Movies as on 23-01-2009

Theatre	Movie	Timings
Big Cinemas	Slumdog Crorepati	1115,4.30,9.30
	Raaz 2	12.15,3.15,6.15,9.15
	Chandni Chowk to China	1.30, 6.45pm
Ritz Srikrishna	Sundar Kutti	11.15am
	Premeshwari	3.15pm,6.15,9.15
Nirmal	Nand (K)	12.15pm,3.15pm,6.15pm,9.15pm
Huns	Raaz 2	12.15pm,3.15pm,6.15pm,9.15pm
Arun	Italian Bodies	12.30pm,2pm,4pm,7pm
Roopali	Chikpote Sach…	12.15pm,3.15pm,6.15pm,9.15pm
Balkrishna	Speed Returns (H)	12.30,3.30,6.30,9.30
Chitra	Circus(K)	12,3,6,9
Swaroop	Chandni Chowk to China	11.45
	Ghanji	2.45,6,9.15
Hira	Rab ne Bana de Jodi	3pm
Hira	Slumdog Crorepati	12.15,6,8.30pm
Prakash	Shivmani (K)	12.15pm,3.15pm,6.15pm,9.15pm
Nartaki	Chandni Chowk to China	3,6,9
	Ghanji	11.30 am
Santosh	Akkatangi (K)	12.15pm,3.15pm,6.15pm,9.15pm
Globe	Namkeen Chat masalas	12,1.45,3.45,6.45

CM LAYS FOUNDATION STONE FOR SUVARNA SOUDHA

Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa today laid the foundation stone for Suvarna Soudha to be constructed at a cost of Rs. 230 crore in Halagabastavadi, about 15 kms from Belgaum city on Bangalore-Pune highway.

Ceremony today Puja done yesterday: Suvarna soudha Details

In a bizarre development, senior officials conducted some rituals at the site of the proposed “Suvarna Soudha”, one day before the date fixed for the function, reportedly following an advice by some astrologers.

Suvarna Soudha will have a central hall just like the parliament. Legislative assembly, council and cabinet halls, all will be in the same floor.

The new building would be built using large blocks of stones on the lines of Vidhana Soudha. Inspiration to have a central hall is drawn from the Parliament building to facilitate MLAs and MLCs to exchange ideas at a common place during legislature sessions. Even Vidhana Soudha lacks such an arrangement.


This is for the 2nd time the foundation stone will be laid in Belgaum for the Suvarna Soudha. In 2006 Kumarswamy had laid it in Vaccine Depot in a hurry and later due to pressure from the public the venue was shifted to the present Halga-Bastwad village.

The Soudha will come up in an elevated portion of the land on 120 acres at estimated cost of Rs 230 crore. The proposed Soudha would be a four-storied building, including the ground floor. The second floor will have rooms to accommodate ministers and personal staff, secretaries and other offices. The ground floor will contain a banquet hall, library, conference hall, canteen, post office and a bank. The pillars would be designed in Corinthian columns. The assembly, council and cabinet halls will be in the third floor. It will take two years for the project to complete.


Source: The Hindu
TOI

Belgaum Suvarna Soudha foundation stone ceremony tomorrow

Border row: Bloggers want peace:Mid-Day Story- BelgaumBlog is the first on the list

The Mid-Day has made a special story with inputs from various bloggers. I was surprised to see my sites link to be the first one. A small extract is also put on.

From The Mid-Day ---

The Belgaum border dispute between Maharastra and Karnataka has blogs reacting to the issue.
The prevailing feeling among the bloggers is that both the people and the authorities in both the states should exercise restraint and strive for peace.

This blogger (http://belgaumblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/belgaum-is-peaceful-but-not-belgaum.html ) is urging all the people concerned to keep calm. The blogger feels that an issue of 52 years can't be settled in a day.
In a post titled "Belgaum is peaceful, but not Belgaum issue", the blogger says:
"I would request all to maintain peace and harmony in the city and don't believe on rumors as they spread like fire they can cause a lot of trouble."
"In all it's a tough time for all of us. As the busses are not going into Maharsahtra and their busses not coming in Karnataka, many would now take cars for travelling, but that too could be dangerous for a day or two till all settles down," says the blogger, making a request to anyone with plans to go to Maharashtra or someone coming into Karnataka, be careful.

Read the full story with others bloggers here.

Belgaum district Cricket women’s cricket association established

The Millennium gardens yesterday witnessed the establishment of the Belgaum district Cricket women’s cricket association.
Devika Sathe, India’s noted women’s team bowler, Nilima Joglekar, former captain India women’s team and others were present.
Brijesh Patel, Secretary of Karnataka Cricket Association spoke to them and assured of all the support to the association.

Station road could be closed

Bank of Maharashtra Ransacked in Dharwad over Border issue

Pro Kannada activists today ransacked a branch of Bank of Maharashtra in Dharwad while two Maharashtra buses were damaged in stone pelting near Sankeshwar in the wake of the protests over border issue.

Source: Manglorean.com see more images and details there.

When will all this stop?
Bank of Maharashtra was ransacked today in Karnataka; tomorrow you could read Karnataka bank being ransacked in Maharashtra.

Where will all this lead? Pro Kannad or Pro Marathi but who is suffering the common man. Thankfully, nothing yet in Belgaum for the good, but eventually it might happen here also. No doubt, the security in the city is very tight due to the assembly session.

Lets all pray to God almighty to give everyone the knowledge and presence of mind not to disturb normal life.
We love Belgaum as it is, don’t destroy its peace, many years ago when there were communal riots in Belgaum, it was headlines then only on the Doordarshan then. We do not want Belgaum to be in headlines for wrong things.
“Itne Shakti hame dena Data, Man ka Vishwas Kamzor ho na”

Belgaum News briefs at 8pm

Belgaum News briefs at 8pm

With LS polls, Congress, BJP dither on stand- ExpressBuzz ****Parochial flare-ups on either side of the Karnataka- Maharashtra border has put the two national parties BJP and the Congress on a sticky wicket, while regional outfits on either side of the border are leaving no stone unturned to cash in on it in the upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Maharashtra.
With elections round the corner, the Sena is likely to keep the issue alive to revive its prospects of coming to power after a gap of ten years in Maharashtra, while the MES which has been rejected by its own people in the 2007 elections in Belgaum finds it an opportunity to keep it busy for the time being.

Crowd ransacks Bank of Maharashtra in Dharwad- Indopia As protests over Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti and Shiv Sena's attempts to rake up the boundary dispute continued for the third consecutive day today in parts of Karnataka, a crowd ransacked a branch of Bank of Maharashtra in Dharwad, police said here. They damaged the bank's computers and furniture before escaping from the spot.

Karnataka reacts sharply to boundary row – The HinduThe BJP government in Karnataka on Tuesday lashed out at Maharashtra leaders' demand to declare Marathi-speaking areas in Karnataka as Union Territory till Supreme Court decides on the issue, saying it would "back- fire" on that state.


War over Pariwar- TOIThe legislative assembly turned into a wrestling arena for a while on Tuesday, when some BJP members tried to attack Congress member Abaychandra Jain over his derogatory remarks on one of the Sangh Parivar organizations.

Karnataka buses stop entering Maharashtra – The Hindu
Karnataka State Transport has stopped plying its buses in bordering areas of Maharashtra after Akhil Bhartiya Chhawa Sangathan burnt a bus from the State in Latur on Sunday.

Bangalore next terror target after Mumbai- TOI
Central intelligence has alerted Karnataka that Bangalore is the next target of terrorists after the November 26 Mumbai attack, chief minister B S Yeddyurappa said.

Maharashtra should get Karnataka's Marathi-speaking areas: BJP –The Hindu
At a time when its ally Shiv Sena has gone on the offensive over the vexed Maharashtra-Karnataka boundary row, Maharashtra BJP on Tuesday said it favours merger of the Marathi-speaking areas of Karnataka with the State.

Belgaum Media coverage 20-01-2009

Uproar on Mining issue in special session – MangloreanThe opposition Congress and the JDS in the special legislative assembly session being held in Belgaum today have demanded a CBI probe into the multi crore mining scam alleged to have happened under the nose of the BJP government. Mooting the proposal Deputy Opposition Leader of the Assembly T.B. Jayachandra demanded that the state should immediately hand over the probe to the CBI as there was evidences of a mega scam involving thousands of crores.

Two states, one district, and a 50-year-old dispute –Indian Express
The border dispute between Karnataka and Maharashtra has flared up again, with Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Monday seeking Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s intervention to “guide” the neighbouring state to give up its claim on Belgaum and other Marathi-speaking areas on the border.

Boundary row rages again- TOITension between Karnataka and Maharashtra over the Belgaum issue escalated, with both state transport corporations suspending bus services from late on Sunday evening.

Border: K’taka for PM intervention- StatesmanThe row over the merger of Marathi speaking areas in and around Belgaum took another twist today with chief minister, Mr BS Yeddyurappa, urging Prime Minsiter, Dr Manmohan Singh, to intervene.

2 M'rashtra trucks set afire – Deccan HeraldActivists of some Kannada organisations torched two mini trucks bearing Maharashtra registration numbers at Antarasanahalli on the national highway bypass near Tumkur on Monday.

Anita Kumaraswamy joins the elite group – MangloreanAnita Kumaraswamy the third MLA from a single family of H.D.Deve Gowda, took oath today at the Belgaum session of the Karnataka Legislature. Also photos here

Maharashtra-Karnataka border row stir disrupts bus services – The Hindu
The ongoing agitation over the vexed border dispute between Maharashtra and Karnataka has led to disruption of state transport bus services between the two neighbouring states.

Sparks fly over illegal mining In the legislature – The Hindu
The Legislative Assembly on Monday witnessed a heated debate between members of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the Opposition on the subject of illegal iron-ore mining.

State may adopt another resolution on Mahajan report –The Hindu
The State Government may consider adopting yet another resolution during the ongoing Belgaum session of the legislature to reiterate its “acceptance” of the Mahajan Commission report, in view of the prevailing situation and the historical importance of Belgaum vis-À-vis the border dispute with Maharashtra.

Belgaum is peaceful: but not Belgaum issue

From the 16th January the Belgaum issue has taken a rebirth, till then it would just erupt on a couple of days in a year and all would be good and calm later on.But this time, as I had mentioned in my previous posts this time it won’t be, the same is happening & I am not all happy with it, in fact no Belgaumite can be, be he Kannada or Marathi he will never have thought of this.
A KSRTC bus was yesterday burnt down in Maharashtra today 2 trucks with goods were burnt down in Tumkur as they had MH (Maharashtra) registration numbers.
In Bangalore, some Kannada activists burnt effigies of MES and Maharashtra politicians. In Kolhapur there were protests by cancelling the Corporation meeting.
Who is suffering, the locals. All buses are plying only in state, i.e Maharsahtra busses are going up to Maharashtra border only and Karnataka busses are only going up to Nippani. All busses to Konkan have been cancelled as a precaution. The private bus operators might also follow this, which will cause huge inconvenience to the public at large.
All border lying areas like Bijapur, Solapur, belgaum, Kolhapur have been badly affected. A report stated that many are stuck up in Pandharpur after the buses were cancelled the same situation is everywhere in the border prone areas.
Thankfully, nothing is happening in Belgaum other than the heated debate in the assembly and a host of press conferences.
I urge and appeal to all, keep your calm; an issue of 52 years can’t be settled in a day and at least not by burning down. I would request all to maintain peace and harmony in the city and don’t believe on rumors as they spread like fire they can cause a lot of trouble.
In all it’s a tough time for all of us. As the busses are not going into Maharsahtra and their busses not coming in Karnataka, many would now take cars for travelling, but that too could be dangerous for a day or two till all settles down. I would request anyone with plans to go into Maharashtra or someone coming into Karnataka, be careful.
Lets pray to God, that all goes well from tomorrow & we get back to normal life. Life in the city is very normal, but the fact that you can’t be travelling can cause some hardships.

Congress demand that the disputed Marathi speaking areas in Karnataka be declared as Union Territory till Supreme Court decides

Daring Shiv Sena to snap ties with BJP over the Belgaum border dispute, Congress in the state today demanded that the disputed Marathi speaking areas in Karnataka be declared as Union Territory till Supreme Court decides on the issue.
Flaying the Karnataka government's decision to hold the legislature session in Belgaum, MPCC Spokesman Anant Gadgil said "holding Legislature session is rubbing salt to the wounds of the Marathi people in Belgaum".
Source: The Hindu
Here again its politics over peoples issues. Because it’s the BJP in Karnataka, the congress must be saying this. Not sure nor the politicians sure of what they say and what they don’t.

Suresh Angadi BJP candidate for Belgaum

The state BJP Election Committee on Sunday finalised its candidates for nine out of a total of 28 Lok Sabha constituencies. Though the list was not announced, reliable sources in BJP told the Express that the names of Suresh Angadi (Belgaum). He is the sitting MP.
Source: Express Buzz

An OWL in town for shopping

Essar’s The mobile Store to open in Belgaum

Media Coverage of Belgaum on 19-01-2009

Media Coverage of Belgaum on 19-01-2009
Yeddyurappa wants Centre to intervene in border row- Manglorean.comB S Yeddyurappa today demanded the Centre intervene in problems relating to border or language issues arising between States.
Stop atrocities on Marathis in Belgaum: Joshi tells BJP-IndopiaShiv Sena leader and former Chief Minister Manohar Joshi tonight gave an ultimatum to the BJP to mend its ways with regard to the ongoing border issue and stop atrocities on Marathi-speaking people in Belgaum.
Sena activists paint Karnataka buses in saffron – IndopiaShiv Sena workers painted buses bound for the southern state in saffron.
BJP govt 'helps' MES, Shiv Sena gain foothold in Karna: Cong – IndopiaThe Congress in Karnataka today alleged that the BJP Government was&aposhelping&aposthe Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES) and Shiv Sena gain a foothold in the state amid inter-state land disputes, as evident from permission granted to the two outfits to hold meetings at Belgaum last week.
Maharashtra CM should take strong stand on boundary dispute’- Zee newsMaharashtra Ekikaran Samiti on Sunday said the five-decade old boundary dispute between Maharashtra and Karnataka can be solved only if Chief Minister Ashok Chavan takes a "strong stand" on the issue.

Denying permission to ‘Maha Melav’ was wrong

Denying permission to ‘Maha Melav’ was wrong
The decision to deny permission to the Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES) to hold the “Maha Melav” was politically wrong decision, according to a senior Minister.
KPCC member L.B. Karale did not appreciate the decision of the Government to deny permission to MES to hold its convention. He observed that the Government had acted undemocratically under the pressure from some Kannada groups.
Mr. Karale sought to convey that MES had no case against Karnataka or Kannadigas. They are against the States Reorganisation Commission injustice.
BJP leader Suresh C. Angadi, MP, said he and Rajya Sabha member Prabhakar B. Kore had insisted that there was nothing wrong in according permission, as the MES meet held on September 25, 2006, was peaceful.
Source The Hindu

Now these comments can strike off another a battle of war of words between many. But see this from a political point of view.
The Marathi speaking populace who last time voted for the BJP for the Loksabha seat, this time may not vote the same way, so they are worried and Congress knows this and hence this new interpretation.

Belgaum SP 'kicks off' errant officer

Vikas Lamani, attached to the APMC Yard police station, was on duty near JNMC Road on Kolhapur Circle here, when Superintendent of Police Narang (not in uniform) on regular rounds spotted a torn poster of a senior political leader (former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy ) and questioned the sub-inspector.A babbling Lamani failed to give a satisfactory answer. Irked by his arrogant behaviour, Narang lost her cool and kicked him, with her footwear on.
Sonia Narang had earlier slapped legislator Renukacharya in Davangere.
Disturbed by what he thought was a double affront, Lamani decided to kill himself. He whipped out his service revolver and tried to shoot himself, but fortunately his friends snatched the weapon away.
Source: Deccan Herald & The Hindu

Why this fire?

Ban to prevent violence- BSY: Belgaumites view

Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Saturday declined to comment on the statement of Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray, who had threatened to snap ties with BJP over the Karnataka government’s “harassment’’ of pro- Maharashtrians in border areas around Belgaum.

Karnataka never ignored the interests of Marathi people of Belgaum. “Kannadigas and Marathis are brothers, born to one mother, Bharat Mata,’’ Yeddyurappa said.

It was the decision of the the district administration to ban the Maha Melava organised by the Maharashtra Ekikaran Samithi, expecting violence.

 

Source: Express Buzz

 

One note of value: If you go with Marathi media there is one story and if you go with Kannda media it’s another one. I found English media somewhat in between like just giving news bytes of both parties like I have done.

States were made on linguistic basis & now with the boom of satellite television and newer channels coming up day after day, All want to give something special so that they can get higher TRPs. No one is trying to showcase the entire problem of Belgaum as a news. All want to sensationalize the matter. I for the 1^st time saw Marathi media doing a 30 mins whole news how on Belgaum border dispute.  The Kannada media must have also done one, no harm in doing it, its business and to succeed in business you have to play all the tricks.

 

But those tricks and sensationalizing of the matter will not help Belgaum which is of more importance for all of us. The media all covered the event live from Belgaum for 2 days and today nothing, it means what the media (esp. TV) want something sensationalizing every day. “Din gaye baat gaye”

But who will suffer for all that is no one else but Belgaumites.

Hope you all agree to this point.

 

Belgaum media coverage 18-01-2009

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Netas turn fitness freaks- TOI
Jogging, walking, meditation and some gymming. All these fitness activities are part of our netas, who are camping in Belgaum for the winter legislature session.
Marathis are safe here, says Yeddyurappa- The HinduKannadigas and Marathis united on land, water issues. Only precautionary steps taken in view of the legislature session’. Marathis in Karnataka are as safe as they are in Maharashtra’
Seven Bills get consent- The Hindu The seven Bills passed by the Karnataka legislature between July 1, 2007 and August 22, 2008 have been accorded consent by the President and the Governor.
MES will continue its fight: N.D. Patil- The HinduMaharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES) will continue its struggle till it gets “justice” on the boundary dispute, senior MES leader from Maharashtra N.D. Patil has said.
MLAs fight over food habits- TOIWhat started as obituary references to leaders who died fighting terrorists in Mumbai on 26/11 led to discussion of food habits of MLAs; and it all ended in an unsavoury trading of words between legislators from the North and the South, in the assembly on Saturday.
Cong to back JD(S) for council poll- TOIIt's payback time for the Congress to the JD(S)! But it will be issue-based and not a open invitation on alliance.

Kannadigas, Marathi-speaking people living like brothers

Gandhigiri in Thane: roses given to Driver and commuters in KSRTC bus

Belgaum media coverage: 17-01-09

Belgaum media coverage: 17-01-09
Gays to present demands to CM- Times of IndiaGay community members plan to appeal to the Yeddyurappa government to treat them on equal terms and help them live a dignified life.
Sena warns of snapping ties with BJP over boundary row- PTIMounting pressure on its ally over the border row issue, the Shiv Sena today warned BJP that it would snap ties with it if its government in Karnataka continued to "torture" Marathi-speaking people.
CM STAYS BABUS' IDEA OF FLYING DAILY – Star of Mysore onlineB.S. Yeddyurappa is learnt to have stalled the idea of senior officers in travelling daily by air from Bangalore to Belgaum to attend the joint legislature session being held there. The session will be on for eight days and staying so long in Belgaum was a tough proposition, with the facilities created being not up to the standard expected. Added to that, the city had scarcity of good accommodation, felt the top brass.
History repeats itself at Belgaum- ExpressBuzz
It was a typical winter morning in Belgaum, only the city was decked up with posters of BJP leaders and thousands of saffron flags — the Belgaum session got under way on Friday.

Plans will be revealed during Budget- Express BuzzB S Yeddyurappa defended the Governor’s speech to the joint legislature session on Friday, which did not have any information on major programmes planned, saying that the government thought it would be better to announce the programmes in the budget, instead of announcing it in the Governor’s address.

Siddu issues another deadline to Congress- Express BuzzDisgruntled Congress leader Siddaramaiah has done it again. He has set a deadline of January 25 for the Congress high command to accord him a suitable position to match his stature. In the past also he had set a deadline for the Congress, which the high command ignored, following which he decided to stay away from the bypoll campaign.

Forget recession, govt promises the moon - Express Buzz
The economic slowdown will not deter the government from continuing developmental works in the state, said Governor Rameshwar Thakur while addressing the joint session of the Karnataka Legislature on Friday. The money will be made available from within the framework of the Fiscal Responsibility Act

Belgaums Wish list of demands

Leaders of all political parties in Belgaum have come together and prepared a wish list for the development of Belgaum. The list will be handed over to the Chief Minister Yeddyurappa during the session.
The demands:
Develop a garden on the basis of the Brindavan at Navlteerta and Ghatprabha Dams.
Separate quota for north Karnataka region in KPSC recruitment
Upgrade Goa- Belgaum road
Set up Apparel Park in Belgaum
Set up a reprocessing unit of horticulture crops in Belgaum
Not many of the promises made by the then government on the development of Belgaum during the first session in 2006, have seen the light of the day. Drinking water supply, underground drainage, repair of roads, setting up of a SEZ and Apparel Park in Waghwedhe (13 kms from Belgaum city) - all of them have been non-starters. A total of 13 major projects worth nearly Rs 300 crore were announced in 2006 for development of Belgaum alone.
Source: Deccan Herald

Media Coverage: Martyrs day Video

This video shows the spech given by Ramdas Kadam.

Disclaimer: I am only covering the media Coverage, I personally nothing to do with anyone Marathi or Kannad.

This is a news blog and this is News to me.



To see Large size Video click here

Belgaum media coverage: for Assembly session

Big cinemas online ticket booking stopped due to Local statutory permission/regulations

Mr. Vishal Kulkarni had emailed Mohit Dubey, Head - Quality & Revenue Enhancement Adlabs Films Ltd. asking the reasons for the withdrawal of the online booking for Belgaum Kapeel.
“I fail to understand in this day and age, where we have to embrace new technology and move ahead you people are moving backwards and forcing people to queue up in front of your theaters and go through all the inconvenience. Online booking is beneficial to you people also... you can reduce costs of having multiple ticket counters and hiring extra people to manage the queues.”
To that Mr. Mohit Dubey has replied which is strange to me and just don’t understand this. Civic authorities don’t have anything online except for online complaint booking, and if someone is using technology for the better, there are these hurdles.
“We apologize & regret the inconvenience being faced by you do to non-availability of On-line booking for Tickets/seats to Big Cinemas at Belgaum. However the mentioned service withdrawal is due to Local statutory permission/regulations, on which our dedicated team is already working, we hope to restart the On-line Ticket Booking facility for Big Cinemas Belgaum Very Soon, wherein you will have the convenience of booking the seats of your choice for your favorite movies at Big Cinemas Belgaum.”
Hope the Civic authorities understand.

Martyrs day being observed by MES today

The Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti(MES) is observing Martyrs day in the memory of all those who were killed in the Agitation involving the border issue.

KRV activists face lathi charge at corporation

Activists of Kannad Rakhsana Vedike had marched towards the Belgaum corporation building to remove the Bhagva and put the Kannda Flag.
When a few of the activists’ made and entry into the building lathi charge was resorted to to disperse the crowd. One activist was injured during the lathi charge.
The activists said that they are ready to lay down their lives but will see the Kannada flag on the Corporation building.

Around 200 people arrested: Maha Mellava

Around 200 people including 3 women have been arrested by the Police when they tried to go towards the Lele Ground.
Just now, N D Patil of MES has been arrested. People are coming one by one and still are being arrested by the police.

Deepak Dalvi is also arrested.
School Colleges closed, stones throwing reported at first gate.

All arrested were later released.
There was some tension at around the time of arrest but by the evening all came back to normal.

Belgaum assembly photos

The photos of the assembly session.

BSY visited all the statues in the city.

Lele Ground Latest photos at 1115 am

Lele Ground Latest photos at 1115 am
The scene at Lele ground is similar to what it was in the morning.
No one is allowed to stop on the road next to the ground.
Photos courtesy RamRao A

Kunda Nagri, Belgaum gone saffron with BJP hoardings