Veteran theatre personality Enagi Balappa was honored today at Kumar Gandhrav Rangmandir by MoS Umashree and noted theater artist Amol Palekar. Balappa is celebrating his 100 years this year and the District administration had organized this felicitation. Ballappa is the one who proved that theatre can be an essential tool for social transformation.
Amol Palekar being honored by MoS Umashree, Enagi Balappa Looks over
KLS Gogte Institute of Technology gets New Age Incubation Center by Government of Karnataka
KLS Gogte Institute of Technology has been identified as Karnataka New Age Incubation Network for Entrepreneurship Development and Mentoring by Government of Karnataka. This programme would encourage entrepreneurs by giving first preference to students, research scholars and alumni of KLS Gogte Institute of Technology.
The programme will cater to the projects that solve local problems and find solutions to local needs. Funding assistance will be provided for this. The selection of these centers has been done by high power committee headed by Mr. TV Mohandas Pai, Mr. B. V. Naidu, Mr. Sudeep Banarjee and other prominent IT Industrialist. Funding an amount of upto 40 lakhs will be provided to the center.
Innovative project proposals from the students and alumni of KLS Gogte Institute of Technology and locals will be funded to an extent of 3 lakhs. The focus will be more on building an ecosystem fostering entrepreneurship rather than building physical space and purchasing expensive equipments. Through this, skill development programs will be taken up in association with Industry for training un-employed youth in basic IT / BPO / Telcom / ESDM etc., KLS Gogte Institute of Technology is one amongst 9 colleges selected throughout the state as Information and communication technology incubation center. Students, research scholars and alumni of KLS Gogte Institute of Technology and local people from Belgaum District are invited to be a part of Information and communication technology incubation center by submitting their proposals and make the best use of facilities provided under this scheme.
Dalmia’s Yadwad plant to be commissioned in 5 months
dalmDalmia Cement Bharat ambitious Rs.344-crore plant which is spread over 380 acres with a total capacity of 2.5 million tonnes a year and would be commissioned in the next five months. The work is on schedule.
Holtec Engineering has been roped in to build the plant, Larsen & Toubro for electrical installation, GDCL for civil works and infrastructure, and Haji APbaba for mechanical erection.
LKG/Nursery admission process to start from March 20 in Belgaum
If you are parent of a child aged between 2 years 10 months and less than 4 years 10 months as on June 1, 2014 then you all need to go through this, if you want to admit your child into a school run as per the state syllabus. Admission dates for ICSE and CBSE are different.
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 10 months and less than 3 years 10 months as the age of the child.
For LKG the child must have completed 3 years 10 moths as of 1, June 2014.
The process would commence from March 20 to 22, 2014 for Forms distribution. Each school can have a different date hence please visit all the schools to get the exact dates.
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.
Checklist for parents:
Now that you have found your child to be in the above 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 (Original is also required for verification along with photocopy). 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 center 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 and also a family photo 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.
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 an interaction 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 someone something will cook for sure.
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.
Also keep a few thousands ready as you may need to pay development charges, Not All schools take this but it is always better to be ready instead of last minute running around.
Apply in all schools, if you are looking for English medium, then all English medium schools, when we mean all, we mean ALL.
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
GDG Belgaum’s Women Techmakers Belgaum
What is a Women Techmakers (WTM) event?
Women Techmakers events focus on a technical women audience, showcase female technical talent, and encourage attendees to network and empower each other in the field of technology.
Venue:Will be told later
Agenda:
8.30am-9.30am : Registration
9.30am-10.30 : Session on Android App
10:30am : Panel Discussion
Speakers:
Android App Session by Mrs. Sushma Patil
Sushma is on the management board of Spundhan Software Private Limited. She holds an MBA degree in Finance and Marketing and has worked in India and in the UK with major conglomerates such as Aviva Life Insurance. She started her career with McDonalds and later worked with Norwich Union Plc, (now Aviva Group Plc), UK
She will speak on FikrFREE an Android App, that has been specifically developed to arm Women with a tool to call for help.
Panel Discussion:
Mrs. Uma Bondada, VP Engineering, Co-Founder Vayavya Labs
She began her career as lecturer (1990-94) at Dayanand Sagar College of Engineering prior to moving to software industry. For last 12 years (1994-2005) and has worked in different engineering capacities at XLnet Software, HP, Orbit Software Inc. Uma’s expertise’s are in the domain of language parser, terminal firmware and mission critical back-up software. Uma holds a graduate degree in Electronics and Telecommunication from Bangalore University.
Mrs. Tulsa Patil, Centre Director T.I.M.E. Belgaum
She is the centre director of T.I.M.E. Belgaum - India’s leading test-prep institute. She is into the education field for the past 12 years. She is an Arts graduate from KUD and has done her entrepreneurship programmme under ISB Hyderabad.
She is also into soft skills training. Mrs Tulsa Patil is giving consultancy services for education abroad namely Application to universities and visa guidance.
Mrs. Tulsa Patil is running a pre School Named TIME Kids located in Bhagyanagar Belgaum providing education for playgroup, Nursery, LKG and UKG. At Time Kids the teaching methodology is mainly art and craft based. Her expertise is in HR and management.
Register here – http://gdgbelgaum.com/events/women-techmakers
44 lakhs surplus budget by Belgaum city corporation
DC Jayram read the budget for the Belgaum city corporation for the year 2014-15. He presented a surplus budget of 44 lakhs assuming he would have made more collections from property tax.
Main highlights of the budget:
In 2013-14 only 88530 property were taxed, this year 151000 is the target
Bifurcation of commercial-residential to re assessed
Random cross verification of self assessment scheme
4 new citizen service centres to be opened
CDP plan has been aproned hence there could be new constructions would come up
it is estimated to collect Rs.45 crores from property tax (19.5 crores collected in 13-14).
100 lakhs revenue expected from advertisements
Under Akram-Sakram scheme regularization of unauthorized constructions
763 lakhs estimated to be collected from building permission fees
130 laks estimated from trade licenses
33.21 lakhs set aside for gifts/moementos to honorable guests who have won state and national awards
300 lakhs for roads
50 lakhs for name plates for roads
48 lakhs for animal birth control measures
1100 lakhs for solid waste management
25 lakhs ward grant for each of the 58 wards for development works
Development of backward areas a sum of 900 lakhs set aside
4 welcome Arches to be built at entrance of Belgaum
250 lakhs for new office buildings
100 lakhs for bio gas project
300 lakhs for security of corporation property
75 lakhs for public toilets on pay and use basis
75 lakhs for bus shleters
100 lakhs special Mayor’s Fund which he can use for deelopment in any area under 5 lakhs in one ward
21 lakhs for purchase of new vehicles for Mayor, Dy,Mayor and Corporation commissioner
10 lakhs for special anti encroachment squad
5 lakhs for control of stray animals
RFP prepared for extension of 24×7 water supply to entire city
Awaiting GOI apprval for takking up work under UIDSSMT – 41 crores for road development of Patil galli and Shreenagar
525 lakhs for swimming pools at Hanuman Nagar, Azam Nagar, Ashok Nagar
40 lakhs for landscaping at Mal Maruti extension
1694 lakhs for road widening of Ramdev Galli, Ramling Khind galli, Mensi Galli, Raviwar peth and Kalmath Road.
Laser tek and musical fountains at Kote kere (lake) cost of Rs.2 crores
Badminton hall at Ashok Nagar and cricket stadium at Sardars ground
16 new gardens will be developed
Belgaum to vote on 17 April for Lokasabha 2014
Belgaum to vote on 17 April for lokasabha 2014 in Phase 5 of the 9 phases.
The model code of conduct is effective from today.
Issue of Notification – 19 Mar 14 (Wed)
Last date for Filing of nominations – 26 Mar 14 (Wed)
Scrutiny of nominations on – 27 Mar 14 (Thu)
Last date of withdrawal of candidature – 29 Mar 14 (Sat)
Counting of votes – 16 May, 2014
Enrollment of names in Voters List:
March 9, 2014
Venue- Your Polling station
Search name here - http://www.ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in/SearchHome_New.aspx
SMS (this does not work always and you need your Election Photo ID Card No:)
To Know your Assembly Constituency, Polling Station Address and other details, Please SMS your ID Card Number to 9243355223 in the following format
KAEPIC <space> ID Card No.
E.g: KAEPIC XYZ1509201
If you have the Voters ID card then you just need to type in the number to know your pooling booth
QuEST Global Manufacturing is Now Aequs
Hattargi/Belgaum:
New identity, same people, a sharper focus on manufacturing
QuEST Global Manufacturing and QuEST Global SEZ are being rebranded as Aequs (pronounced a-cus).
The Aequs brand was unveiled at an event in Belgaum by Dr Klaus Richter, Executive Vice President – Procurement, Airbus Group. Airbus is an Aequs customer and sources aircraft parts and sub-assemblies directly and indirectly from the company’s Belgaum facilities.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Richter said: “Airbus has been working with QuEST Manufacturing for many years. We look forward to continuing and growing the association with Aequs as their capacity and ecosystem expands even as the Airbus procurement activity in India is increasing both in volume and complexity.”
Aequs is derived from “aequus”, Latin for “equal”. It reflects the company’s approach of collaborating with all stakeholders — customers, employees, partners, investors, and the community — to create efficient global ecosystems. For example, the Aequs manufacturing facilities in Belgaum, Karnataka and Houston, Texas are co-located with other companies in the supply chain to minimize logistics and supply chain inefficiencies. Aequs also actively pursues joint venture partnerships to offer its customers a broad range of capabilities. Current joint venture partners include Magellan Aerospace of Canada, Setforge and Aubert & Duval of France, and Saab Ab. Of Sweden.
Aequs currently has over 600 employees spread across Bangalore, Belgaum, and Houston. Customers include Airbus, UTAS, Eaton, Baker Hughes, and Bosch.
Says Aravind Melligeri, Chairman & CEO, Aequs: “QuEST Global covered three lines of business — engineering services, manufacturing, and SEZ. As the manufacturing business and the related SEZ business grew, it became clear that manufacturing has a culture that is distinctly different from engineering services. We attract different customers, employees, and investors. The new Aequs brand and identity for the manufacturing business recognizes this distinction and enables both businesses to grow to their full potential.”
QuEST Global Manufacturing (now Aequs) was started in 2006 as part of QuEST Global to focus on manufacturing opportunities. QuEST Global SEZ (now Aequs SEZ) was started in 2009 and is India’s first notified precision engineering SEZ. It is spread over 250 acres in Belgaum, Karnataka and currently hosts 10 fully functional units across 200,000 square feet of manufacturing floor space delivering over 400,000 manufacturing hours per year.
About Aequs
Aequs (pronounced a-cus) is a global manufacturing company. It specializes in precision machining, sheet metal fabrication, assembly, forging, and special processing for the aerospace, automotive, and oil & gas industries. The Aequs manufacturing facilities are located in Bangalore and Belgaum in India and Houston, Texas. For more information, visit http://www.aequs.com.
Several components for the A320 and A380 are made in Belgaum
Mr.Aravind Melligeri, Chairman & CEO, Aequs (Left) shaking hands with Dr Klaus Richter, Executive Vice President – Procurement, Airbus Group (Right)
Airbus management committee member and head of procurement, Klaus Richter said “India is providing us very competitive offers. Our procurement is no longer because of offset obligations; it’s the free market at work,”. Several components for the A320 and A380 are manufactured at the Belgaum (Hattargi SEZ) facility.
Richter was in Belgaum on Wednesday for a function to mark the rebranding of Quest Global SEZ as Aequs, a 250-acre facility focused on aerospace component manufacturing and assembly.
Aequs, which has seen an investment of Rs 250 crore, is expanding rapidly. It has a machining facility, it has a surface treatment facility in a joint venture with Magellan Aerospace of Canada, it has a forging facility in a joint venture with two French companies, Albert & Duval and Setforge, and it has a joint venture with Saab Aerostructures for the manufacture and supply of aerostructure assemblies. Some 1,200 different parts are made in the SEZ.
Other than the SEZ there are other individual companies in Belgaum as well who are contributing to the aerospace industry enormously such as Servocontrols.
Ganpati Devappa Chougule of Kangral Galli, Belgaum aged 61 years lost balance and fell into an uncovered well in Kangral Galli in the afternoon.
Sources say that Chougule was allegedly in a state of intoxication when he was last seen. He was seen sitting on the boundary wall of the well.
A loud splash was heard later, and then it was realized that someone had fallen into the well.
Police and fire brigade who reached the spot to rescue him could only get his body out. A case has been registered at Khade Bazar police station.
Movies for Belgaum as on 07-03-2014
Inox Chandan – Contact: 2436905
300: Rise of an Empire 3D (English)
10.20 AM, 12.40 PM, 3 PM, 7.35 PM, 9.55 PM
Total Siyapaa (Hindi)
10 AM, 5.15 PM, 9.50 PM
Shadi ke side Effects (Hindi)
10.40 AM, 4.15 PM
Queen (Hindi)
12.20 PM, 3.15 PM, 6.15 PM, 9.15 PM
Gulab Gang (Hindi)
1.30 PM, 7.05 Pm
Big Cinemas - Contact: 3989404
300: Rise of an Empire 3D (English)
10.15 AM, 12.30 PM, 5.30 7.45 PM, 10 PM
Queen (Hindi)
10.45 AM, 6.45 PM, 9.45 PM
Total Siyapaa (Hindi)
1.30 Pm
Shadi ke side Effects (Hindi)
3.45 PM
Swaroop-Nartaki
Total Siyapaa (Hindi)
11.15 PM, 2.30 PM,
300: Rise of an Empire 3D (English)
6 PM, 9.15 PM
Globe Cinema
Gulab Gang (Hindi)
12.30 PM,3.30 PM 6.30 PM 9.30 PM
Nirmal – Contact: 2420493
Kalyanvastu (Kannada)
12.00. PM, 3.00.PM, 6 PM, 9.00.PM.
Balkrishna – Contact: 4200634
Kamini (Kannada)
12.30 PM, 3.30 Pm,6.30 PM, 9.30PM
Chitra – Contact: 2462511
ShivajiNagar(Kannada)
11.30 Pm,2.30 Pm, 5.45 PM, 8.45 PM
Hira – Contact: 2405812
Arjun IPS (Telugu)
12 PM, 3 PM, 6 PM, 9.00.PM.
Prakash – Contact: 2467025
Queen (Hindi)
3. PM, 6 PM, 9 PM
Santosh –Contact: 2460617
Crazystar (Kannada)
12.00.AM, 3.00.PM, 6 PM, 9.00.PM.
Arun
Under Renovation – Could start in 3-4 months
Disclaimer: Though every effort is made to ensure the appropriateness of the movies information, we suggest that you check with the theatre for the exact timings. As the screening of movies and their timings are subject to change.
Looks like no takers for Construction of new bus Depot at Belgaum under UIDSSMT
The NWKRTC had floated a new tender for Construction of new Depot @ Belgaum Under Jn-NURM Scheme (UIDSSMT) with Scope of work being Construction of Depot, Concreting to Parking Area and other ancillary works such as water supply sanitary etc., and Electrical works in January and the bid was to be opened on 27-01-2014.
A second call was made in February and now a THIRD call has been made for the same.
The fresh date of opening for bids is 19/03/2014.
So is it that no one is Bidding for this construction?
| Work | Value |
| Ground Floor | 7222506.75 |
| First Floor | 5082454.2 |
| Construction of Generator Building | 600762.9 |
| Construction of Kiosk Building | 330992.75 |
| Construction of watch & ward Building | 685924.72 |
| Construction of Toilet Block | 1173097.48 |
| Construction of O.H.T with car washer Building | 681896.75 |
| Construction of R.C.C open Drain | 1935935 |
| Providing Water Supply & Drainage Line Arrangements | 566072 |
| Construction of New washing ramp | 918450 |
| Construction of T.I Building | 330992.75 |
| Drilling of Borewell | 224859 |
| Construction of compound wall | 3177691.23 |
| Construction of Scarp Yard | 323119.5 |
| Construction of Recycling plant | 318975.8 |
| ELECTRICAL WORK | 2999611.57 |
| Cycle stand | 973641 |
| alighting plat form @ old DWS premises | 4548210.5 |
| Upgradation works | 6921161.84 |
| Trimix concrete to parking area of city bus terminals | 17949737.54 |
| 56966093.28 |
Train hits rikshaw one killed 3 injured near Karikatti
One person was killed and 3 others injured when the goods rikshaw they were tr4avelling was hit by a passenger train near Tummerguddi village, near Karikatti cross in Belgaum taluk.
The deceased has been identified as Ramlingaiah (35) of Ugarkod in Bailhongal taluk.
Injured include Javed Tanveer Langoti (26) of Hosur, Belgaum, Yeshwant Siddappa Kutabagi (30) of Ugarkod and Tanaji Gopal Mandvi (20) of Ugarkod.
According to the police all of them were labourers who were working at a water tank construction site at Tummerguddi village. While returning back from work and while crossing an unmanned rail crossing their vehicle was hit by a Belgaum – Miraj passenger train.
Angadi from Belgaum and Katti from Chikkodi for BJP
The Central Election Committee of the Bharatiya Janata Party met today under the Presidentship of Shri Rajnath Singh.
Meeting was attended by Shri L.K. Advani, Chairman, BJP Parliamentary Party, Smt. Sushma Swaraj, Leader of Opposition (Lok Sabha), Shri Arun Jaitley, Leader of Opposition (Rajya Sabha) and all the members of the Central Election Committee of the BJP.
The Committee has decided to contest Suresh C. Angadi for the Belgaum constituency and Ramesh V. Katti for Chikkodi constituency for the ensuing Lok Sabha Elections 2014.
Councilors off to an unknown place to avert horse trading
Councilors of both Kannada and Marathi groups have allegedly moved to different unkown places to avert any kind of poaching or horse trading in view of the Mayorl elections on March 10.
In the last 10 years, politicians have sent their supporters to this resort several times to prevent horse trading. It is a secure and safe resort where entry and exit is monitored strictly.
Currently the Marathi group under the leadership of Sambhaji Patil has a strength of 32 while the Kannada and Urdu councilors under the aegis of MLA Feroz Sait number 26.
This time in the elections sources have said that, Suresh Angadi, Ramesh Katti and Satish Jarkhiholi might not cast their vote keeping an eye on the voters as they dont want to hurt anyone group. However all the 3 MLAs from Belgaum would participate in the voting process.
Media has been banned from entry into the council hall on Monday and a separate press meet would be conducted after the results are declared.
Farhan Akhtar mesmerises Belgaum
The Farhan Akhtar live show was organised as a part of the Aura by Gogte institute of technology.
The crowds were mesmerised with the live rock show.
It is not very frequent that Belgaum sees such events and this one was a great hit.
Mahesh Nayak new mayor of Belgaum
Mahesh Naik Mayor and Renu Mutkekar Deputy Mayor of Belgaum
Mahesh Nayak is the new mayor he got 31 votes. He represents ward 19.
Renu Mutakekar is the deputy mayor she represents ward no 28.
Both are Corporators supported by the Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES), who hold most seats in the Belgaum City Corporation.
Elected representatives this time eying the upcoming Loksabha polls did not cast their vote.
Mahesh Naik got 31 votes while his opponent Fahim Naikwadi secured 25 votes.
Whereas Renu Mutkekar secired 31 votes against her opponent Sherya Jinagowda secured 26 votes.
MLA Sambaji Patil abstained himself from voting even when present in the council hall.
No sloganeering happened this time from the MES as it used to happen each time.
Belgaum city corporation’s Facebook page taken down
In June 2012 in a surprise move the Belgaum city corporation opened its very own Facebook page[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Belgaum-City-Corporation/371488036247403]
This was done with the advent of the new commissioner Priyanka Francisa, where we thought we were moving towards a better citizen friendly avenues.
But as of today (March 10, 2014) the said page is missing. The page seems to have been removed.
The page was not responding to any queries made, hence its removal is no cause of worry to the citizens.
And as it had happened with the Traffic police page this too also has seen an early exit.
Pig menace worrying residents of ward no 15
Pig menace has been causing concern among residents of several areas in Belgaum. And see this example from Ward No.15 in the city.
The increasing population of pigs has raised the fear of health risks among people. Several pigs can be seen on the streets of residential areas. Pigs roam in this area throughout the day, feeding on the garbage and lying in sewage. Citizens are living in such unhygienic conditions for quite sometime.
The pigs not only look scary, but they destroy all the plants and scour through the drainage on the road and make a mess of the entire area. If the residents chase them away, occasionally the pigs attack them and some can even bite. It is a huge nuisance.
The corporation should look at the issue and get rid of this menace.
Free training & recruitment program for community radio station
KLE is launching a COMMUNITY RADIO STATION (FM) at the KLE University campus.
This non-commercial FM Radio Station will provide a platform for the expression of the talents of local artists, for discussion on local issues & for showcasing the history & culture of this region. There will also be programs on health care, education & other issues.
The KLE FM Radio Station “VENUDHWANI” seeks to train & recruit “Radio Program Developers”.
A 15 day free training program will be conducted in the last week of March 2014, at the KLE University Campus to train 20 prospective recruits.
After completion of the training program, all trainees would receive certificates “4” individuals would be recruited for the Radio Station. Applicants for the training program should be under graduates/ graduates (Preferably localities) & have a command over local languages – Kannada & Marathi & basic knowledge of computers.
The application form is available on www.kleuniversity.edu.in (Training Program for Community Radio “Venudhwani”- Notification).
KLE also invites individuals from various walks of life and various domains of expertise to contribute programs for the Community Radio Station. The programs could be recorded at our studio at the KLE University campus. Local artists wishing to share pre-recorded content are also welcome.
For Details Contact:
Sameer Majli
VENUDHWANI Project Co-coordinator
KLE University, Belgaum
Cell: 09611313919
Email: venudhwani@gmail.com
