In a nail biting match between Islamiya and Marathi Vidya Niketan, Vidya Niketan won 8-7 in the penalty shoot out.
Teams were levvled evem in extra time so the match was deicded by penalty shoot out and Marathi Vidya Niketan won the match.
 Now Marathi Vidya Niketan will take on St.Pauls in the Finals of Royecton memorial cup on August 7.
Thanks Santosh Purohit

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These are some unseen pictures of the Jatra ever and have been cliked by Shrawav Zadoo.
It was raining heavily and it does rain on the Jatra day, Mangai Jatra.



According to the rituals set by the ancestors of the vadgaon village, the God of the village is to be presented with these chicks. One could spot one of those vendors selling chicks at Rs.5 each.
Once you reach the temple the chicks you have brought with you are supposedly to be tossed on to the roof of the temple!
All photos: Shrawan Zadoo

St.Pauls High school entered the Finals of the prestigious Royecton Memorial Finals beating Sant Meera 4 goals to nil.
Sant Meera played a attacking game in the first half but could not convert the attacks into goals. After a goal less first half in the second half, St.Pauls played a attacking game game and scored four goals after the other in the last 20 minutes of play.
Tomorrow the second Semi finals will be played between Islamiya and Marathi Vidya niketan.
The finals will be played on 7th August.

After a six day dead lock in the parliament when things seemed to be coming up for the common man Belgaum border dispute came to the fore front and the parliament was adjourned.

Lok Sabha was adjourned for half an hour after leaders from Maharashtra and Karnataka gathered near Speaker Meira Kumar's podium over the disputed district of Belgaum.

Shiv Sena members from Maharashtra sought Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's intervention in the matter, with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members divided on the issue along state lines. Gopinath Munde supported the cause of Maharashtra, while BJP leader from Karnataka Ananth Kumar raised his voice in support of Karnataka.
Shiv Sena MPs gathered near the Speaker's podium waving placards, prompting BJP MPs from Karnataka to do the same.

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Indica car of a retired Police officer turned into ashes yesterday at Basav Colony.

The driver had a foul smell and he immediately came out of the car and called the police immediately and the fire brigade, but the fire birgade number was not being answered.

The car started to burn but all were waiting for the fire brigade to come. The car caught fire at 3.30 pm but the fire fighters came to the spot after a hour and half when the ashes of the car were remaining.

The people on the spot also tried to call the fire department but there was no response.

Photo: Shrey R Dhanawadkar

It is august and most colleges will be working to full strength (with students in the college campus and few in the classes as well).
In olden days the month of July would mean a lot activity in college as there would be the Elections of the class representatives and then the General Secretary (GS) of the college.
I have been lucky to see for my self these kind of elections in my first year of college and also was witness to its bad side.
From past many years the elections have been stopped and now the Selection method has been adopted by all colleges. Aspiring candidates can nominate themselves and then the selection process takes place by an interview.
The colleges feel this is a safe and a better way of doing this. The students on the other hand feel they are loosing the ho-halla and enjoyment of an election.
Earlier there used to be yearly exams but now most of the courses are semester based so the time available for such activities has come down.
During the election time, the atmosphere in the college used to be very heated and incidents of beating, kidnapping, threating were common. To avoid any such untoward incident the colleges decided to go by the selection process.
The older lot reading this story will have memories refreshed of their college times and elections but the younger ones who haven't seen that surely missed a lot.
But with changing times, things change and this is one more part of the change.

On 4th September 2010, Belgaum Next is organizing a Symposium on Sustainable Development of Belgaum City.
Papers have been invited from Experts from Belgaum who have knowledge/experience in any of the above areas in the context of Belgaum City.
The papers may be sent by email to belgaumnext@gmail.com

 Belgaum Next is a people’s endeavor to bridge the gap between good and bad governance on the strength of an open citizen’s platform and is steered by passionate people from across Industry, government, academia and other organizations. The platform stands for one voice that is focused on one agenda: the all round development of our city.
 Eminent Local and Global experts will present papers on the following aspects:
 1. Water: augmentation of supplies and efficient distribution.
2. Power quality of, and severance from its carbon base.
3. Solid waste Management Present issues, solutions and public awareness
4. Transportation and Traffic Flow Development of Hub and Spoke model for roads, and improvement of public and mass transit system.
5. Infrastructure to attract investments planning and creation of basic infrastructure to attract investments for employment generating industries in areas where Belgaum has inherent advantages.
6. Urban Renewal Remodeling and Beautification of the City.
7. Planning sustainable neighborhoods new and evolving systems in town planning on a sustainable model.
8. Public Participation in development and decision making process

Guidelines:

The paper should be attached as a Word Document should not exceed 4 pages in A4 size
The paper should be Belgaum-centric
Name and contact details of the author should be stated.

After the landslide on 30^th July, 2010 work is in full swing to clear the road at Amboli.

The police have clarified that no tourist are under the debris and the work of clearing the road is on. This might take another 2-3 days the officials said.

The cause of worry for the PWD there is that even now mud is scaling down near the same spot and it is feared that he road has been badly damaged.

Very few tourists were seen as the road is blocked. This is the main season in Amboli and due to this landslide business has been hit.

Jeetesh Shah who had been there yesterday clicked these photos. Thanks Jeetesh.

Hotel Saffron, will give the taste buds of Belgaumites a delightful culinary fares to the connoisseurs of Punjabi food, the PARATHA.

A Paratha food festival has been organized by Hotel Saffron, Kirloskar road from August 2 to August 9, 2010.

A splendid array of 25 varieties of authentic Punjabi stuffed parathas made in pure ghee will be served made by master chef and his team. The menu will also include Amritsari Chole Bhature, Delhi Chaat and Punjabi Lassi.

This is for the first time such kind of a Paratha food festival has been organised in town.

So all those Paratha lovers you all know where to go...

Hotel Saffron, Above Reliance world Kirloskar road, Belgaum. Phone: 0831-4205592,4216611

The Government is planning to extend the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) to some more cities in the country. It was proposed to include 28 cities/urban agglomerations with population of 5 lakh and above under the Urban Infrastructure and Governance (UIG) component of Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission(JNNURM).

Three cities in Karnataka under JNNURM will be

Hubli-Dharwad

Mangalore

On account of resource constraints, these cities could not be included in UIG of JNNURM.

Public private partnership can play a significant role in supplementing Government’s efforts of building infrastructure in urban areas. JNNURM encourages urban local bodies to use public private partnership for this purpose.

This information was given by Shri Saugata Roy, Minister of State, Urban Development in reply to a question in Lok Sabha on 30^th July 2010.

There was a huge landslide in Amboli, about one and half kilometers from the main water falls yesterday afternoon.
The locals fear of tourists being under the debris, however the officials on the spot have not categorically denied this fact. The army has been called in to help clear the debris.
Traffic to Savantwadi has been cut off and now is diverted from Kankavli.
It could take a while before the debris is removed and it also feared that he road might have been badly damaged.

Akshay Anil Sathe(19) was killed on the spot when a city bus hit his kinetic scooter near the Datta Mandir, Govaves on Khanapur Road.

A resident of Hattiholi Galli, Shahpur Akshays scooter was hit by the city bus and the bus ran over his head. He was a student of Bharetsh Polytechnic.

A complaint has been filed.  

K. B. Kulkarni ( 1920 – 2007)

Shri K. B. Kulkarni was fondly known as “KB” by all his disciples, near and dear ones. KB was born in 1920 in Belgaum District.

He was a student of Haldankar’s Art Institute and later became an Art Teacher. He has done Drawing Art Teacher certificate course from Sir J.J. School of Art , 1945. He was also on the Advisory board for Art Education of Karnataka. He was also a member of Karnataka State Lalit Kala Academy.

He was awarded State Award in 1972. KB started an Art Institute called ” Chitramandir” in 1951 and conducted regular classes till 1977. He also taught at St.Pauls High school Belgaum.

KB had devoted himself to art and teaching of art and also in painting. A whole generation of artists have been trained and nurtured by him. His own works truly represented his mastery over oil, water colour and nature, as well as human figure. For him art of paintings was a mysterious activity. In his words –“ Though it is often said that art is a visual poetry, I think it is also music, where harmony, balance, rhythm are very important.”

Photo: Santosh Purohit