27.02.2007 : Weekly News, Dola Purnima & Holi, Railway Budget 2007, World Cup 2007, Incredible India, Expense Tracker ....

Weekly News - Orissa, Dola Purnima & Holi, Railway Budget 2007, World Cup 2007 schedule on outlook, Incredible India, Expense Tracker, Musical concerts, J o b Updates.

Jai Jagannath,

Good morning. In this edition, we present a set of news for your day to day life. All Nilachakra mails can now be viewed at here . This edition of news letter focuses on :

1. News updates from Orissa.

2. Oriya Cultural updates : Dola Purnima and Holi on 3rd and 4th of March.

3. Railway Budget 2007. A boon for middle class and poor people.

4. World Cup 2007 : Schedules and reminders can be imported to your outlook.

5. Incredible India : Have a nice collection of facts portrait on India at Nilachakra materials page.

6. Expense Tracker. An awesome tool that works as your personal accountant.

7. "A Tribute to Bangalore" Concert by Ustad Amjad Ali Khan & UstadZakir Hussain .

8. J o b Update at Nilachakra. Please log on to Nilachakra

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1. News updates for Orissa : It seems as if Orissa is being consecrated with tunes of improvement by GOD. Latest updates are ( get details at Nilachakra )

· Allocation for railways in Orissa goes down. gets only Rs 606 crore
· Orissa Partially neglected, Naveen disappointed with rail budget
· New train to run between Bhubaneswar and Rameswaram
· Planning Commission grants Rs 5105 cr to Orissa
· Centre aids Orissa for accelerated rural water supply programme
· Foreign tourist inflow to Orissa increase by 13 percent
· ‘Indian’ set to introduce daily flight to link Bhubaneswar with Delhi
· UGC may recognise Ravenshaw varsity soon
· MoU signed to protect endangered Sea turtle
· Panchyat Poll: Officially BJD & Naveen maintains No 1 postion
· Movie 'Jai Jagannath' to Release in 15 Languages on April 27
· Central PSUs urged to help in establishment of IIT in State
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2. Dola Purnima & Holi :

DOLA PURNIMA & HOLI is Celebrated Throughout Orissa during Falguna Purnima or Phalgu1na (March). "Dola Purnima" or Holi is a popular festival in the coastal districts of Orissa. It is the full-moon day in the month of Falguna. Through the festival the spring is welcomed and enjoyed with mirth and merriment. This festival has been referred to in the puranical texts as "Basantotsaba" or the spring-festival.

Some scriptures testify that the "Madanotsaba", the festival held in honour of 'Madana' or the Cupid was later transformed as the "Dolatsaba" or swing-festival of Krishna. Therefore, Krishna is propitiated on this occasion as "Madanamohana". Description of the festival as Dolatsaba finds mention in a number of 'Puranas' and other Sanskrit texts. The 'Padma Purana' says, "One is expiated of all sins, who gets a vision of Krishna swaying in the swing."

Time For The Festivity
Though the festival of Holi is observed for a day with mirth and merriment all over the country, the festival is celebrated for five days in Orissa. It starts from the tenth day of the bright fortnight of the month of Falguna known as "Fagu Dasami". Smearing the heads with 'Abira' (a violet coloured powder) the people take round the idols of Madanamohana in richly decorated palanquins known as "Veemana".
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3. Railway Budget 2007.

A boon for middle class and poor people. Some of the headlines are

· Railways record Rs 20,000 crore profit in 2006-07.
· AC first class fare will be reduced.
· Reduction in fares by Re 1 per passenger in suburban tickets.
· Super fast surcharge levied on second class tickets reduced by 20 per cent.
· Train to Kashmir Valley will get priority.
· 500 kms of new rail lane envisaged.
· Smart rail travel cards to be introduced.
· 23 train routes to be extended.
· 800 new wagons to be introduced; 20,000 km of high-density network to be laid; new trains for cement transportation.
· Chair to be set up at IIM-A to study the management of Railways.
· Lalu against privatization in Railways. Wants private partnership on his terms.
· CCTVs to be installed in sensitive stations.
· All TTEs to be provided palm tops.
· Rail electrification to be done across the country right from Kashmir to Kanyakumari.
· Rail locomotive production to be increased.
· 32 new trains and 8 new Grib Raths this year.
· Suburban train services in Mumbai to be increased.
· Mumbai Urban Transport Project to be speeded up to help suburban commuters. Rs 5,000 crore to be allocated during the next Five-Year Plan for this.
· Feasibility study to be conducted for ultra-high speed trains with speed up to 250-300 km per hour.
· Separate coach for vendors, milkmen and petty traders in passenger trains.
· Fifty per cent fare concession for UPSC and other official examinees.
· Tickets to be sold at petrol pumps and ATM centers.
· Number of berths to be increased from 72 to 84 in sleeper coaches.
· Work on dedicated freight corridor to begin in 2007-08.The corridor will be completed after investing Rs 30,000 crore.
· 2007-08 will be observed as Railways cleanliness year.
· 300 more stations to be turned into model stations.
· 6,000 automatic ticket vending machines to be installed in major cities.
· Railways to set up call centers. Customers can dial 139 at local rates anywhere in India and get routed to Railway call centers. Passengers can also get alerts through SMS.
· For handicapped persons, specially designed coaches will be used.1,250 bogies created for this so far. All mail expresses will have such designed coaches by next year.
· Senior citizen and ladies above 45 years of age will have greater quota in AC and second class sleeper coaches.
· Unreserved compartments will increase from four to six compartments in every train this year.
· Production of wooden seats will be stopped.
· Un-cushioned seats to be replaced by 2007-2008 in unreserved second class compartments.
· Efforts to increase container traffic five - fold to 100 million tonnes by 2011-12.
· Lalu claims container train experiment has been successful.
· Will invest massively in container operations over the next 5 years.
· Plan to start three-storey container trains.
· High surplus recorded without load on common man.
· Cement steel traffic up by 20 to 30 per cent.
· Freight: Incremental loading of 60 million tonnes this year.
· Fund balance at Rs 16,000 crore.
· Each zone will have a SP grade officer to look into consumer complaints.
· All customer complaints to be disposed in three months.
· 20- 30 per cent increase in passenger traffic.


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4. World Cup Schedule : You can download the world cup 2007 tournament fixtures into your Microsoft Outlook calendar. This means you will be automatically reminded on the day and time at which every ODI that a game is about to begin.

Steps:

1. Download the “stage_one3.ics” file to your desktop from Nilachakra menu bar1.
2. Open up Microsoft Outlook and from the 'File' menu select 'Import and Export'
3. From the next menu, select 'Import an iCalendar or vCalendar file (.vcs)'
4. Select the Cricinfo calendar file and upload
5. The tour schedule will now be sitting in your Outlook Calendar

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6. Expense Tracker :

A tool that can work as your personal accountant. Get the same at Nilachakra Materials page . File named “L - Expense tracker.xls”. Once set the tools results you “L - expensecalc.JPG” and “L - expensereports.JPG”
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7. "A Tribute to Bangalore" Concert by Ustad Amjad Ali Khan & UstadZakir Hussain :

'A Tribute to Bangalore ' Concert by Ustad Amjad Ali Khan & Ustad Zakir Hussain on 2nd March 2007 . Indian Classical Music lovers and connoisseurs have a treat in store in the city – Master of Sarod Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and Wizard of Tabla Ustad Zakir Hussain will be performing together on Friday, 2nd. March 2007 at RBANMs Grounds, near Ulsoor Lake from 7-30 pm onwards. They will be performing together in the city after a gap of nearly 12 years. Concert tickets are priced at Rs.2500(Limited), 1000, 500 & 250. As a Special Offer for Senior citizens above 65 years of age tickets are priced at Rs. 200.

Tickets will be available at:

Planet M -Brigade Road (25588122), Indiranagar (41269892), Marathahalli Main Road (41262734), ITPL(28416866), Garuda Mall (66641014) ,Sigma Mall (66121112) ,Jal Vayu Vihar (41687105)
K.C.Das - St.Marks Road(55332076/ 9343767470),J.P.Nagar (41209034),
KHAYAL,The Chancery Hotel - Lavelle Road (41188888) ,
CALYPSO -Jayanagar (2655 2368), Gangarams - (25581113 / 9678)
Udani Opticians-Koramangla (25634343 / 65684343),
Worldspace Lounges - Brigade Road & Forum Mall ,
Crossword- Residency Road (25584211 -5),
Annakoot - Kagadaspura Main Road (98440 06206),
Skipper Furnishings - St.Johns Road (4113 4356/7)

For Home Delivery call - Current Booking at 2570 5858.
For online booking order tickets online @ www.indiaplaza.in or call 4130 3030 bet 9-30 to 6-00 pm.
For further details contact 98451 72749.

Our Past Live Jugalbandi Concerts

1997 - Amjad Ali Khan's 50th Birthday Concert at Basant Habba, Nrityagram,Bangalore.
1999- A Tribute to Mother Teressa in Kolkata
2004 – Tribute to Germany
2004 - Live at Town Hall, NYC

What Ustad Zakir Hussain has to say about a concert with Ustad Amjad Ali Khan

"How do you prepare for a concert? For example, this Amjad Ali Khan-Zakir Hussain concert?

I focus on what that musician is all about by listening to his recordings and getting a feel of him. I rehearse by myself and by the time I arrive for a concert, I am into the mindset. Now, Amjad will act as the initiator and I will find a rhythm and then we will explore. We will start with a blind canvas and if there are connoisseurs audience, they will respond. So we will paint this canvas along with the audience." Nitish S Rele caught up with the tabla whiz before a concert with sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan in Tampa, Florida.

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KRISHNAMRAJU LAYOUT
(Near Delmia Circle), Bangalore-560 076.
Ph: 080-41305645 / 09845172749 / 09845447130
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