No Big Deal – NDTV Good Times Showtime: Thursdays 10 pm
This time Neha Dixit will be in Belgaum.
Join Neha Dixit on her travels around India, as she attempts each destination in 3 days & 3 nights for just Rs 3000/. And this time around she’s going Green.
 
Tree houses, camping in the wild, taking eco-friendly transport, sticking with organic foods – Neha brings you the best green holidays with hardly any money in her pocket. And since she’s keeping to the Green Theme, watch out for eco–tourism and great green vacations ideas like never before.
So pack a recyclable, bio degradable bag and get ready to go green in style. It’s the way to be and it’s No Big Deal!
See the preview video here
 The preview video has ads.

Prof. B.R. Ananthan, Member-Secretary, Karnataka State Higher Education Board, has been appointed as the special officer of newly-created Belgaum University. Prof. Ananthan had retired after serving as the Head of the Department of Commerce in the University of Mysore and had been appointed to the newly-formed Higher Education Board.
Having been appointed as the special officer, it is said that it paves the way to his appointment as the Vice-Chancellor of the University.
Prof. B.R. Ananthan
Date of Birth : 02.05.1948
Education Qualification : M Com, PhD.

The Reserve Bank of India released its ‘Quarterly Statistics on Deposits and Credit of Scheduled september 2009. The publication contains data relating to deposits and credit of scheduled commercial banks including (RRBs) as on September 2009.
 
In march 2008 Belgaum was on position 72 for deposits and 71 for credit.
March 2008 standings
Note: ‘Quarterly Statistics on Deposits and Credit of Scheduled Commercial Banks’ provides data on aggregate credit of scheduled commercial banks as on June, 2008. The data are based on Basic Statistical Return the branches of all scheduled commercial banks (including RRBs).
Source: RBI

Join Neha Dixit as she takes a budgeted holiday in an ECOnomical way in the new season of ‘No Big Deal’ on NDTV Good Times.
The award-winning series ‘No Big Deal!’ is launching its 3rd season. And this time around we’ll bring you the holiday you’ve been dreaming of in the most ECOnomical way.
Join host Neha Dixit on her travels in and around Belgaum, Karnataka …as she attempts to survive for 3 days & 3 nights in just Rs 3000/- …and this time around she’s ‘going green’.
Be it living in a tree house….window shopping in the cattle market….joining the Gavli’s -a local tribe from Karnataka during their festivities or learning all there is to know about insects – the show has it all! Neha brings you the best green holidays that the lack of money can buy!
Block your diaries for ‘No Big Deal’, this Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 10.00 pmwith a repeat telecast on the following Sunday at 12.30 pm only on NDTV Good Times.
About the Show:
After looking forward to your vacation for months, the last thing you want to do is to see how far you can stretch your budget. Now, leave these worries behind because NDTV's travel team will help you live the holiday of your lifestyle in the most economical way. Clearly for us its 'No Big Deal..!'
 You have seen us spend 3000 Rs in 3 days in India, now join us across the World!
Join our travel host every week as she survives the challenge of living in the most exotic destinations across the globe-- a 3 nights -3 day journey in just 300 Euros or dollars as the country's currency warrants.
So, leave your worries behind, pack you bags because we're going to stretch your pocket and take you on a holiday with the real deals from - where to stay, eat, shop, dance, party, and play.

This is yet another exclusive content by AAB (thanks Sahir).
The plan layout of Belgaum fort. I don't know whether the authorities here also have this one.
This was found in the book Military Reminiscences written by Col.James Welsh in the year 1830. Google had digitized this whole book and we are happy to share with you.

Many readers will think this blog is a history blog, but AAB promises to get All the important information about Belgaum, may it be part of history or present.
Google Book link

Source: Deccan Chronicle
Belgaum border row in some time will be an international issue, as mes leader Madhavrao Chavan will file a petition before the United Nation's Human Rights Commission (HRC) against, what he alleges, is the failure of the Karnataka government to protect the rights of Marathi's in the state.
 Article 27 of the special chapter of the International Civil and Political Rights Convention, 1966 of the UN speaks about giving due protection to religious, social and economic rights of linguistic minorities. Mr.Chavan has already confirmed with the external affair's ministry that people from India can file a petition individually before the HRC in such matters. This is last act as no other recourse as Marathi people who form 21 per cent of the population in Belgaum district have been subjected to various problems.
Marathi's have no freedom of expression, Marathi schools lack infrastructure and basic amenities. No official documents are published in Marathi although the constitution says that linguistic minorities should be given all official documents in their mother tongue.
 Other lawyers in the city find this approach to be a dressing and taking such issues internationally would create a divide between the two linguistic communities.

This bit of news has not been covered in the local Marathi Media as yet.

The projected population of Belgaum by the Zilla Parishad is 967566.
 

After several protests and rallies done by KRV and other Kanada organisations, CM BSY today announced this on the floor of the assembly that Veer Rani Kittur Channama PG center at Bhutrammarti will be converted into a independent university which will serve Belgaum district.
This is a welcome step for Belgaumites as another university in the city, VTU already exists.
Speaking to the blog, Rajeev Toppannavar of KRV said that this is victory of Belgaum and once this university starts all students of Belgaum district will be benefited.

KRV celebrating

Thanks to Aziz for this classic photo.
Now can you tell what is this?

Most of you must have been taken by amazement 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, 2010 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(LKG) 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 1-08-2005 to 31-07-2006. (This is an approximate date calculation)
Important dates this season:
Herwadkar School ( R K Jangra KG) – Forms will be given on 5, 6, 7 April from 11am to 2pm
Divine providence - Forms will be given on 5, 6, 7 April from 8am to 9am
St.Joesphs Convent - Forms will be given on 5, 6, 7 April from 7.30am to 9.30am
St.Xaviers - Forms will be given on 6, 7 April from 3pm.

This list is not complete and I managed to get info on these schools. Kindly go and check with the school you want your child to be admitted. All schools must have put a notice regarding the same now.
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.
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.
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

We want new industries, development and at the same time we want our economies back bone the “Farmer” to live a poverty ridden life all his life and now is being left landless after the various land acquisitions notices they got in the past month.
 Fertile farm land was ordered to be acquired for the Machhe- Halga bypass part of the Hyderabad -Panjim national highway. More than 500 complaints were received from farmers from Mache, Peeranwadi, Vadgaon, Angol and Khanapur areas.
Yesterday farmers from Peeranwadi, Hunchanhatti, Balmatti, Kattalwadi were shcoked to receive notices of their land acquisition by KIADB. Around 1200 acres of land will acquired by KIADB as per the notices received.
The farmers protest but no one hears them. Today also the farmers from Peeranwadi and other areas plan to meet and protest the against the govt. for acquiring their farm land.
“Agriculture is the backbone of the Indian economy” , this sentence would be history and farmer without farm land will not have his own backbone standing straight.
This question of land acquisition of farm land will and always come up and the poor farmer gets stuck. Several promises are made to the farmers but how many of them are kept is unknown.
If we need to progress, have industries we will have to acquire land, there is no option, but why cant the govt. think of acquiring barren land first and develop that.
If we have factories on all farm land what will we eat, what a country needs is a sustainable food production and availability of food. Can factories produce rice, wheat or can we eat steel for dinner and cement for break fast.

Kannada Rakshana Vedike activists and members of other Kannada organizations staged a demonstration in front of Vidhana Soudha on Monday in support of the demand to upgrade the centre to an independent university, and submitted a memorandum to the Chief Minister.
Meanwhile in Belgaum meeting of prominent leaders of different political parties and representatives of social and Kannada organizations at Kannada Sahitya Bhavan on Tuesday on the same issue.

A thought came to my mind vis-à-vis the ARTS (both performing and non performing) sector in Belgaum. Something collectively should be and can be done by all the artists located in Belgaum when they collaborate on a single platform. I don’t know how many artists are in Belgaum but we could attempt to get all these on a single platform which would contain data of all the artists and their details etc and it would benefit the artists as well as people who want to arrange a program or who want to get more info on starting up a career as an artist in Belgaum.

There are a lot of artist from Belgaum in the field of music, painting, photography(as an art) graphic designers, singers and many more which I may not even know about.
There may be a off line group existing like the arts circle or others but all are scattered and if someone from the artists can come forward we could go ahead and form a on line group and have all data compiled on a single site.
A few of these artists have been featured under various heads as stars of Belgaum, Young Guns etc. But there is no single on line platform where information is available of all these artists on a single click.
Most of the artists have performed outside and have earned a name for themselves but if they all have a single platform then they could make use of their collective strength to push their demands in-front of others and the most urgent necessity is a good hall with good audio equipment and seating arrangements. Belgaum is lacking a hi tech drama hall or a music hall because of which many great artists refuse to perform here.
AAB [http://allaboutbelgaum.com] would be devoted to share information on this on the site help this group.
This is just a thought and I have nothing concrete in my mind. People in this field could throw additional light on this.
I would request all the artists to leave a comment on this.
Let me know your thoughts on this.