St.Xavier’s Vidyanektan win matches

Royston memorial update:

 St.Xavier’s beat Nalanda school 6-0.

 Second match between Sant Meera & Vanita Vidyalaya finished in a 1-1 draw.

 Benson’s school was beaten 3-1 by Marathi Vidyaniketan.

Naag Panchami observed

IIT at Belgaum meeting with CM on 29

126 MLA’s have given their consent for the starting of the IIT at Belgaum said Belgaum South MLA Abhay Patil yesterday at a meet held at IMER. 

Earlier in the month meets were held in Belgaum in which a draft memorandum was prepared and ground was prepared for approaching the State and central governments to start an IIT here.

Veerappa Moily is said to be trying to get IIT to Chikkaballapur and that is why we should all get together and tell the Prime minister and others why Belgaum needs an IIT and what are the advantages of establishing it here, MLA further added. 

A crucial meeting will be held with CM Yedurappa on 29^th in which all the ministers and MLAs will attend. MLA’s and MP’s of Bagalkot, Bijapur and also Kolhapur and Goa have agreed for the establishment of an IIT here.

 An internet web portal must be started for this cause to encourage the youth and others to know about Belgaum was also discussed. 

Royecton memorial football begins

In the opening match St.Xavier’s beat Dyan Probhadhan 6 goals to 0.

 

Second match was won by Sant Meera who defeated Benyon Smith School 3-1.

 

Marathi Vidya niketan won against Bhartesh 3-1. 

Belgaum’s Kiran Kulkarni in Super rich list of Businessworld

Snakes living in natural concord with people of Dholgarwadi

Nagapanchami, will be celebrated in a big way on Sunday and village just 25 kms from Belgaum (towards Amboli) will have more excitement, Dholgarwadi in Maharashtra.

 What’s so special about this village?

 Dholgarwadi has a reputation for being a snake friendly village — villagers don’t harm snakes. There are a large number of visitors who come in here. 

Baburao O.Takkekar once while playing in the rivers decided to catch some crabs. His fingers touched a creature and grabbed one. As he lifted his hands off the surface he was stunned. He had trapped a snake mistaking it for a fish. Out of shock, the little boy dropped the reptile immediately but, no one would have imagined then that this incident laid the foundation of a rare institution. "Why did the snake not bite him?" Babu was about just 10 when he came into contact with a snake.

 

He wanted to remove the fear of snakes and superstitious beliefs associated with that creature among the villagers who often killed them on spotting them in fields and forests not realizing their valuable role in the eco- system. He was also concerned about the education of village children who had to tread long distances to go to school. Thus came up the twin idea of starting a school and a laboratory to help the young minds to study snakes through "personal contact".

With the help of his elders, the idea took concrete shape with the establishment of the Mama Saheb Laad Vidhyalaya (named after a freedom fighter) in 1966 under the chairmanship of Mr.Baburao O.Takkekar.

Almost every employee is trained in the institution on handling snakes. To start with, wooden boxes with proper ventilation were made to house different species. The school has a live stock of all these varieties besides pythons, rat snakes, trinkets, banded racers, and common wolf snakes, green whip snakes, Russell's Earth Boas, John's Earth Boas, water snakes, buff striped keel backs and green keel backs. Anti-venom medicines are readily available in the laboratory. They said not only children, but even the villagers were taught here, how to develop a friendly attitude to snakes. As one visits Dholgarwadi, one notice that not only school children and the staff, but almost the entire village has learnt to live with snakes. No one kills any snake. Rather, on spotting one, it is brought to the school or simply allowed to go away on its own. 

Source: The Hindu & Inputs

Movies as on 24-07-2009

Theatre	Movie	Timings
Big Cinemas	Luck	12.15,3.15,6.15,9.15
	Harry Potter (English)	12.30,3.30,6.30,9.30
Ritz Srikrishna		12.30,3.30,5.30,7.30
Nirmal	Yodha	12.15pm,3.15,6.15,9.15
Huns	Me shivaji Raje BB	12.15, 3.15,6.15,9.15
Arun		12.30,2,4,7
Roopali	Transformers (E)	12.30,3.30,6.30,9.30
Balkrishna	Harry Potter (H)	12.30,3.30,6.30,9.30
Chitra	Luck	12,3,6,9
Swaroop	Kench (K)	12,3,6,9
Hira	Jaan	12.15,3.15,6.15,9.15
Prakash	Billa	12.15pm,3.15pm,6.15pm,9.15pm
Nartaki	Kambhakat Ishq	12,3,6,9
Santosh	Yedalu Manjunath	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

Loyola lift Royceton memorial Invitation cup

Loyola High school of Margao won the finals of Royceton memorial invitation Cup football at St Paul’s grounds, Belgaum on Wednesday. They beat Marathi Vidya Niketan Belgaum 4-1 in the decider. The main scorers were Filboun Crasto, also rewarded for being the highest scorer of the tournament. Klins Mendes was declared as best player of the tournament. Loyola has won this tournament for the third time.

Mayor threatens to commit suicide

Mayor of Belgaum Yallappa Kurubarhas threatened to commit suicide, if the slaughterhouses located in Auto Nagar and Kanbaragi are not shifted within 15 days.  He is frustrated after his repetitive pleas to the concerned to shift the slaughterhouses outside these areas, failed to get the desired result.

The general session of the Corporation's council had earlier passed a resolution for shifting these slaughterhouses. The slaughterhouses are flouting hygiene norms and throwing pieces of flesh and animal waste etc., into the lakes. The animals get sick after drinking water from the lakes. District administration has identified a site near Kakati village for relocating the slaughterhouses.

 

Source: Daijiworld

Panther skin seized

The Khade bazaar police on Wednesday arrested three persons on the charge of possessing panther skin worth Rs. 1.5 lakh.

Arrested are Jenish Korad Ipoorna alias Jurio Naik (27) of Chandragiri of Andhra Pradesh, Kallappa Dundappa Latti (30) of Netaji Galli in Belgaum and Bahseer Ahmed Babasaheb Sanadi (25) of Pant Balekundri.

ignITing Belgaum Pushing IT Further

Belgaum IT group aims high

This Site had taken an initiative to get all the IT and IT related companies to come under a forum so that they could collectively grow. The first meeting of the group was held on May 23 where in the basis, main aims were discussed, and the second meet was held today at Pop in restaurant and even when it was raining very heavily the members came in, which shows a wow made by them towards growth of IT in Belgaum.

The efforts have paid off. City based DotCord IT Solutions a web designing company has now tied up with eTH1 network solutions, which also is a Belgaum based web hosting company for its new site for Belgaumites. The said site will be launched in early next month and it will be a very effective site for networking with other Belgaumites. When this blog spoke to Sandeep Hegde MD of DotCord IT Solutions he said, they had the website plan long time ago and were supposed to host it else where, but with the IT group meet, they decided to host the site with eTH1 network solutions which is also based in Belgaum and both are first time entrepreneurs. He also added this site is unique combination of collective growth as the site is also for Belgaumites. It is like For Belgaum, By Belgaum and To Belgaum.

In today’s meet the website structure for the Belgaum IT group was discussed and finalized and web site should be ready by next month. DotCord IT Solutions has taken the lead to design the site. The website will contain all information on the various companies in Belgaum and will contain a forum for all the employees of the different companies to come and exchange thoughts and collaborate. In addition, a discussion was arrived on to a specific date on which the group will meet monthly.

The group also decided to take seminars and workshops at different colleges on various topics so that the next generation knows about the companies in Belgaum and students nurtured with the current requirements of the companies.

The second meeting was another step forward for the IT in Belgaum. Many would laugh at this and might say what will these people achieve in the end. However, we are all optimistic of the future and victorious when people from Belgaum have started to collaborate with each other, which show that there are opportunities, we need to cater to them.

New Emerging technologies being discussed

Raju Patil of Caller Info id, Tushar Patil of BTPi who were attending for the first time were happy to be a part of the group. Others present were Harshad & Ammet Patil of Uproot Labs, Sandeep Hegde of Dot Cord, Aadil of Leading Minds, Vishal Kulkarni of 3i Global, R K Patil of Vavya Labs and Uday from AllAboutBelgaum.com.

Gokak Falls at its magnificence

These are photos taken today and the Gokak Falls is at its magnificence fall.

GodchinMalki Falls

Photos: Biddu

Foundry Park at Macche

Foundry Park will be established through KIADB on 500 acres in Macche village of Belgaum district.

 Large and Medium Industries Minister Murugesh R Nirani informed the Legislative Assembly that the Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB) had initiated action to acquire the land and develop it in a phased manner.

 Artisans engaged in preparation of silver ornaments in Mangur village in Belgaum district would be provided with living-cum-work sheds and other infrastructure facilities on 50 acres.

 Source: The Hindu

Belgaums football pride the Royceton Gomes Memorial tournament

Belgaum’s football season kicks off with the Royceton Gomes Memorial tournament in the month of July. Now the Royceton Gomes Memorial Sports Organisation undertakes two tournaments on the St.Paul’s hostel grounds, one Invitation Cup and another Memorial Cup. While the matches for ‘Invitation Cup’ will be held from July 18 to 22, the ‘Memorial Cup’ matches will be conducted from July 24 to August 7. Six teams, one from Mumbai, two from Goa and three from Belgaum city will compete for the Invitation Cup, on league-cum-knockout basis. For the Memorial Cup, 19 teams from local schools will be participating. The finals of the tournament will be played on Royceton’s Gomes birthday, August 7.

History

The history that precedes these tournaments dates back to August 25, 1979, when a little boy, Royceton Gomes, aged nine, was studying in standard 3 at St. Paul’s High School in Belgaum city. On that fateful day he went on a picnic with his father to Gokak Falls. Royceton left the house all excited, but never to return.

He met his end in a shallow canal adjoining the dam at the picnic spot near the falls. The hazardous waters swept him away. Later, his body was recovered after a search operation. His parents were in shock.

Royceton had been fond of football. It drove his father, Joe Gomes, to start a football tournament in his memory. In 1981, a few of his father’s close friends started the tournament on St. Paul’s grounds. Over the years it has gained popularity and today, after 27 years, the tournament is one of the most-looked forward to annual event. Participants are not only the local schools but also teams from Mumbai, Pune and Goa.

This tournament has seen one of the most disciplined teams playing each other. The standard of the teams has also increased with time. Out of the 27 years that’s this tournament has been played St.Paul’s have won it 22 times, Phoenix School 4 times and Belgaum Military School once.

Many of those reading this might have just remembered themselves playing or cheering, the atmosphere is thrilling and the under 13 lads just play good football. 

Potholes on Belgaum bypass road