India's biggest shopping mall : Lulu shopping mall

Asia biggest shopping mall Lulu shopping mall is open in Kochi at 10th March 2013 .It was built at a cost
of  Rs 1,600 crore, an official has said.The mall is spread over 2.5 million square feet of space and is
owned by EMKE group of United Arab Emirates (UAE) businessman M A Yousuf Ali, who hails from Kerala. Opened on 10 March 2013, the mall consist of more than 360 outlets including food courts, restaurants, family entertainment zones and a nine-screen multiplex, ice skating rink and bowling alley.

Location:

Located in Edappally Junction, one of the prime locations at the meeting point of three key Highways, NH 47, NH 17, and the Kochi Bypass, the mall is expected to be a landmark for the state of Kerala and its people. The opening of the mall has caused a major traffic bottleneck in the area and the NHAI along with the civic body is planning to construct a flyover above the NH-47 and 17.Temporarily they are going to use the free area available in either side of the road thus enabling motorists a free left turn. Lulu seems to have grand plans for Edappally by building its own self contained city in the surrounding areas of the Mall. The management have started to buy out the needed land. A major set back was the refusal of the nearby convent management to sell their huge chunk of land beside the mall.

 Atrium:

> Lulu Hypermarket on the ground floor having an area of 25,800 square metres (278,000 sq ft) selling          
   fresh, frozen, canned food, fruits and vegetables, along with butchery, bakery, hot food counters etc.

> Lulu Fashion Store on the First floor with 13,500 square metres (145,000 sq ft) of shop floor selling non  
   food items like garments, footwear, luggage, white goods, cosmetics, electronic goods etc.

> International home furnishing store of area 49,500 square metres (533,000 sq ft)

> Gross leasable retail space over 19,800 square metres (213,000 sq ft)



Food court:

> A fine dining restaurant of 4,500 square metres (48,000 sq ft) and a coffee shop of 1,800 square metres
   (19,000 sq ft) are located in the second floor

> A large Food Court to seat around 4,500 people serviced by eighteen kitchens will offer an array of exotic
   cuisine

> Three fine dining restaurants with terrace dining facilities on the third floor







Leisure zone:

> An Amusement area of 7,500 square metres (81,000 sq ft) on the third floor comprising indoor thrill
   games, computer gaming zone and a bowling alley.

> A nine screen multiplex managed by PVR, occupying an area of 54,000 square metres (580,000 sq ft) on
   the  fifth floor.

 

Five star hotel (Marriott):

A highlight of the Lulu Complex will be a 5-star hotel located adjacent to the imposing shopping mall run by JW Marriot. The 420 room property will offer royal suite rooms and Executive Suites with international standard multi cuisine restaurants, swimming pool, coffee shop, spa and privilege club facilities, etc. The hotel stands at a height of 84 meters and has a Helipad.

Source: Lulu Mall

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Finally Afzal Guru has been hanged in Tihar Jail

There is very good news come in this morning that the 2001 Indian parliament attack convict Afzal guru is hanged in the Tihar Jail.

According to TV reports, home ministry has confirmed that Afzal Guru has been hanged.
Earlier the reports said that his mercy plea had been rejected by President Pranab Mukherjee. He was convicted for his role in the attack on Parliament in 2001.
A curfew has been clamped in parts of Jammu and Kashmir.
Afzal Guru was given the death sentence by the Supreme Court in 2004. His hanging, scheduled for October 2006, was suspended or stayed after his wife filed a mercy petition on his behalf.
Sources say that the President informed the home ministry that he had rejected the mercy petition on January 23.In December 2001, five heavily-armed terrorists drove into the Parliament complex and opened fire.
Nine people were killed, most of them members of the security forces. The terrorists were shot dead.
Both houses of Parliament had just been adjourned and several MPs were still inside.
A few days later, Afzal Guru was arrested.
The main opposition party, the BJP, has repeatedly questioned the delay in the execution of Afzal Guru, and its leaders last questioned the government in Parliament on the 11th anniversary of the attack last month.
In November last year, Ajmal Kasab, the terrorist from Pakistan who was caught during the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai, was executed in a Pune jail in a top-secret operation.

Source:Times of India

72nd Birthday of Ghazal King "JAGJIIT SINGH"

Jagjit Singh, born Jagmohan Singh (8 February 1941 – 10 October 2011), was a prominent Indian Ghazal singer, songwriter and musician. Known as the "Ghazal King", he gained acclaim together with his wife, another renowned Indian ghazal singer Chitra Singh in the 1970s and 1980s. Their combination album comprising music from the films, Arth and Saath Saath is the HMV's largest selling combination album of all time. Sajda (An Offering, 1991), Jagjit Singh's magnum opus double album with Lata Mangeshkar holds the same record in non-film category. He sang in numerous languages. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the government of India in 2003.

Singh is credited for the revival and popularity of ghazal, an Indian classical art form, by choosing poetry that was relevant to the masses and composing them in a way that laid more emphasis on the meaning of words and melody evoked by them. In terms of Indian Classical music, his style of composing and Gayaki (singing) is considered as Bol-pradhan, one that lays emphasis on words. He highlighted this in his music for films such as Prem Geet (1981), Arth and Saath Saath (1982), and TV serials Mirza Ghalib (1988) and Kahkashan (1991). Jagjit Singh is considered to be the most successful ghazal singer and composer of all time in terms of critical acclaim and commercial success. With a career spanning five decades and a repertoire comprising over 80 albums, the range and breadth of his work has been regarded as genre-defining. He is the only composer and singer to have composed and recorded songs written by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee — also a critically acclaimed poet — in two albums, Nayi Disha (1999) and Samvedna (2002).

Singh's 1987 album, Beyond Time, was the first digitally recorded release in India. He was regarded as one of India's most influential artists. With sitar legend Ravi Shankar and other leading figures of Indian classical music and literature, Singh voiced his concerns over politicisation of arts and culture in India and lack of support experienced by the practitioners of India's traditional art forms, particularly folk artists and musicians. He lent active support to several philanthropic endeavors such as the library at St. Mary's School, Mumbai, Bombay Hospital, CRY, Save the Children and ALMA.

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Pranab Mukherjee promulgates ordinance on crime against women

President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday gave his assent to the ordinance sharpening laws against sexual assault, mandating harsher punishment like death penalty for offenders in cases where the victim dies or is pushed into a persistent vegetative state. The amended law comes into force immediately.

The ordinance, which also introduced voyeurism, stalking, disrobing of women and acid attacks as specific offences under the Indian Penal Code, was approved by the Union Cabinet on Friday.

Though the presidential assent has brought the "changed" provisions of the law into force, the government will have to get it passed in Parliament within six months.

With the main opposition party BJP welcoming the move, the government is confident of getting the new provisions passed in Parliament after putting it up for discussion and modification, if needed, during the budget session.

The President's assent to the ordinance came even as women's rights activists expressed unhappiness over the provisions. They were upset over the government's refusal to recognize marital rape as an offence, failure to hold command officers accountable for rapes by their subordinates and omission of rapes by armed forces as a category.

The Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance, 2013 — comprising several recommendations of the Justice (retired) JS Verma committee — was rushed through to beat the notification of the budget session which is due to begin on February 21. The notification — which is to be issued in a day or two — would have prevented issuance of the ordinance.

'Rarest of rare' rape cases 

Going beyond recommendations of the Justice Verma committee, the ordinance has prescribed death penalty for cases of rape which lead to the victim's death or pushes her into coma. It seeks to treat such cases as "rarest-of-rare" for which courts can award capital punishment if they so decide.

For such cases, the ordinance prescribes a minimum sentence of 20 years which can be extended to imprisonment until the natural life of the convict, or death.

Brought against the backdrop of Nirbhaya's case, the ordinance changes various clauses in existing criminal law by amending Indian Penal Code (IPC), Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) and the Evidence Act.

The new provisions will be brought before Parliament as part of official amendments to the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2012 which was introduced in December last year. The pending legislation is currently being examined by a parliamentary standing committee which is scheduled to meet on Monday.

Officials in the home ministry, however, did not rule out the possibility of withdrawing the pending bill and bringing a fresh legislation incorporating the changes which came into force through the ordinance.

Konark Sun Temple : A milestone of Indian architecture

Konark Sun Temple is most renowned  Sun Temple in the World which built in 13th century at Konark in Orissa. It is a masterpiece of Indian Culture and Architecture .It is constructed by oxidized and weathered ferruginous sandstone by King Narasimhadev I of the East Ganga Dynasty.UNESCO honored this site as World Heritage Site and also it is in the 7th wonders of India.

The name Konark is derived from sanskrit word Kona means Angel and Arka means Sun in the reference to  the temple which was dedicated to the Sun god Surya.

The Sun Temple, built in the thirteenth century, was conceived as a gigantic chariot of the Sun God, with twelve pairs of exquisitely ornamented wheels pulled by seven horses. Majestic in conception, this temple is one of the most sublime monuments of India, famous as much for its imposing dimensions and faultless proportions as for the harmonious integration of architectural grandeur with plastic allegiance. Every inch of the temple is covered with sculpture of an unsurpassed beauty and grace, in tableaux and freestanding pieces ranging from the monumental to the miniature. The subject matter is fascinating. Thousands of images include deities, celestial and human musicians, dancers, lovers, and myriad scenes of courtly life, ranging from hunts and military battles to the pleasures of courtly relaxation. These are interspersed with birds, animals (close to two thousand charming and lively elephants march around the base of the main temple alone), mythological creatures, and a wealth of intricate botanical and geometrical decorative designs. The famous jewel-like quality of Orissan art is evident throughout, as is a very human perspective which makes the sculpture extremely accessible.

The temple is famous for its erotic sculptures, which can be found primarily on the second level of the porch structure. It will become immediately apparent upon viewing them that the frank nature of their content is combined with an overwhelming tenderness and lyrical movement. This same kindly and indulgent view of life extends to almost all the other sculptures at Konark, where the thousands of human, animal, and divine personages are shown engaged in the full range of the 'carnival of life' with an overwhelming sense of appealing realism. It is admittedly the best in Orissa. Its fine traceries and scrollwork, as well as the beautiful and natural cut of animal and human figures, give it a superiority over other temples.

The Sun temple belongs to the Kalinga school of Indian temple architecture. The Main Sanctum which (229 ft. high) was constructed along with the Audience Hall (128 ft. high) having elaborate external projections. The Main Sanctum which enshrined the presiding deity has fallen off. The Audience Hall survives in its entirety, but only small portions of the Dancing Hall (Nata Mandir) and the Dining Hall (Bhoga-Mandap) have survived the vagaries of time. The Temple compound measures 857 ft (261 m) by 540 ft (160 m). The alignment of the Sun Temple is on the East-West direction. The Temple is located in natural surroundings, abounding with casuarina plantations and other types of trees such as mahogany, rosewood, eel which grow on sandy soil.