Bangalore

Bangalore gets its first foreign consulate

Frank Walter SteinmeierBangalore, India - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Friday opened the first foreign consulate in India's information-technology hub of Bangalore.

More than 120 German firms operate in or near the southern city of 8 million people, including carmaker Daimler AG and software company SAP AG.

Bangalore cobbler wants to be famous with miniature shoes

karnatakaBangalore, Nov. 19 : A roadside cobbler in Bangalore city has nurtured a big dream to earn name and fame for himself. He is determined to one day realize it by raising a collection of miniature shoes and sandals.

Fifty-year-old K. R. Shivshankar maintains a 6` by 3`shop, where he spends his day mending and polishing shoes and sandals of the passers by.

Campaign against drunk driving launched by Diageo and MTV

Campaign against drunk driving launched by Diageo and MTVIn a press conference on Monday, Liquor giant Diageo Plc, in association with MTV, kicked off Guardian Angel campaign against drunk driving. The campaign, to be based in Mumbai and Bangalore - the two cities considered as prominent party cities by the companies - a team of ambassadors dressed as angels will visit key watering holes.

IIM-B placements dispel fears of gloomy job scenario

IIM-B placements dispel fears of gloomy job scenario The fears of low placement period for management students in the coming months may prove wrong as the summer placements at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, were encouraging. The placement session ended on Saturday. 

A total of 24% of the batch of 268 students confirmed positions in consulting firms cutting across finance, strategy and marketing functions. The single largest consulting sector recruiter was McKinsey and Co, which took five students. 

Chandrayaan-I lands on Moon with tri-colour

Chandrayaan-I lands on Moon with tri-colourBangalore, Nov 15: Chandrayaan-1, India''s first moon mission achieved a significant landmark on Friday when the Moon Impact Programme, (MIP) was ejected by the spacecraft successfully onto the lunar surface with National Tri-Colour.

The MIP detached itself from Chandrayaan-1 about 100 km from the moon''s surface and crash-landed on the south pole of the moon exactly at 8:06 p. m last night It took 25 minutes to reach the Moon at a speed of 1.09 kilometres per second.

Sreesanth denies brawl at birthday party

Sreesanth denies brawl at birthday partyIndian bowler, S Sreesanth ruled out any quarrel at his birthday party held at an apartment in Bangalore. He said that media reports are baseless and nothing wrong happened in his presence.

He said that it was, infact, a small gathering of close friends who were dancing and enjoying in his apartment on music beats. He criticized his neighbors for spreading baseless rumors for cheap publicity. Regarding the charges of bleeding, Sreesanth said it was due to the injury, caused by fall of a brick on the head of one of his friend.

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