palace Road as well as Seshadri Road while the one at KR Circle will allow the traffic coming from the Vidhana Soudha to move towards Hudson Circle without having to wait for signal.

Bangalore-Mysore State highway to be six-lane
The Bangalore-Mysore State highway will be upgraded from four to six lanes, and Reliance Infrastructure Ltd. has exhibited interest in developing the road, according to Minister for Public Works C.M. Udasi.

The six-lane road is likely to be completed by 2012. Presently, the use of Bangalore-Mysore road is toll-free.After the upgrading, road-users will have to shell out a toll.

Other roads such as the Bangalore-Raichur corridor via Bagalkot (Hungund-Lingsugur), the Hiriyur-Bellary-Raichur road and the Gulbarga-Bijapur-Belgaum road via Jewargi, Athani and Chikkodi would be developed on public-private partnership. The Government has decided to rope in private companies for developing three major roads under the BOT scheme: Yelahanka to Kudumalakunte in Andhra Pradesh (137.16 km), Arsikere to Pandavapura (107.20 km), Hoskote to Chintamani (44.95 km), Mundargi to Koppal (31.83 km) Hoskote to Tekal (31.83 km) and Hoskote till the Tamil Nadu border (53 km), Mr. Udasi said.

Coffee House to open in Church Street
TThe cooperative-run India Coffee House, which shut shop on MG Road, is all set to make a comeback on Church Street.

Indian Coffee House at Church StreetThe restaurant workers are readying for new innings on a new turf – Brigade Gardens on Church Street.

The restaurant will occupy the space Japanese eating place Dahlia operated in. With the interior work for the kitchen almost complete, it might not be too long before we hear – ‘one hot, one BB, one single omelette -toast’.

The restaurant which had evoked lot of emotion among its ardent fans and employees while it was closed down, is assured to receive a grand response as it will kick start again, quite soon.

Yeshwantpur Flyover opened
Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Friday launched the Yeshwantpur flyover, the Sanjaynagar grade separator, Malleswaram Indoor Basketball Stadium and the Cantonment Railway Under Bridge (RUB).

Yeddyurappa said he wished to shift the Race Course to the outskirts of the City by December 31 this year and erect a public utility structure in its place to portray Bangalore as it ought to be.

Transport Minister R Ashok said the upcoming projects would ease the City’s traffic woes. “We will begin work on 62 underpasses and make the outer ring road and the 10 corridors signal free,” he said.

The 452 metre-long Yeswantpur flyover runs from Tumkur Road to C V Raman Road, and is expected to ease the congestion around the Yeswantpur area. The project was delayed by nearly four months causing a lot of inconvenience to commuters. The total cost incurred is 1,930 lakh.

Cinema Halls in Bengaluru to close by 11.00 pm
The state government has decided to allow film screening in the city from 10 am to 11 pm, following a representation from the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce (KFCC). At present film screening is allowed from 10 am to 10.30 pm only.

Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, after discussing the matter with the KFCC office-bearers and the city police commissioner Shankar Bidari, Home Minister Dr B V Acharya said following a representation, the screening timings will also be changed. The new timings are 11.15 am, 2.30 pm, 6.15 pm and 8.30 pm. Bengalureans are up in arms against this police raj in the city and they opine that such retrograde measures only dampen the image of the city rather than actually doing any good.

“It is not justified to clip nightlife in order to reduce crime rates, this is just an excuse given by the cops to not do their duty properly. It is their job to take care of the law and order situation in all conditions and not easily shirk away their responsibility by curbing the night life,” said Prashanth Sinha, a software engineer.

If the multiplexes have to shut down by 11pm, then the last show should ideally start at around 8.30pm.