Inox to open doors by March 2009
7:45 AM Posted by ukmad
Multiplex scene may be getting crowded in places like Mumbai, but in Bangalore and other cities multiplex operators see a big untapped market waiting to be explored.Multiplex operators are taking their operations to tier II cities now. Inox, the multiplex operator, which claims to be the first to move into untapped markets, now plans to enter Belgaum and Hubli with multiplexes of 4-screen. It plans to have a four-screen multiplex in Belgaum and another four screens in Hubli.
It has signed up developers in Hubli and Belgaum for setting up its multiplexes. The eight screens will be operational by February-March ‘09. The multiplex operator spends an average of Rs 2.5 crore per screen.
Don’t speed on Belgaum roads now
12:03 PM Posted by ukmad
Photos taken from Tarun BharatIf you are found crossing the prescribed speed limit you will be fined Rs.300. I hope speed signs with the prescribed speed limits might have been put on the said roads. I have not been able to see those yet but I guess signboards must have been put up.
Prescribed speed limit (km/hr) on various roads in the city of Belgaum.
May be this was required but till when will the speed gun work? Anyways hope for the best.
Bahubali idol to be consecrated in Belgaum
11:52 AM Posted by ukmad
The idol of Bahubali at Bhagawan Bahubali and Navagraha Mandir in Belgaum.
Belgaum: Sri Bhagawan Bahubali and Navagraha Mandir Pratistapana will be organsing "Panchakalyan Maha Mahotsava-2008" with traditional grandeur at its temple premises in the city for eight days from April 7 to 14.
Four brothers may contest polls:4 different parties
7:23 PM Posted by ukmad
Four brothers from a family in Gokak are set to contest the forthcoming Karnataka Assembly elections from different constituencies and different political parties.According to sources, while Balchandra Jarkiholi, a former minister, is contesting from Arabhavi constituency of Gokak taluk on a JD(S) ticket, Dr Bhimashi Jarkiholi is contesting the election from Gokak constituency of the same taluk on a BJP ticket.
Lakhan Jarkiholi is planning to contest from Belgaum rural (earlier known as Bagewadi constituency) on a Congress party and Satish Jarkiholi, a sitting MLC, is likely to contest from the newly-formed Yamakanamardi (reserved for ST) constituency on a Congress ticket.
In the last elections, three of the Jarkiholi brothers succeeded in entering the Vidhan Soudha. While Balchandra won from Arabhavi, Ramesh Jarkiholi won from Gokak on a Congress ticket. Satish Jarkiholi entered the council as a JD(S) member. He later joined the Congress along with Siddaramaih.
Sources said that this time Ramesh Jarkiholi may not contest from Gokak constituency as it has been made General constituency. Congress may field a Lingayat candidate from Gokak constituency as Lingayats have brought a pressure on the high command to allot ticket for a Lingayat candidate as the constituency is dominated by Lingayats.
Dr Bhimashi Jarkiholi confirmed that he has already started campaigning in Gokak constituency. Balchandra Jarkiholi also said that he is concentrating on Arabhavi constituency which had given him a good lead in the last elections.
Lakhan Jarkiholi said that he is planning to come over to Belgaum rural and said the party has promised him a ticket. Satish Jarkiholi was not available for comment.
LG Announces Lifestyle Digital Home Exhibition in Mahaveer Bhavan , Belgaum
7:50 AM Posted by ukmad
In Keeping with its commitment to re-defining the standards of Indian living style, LG Electronics India, the leader in consumer durables has announced a lifestyle digital home exhibition at Belgaum . The exhibition will highlight the experience of living in a LG digital home. The exhibition starts from the 04th April to 8th April 08 at Mahaveer Bhavan , hindwadi Belgaum the timing of it will be from 11 AM to 9 PM. The LG exhibition aims to create a sophisticated brand experience of a modern household for consumer durable buyers.The exhibition will showcase LG’s entire range of consumer electronics, which would be available at a 0% rate of interest, at attractive prices along with attractive gifts on products would be offered. There also will be an exchange offer available to the consumers. Built to meet the challenges of a modern lifestyle, the LG exhibition portrays the positives of a digital home – it not only saves time but also energy. The LG lifestyle digital experience concept was established with the aim of creating a platform to communicate the LG philosophy of “Life’s Good”. The objective of the exhibition is to create awareness of a digital home and also introduce an element of interactivity in the exhibition.
Marathi group to challenge election of Belgaum Mayor
7:44 AM Posted by ukmad
Neelima Manoj Pawashe will file the petition
Declare election null and void is the plea
Corporators belonging to the Marathi group in the Belgaum City Corporation have decided to challenge the election of Prashanta Shantinath Budavi as Mayor and Yunis B. Momin as Deputy Mayor on the basis of "glaring irregularities and illegalities" in the process of their election allegedly committed by Regional Commissioner Election Officer Amita Prasad.
Talking to presspersons here on Wednesday, Marathi group leader in the corporation Dhanraj Gauli said a petition would be filed in the district court within two days by their group member Neelima Manoj Pawashe demanding that the election of the Mayor and the Deputy Mayor be declared null and void. Ms. Pawashe and corporator Swati S. Bailurkar were present.
Ms. Pawashe had also contested for the Mayor's post but lost to the Sarvabhashik Samvichar Vikas Vedike's (SSVV) Ms. Budavi on March 4. Mr. Gauli alleged that the presiding officer had changed the time of the of election at 2 p.m. when all the members were present in the Council Hall at least two hours before the 9 a.m. start.
The Marathi corporators were not informed of the change in time of the election. However, Ms. Prasad claimed, a "press note" was issued announcing the change of time. But, Mr. Gauli said, the election officer should have informed the corporators concerned through the council secretary about the change of time instead of issuing a press release. Secondly, by 2 p.m. only 30 of the 58 corporators were present and the others were absent, including Ms. Badavi. As per the agenda, the oath was administered to only 30 corporators present and the presiding officer resorted to scrutinising nomination papers and declared the five nominations, including that of Ms. Budavi, as valid though she was neither present nor had taken oath to become a legitimate member of the council.
But the presiding officer took a "quick break" from the process of scrutiny and between the 10 minutes given for withdrawal of nomination administered oath to the 28 corporators who had arrived mid-way through the process by setting aside protests from the Marathi corporators.
Then, Rajesh G. Tirkannavar representing Ward No 39 had proposed the candidature of Shanta Hanumant Uppar and seconded Ms. Budavi's nomination for the Mayor's post, which was not at all permitted under the Karnataka Municipal Corporation (Election) Rules, 1979.
Belgaum will vote on 22nd May
6:19 PM Posted by ukmad
Date of Issue of Gazette Notification will be 26.04.08 (Saturday).
Last Date for making Nominations would be 03.05.08 (Saturday)
Last Date for withdrawal of candidatures would be 07.05.08 (Wednesday)
Polling date:22.05.08(Thursday)
Counting will be done on 25-05-2008
Belgaum north:Belgaum South Assembly Constituency Map
5:11 PM Posted by ukmad
Electoral Rolls of Delimited Assembly Constituencies of Belgaum published: belgaum north,belgaum south & belgaum rural
7:51 AM Posted by ukmad
Electoral Rolls of Delimited Assembly Constituencies of Belgaum published as on 29-03-2008.
Click on the links Above to search for your name in your constituency. If you dont know in which constitunecy you fall into then read this below post for details.
http://belgaumblog.blogspot.com/2008/01/ek-se-do-bhale-do-se-teen-bhale-belgaum.html
Belgaum Video Destination of the Next Generation
12:13 PM Posted by ukmad
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8014863488600729000
Have a look...
Property of Telgi's mother goes under the hammer:Crop loss in Belgaum district put at Rs. 26.52 cr
1:00 PM Posted by ukmad
The auction of properties in the name of the late Sharifabi Ladsab Telgi, mother of kingpin in the multi-crore stamp paper racket, Abdul Kareem Telgi, conducted by officials of the Income Tax department, fetched about Rs. 12 lakh on Wednesday.
The auctions were conducted to recover tax arrears worth Rs. 32.83 lakh. As many as 16 separate pieces of property in the name of the late Sharifabi in Khanapur town had been slated for auction. But, bidders showed interest in only three sites.
B.P. Desai of Panjim, Goa, was the sole bidder for the site measuring 316 square yards, which consisted of a residential building and open space. As no other bidder came forward to bid higher than the reserve price of Rs. 5.2 lakh fixed by the IT department, he won the bid for the same price. The Bhutnath Credit Co-operative Society, Khanapur, raised its bid by just Re. 1 over the reserve price of Rs. 5 lakh to win the auction conducted for site measuring 391 square yards, including the standing commercial complex.
Another bidder N.M. Mayekar from Kolhapur won the bid in respect of an open site measuring 316 square yards for Rs. 1.76 lakh.
Income Tax Inspector K.P. Tulasi, who conducted auction, said the department would conduct auctions for the remaining properties after some days. Though the auction was first slated for December last, it could not be conducted as no bidder came forward.
Standing crops on over 13,000 hectares of land in Belgaum district have been damaged in the recent rain and the loss has been put at Rs. 26.52 crore, according to Deputy Commissioner M.E. Shivalingmurthy.
Travelguru introduces Cash-on-Delivery mode of payment for Belgaum
7:27 PM Posted by ukmad
Travelguru - India's largest hotel network and premier travel solutions provider in association with Express IT Logistics Worldwide Ltd. has launched a new value-add feature to provide more value to its customers by way of Cash-on-Delivery (COD). Travelguru started off this service with 20 cities and recently extended it to 50 cities; by May end it will be available in 90 cities in India.
The significant aspect of Cash-on-Delivery is that the customers can do their hotel bookings online and make payments in cash which will be collected by Travelguru on delivery of the hotel booking vouchers at the address provided by the customer. Cash-on-delivery benefits the customer who needs to pay for his travel bookings with cash.
Commenting on this new initiative Deepak Mavinkurve, Vice-President Operations, Travelguru said, "Responding to the increasing demand of our esteemed customers we are happy to introduce this new payment mechanism. You can now book a hotel online and pay for it by cash."
He added, "In the last few months, we have seen more and more customers enthusiastically take to this mode of payment. For those without sufficient credit limit on their credit cards, or without credit cards, this payment option is most useful. The convenience of home pickup of the cash and delivery of the hotel booking voucher shows the added focus on service from Travelguru."
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Holi celebrated with great fanfare
10:46 AM Posted by ukmad
Unique ritual: Holi revellers performing ‘Lotangan puja’ in Belgaum on Saturday.
Holi was celebrated with great fanfare and enthusiasm in Belgaum on Saturday with people from all communities participating in the festivities.
Men, women and children came out in groups, splashed colours and greeted each other and danced to the drumbeats.
Rain and cloudy weather did not dampen their enthusiasm.
In Pangul galli, a large number of revellers and devotees performed “Lotangan puja” (“urulu seve”) at Ashwathama temple.
The festivities started on Friday night with the lighting of bonfires to signify the burning of demoness Holika, sister of Hiranyakashyapu. Pujas were also offered to Kamadev.
Power supply was disrupted in several areas on Saturday owing to technical problems. However, the supply was restored in the evening.
Now science is only confirming it
9:09 PM Posted by ukmad
Vijaykumar Patil
It was an outrageous claim then but Moringa leaves help prevent 300 diseases
A NATURAL SHIELD: Moringa leaves help prevent 
various diseases in human beings.
Some time ago in a remote village of eastern India, Balbir S. Mathur, a naturalist who heads a United States-based organisation called Trees for Life, came across a traditional medicine practitioner who made an outrageous claim saying that the "leaves of the Moringa tree prevent 300 diseases".
His claim was based on real life experience. Now science is confirming it. The more we study, the more it seems that the Moringa oleifera tree truly delivers wonders, said Mr. Mathur in his note circulated at the launch of the "Ankur-Save the Sight" project on prevention of blindness programme in children at KLE Prabhakar Kore Hospital in Belgaum on Monday.
Trees for Life has been working to create awareness, train people to plant and take care of trees. It is providing them with the resources needed to accomplish their tasks in different parts of the world, including the U.S. and India, for more than two decades now. Moringa leaves or drumstick (known as Nugge kayi in Kannada and Munaga in Hindi) leaves contain vitamin A, which acts as a shield against diseases of the eyes, skin and heart, diarrhoea, and many other ailments. Carrots are high in vitamin A, but moringa leaves are even higher, he said.
Importantly, his claims on nutritional value of moringa leaves are based mostly on the analysis done at the National Institute of Nutrition in Hyderabad and the information on dried moringa from an analysis sponsored by the Church World Service and the Department of Engineering at the University of Leicester and performed by Campden & Chorleywood Food Research Association in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. According to Mr. Mathur, Moringa leaves are one of the richest sources of essential nutrients often lacking in people's diets. They even contain all of the essential amino acids, which is unusual for a plant source. Experts agree that the long-term solution to malnutrition is the use of foods rich in the essential nutrients often lacking in people's diets. Modern scientific research is proving that Moringa leaves are one of the richest sources of such nutrients.
Moringa leaves provide two times the protein of yogurt, seven times the vitamin C in oranges, three times the potassium in bananas, four times the vitamin A in carrots and four times the calcium in milk, he said and added that the figures reflect gram-for-gram comparisons with Moringa leaves.
Meanwhile, Cdr. (retd.) Kailash Girwalkar, Director, Blindness Prevention Project, Somaiya Trust, Mumbai, and M.V. Jali, Medical Director and Chief Executive Officer of KLES Prabhakar Kore Hospital, pointed out that though Moringa tree fruit or drumsticks are used in almost every kitchen, it was mainly for its taste. Many are not aware of such rich nutrient value in the leaves of this tree. Using these leaves in the daily diet will shield against long-term blindness and other diseases. It is a must for the children as it an very important role in preventing visual impairment or early loss of vision.
25 lakhs paid for Urdu Corporators in Belgaum Mayor Election
10:41 AM Posted by ukmad
In what is either a display of misplaced bravado, or a Freudian slip, the chief of the Karnataka Rakshana Vedike, T.A. Narayana Gowda, has admitted that "money power" had to be used in securing the victory of a Kannada-speaking corporator as mayor of the Belgaum City Corporation for the first time in 17 years, earlier this month.
In a 58-strong House dominated by members of the Maharashtra Ekikarana Samithi, Prashantha Budvi beat the MES' Neelima Pavshe by a slender margin of two votes, after Kannada and Urdu speaking corporators, numbering 29 in all, formed a forum called the Sarva Bhashik Samavichar Vedike. The deputy mayorship went too in favour of Yunus Momin of the Vedike, by an identical margin, 30-28.
The victory has been painted as a major victory for Kannada forces, with the newly elected mayor and deputy mayor being felicitated with great fanfare in Bangalore. But, in an admission that could have serious ramifications, Narayana Gowda has publicly admitted that money was used to lure a corporator.
"To get the support of an Urdu speaking corporator, the need arose to pay Rs 25 lakh," Gowda has been quoted as saying by Vijaya Karnataka, at a function in Arsikere.
Gowda has not revealed who paid the money, or to whom, but the paper reports that the disclosure has sowed several doubts in the minds of self-respecting Kannadigas.
Source: http://churumuri.wordpress.com/2008/03/20/going-price-for-a-corporators-loyalty-rs-25-lakh/
