Swine flu update 20-08-2009
6:49 PM Posted by ukmad
Today 9 more persons were suspected for H1N1 virus and samples were taken for test, 8 from District hospital and 1 from KLE.
Today a 7 member team of doctors visited St.Joeshps Convent School and examined all students and teachers as the 12 year old H1N1 positive case found yesterday is from the same school.
Students and teachers were given information about the virus.
Police inspector gets show cause notice from Human rights commission
6:48 PM Posted by ukmad
Human rights commission has ordered a probe into the false case filed against Shreedhar Saraf at Khade Bazar police station. Shreedhar alias Dyanesh Saraf was a main man behind the Lokayukta raids on IPS Nimbalkar and BUDA’s D B Naik.
Mr.Saraf had written to the Karnataka Human rights commission in this regard and had asked the commission to look into the matter of false charges being framed on him. Sighting the same the commission has asked SP Sonia Narang to make an enquiry into the matter and also issued a notice to the inspector B P Chandra.
SP Sonia Narang said that she had received the letter from commission and once the enquiry is done the report would be sent to the commission at the earliest.
Source: Rajasthan Patrika
2 more H1N1 positive patients total to 4 now
7:14 PM Posted by ukmad
Out of the 26 swab test results that were received today 2 more patients have been confirmed to have been affected by the H1N1 virus in Belgaum. This takes the total of H1N1 positives to four in the city.
Till date 111 samples have been sent for testing and results of 49 have come in.
Santosh Nagappa, a 19-year-old student who was one of the H1N1 positive cases in the city said that he was recovering fast. Manoj Daddikar (16) is the second one is also on the same line of recovery.
No IIT for Karnataka Belgaum not in picture
4:22 PM Posted by ukmad
In the recent past there were headlines running that an IIT was to be set up in Karnataka and local MLA’s had done various meetings and sent memorandum to human resource development minister Mr.Kapil Sibbal. HRD minister has formally rejected demands for an IIT in Karnataka during the XIth Five Year Plan, snubbing lobbying from top leaders across party lines seeking the institute in their fiefs.
Sibal has argued in his letter to Moily that all funds allocated to the HRD ministry under the XIth plan for starting new IITs had been earmarked for the eight promised institutes. So, it will not be possible for the ministry to start an IIT in Karnataka during the current plan, Sibal is learnt to have written.
Sibbal has put a lid on the campaign for an IIT in Belgaum. What went wrong only Mr.Sibbal can tell? But it seems too much lobbying must have caused this and one more dream remains a dream.
Link sent by: JT
Belgaum Swine flu update as of 18-08-09
8:00 AM Posted by ukmad
30 new H1N1 suspected patients were found in the district, District Hospital and five by KLE hospital identified 25.
Samples have been sent to NIMHANS. Until date, results of 23 samples have been received and only TWO patients have tested positive.
17 screening centers have been formulated.
District hospital has sufficient stock of medicines to fight swine flu and there is no need to panic.
CM demands ITBP centre in Belgaum
6:07 AM Posted by ukmad
The chief minister B S Yeddyurappa also urged the Centre to allot a battalion of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) in Belgaum.
School bus runs over a kid
8:39 PM Posted by ukmad
A school bus run over a 12 year old and the lad was killed on the spot. The accident occurred at Khade Bazar Shahpur, near Saraswat Bhavan.
Voter ID cards to given
7:18 PM Posted by ukmad
Voters of Belgaum South & Belgaum north have been asked to get their Voter ID card done. The Election commission has organized the Voter facilitation centres till October 10.
If your photo has been taken earlier the same can be rechecked at the centres as well.
Centres:
Belgaum North – Sadashiv Nagar CCB office
Belgaum South – KalaMandir
Timings: 9am to 12pm & 4pm to 7pm
Sunday – 10 to 7 pm.
Monday will be a Holiday
2 swine flu positive patients in Belgaum
6:12 PM Posted by ukmad
Two persons are amongst the 21 persons whose swab samples were sent to NIMHANs Bangalore for testing which have tested positive for A (H1N1) virus. The rest 21 tests were negative.
One is from Kanbargi, a 14 years old boy who had traveled to Pune recently and other is an 18 year old from Honnur of Bailhongal Taluk who was studying in a hostel in Shindoli, both of them have been admitted to the District hospital and their condition is normal with no complications.
Today 20 new swab samples were sent for test to NIMHANS. From 10-08-2009, 9386 persons have been screened. Out of which 70 swab samples have been sent for tests.
Belgaum Control Room: 0831-2468320
Thousands throng Kapileshwar temple for Last Shravan Monday
1:36 PM Posted by ukmad
Known as the Kashi of the south Kapileshwar Temple in Belgaum, today is seeing huge crowds of devotees as it is the last Shravan Monday.
Photos: Prakash
What is this structure known as
11:05 AM Posted by ukmad
What is this structure known as? It is Belgaum and from the looks of it, it’s very old.
So start replying now.
FREEMANSONS HALL or Masonic Hall which is the road after Hotel Greens iswhat this structure is known as. Masonic Lodge called the "Lodge Victoria No. 363 S.C." at Belgaum.
There are two lodges down there on Lodge Victoria No 9 affiliated to Grand Lodges of India and the other one is Lodge Cataract No 909 (SC) affiliated to Grand Lodge of Scotland. About the membership it is for common people.
both theses lodges meet once in a month Lodge Victoria No 9 meets on the first Saturday of the month and Lodge Cataract No 909(SC) meets on the second Saturday of the month.Both the Lodges have got a very strict dress code. We have to wear a Dark Suite i.e ( Black Blazer, a White Shirt, a black tie and a a black pant and a black socks and black shoes)
Lodge Cataract was actually started at Gokak and was founded in 1900. Initially only the England Army was members of this Lodge. Later on Lodge Cataract became defunct and stopped functioning. Somewhere in early 1980's is was brought to Belgaum and for the matter of fact Lodge Victoria No 9 was first affiliated to Grand Lodges of Scotland. In the year 1961 when there was a separate constitution for India know as GRAND LODGES OF INDIA Lodge Victoria got affiliated to GIL (Grand Lodges of India) and came under the Indian Constitution and Lodge Cataract No 909(SC) from the beginning is affiliated to Grand Lodge of Scotland. In Scottish Cataract means waterfalls.
Info courtesy: Ritish Ajit Patil
Poor maintenance of NH4 from Belgaum to Dharwad
10:42 AM Posted by ukmad
Letter from R K Patil, Belgaum.
Any traveler taking NH4 from Kolhapur to Hubli can notice the difference between a quality of execution and maintenance of NH4 highway by two different establishments.
The project executed by Punj Lloyd bears the testimony to world class infrastructure while the part implemented by RN Shetty & Co. shows the sorry state of petty time contractor trying to get into big league.
The part of NH4 operated by Shetty's (Belgaum to Dharwad) has already developed serious problems (pot holes, water clogging, poor maintenance). I am attaching two pictures of the road taken at Mahantesh Nagar & Ashok Nagar junction where the road barricades have been uprooted by the lorry owner shops lying just next to service road. This is done so that the shop owner’s trucks do not end up in taking a long route to reach the shops. This has resulted in land slide at road side, water logging. In few days from now I am sure the roads will also starts giving away. Besides this it poses a great danger to speeding vehicles on NH4 who never expect vehicles to join or exit at this place!
I have brought this to the notice of the NH4 patrol and maintenance engineers stationed in Hubli (Mr. Ramanujam) and Belgaum (Mr. Jai Prakash). Looks even the NH4 authorities are least bothered about this.
Travelers on Belgaum stretch can see a lot of pot holes and trenches on NH4 stretch that runs between Belgaum and Halga, once again it looks the maintenance authorities are turning blind eye. Only when we start paying lower tolls for this stretch then the authorities might wake up.
rkpatil [at] vayavyalabs.com
Belgaum’s Deepak goes to Bangalore Brigaders for 1.8lakhs
10:35 PM Posted by ukmad
The Karnataka Premier League player-auction was not really about big bucks, as its financial road map remains modest for a strictly State-level tournament but among the lakhs of rupees traded.
Belgaum’s Deepak Chowgule was picked up by Bangalore Brigaders for 1.80 lakhs.
Belgaavi Panthers (Belgaum): Vinay Kumar, 2.50 Lakhs; David Johnson, 0.35 Lakhs; Manish Pandey, 2.55 Lakhs; Suraj Sampath, 0.30 Lakhs; Vinay Uthappa, 0.30 Lakhs; P. Yogesh, 0.45 Lakhs.
The other team names are: Bangalore Brigaders, Bangalore Provident, Shamanur Davangere Diamonds, Bijapur Bulls, Mysore Maharajas, Malnad Gladiators.
Unsung heroes of freedom movement from Belgaum Munshi Mazahar Ali
4:49 PM Posted by ukmad
Munshi Mazahar Ali was a freedom fighter of Belgaum who lived near HESCOM counter at Kacheri Road, Shaniwar Khoot, Belgaum.
The Belgaum gazette (page 133) refers this great son of the land as
Blind Govindas celebrate Dahi Handi
4:11 PM Posted by ukmad
After the spread of swine flu major Dahi Handi events in Mumbai were cancelled and not many happen in Belgaum leaving the Military Mahadev Dahi Handi played by the MLIRC.
The blind students of Maheswari School of blind in Nehru Nagar today celebrated Dahi Handi with all pomp and galore and when these blind Govinda’s made a pyramid of 4 it was a breath taking scene. The students were trained to do this over the past week by the teachers.
Source: IBN LOKMAT
