Ethanol-blending programme on a pilot basis in Belgaum

The government has initiated ten per cent ethanol-blending programme on a pilot basis in two districts - Belgaum in Karnataka and Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh.

Initiated about a month ago, will continue till June 2009, said informed sources. The purpose behind this pilot initiative is to study the impact of ten per cent blending on two-wheelers before introducing it commercially. Domestic oil marketing companies (OMCs) are keen to continue biofuel blending programmes even after the recent crash in crude oil prices. Blending of ethanol, they say, is necessary from the viewpoint of import substitution in crude oil.

Source: Business Standard

MphasiS BPO keen to start shop in Belgaum

K N Srikanth, head (domestic BPO) at MphasiS, sees more growth coming from tier-II and -III towns.
MphasiS is thinking of entering Bellary and Belgaum in the near future. Source: DNA

Hotel VITS Belgaum no more

Belgaum Fort & Moat in 1913 photo

Four passengers looted in Jodhpur express

Four passengers traveling in the AC compartment of Yeshwanthpur-Jodhpur Express were looted of cash and gold ornaments worth more than Rs. 2.5 lakh, after being drugged by co-passengers on Sunday night, three were women.

A co passenger who also spoke in Marwadi and who allegedly told them he was also going to the same place gave them some milk, after which all 4 fell unconscious and the man looted them.
Source: The Hindu Electoral Rolls of Belgaum as of 01.01.2009 published on 02.02.2009

This is the same as my earlier posts a day or earlier. However, those were draft and this is the final version of the Electoral Rolls.

Infact this was supposed to have Photos in it, but the same is not visible in the PDF file and the amazing fact that all those who newly got their Voter ID card prepared, with voter card like ASY etc Photo not available is written.

Do not understand it tough. Nevertheless, just click below on your constituency and then your Polling booth and find your name in it.

Belgaum North
Belgaum South
Belgaum Rural
My name is there, so I can Vote which means “I am not sleeping and I will vote on the Election Day”.

Switch your mobile on: Lecture will commence

Innovative technologies and high-speed communication systems that have converted the world into a global village have come in handy to give concrete shapes to these new ideas and concepts.
Latest developments in the field of education are the development of e-learning content on a mobile device. This is what the Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) has planned to launch in about three months’ time.
With the launch of the e-learning content, VTU would be enabling its students to learn anywhere, anytime via a mobile phone.
According to Vice-Chancellor, this will be for the first time that any educational institution in the country has taken up a project to provide such a facility that will also ensure a new learning experience to engineering students. A Bangalore-based Information Technology company has already started working on developing the programme.
Once the facility is launched, a student can access a topic from the course on his/her mobile phone. The programme enables students to have direct access to the courseware and learn with the help of 3D graphical presentation of topics in various engineering subjects. The presentations are linked with voice and text content.
The students can view the 3D animations from different angles. For example, the working of a DC motor can be understood well by showing the animation of setting up of flux and the generation of torque which control the movement of shaft. The student can vary the field current, and see how flux changes and hence the change of torque. The low bit animation of process enables fast access and hence can provide quicker response to the input stimuli.
The VTU has proposed to develop five courses using the low bit animation technology.
Source: The Hindu

LKG admission: Those fearful days in life

Most of you must have been taken by surprise with this post, why this post of LKG admission now?

A simple answer to this, if you are parent of a child aged between 3 years 10 months and less than 4 years 10 months as on June 1, 2009 then you all need to go through this.

Now this is the most important criteria, even if the age of the child is less or more by a single day you do not qualify for the Junior KG admissions in this case. If you are looking for Nursery admissions you should look for 2 years 10months and less than 3 years 10 months. SO approximately for Junior KG, the date of birth of the child should be between 1-08-2004 to 31-07-2005. (This is an approximate date calculation)

First point is checking this out.
Now that you have found yourself in that age slot now what else needs to be done. Original birth certificate is needed to be submitted to the school if your child is admitted and many photo copies will be required at each of the schools as they check the birth certificate mandatorily before giving the forms. If you don’t have one, you still have time to get it done. Now the question where do we get it from, the local health office of the area in which hospital the child was born. For Example: all those born in hospitals of Chidambar nagar, Vadgaon will have to go to the primary health centre of Vadgaon. Birth certificates are issued up to 1 year from there and later on from the City corporation office.

Now that you have got hold of the birth certificate get a few id card photos of your child to be put on the forms, not all schools ask but now a day’s normally all ask for it, so photos must be kept ready.

Keep visiting the schools from now on and keep asking about when the admission process begins, last year I had a tough time as there was no information anywhere on the internet as to how the whole process works, this time you have this site at least.

Understanding the Process:
The admission process is somewhat similar in all schools. You are given forms on particular days, then you fill them up and submit in a time limit and then you are called in for interview of your child and also you. If you are lucky to get a seat in the first list go party if not then go and fall at the feet of the principal and committee members and try and cook something, something will cook for sure.

One more point in this; last year schools like DP and St.Josephs had made area wise admission means if you stay in camp then apply for St.Josephs etc. I had applied in both places but I did not get admission for my child in both, so I would request you to try any one of the two above.

Those long queues in the night outside the same school we studied, this time for only a form. Normally all will get forms as they print in thousands it’s only that you should be there on time.

Last year Herwadkar School began the process on 18th march and other prominent schools began on April 1. This time the timings could be changed keeping in view the loksabha elections, I am not sure but it could affect the admission process.

Now to the most important note, if you interested in some particular school then go and find someone on the committee as a reference, it could be easy for you and now to the dream point MONEY. Keep about 20 thousand ready to pay as development charges or any other name. 20 thousand is just a figure it could be more and you get very less time to pay in so keep those funds ready.

It’s not that all schools take development charges as high as 15 or 20 thousand some schools it is even 5 thousand but you need to be the lucky ones who come up on the first list.

There are some points I would like young parents to go through:
1. Apply in all schools, if you are looking for English medium, then all English medium schools, when I mean all, I mean ALL. St.Pauls, Xaviers, Marys, Herwadkar, Mahila Vidyalaya etc.2. When you apply start finding some influence or a person who could recommend your child’s name to the managing committee even before you submit the form.3. When the lists are out and you don’t find your name in the list try hard again and again for some more influence and of course be prepared to shell out more bucks.4. Even after all this you don’t find your luck, search for some other school.5. Even if you are there in the list the donations could hold you back, so be prepared to spend a lot, when I mean lot, I mean LOTS n lots on money.


All the above points have been compiled as I have gone all through it. I understand when your child does not make it in the first list what goes on with you.

Also see the previous year’s post which will help you understand the process much better.
Beggars cannot be choosers:LKG admissions
Admission tensions are boiling over!
Admission time: Is raat ki Subh Kabhi

As of today the KLE International school has begin giving forms and the admission process for the same kindly contact in the Lingraj College campus.

Search for your name in the draft electoral rolls of Belgaum as on 01.01.2009

Go to this site and search for your name in the electoral rolls.
http://stg1.kar.nic.in/eci_namesearch2009/SelectAC.aspx

Select Belgaum North, South or Rural and then put in the Name, House No, age etc and then you get a link saying PDF click that to your corresponding name and you could see your name in the rolls.

Direct Links to the Pdf File but this is booth wise.
Belgaum North
Belgaum South
Belgaum Rural

Suresh C Angadi is Belgaum BJP Candidate for Loksabha

It is out Mr. Suresh C Angadi, the sitting BJP MP will get another chance in the forthcoming Loksabha Elections.He will be contesting from the BJP. No other political party has declared it candidate for Belgaum yet.

Shiv Sena seeks President's intervention in Belgaum

A delegation of Shiv Sena MPs led by former Lok Sabha Speaker Manohar Joshi today called on President Pratibha Patil and urged her to declare Belgaum and its surrounding areas as Union Territory pending a final decision by the Supreme Court.

The Sena chief pointed that an amicable solution to the more than five-decade-old dispute had proved elusive despite an agitation launched by his party since 1969.
Later the Shiv Sena said its support to L K Advani as the Prime Ministerial candidate depends on the position the NDA's lead party takes on Karnataka-Maharashtra boundary dispute over Belgaum.

5th Temple consecration anniversary & annual celebrations at Ramkrishna Ashrama

Movies as on 30-01-2009

Theatre	Movie	Timings
Big Cinemas	Victory	6.30pm,9.30pm
	Luck by Chance	12.15,3.15,6.15,9.15
	Raaz2	12.30,3.30
Ritz Srikrishna	Darwaza	12.15pm,3.15pm,6.15pm,9.15pm
Nirmal	Nand (K)	12.15pm,3.15pm,6.15pm,9.15pm
Huns	Raaz 2	12.15pm,3.15pm,6.15pm,9.15pm
Arun	Fire & Ice	12.30pm,2pm,4pm,7pm
Roopali	Chandni Chowk to China	3,6,9
Balkrishna	Lollypop	12.30,3.30,6.30,9.30
Chitra	Circus(K)	12,3,6,9
Swaroop	Kash Mere Hote	12,3,6,9
Hira	Jannat	6pm,9pm
Hira	Victory	12.15,3.15
Prakash	Ambari(K)	12.15pm,3.15pm,6.15pm,9.15pm
Nartaki	Luck by Chance	6.30,9.30
	Ghanji	12,3.15
Santosh	Meghvae Mebhave	12.15pm,3.15pm,6.15pm,9.15pm
Globe	Malishwali	12,1.45,3.45,6.45

Belgaum-Dharwad to be Six Lane

The Belgaum to Dharwad the current 4-lane road will be converted into a SIX-lane road under the National Highways Development Project (NHDP).
NHDP phase V was approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA).
Source: The Hindu

The Maytas infra connection with Belgaum

Maytas is giving sleepless nights to the officials of Hubli Electricity Supply Company (HESCOM) in Belgaum too.

The HESCOM had awarded the contract to Maytas Infras, for commissioning sub-stations, transmission and distribution lines in Belgaum.

Now, the officials feel that the company may stop its operations at any time. Maharashtra Government’s recent cancellation of Rs 480 crore worth projects to Maytas Infras has made the HESCOM officials think.

Source: ExpressBuzz