Belgaum Panthers in KPL finals
8:07 PM Posted by ukmad
In scintillating semi finals the Belgaum Panthers won by 15 runs against the Bangalore Brigadiers.
The finals will be played tomorrow i.e. 23 at 7.30 pm at Chinnaswamy stadium. The other finalist will be the winner of the second semi final between Provident Bangalore v Bijapur Bulls.
Belagavi Panthers socred 159/7 in 20 overs where as the Bangalore Brigadiers managed only 144/10 in 20 ovs.
Come on Belgaum Panthers You can win the KPL, ITS ours!
Belgaum panthers road show
6:16 PM Posted by ukmad
The Belgaum Panthers KPL franchisee at this moment is doing a road show and at this moment is at the Ganpat Galli- Khade Bzaar corner.
These are some exclusive and fastest pictures of the road show for you all. The road show commenced from Chennamma circle at 5.40pm and then started its journey from Kaktives, Khade Bazar, Samadevi Galli and college road.
Belgaum Ganesh Darshan 2009
5:35 PM Posted by ukmad
This slideshow will be updated automatically with new photos of various Ganesh Utsav Mandals. So keep coming back to this page.
The Name game: Belgaum & Belagavi
11:38 AM Posted by ukmad
It has been over three years now that the UPA government is sitting on the files of the renaming 13 cities in Karnataka.
In addition, all is stuck because of our town, Belgaum. The hitch lies in renaming `Belgaum' as `Belagavi'. The Centre has not agreed to this as Belgaum is caught between Karnataka and Maharashtra in the border dispute. One of the Centre's guidelines for renaming places is that the names should not hurt people's sentiments, have political overtones or be already in use in some other state. Karnataka is unwilling to drop Belgaum and go ahead with re-naming the other 12 cities.
See the importance of Belgaum, because of which renaming of 12 other cities is officially hampered. Bagalore is now called Bengaluru in almost all places but officially its still not renamed.
Why renaming at all? Bombay became Mumbai, Madras became Chennai, Calcutta became Kolkotta so why should we remain behind. However, what is the logic behind renaming is a mystery to me. What difference does it make I call it Belgaum and you call it Belagavi or even Belgaon, all will stay in the same city drink the same water and breathe the same air, so what is the utility of renaming?
Source: TOI
Belgaum Session: 2006 and now in 2008 what city will get
4:48 PM Posted by ukmad
The first ever session of the Karnataka Legislative assembly was held in Belgaum 25-09-2006 to 29-09-2006.
Once the announcement of the session was made many places in the city were seen through so as to get the most ideal place for the session. Right from the VTU, Gandhi Bhavan too many other places and at last the JNMC campus was selected. At that moment initially nobody had thought about that venue as the chairman Mr.Kore was in the congress and during that time Congress was in the opposition.
Mr.Prabhakar Kore came forward and gave his JNMC campus to be turned in to the part time assembly. Which all liked as it was somewhat out of the city with main road connectivity and many hotels in the surrounding.
Holding a session is not easy, accommodation from staff to MLA and Governor has to be done. JNMC campus has one of the best renovated international hostels like the Akkamahadevi international hostel where many of the MLAs and staff resided during the last session. Hotels like Shankam, Ramdev, Adarsh Palace were booked.
This time also the same thing will happen, not to mention VITS will be added to the list.
Roads leading from the airport to the JNMC campus will be repaired to see that there are no potholes. The area surrounding the campus will be cleaned for cleanliness and also for security concerns. A few other roads will also get a face lift in this time.
All the students there in the JNMC had a holiday for about 10 days last time in 2006, the same would be case this time also, the number of days might be increase this time.
What else can we expect from the session to Belgaum is uninterrupted power supply during those 10 days, which will be a welcome move for us.
The national media and also the state media will be here to cover the show. So you could see some specials on various channels in respect to Belgaum.
With all this some restrictions will also come in. All roads from Kolhapur Cross towards JNMC will be blocked. Access to KLE hospital will not be easy. People coming in from Kolhapur side might have to divert their entry near the Lake. Busses leaving from Ramdev hotel could be shifted elsewhere in that period. Regular business of local dealers from Hotel Ramdev onwards towards the campus will be drastically affected as their main consumer bases are students who will not be there.
Some new policies or draft resolutions may be passed in the Session for the growth of Belgaum district. Not sure what will happen but something is expected to happen.
Out of the 3 assembly constituencies in Belgaum, 2 are held by the ruling BJP and one by the Congress.
If you would like to know all that happened in the 2006 session this link will give you all the details.
http://belgaum.nic.in/new_assembly.htm
So now look forward to the session and hope Belgaum city will get its due.
November 1: Kala Din Vs Rajotsava= No business
5:26 PM Posted by ukmad
The Rajotsav procession was as usual with pomp and glamour and also dolby.Shops enroute the Rajotsav procession were also closed, as it is normally done by all shop keepers during processions. The procession was on until 5pm I could see one truck passing by.
Overall this is was a bad day for business as there were very few people on the streets and the streets were deserted to an extent especially Ramdev Galli, Khade bazaar, Samadevi galli etc.
Renaming Belgaum challenged
10:49 AM Posted by ukmad
The High Court on Thursday issued a notice to the Center regarding a petition challenging the government's decision to change the name of Belgaum to Belagavi.
M V Chawan and others from Belgaum contended that the change of name would affect the culture and sentiments of Marathi people. The petitioner further stated that the name was changed with political motives to hurt the sentiments of Marathi people and cut of Belguam's historic roots with Marathi culture and language.
On October 25, 2006, the Revenue Department sent recommendations to the Central Government regarding changing names of major cities in Karnataka, in which Belgaum was changed to Belagavi.
Chief Justice P D Dinakaran and Justice Mohan Shantan Gowder issued notice to the respondents.
Do we really require a name change is the question to all? What will happen if the same name is retained or it is changed? Will Belgaum's fate change if the name is changed to Belgavi?
In India we have courts and courts will take their own time on any issue and ocne the matter is in court, we should not say anything, only say "The matter is sub judice ".
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