Movies as on 08-05-09

Theatre	Movie	Timings
Big Cinemas	Me Shivaji Raje ….	9.45pm
	Watchmen	10am,1,9.30pm
	9 Mahine 9 Divas (M)	12.15,3.15,6.15pm
	Fast & Furious	6.30pm
Ritz Srikrishna
Nirmal	Kiran Bedi	12.15pm,3.15,6.15,9.15
Huns	Madakari	12.15, 3.15,6.15,9.15
Arun		12.30,2,4,7
Roopali	Seen (K)	12.15,3.15.6.15,9.15
Balkrishna	Valkyrie	12.30,3.30,6.30,9.30
Chitra	Josh (K)	12,3,6,9
Swaroop	Seen (K)	12,3,6,9
Hira	International Khiladi	12.15,3.15,6.15,9.15
Prakash	Arundhati (T)	12.15pm,3.15pm,6.15pm,9.15pm
Nartaki
	Me shivaji Raje BB	12,3,6,9
Santosh	HodiMag (K)	12.15pm,3.15pm,6.15pm,9.15pm
Globe		12.15,1.45,3.45,6.45
Kindly check the excat  timings with the theatres

Belgaum is Goans preferred destination

On a week end Belgaum is full of Goans. See Car Parking anywhere and you will see all GA, Goa registered cars. All hotels full to capacity with maximum visitors from Goa.

Geographical, cultural and ethnic proximity attract the Goans to Belgaum. They feel much cooler here than in Goa even when the temperatures have risen to 38 degrees Celsius in Belgaum. Goans normally combine their visit to town with shopping, health check up or just entertainment. KLE hospital (Dr.Prabhakar Kore Hospital) has been a great success story for Goans here. The Kadamba bus also had a drop point in the KLE.

All eating places are bursting and do brisk business on weekends. Many of the Catholics from Belgaum who have now settled in Goa and the still have their roots in here, make them come here often. Others just come here to do their shopping. The main factor is that the taste and variety suits the tastes of Goans which has also helped the local businessmen to grow. On a weekend Shahpur is filled with people from Goa shopping there mainly for Sarees. There are a few who go Big Bazaar as it is on the way from Goa. Shopping for fresh vegetables from Belgaum is a favorite for Goans. In fact majority vegetables sold in Goa are from Belgaum.

The routine of Goans is to some extent fixed. They come here more often than not on Friday afternoon; they do window shopping that evening after they have checked in to their favorite hotels like Anupam, Adarsh, Sanman now even Effa & Shankam, but Anupam is Goan favorite. Saturday morning is serious shopping from 9 am till night. For lunch or dinner the old favourite is Adinarayan and now only fish, but now Goans also throng the restaurants with regular Indian, Chinese cuisine, Gujrati thalis etc. Even Big Cinemas on weekend has majority Goan crowd. The Auto’s also do good business as normally the Goans Park the vehicles at the hotel and go around in Autos and the special Belgaum autos charge exorbitantly for which they are famous. Going back from town without Kunda is not a great sign; hence the sweet shops also keep themselves ready for the weekend.
The most important factor for Belgaum being the preferred destination is that the town has something for all classes of Goans. You may come in a Honda city or Kadamba bus Belgaum has something for all.
More Goans will perhaps come to Belgaum if the road infrastructure is enhanced. The road via Anmod has been repaired recently and via Chorla is yet be made. If we have roads like the Belgaum-Kolhapur 4 lane roads, the 154km odd distance would be very easily travelled in 3 hours and we could even get more traffic from Goa and vice versa.
So, on a weekend its busy times for Belgaumites serving the Goans and also making brisk money.

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KHB building-building without permission

This is the irony of the civic authorities. Anyone can know this and see this, but the Civic authorities (BCC) have gone blind.

The Karnataka Housing board (KHB) is constructing huge towers near the railway over bridge, and form an RTI application it has come out that the Corporation has not given the requisite permission to KHB build the towers, even then the construction work is in full swing with work being done day and night. To, top the icing on the cake Shri. S. G. Patil, Commissioner of BCC did not even know that such construction was in progress.

Construction started in late October and the building will be utilized for residential purposes for the government employees. The KHB has sought permission for the construction from BCC but they haven’t got it still.

The BCC goes on a demolition drive when they see small encroachments but are they blind here?

Photo: Team AAB

Related earlier posts posted on 12 November 2008

Google Internet bus in Belgaum on 11 Jun for 4 days

How to browse the net, search, e-mail, social networking, browse maps or track stock market trends - this is what global web-based search engine Google is going to teach people as its custom-built Internet bus drives through 15 towns of Karnataka to expose the people to the digital world.

 

The bus will reach Belgaum on June 11 and will be here for 4 days.

 

The Internet bus project is an attempt to educate the people, especially the younger generation about the worldwide web and how Internet serves as a platform to step into the digital world for information, communication, entertainment and education. The Google bus will travel through over the weeks are Mandya, Mysore, Hassan, Shimoga, Chikmagalur, Chitradurga, Davanagere, Hubli-Dharwad, Belgaum, Hospet and Tumkur. 

Operation PIG

Swine flu breakout I the world have made the Belgaum city corporation to take on the Pigs in the city.  It was the dogs earlier & now it is the turn of the pigs.

 

Mahantesh Nagar , Anagol, Auto Nagar Khasbag, Rukmini Nagar, Gandhi Nagar are the most affected areas by pig nuisance.  Pigs roam freely in the gutters and on main roads. The BCC had taken up a pig clean up drive earlier but was stopped.

The BCC is issuing notices to pig breeders about this and it seems the civic body is not going to take any chances, as swine flu is spreading day by day. 

Shiv Jayanti celebrated with great huge participation

Belgaum Shivjayanti 2009 video

Team AllaboutBelgaum shot this video at Hutatma chowk at 9.15 pm today and its here up for you all to see in no time. Thanks to the team.

A couple of foreigners were seen shooting the whole event with great excitement. The procession, which just reached Hutatma Chowk at that time, will take a long time to come in full action.

The Two kids who portrayed an enactment was worth watching and team AAB have captured it for you.

Get driving directions with help from Google Maps

Google maps are very useful and I just tried to get driving directions within city and from Bangalore to Belgaum and the results are quite encouraging.

See the examples below. And the best thing you can do this right from this site, see the map on the Right Hand side and click Get directions: Form here – From Here.

Try getting home from your office in Bangalore or elsewhere and see the result. Some results may not be exact, but you can really make out a road to go, if you are new comer in town.

Tip: Just type in the places mentioned in the Google map like Bus stand, Fort, Mahantesh Nagar so that Google knows exactly what you are looking for.


Majestic Bangalore to Belgaum Bus stand

Investment ideas to grow your money

INVESTMENTS IN MUTUAL FUNDS

If we look at the kinds of investment, options available to investors in today’s times, we find that mutual funds are one such instrument which can provide the facility to participate in all available financial instruments.

The following points bring out the importance on mutual funds in financial planning process.
Mutual funds offer a variety of products suitable for :
i. different return requirements.
ii. Different risk appetite
iii . Different tenures

These instruments also provide for the same or better tax treatment than other instruments viable, therefore various kinds of mutual funds schemes like equity, debt and money market can be used in various proportions to make a portfolio having the risk and return attribute tailor made to an investors need.

Use of Mutual Funds help financial planners to make own tasks easier. This means that the role of financial planner will be make strategic asset allocation in response to the needs of client and then leave the fund managers of mutual fund schemes to select securities within those asset class.

Since Mutual Fund portfolios are driven by pre-stated investment objectives, it is easier to match investor objectives with the mutual fund product.

Mutual funds enable flexible options to invest and withdraw funds, and alter the investment portfolio by changing the mix of funds held by the investor.

On an average less than 5 % of the investors in India have invested in Mutual Funds and rest in other instruments like Bank Deposits, Post Office Savings schemes, Gold etc.

All mutual funds are registered with SEBI and function within the provisions and regulations that protect the interests of investors. A Mutual Fund is a trust that pools together the savings of a number of investors who share a common financial goal. All such investors buy units of a fund that best suits their needs be it capital growth, regular returns or safety of capital. The Fund Manager then invests this pool of money in securities, ranging from shares to debentures to money market instruments, depending on the objective of the scheme.

Benefits of a Mutual Fund: 1. Increases the purchasing power of investments.
2. Enables them to have a well-diversified portfolio even with a very small amount of investment.
3. Reduction of risk.
4. Money would be managed by a professional at low costs.
5. Reduction of transactions costs due to economies of operation at a large scale.
6. Liquidity
7. Convenience of investing the money and tracking the performance of money ( hassle free investment, consider this : an investor can have exposure in equity shares without having a D-mat account. )
8. Flexibility to change investment objectives.

Mutual Funds offer a wide variety of schemes.

DEBT FUNDS: These funds invest only in only in Debt instruments like company debentures, government securities and money market instruments completely avoiding any investments in the stock markets. Hence, they are much safer than equity funds. At the same time the expected returns from debt funds would be lower.

BALANCED FUNDS : These funds invest in mix of equity and debt instruments. Hence, they are less risky than equity funds, but at the same time provide commensurately lower returns. They provide a good investment opportunity to investors who do not wish to be completely exposed to equity markets, but are looking of higher returns than those provided by debt funds.

EQUITY FUNDS : These funds invest entirely in the share markets and attempt to provide investors the opportunity to benefit from the higher returns which stock markets can provide. However, they are also exposed to the volatility and attendant risks of stock market investments and hence should be chosen by investors who have risk taking capabilities.

Choosing your investment mix depends on factors such as your risk appetite, time horizon of your investment, your investment objective, your age etc.

Advantages of investing in Mutual funds are:

PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE: Fund Managers in mutual funds are professionals who track the markets on a minute to minute basis. With their mix of professional qualification and market knowledge, they are better placed than the average investor to understand the markets.

DIVERSIFICATION: Since a mutual fund scheme invests in a number of shares or debentures, the attendant risks are greatly reduced. Even if the stock price of one of the companies goes down or a company defaults on payment of interest, it does not result in a substantial loss to the investor, as the other holdings of the fund can compensate for this fall.

RELATIVELY LESS INEXPENSIVE: When compared to direct investments in the capital market, mutual funds cost less. This is due to savings in brokerage costs, demat costs, depository costs etc.

LIQUIDITY : Investments in mutual funds are completely liquid and can be redeemed at NAV related prices on any working day. Since, these are bought back by the mutual fund itself; there is no risk of not finding a buyer. Besides, redemption money can be received by the investor within a week.

TAX BENEFIT : This summery of tax implications is based on the current provisions of the applicable tax laws. Income received by the unit holders in respect of the units of the Mutual Fund is exempt from tax under Section 10 ( 35 ) of the Act.

Tax deduction at Source : In view of the exemption of income in the hands of the Unit Holders, no income tax is deductible at source on income distribution by the Mutual Fund, under the provisions of Section 194 K and 196 A of the Act.

Investment in mutual funds are subject to market risks.
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Bankim bhagwat
bhagwatbankim@gmail.com
098452 73406

Belgaum’s traditional Shiv Jayanti procession today

All cities have something very unique and the Shiv Jayanti procession is just another unique event in the lives of Belgaumites. Procession will start at 6pm.

It was to be held in the last week but due to the Election code of conduct it was deferred for today.

The procession will include various youth clubs and associations presenting and depicting some important parts of the life of Shivaji Mharaj in a lively form. Procession will begin from Nargundkar Bhave Circle, Mruti Galli, Ramdev Galli, Bogarves, Ramling Khind Galli, Tahshildar Galli and will finally end at Shivaji garden.

Police have been called in from other districts for the occasion. 25 CCTV cameras will monitor the whole procession and Ridhi Vision the local cable channel will telecast this live.

Belgaum SSLC result 79 percent

Karnataka's SSLC result stands at 70% with Chikkodi in Belgaum district topping the list with 82 percent and Belgaum district was 79%.

Chetan Desai of B.K. Model School here secured first place in Belgaum district in the SSLC examination. He secured 612 out of 625 marks.

King size success for Mee Shivajiraje Bhosle Boltoy in Belgaum