All About Belgaum turns 2

All About Belgaum turns 2 Giving you much more than just news

I want to take a moment to whole-heartedly thank the readers of All About Belgaum for contributing over the past 2 years. It is an absolute honor to share this milestone. This past year has been rewarding; let’s quickly review our journey until this point.

Highlights of the past year:

─ A significant achievement seeded and nurtured by the blog has been the formation of Information technology (IT) BELGAUM group, resulting in professional collaborations between Belgaum-based IT entrepreneurs.

─ Judging from the myriad comments each month, this blog has served as an important online source of news and information for thousands of Belgaumites scattered all over the world.

─ In the 2 yrs since its inception, there have been 1173 blog posts with 1247 comments (thanks for the overwhelming response!), resulting in 110000 visitors in the second year which is a 4-fold increase from the first.

Even during times of significant delay between posts, visitors have continued to exponentially increase the number of page views. To be honest (and maybe a little cheesy), the constantly improving visitor statistics are the biggest driving force that keeps the blog rolling—thank you so much! I remain grateful towards everyone caring to read, even if only once or on occasion.

I’ve met and covered many incredible people, both in person and online. The posts on this blog are constant reminders of these amazing people, many of whom have gone out of their way to help. This blog wouldn’t have existed without their passionate support. Even at times when visitors disagreed and left unpleasant comments, resulted in “teachable moments” challenging my assumptions about the world we live. Would also take this moment to appreciate the contributions of fellow bloggers; they continue to inspire with their knowledge and passion for writing.

Lastly, this blog exists because of you (THE READER), thank you for earnestly visiting and participating. Looking forward to many more conversations in the years to come! If possible, I would like to thank each reader individually, and this can happen only when you leave a comment. To sincerely acknowledge your contributions I have created a list of those who left comments on the blog in chronological order (from the first post until now). It was delightful to look back at all those who have transformed All About Belgaum into a two-way conversation! Thank you again for your support. You rock!

List of Visitors who left comments on AAB!

(Thanks Nitin Nimbalkar for the first comment!)

Top Commenter’s comments wise: (Comments only till 3^rd August 2009)

1. Sundeep Sheri (33)

2. Satish Kumar (32)

3. Sujay Nimbalkar (29)

4. Mahantesh (23)

5. Praveen Bhagoji (21)

6. Shreyaz (15)

7. Vineet (14)

8. Aadil Bandukwala (14)

9. Sandeep (13)

10. Bramhanand Chipre (10)

11. Prasad Prabhu (9)

12. S M Naik (8)

13. Sachin Patel (8)

14. Sahir Kittur (8)

15. Sukrut (8)

16. Cinoj (7)

17. S M Katti (7)

Royston quarterfinals today

The quarterfinals of the prestigious Royston memorial football tournament will be played today.

St.Pauls will take on Nalanda School at 3pm

Marathi Vidya Niketan will play M V M School at 4pm

Operation PIG

Swine flu breakout I the world have made the Belgaum city corporation to take on the Pigs in the city.  It was the dogs earlier & now it is the turn of the pigs.

 

Mahantesh Nagar , Anagol, Auto Nagar Khasbag, Rukmini Nagar, Gandhi Nagar are the most affected areas by pig nuisance.  Pigs roam freely in the gutters and on main roads. The BCC had taken up a pig clean up drive earlier but was stopped.

The BCC is issuing notices to pig breeders about this and it seems the civic body is not going to take any chances, as swine flu is spreading day by day. 

List of candidates and link to Affidavits

GENERAL ELECTIONS TO PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCIES 2009

LIST OF CONTESTING CANDIDATES AND THEIR AFFIDAVITS

 Complete list of candidates who filed in nominations.

As of today only the Affidavits links of Amarsinh Patil and Gadiwaddar are updated as and when the rest are updated same would be informed on this blog.

 

Candidate Name	Party Affiliation	Assets & Liabilities Affidavits	Criminal Records Affidavits
Amarsinh Vasantrao Patil	INC	View	View
Angadi Suresh Channabasappa	BJP	View	View
APPAYYAGOUDA BASAGOUDA PATIL	JD(S)	View	View
ASHOK PANDAPPA HANAJI	Others	View	View
BHAVI KASTURI BASANAGOUDA	Others	View	View
ISMAIL MAGADUM SADEKUNISA MAGADUM	Others	View	View
Mohan Hanamant Gadiwaddar	Others	View	View
Patil Allappa Ramappa	Others	View	View
Patil Ramangouda Siddangouda	BSP	View	View
RAMACHANDRA MAREPPA TORGAL (CHALAWADI)	Others	View	View
VIJAYKUMAR JEENADATH UPADYA	Others	View	View
VINAY APPAYYAGOUDA PATIL	Others	View	View
YELLAPPA PEERAJI BELAGAONKAR	Others	View	View

 

 

Source: EC website