Kunda Nagri saw record sales of Kunda! What a sweet!dea Sir je

The sweet shops in Kunda Nagri, Belgaum made record breaking sales in these times of recession. They made whopping sales of roughly 6000 kgs of Kunda alone during the 9 day session period. During the last session in 2006 hardly 2000 kgs were sold.

According to the figures given by the Belgaum Kunda manufactures association, the sweet shop owners have roughly sold kunda worth over Rs 10 lakh, within a span of just eight days, provided they charge around Rs 150-200 per kg.

30% of the 6000 kgs of Kunda sold was Sugar free and new trend in sweets and also shows the health consciousness of the politicians or may be the after effects of Diabetes.

After kunda, kardant, another specialty of Belgaum (Gokak) made of jaggery, recorded extraordinary sales during the session.

This time prominent politicians had placed orders beforehand.
Source: TOI

Belgaum News briefs at 8pm

Belgaum News briefs at 8pm

With LS polls, Congress, BJP dither on stand- ExpressBuzz ****Parochial flare-ups on either side of the Karnataka- Maharashtra border has put the two national parties BJP and the Congress on a sticky wicket, while regional outfits on either side of the border are leaving no stone unturned to cash in on it in the upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Maharashtra.
With elections round the corner, the Sena is likely to keep the issue alive to revive its prospects of coming to power after a gap of ten years in Maharashtra, while the MES which has been rejected by its own people in the 2007 elections in Belgaum finds it an opportunity to keep it busy for the time being.

Crowd ransacks Bank of Maharashtra in Dharwad- Indopia As protests over Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti and Shiv Sena's attempts to rake up the boundary dispute continued for the third consecutive day today in parts of Karnataka, a crowd ransacked a branch of Bank of Maharashtra in Dharwad, police said here. They damaged the bank's computers and furniture before escaping from the spot.

Karnataka reacts sharply to boundary row – The HinduThe BJP government in Karnataka on Tuesday lashed out at Maharashtra leaders' demand to declare Marathi-speaking areas in Karnataka as Union Territory till Supreme Court decides on the issue, saying it would "back- fire" on that state.


War over Pariwar- TOIThe legislative assembly turned into a wrestling arena for a while on Tuesday, when some BJP members tried to attack Congress member Abaychandra Jain over his derogatory remarks on one of the Sangh Parivar organizations.

Karnataka buses stop entering Maharashtra – The Hindu
Karnataka State Transport has stopped plying its buses in bordering areas of Maharashtra after Akhil Bhartiya Chhawa Sangathan burnt a bus from the State in Latur on Sunday.

Bangalore next terror target after Mumbai- TOI
Central intelligence has alerted Karnataka that Bangalore is the next target of terrorists after the November 26 Mumbai attack, chief minister B S Yeddyurappa said.

Maharashtra should get Karnataka's Marathi-speaking areas: BJP –The Hindu
At a time when its ally Shiv Sena has gone on the offensive over the vexed Maharashtra-Karnataka boundary row, Maharashtra BJP on Tuesday said it favours merger of the Marathi-speaking areas of Karnataka with the State.

Belgaum media coverage 18-01-2009

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Netas turn fitness freaks- TOI
Jogging, walking, meditation and some gymming. All these fitness activities are part of our netas, who are camping in Belgaum for the winter legislature session.
Marathis are safe here, says Yeddyurappa- The HinduKannadigas and Marathis united on land, water issues. Only precautionary steps taken in view of the legislature session’. Marathis in Karnataka are as safe as they are in Maharashtra’
Seven Bills get consent- The Hindu The seven Bills passed by the Karnataka legislature between July 1, 2007 and August 22, 2008 have been accorded consent by the President and the Governor.
MES will continue its fight: N.D. Patil- The HinduMaharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES) will continue its struggle till it gets “justice” on the boundary dispute, senior MES leader from Maharashtra N.D. Patil has said.
MLAs fight over food habits- TOIWhat started as obituary references to leaders who died fighting terrorists in Mumbai on 26/11 led to discussion of food habits of MLAs; and it all ended in an unsavoury trading of words between legislators from the North and the South, in the assembly on Saturday.
Cong to back JD(S) for council poll- TOIIt's payback time for the Congress to the JD(S)! But it will be issue-based and not a open invitation on alliance.

Belgaum media coverage: 17-01-09

Belgaum media coverage: 17-01-09
Gays to present demands to CM- Times of IndiaGay community members plan to appeal to the Yeddyurappa government to treat them on equal terms and help them live a dignified life.
Sena warns of snapping ties with BJP over boundary row- PTIMounting pressure on its ally over the border row issue, the Shiv Sena today warned BJP that it would snap ties with it if its government in Karnataka continued to "torture" Marathi-speaking people.
CM STAYS BABUS' IDEA OF FLYING DAILY – Star of Mysore onlineB.S. Yeddyurappa is learnt to have stalled the idea of senior officers in travelling daily by air from Bangalore to Belgaum to attend the joint legislature session being held there. The session will be on for eight days and staying so long in Belgaum was a tough proposition, with the facilities created being not up to the standard expected. Added to that, the city had scarcity of good accommodation, felt the top brass.
History repeats itself at Belgaum- ExpressBuzz
It was a typical winter morning in Belgaum, only the city was decked up with posters of BJP leaders and thousands of saffron flags — the Belgaum session got under way on Friday.

Plans will be revealed during Budget- Express BuzzB S Yeddyurappa defended the Governor’s speech to the joint legislature session on Friday, which did not have any information on major programmes planned, saying that the government thought it would be better to announce the programmes in the budget, instead of announcing it in the Governor’s address.

Siddu issues another deadline to Congress- Express BuzzDisgruntled Congress leader Siddaramaiah has done it again. He has set a deadline of January 25 for the Congress high command to accord him a suitable position to match his stature. In the past also he had set a deadline for the Congress, which the high command ignored, following which he decided to stay away from the bypoll campaign.

Forget recession, govt promises the moon - Express Buzz
The economic slowdown will not deter the government from continuing developmental works in the state, said Governor Rameshwar Thakur while addressing the joint session of the Karnataka Legislature on Friday. The money will be made available from within the framework of the Fiscal Responsibility Act

Belgaums Wish list of demands

Leaders of all political parties in Belgaum have come together and prepared a wish list for the development of Belgaum. The list will be handed over to the Chief Minister Yeddyurappa during the session.
The demands:
Develop a garden on the basis of the Brindavan at Navlteerta and Ghatprabha Dams.
Separate quota for north Karnataka region in KPSC recruitment
Upgrade Goa- Belgaum road
Set up Apparel Park in Belgaum
Set up a reprocessing unit of horticulture crops in Belgaum
Not many of the promises made by the then government on the development of Belgaum during the first session in 2006, have seen the light of the day. Drinking water supply, underground drainage, repair of roads, setting up of a SEZ and Apparel Park in Waghwedhe (13 kms from Belgaum city) - all of them have been non-starters. A total of 13 major projects worth nearly Rs 300 crore were announced in 2006 for development of Belgaum alone.
Source: Deccan Herald

Belgaum assembly photos

The photos of the assembly session.

BSY visited all the statues in the city.

Belgaum Legislative Assembly session 2009 website

To get all the details of the entire Belgaum Legislative Assembly session 2009, visit http://belgaum.nic.in/session-09.html
At the moment the various details like, Accommodation, Maps etc have been mentioned.
All is in Kannada and in Flash mode.
The site will be updated daily and you can get a host of information from the site. I will also be following the same here. Even photographs and detailed materials as to what happened in the day will be posted on the same place I guess.
But instead of only one person seeing the site, I thought it will be nice if you all see it and give me news bites.

Winter session of Karnataka Legislature in 2nd week of January at Belgaum

CM, B.S. Yeddyurappa said that the winter session of the Karnataka Legislature would be held in the 2nd week of January in Belgaum.

The dates and the length of the session would be declared later.


Even the venue will have to be looked for, but it could be the same KLE hall that had hosted the first ever legislature session in September 2006.