Uncertainty over assembly session in Belgaum
11:50 AM Posted by ukmad
The rumors that the government may not hold the Assembly session in Belgaum indicate that BSY administration’s apathy to developing the district and this part of the state, according to the Kannada Organisation’s Action Committee (KOAC).
Former CM Kumaraswamy and then his deputy Yeddyurappa had announced that the government would hold the legislative session in Belgaum every year for at least one week, but this does not seem to be happening. The Karnataka Rakshana Vedike (KRV) has gone one step further to almost dare the government not to hold the session in Belgaum. The opposition says the Govt. has not fulfilled its promises made in the earlier sessions held here.
BSY said that the construction of the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha is in progress and the city would also play host to the World Kannada Conference.
Source: Express Buzz
Belgaum Bandh
12:34 PM Posted by ukmad
The Bandh call given by Sri Ram sena has received good response all over the city.
- City Bus stand a desserted look
- Maruti Galli
All the commercial establishments excluding banks and medical stores are closed in most parts of the city. Camp area shops were open but Main city; Shahpur & Tilakwadi majority shops were closed.
There were small incidents of stone pelting in Bhatkande Galli, Khade Bazar and some incidents of tyre burning. About four shops were gutted on PB road but the police said it was due to short circuit and nothing to do with the bandh. Glasses of a few busses were broken by unidentified people today as well as yesterday night. In all 14 buses were damaged.
- You can play cricket in Raviwar peth, where its difficult on others days to even move
- Wholesale Cantonment Vegetable market
Police have put up barricades in some places. The over condition is normal and no tension prevails as such. The movement of traffic is minimal and the city bus service withdrawn after stone pelting.
Photos: D B Patil &UkMaD
Hindu organizations protest against the violence in Miraj and Sangli
1:24 PM Posted by ukmad
Various pro Hindu organizations like the Bajrang Dal, Shiv Sena etc gathered today at Chennama circle and gave a memorandum to the DC demanding that the Ganpati’s in the two cities must be immersed first and all the persons arrested should be released. If the Maharsahtra Govt. did not do the same a call for Belgaum bandh will be given.
Belagavi Panthers or Belgaum Panthers
10:56 AM Posted by ukmad
Belgaum is famous for Kunda and the border row and the dispute keeps peeping itself in on various occasions, thanks to some pro language people and organizations.
This time the row is over the naming of the KPL franchisee as Belagavi Panthers. Advocate Madhav Chavan, in a letter has written to former BCCI president and Union Minister for Agriculture Sharad Pawar urging action against Karnataka State Cricket Association for naming the cricket team "Belagavi Panthers". He also stated that the central government had not given its nod for renaming of Belgaum and when the official name is still Belgaum why the team name has been kept as Belagavi.
Mr.Chavan also mentioned that that neither government nor the association had the right to use the name "Belagavi", as long as the matter was still in court.
May what happen but the language bias does come up in some form or the other in Belgaum. The idea of Mr.Chavan of writing to Shard Pawar may not do any good.
Now let us think of a hypothetical situation where in the team name is changed to Belgaum Panthers, then what happens, the Pro Kannada organizations will come up strongly against the changing of the name.
A notable factor here is the names of other teams of the KPL. Bangalore Brigadiers why wasn’t it named as ‘Bengaluru’ Brigadiers or Mysore Maharaajas as ‘Mysuru’ Maharaajas.
Only the Belgaum team is Belagavi Why is this? Any idea readers.
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 trivia increase your knowledge
4:37 PM Posted by ukmad
From today a new Belgaum trivia/quiz has been introduced.
The main aim is to increase your knowledge about Belgaum.
Here Belgaum trivia No.1 see this link http://www.mystudiyo.com/ch/a94624/go
Rain dampens Ganesh visarjan
6:46 PM Posted by ukmad
The Ganesh Visarjan (idol immersion) of the sarvajanik mandals began on time but rain dampened everything. Heavy showers are still pouring down and turnout to see the procession is very less or the least I have seen until date. Untill 6.05 pm only 7 Ganesh Mandals had started from Hutatma Chowk.
Even tough in the rains the few mandals who made it into the procession had the youth with full of energy and the sounds of the drums, dhols and tasahs were echoing all round. Police were seen all over and this time they out numbered the lookers on.
As the evening goes by increasingly, mandals will join in and if the rain continues, then the usual festivities wont are seen.
Ganpati Bappa Morya, Pudchya Varshi Lavkar Ya.
All photos & Video: Team AAB
Fortress Belgaum for tomorrow
11:24 AM Posted by ukmad
Come public festivals and the city of Belgaum is made into a fortress. May it be Shiv Jayanti or Ganesh Idol immersion which is tomorrow September 3, security in the city has been tightened.
52 CCTV cameras will record the entire idol immersion procession from the control room at Khade Bazar Police station. SP Sonia Narang said they have taken preventative measure to maintain law and order during idol immersion and procession. Ten 10 KSRP and 15 DARP platoons, 200 police officers, 2,000 police personnel, 200 women constables and 200 Home Guards will keep vigil in the city. Liquor shops will shut from tomorrow morning and will open only on September 4 after 10 am.
The idol immersion procession in which 195 mandals will take part will start at 4pm from Hutatma Chowk, and will take the following route- Hutatma Chowk, Ramdev Galli, Samadevi Galli, Ramling Khind, Hemu Kalani Chowk, Tahshildar Galli and will end at Kapelishwar.
The BCC has also made elaborate arrangements at Kapelishwar where 2 cranes have been installed for faster idol immersion.
People travelling to Belgaum tomorrow in the evening will need to take diversions from the regular route as traffic will be closed towards Bogarves and will be diverted as usual from Camp.
Tomorrow’s weather forecast by IMD-
Rainfall (mm) 27
Max Temperature ( deg C) 25
Min Temperature ( deg C) 21
Total cloud cover (octa) 8
Max Relative Humidity (%) 97
Min Relative Humidity (%) 96
Wind speed (kmph) 024
Wind direction (deg) 250
25 H1N1 positives in Belgaum
7:43 PM Posted by ukmad
Today 14 results were received from NIMHANS out of which 6 were found to be positive with the H1N1 virus. This takes the total of patients affected with the H1N1 Influenza to 25 in Belgaum.
Out of the 6 detected today 3 are males and 3 females between the age group of 19 to 34 years. One is from Kolhapur, one from HHHukkeri Taluka, one from Raibag Taluka and other three from Belgaum city.
As of today 110 results have come in and another 85 results are still awaited.
H1N1 cases rise to 10 in Belgaum
8:36 AM Posted by ukmad
Yesterday 5 results came in from NIMHANS and all tested positive for H1N1 virus. This takes the total infected people by this Virus to 10 in Belgaum.
Until now, 63 results have been received for the 146 swab samples sent to NIMHANS. Six more samples were taken yesterday as they were suspected to have the virus.
Belgaum’s Womens Ganesh utsav Mandal
1:17 PM Posted by ukmad
This is one of kind Ganesh Utsav Mandal in the whole of Karnataka which is run by Women. These women came together 6 years ago and started to celebrate Ganesh utsav on a public basis like other Sarvajanik mandals.
These women residing at Rani chennamma Nagar second stage came together to celebrate the elephant God’s festival from 2004. All the women start the preparation of the festival 8 to 10 days ago, make arrangements for decoration and collect the donation from going house to house as well. All the people of the area have encouraged them.
Various competitions for children and elders are organized during the festival time like dance competitions, drawing and singing competitions.
Source: Rajasthan Patrika
THE SARI SHOP WIDOW Delightful through and through book by Shobhan Bantwal
5:28 PM Posted by ukmad
THE SARI SHOP WIDOW is the third book written by Shobhan Bantwal who hails from Belgaum, which will be released on September 1, 2009 by Kensington Publishing Corporation. [She was showcased as the 1st star of Belgaum on this site.]
Shobhan Bantwal was born on July 2 and raised at BELGAUM along with her four sisters. She resided in Camp area and she did her schooling from St. Josephs Convent Camp (LKG to SSLC) and then went to Lingraj College followed by Karnatak University in Dharwar for a master’s degree in sociology. She got a second master’s degree in Public Administration in the U.S. she rarely visits India, so her visits to Belgaum are very few and far between. She came to the United States in an arranged marriage in the mid 1970’s.
Kensington Publishing, an American publisher, released her first fiction book, THE DOWRY BRIDE, in September 2007 and her second book, THE FORBIDDEN DAUGHTER, was released last week, September 2008. Both novels are based in India and deal with contemporary social issues that have created a great deal of interest amongst American and Canadian readers who are fascinated with the subjects of dowry and gender-selective abortions.
THE SARI SHOP WIDOW offers a rare and insightful glimpse into the vibrant world of Indian-American fashions and immigrant culture. A young businesswoman rediscovers the magic of love, family, and tradition as she fights to save her failing sari boutique in New Jersey…
"Dazzles you with a taste of Desi culture in America" – NYT bestselling author Caridad Pineiro
To offer you a glimpse into the Indian-American immigrant experience, I have set this story in New Jersey instead of India, but I have preserved my ethnic Indian cultural elements to bring you a distinctive story of an Indian woman born and raised in the U.S. I sincerely hope you enjoy this third book as much as you did my first two.
Pungent curry, sweet fried onions, fragrant incense, lush silk saris, and rare jewelry are the backdrop for this story. Set on the streets of Edison, New Jersey's Little India, a young businesswoman rediscovers the magic of love, family, and heritage as she fights a valiant battle to save her failing sari boutique and tries to make a life-altering decision.
THE SARI SHOP WIDOW will be available at bookstores in the U.S. and Canada and all online booksellers. Orders can be placed at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Borders, independent bookstores' websites, and for readers in India on flipCart.com website.
Advance praise for THE SARI SHOP WIDOW:
What Reviewers are saying about "THE SARI SHOP WIDOW"
"Delightful through and through! THE SARI SHOP WIDOW is a wonderful, wonderful work of fiction that will add a new perspective and inner joy to a reader's heart."
~~~~ Book Illuminations
"I found it to be extremely fascinating . . . Shobhan Bantwal's writing style is smoother than Chai tea and her story is just as refreshing!"
~~~~ Huntress Reviews
"This is a super ethnic family drama from an author who consistently provides readers with great profound novels . . . Shobhan Bantwal's enjoyable novels are incredibly entertaining but also enlightening as the reader sips masala chai."
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"THE SARI SHOP WIDOW is a highly entertaining and informative novel . . . You are even sorry that it ends.
~~~~ Book Pleasure
An Excerpt
THE SARI SHOP WIDOW by Shobhan Bantwal
Chapter 1
For the second time in ten years her life was beginning to come apart. Anjali Kapadia stood still for a minute, trying to absorb the news. Could it possibly be a mistake? But it wasn’t; she’d heard it clearly. Despite her best efforts to curb it, the initial shock wave refused to ebb. The seemingly harmless bit of information was all it had taken to shatter the image of a satisfying lifestyle and career.
Her mind in overdrive, she started to pace the length of the tasteful and elegant boutique. Her boutique—her baby—her artistic and inventive skills put to optimum use in creating a fairytale store worthy of movie stars, models, and beauty queens.
Technically the business belonged to her and her parents as equal partners, but it was Anjali’s creativity and vision that had turned it into a classy and successful enterprise—at least until recently. It stood apart like a maharani, a queen amongst the ordinary, plain-vanilla sari and clothing shops of New Jersey’s “Little India.”
CM demands ITBP centre in Belgaum
6:07 AM Posted by ukmad
The chief minister B S Yeddyurappa also urged the Centre to allot a battalion of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) in Belgaum.
Blind Govindas celebrate Dahi Handi
4:11 PM Posted by ukmad
After the spread of swine flu major Dahi Handi events in Mumbai were cancelled and not many happen in Belgaum leaving the Military Mahadev Dahi Handi played by the MLIRC.
The blind students of Maheswari School of blind in Nehru Nagar today celebrated Dahi Handi with all pomp and galore and when these blind Govinda’s made a pyramid of 4 it was a breath taking scene. The students were trained to do this over the past week by the teachers.
Source: IBN LOKMAT
Players shortlisted for Belgavi Panthers
10:25 AM Posted by ukmad
Belgavi Panthers is the KPL team for Belgaum a franchise owned by Ms. Subash Enterprises (Mr. A. R. Nagesh) and Sangeetha Mobiles (Mr. L. Subhash Chandra).
11 players were shortlisted after trails at Bangalore. 5 of them will be eventually selected for the team.
The players are: Ronith More, Rahul Naik, Sachin Shinde, Nilesh Patil, Parappa Mardi, Wasm Hudili, Mohammed Jaffer, Nasrulla Haskari, Zeeshan Syed Ali, Manoj Tahsildhar and Ram Ling Patil.
Source: The Hindu
BelgaumPages a website for each Belgaumite
10:18 AM Posted by ukmad
BelgaumPages.com. [http://belgaumpages.com]
In this increasingly modernizing world, “NETWORKING” is the fast evolving power word. It drives people to meet, interact and exchange ideas, experiences and emotions. Belgaum Pages implements the concept of local networking for the people of Belgaum. We aim to increase the online presence of Belgaumites with this portal offering free websites. This is a small step from dotCORD IT Solutions Pvt. Ltd Belgaum for building “Brand Belgaum“. Belgaum Pages is built upon the popular WordPress platform and hosted with eth1 Network Solutions, Belgaum. It provides a plenty of features and more will be added in the upcoming days. Belgaum Pages also provides latest news about Belgaum. News is automatically imported fromAllAboutBelgaum.com .
The web host and the concept team are both from Belgaum and news from this very blog is directly fed into BelgaumPages. Here is an effort to promote each one in Belgaum to have a website of his own. Not all can have a independent domain in which it has Belgaum, sighting this dotCord thought of this unique idea of BelgaumPages.com where anyone can create a website of his/her own in a matter of few minutes and he or she does not have to know anything about how to build one.
You just register yourself, choose a sub domain like: http://sandeephegde.belgaumpages.com and that’s it your site is ready for the whole world to see. You can show off your online presence with your free website. You can also discuss your views with other members; share your memories and experience. Building a site is pretty easy with variety of ready themes to choose from. It would hardly take 5 minutes to have a website of your own but well it will need time for you to write something into it, BelgaumPages won’t do it for you.
You could find your old pal and get connected with him/her. When you get bored just search around Belgaum Pages and make new friends. Unlike other social networks here there will be a high probability that a friend you make on Belgaum Pages is worth it. Discover inside connections when you’re looking for a job or new business opportunity. You can also form your own groups within the site. There is an internal mail system too for keeping in touch.
By having your website on BelgaumPages you will automatically come in search listings like that of Google and Yahoo. So you do not have to work here either. Well if you are very serious about your site and want to market it team at dotCord will be always happy to help you.
If someone wants to have a specific theme or design to be developed for a site contact the dotCord team and they will do it for a nominal fee.
We hope you find it a resourceful, friendly, and fun environment!
So why wait, grab http://yourname.belgaumpages.com instantly before anyone else does it. Don’t miss this chance.
MES trying to breathe life into border issue
1:22 PM Posted by ukmad
A besieged MES over the past few years is trying back to win the hearts of the people in Belgaum and other areas. MES launched a campaign across Maharashtra to intensify its movement for the merger of Marathi speaking areas of Karnataka with Maharashtra. Leaders are having a Janajagruti Abhiyan in Chandgad, Satara and Pune before heading for Mumbai. The Abhiyan which started from Shivaji Garden Shahpur will end at Shivaji Park in Mumbai on August Kranti Day.
MES is on tenterhooks to gain the support of the people of Maharashtra in exerting pressure on the Centre to declare Belgaum a Union Territory until the boundary dispute is settled in the Supreme Court. Several MES leaders like Kiran Thakur, Vijay More, Shivaji Sunthkar, T.K. Patil and V.B. Chougale, who are participating in the campaign, said they would meet Maharashtra leaders in Mumbai to revive the struggle.
It appears to have planned the Maharashtra campaign as a last ditch effort to revive its fortunes.
Source: Deccan Chronicle
Royston memorial updates
10:53 AM Posted by ukmad
Nalanda school defeated Dyan Prabhodhan 2-0.
To fly was his dream Music is his life Cap.Hrishikesh V. Patil Young Guns
10:03 AM Posted by ukmad
At the age of 4 when kids play with toys and when asked, what will you be when you grow up, you can get many a answers and one most common one is a pilot. He also dreamt the same to become a pilot from a place where there was no airport. He studied music as his love, became a Sangeet Visharad but to grow to be a pilot was his only reverie and this dream of his became a reality on July 11, 2009 as he got his FAA [Federal Aviation Administration, Government of USA] approved Commercial Pilot License (CPL).
- Cap.Hrishikesh V. Patil
Hrishikesh V. Patil now Cap. Hrishikesh V. Patil aged 21 who was born in Bidar who also studied there and then later came to Belgaum with his father’s transfer to Belgaum 10 years ago who is the Principal Correspondent, THE HINDU, Belgaum. He studied at the Kendriya Vidyalaya No-II, Camp, Belgaum and passed with flying colors. He then moved on to R.L.S. College for his science course.
Hrishikesh is a unique blend of character and qualities. He is a Sangeet Visharad [B.Music(Tabla)] from Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva Mahamandal Vidyalaya, Mumbai and disciple of Musicologist Pt.Hayavadan Joshi of Belgaum. He has performed at the State-level competitions, Bangalore; Kittur Utsav, Kittur; Pt.Savai Gandharva Utsav, Kundgol; Stage performances/Jugalbandi in Belgaum, Dharwad, Mysore & Miraj. He has also a Rajya Puraskar in Bharat Scouts.
Flying was his dream and Music is his life. He is a very humble, disciplined, self-confident, hard-working, goal oriented, affectionate and caring with high moral values.
- Hrishikesh getting Blessings from padmavibhushan Dr.Gangubai Hangal
He attributes his success to blessings of the GOD the almighty, parents, paternal and maternal grandparents, close relatives in Bidar and moral support from close friends from Belgaum. He is deeply grateful to his grandfather Shri Vishwanath Patil, grandmother Amrit Patil, maternal grandfather late Shri Hanmanthrao Deshmukh and grandmother Gangabai Deshmukh, close relatives – Mr.V.V. Bhushetty and family, Instructor at Falcon Aviation Academy Cap.Dallas Lowen, Cap.Olamide Iledare and Falcon Aviation Academy's Chief Administrator Mary Jane, local guardian in Atlanta Commander Mrighendra Kale and his family and close friends of his father in Belgaum and Mysore without whose support it would not been possible for him to accomplish the challenging goal. He is also grateful to the Corporation Bank, Bidar, its Manager Ramanna S. Kalkutagi and his staff for lending Education Loan to support is pilot training programme.
Now, he is looking forward to seek pilot’s job in a good airline, preferably in India. His priority in the flying profession will be safety of the passenger on board and the aircraft, as well. Also, he would continue further education and Indian Classical Music, too...
His family is euphoric over his achievement. ‘My son has made me proud’ his father told this blog. His elder sister is blissful about his brother’s accomplishment and wished him all the best and look forward to fly in the plane he is piloting.
Indeed a unique mix of persona, all the best Hrishikesh.
Naval Air base at Belgaum
6:30 PM Posted by ukmad
Source: Prahaar – Prakash Bilgoji
The naval air base in Goa has weather problems which cause delay in landing and takeoff and as Belgaum is near and already has an established air base with airmen and also a regimental centre, Belgaum was the best choice.
In the letter to the Belgaum district administration the Navy has asked the authorities to prepare the complete estimate of cost of land and any other costs and submit the same.
MIG-29 planes cannot land on the Goa naval base hence Belgaum strip will be used, PRO Navy said.
Once the clearances got the project will be undertaken.
