Flights schedule from Belagavi (IXG) to Bengaluru, Pune, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad.

Updated 8 June 2019

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K.V. Aditya Bharadwaj has written a special story in The Hindu, about Praveen Chatur of Belagavi who has been arrested by the police.

He was arrested earlier this year for a petrol bomb attack on theatre screening Padmavat in Belagavi

Praveen Chatur, listed as a witness in the Gauri Lankesh murder case, is now allegedly the biker who ferried the killer to scholar M.M. Kalburgi’s residence on a fateful day. The 27-year-old resident of Belagavi was arrested by SIT recently.

Chatur was arrested earlier this year for his role in a petrol bomb attack on Prakash theatre screening Padmavat in Belagavi on 25 January 2018.

The interrogation of Amol Kale, the alleged kingpin of the gang that killed four rationalists and writers including Kalburgi and Gauri Lankesh, gave the SIT sleuths a key lead on the identity of the biker, pointing them towards Chatur. This was later confirmed by his close resemblance to eyewitness accounts.

Match with sketch

“A sketch prepared by inputs from an eyewitness resembles Chatur and the witness was positive about the identity,” a senior official said. Though earlier Amit Baddi from Hubballi, a friend of the alleged shooter Ganesh Myskin, was suspected to be the biker, he did not resemble eyewitness descriptions. This pushed the SIT to reprobe the issue.

“Chatur’s name first came up during the interrogation of Sharad Kalaskar, who was based out of Belagavi from 2015-17, and Bharat Kurne, a resident of Belagavi. He along with three others were questioned and since there was no direct role in the murder of Gauri Lankesh, he was made a witness,” explained a senior official.

In his statement, Chatur recounted how he was recruited into the “unnamed gang” and attended at least two training camps in Jalna, Maharashtra, and Mangaluru. He also spoke of a conspiracy hatched by Kalaskar and Kale to attack theatres screening Padmavat.

Chatur was a regular at the meetings of Maharashtra-based right-wing organisation Shiv Pratishthan Hindustan and was taken into the gang by Manohar Edave, a recruiter, SIT sleuths said. The Mangaluru training camp was held a few weeks before the murder of Kalburgi and he was given arms’ training, a probe has now revealed.

Attack on theatre

A bike-borne duo hurled two petrol bombs into the compound of Prakash Theatre in Belagavi, screening Padmavat on the night of January 25, 2018. No one was injured. The Belagavi city police had arrested three persons in the case.

However, statements by Kalaskar, who confessed to his role in the attack, and Chatur had brought forth new information, which prompted the Belagavi city police to reinvestigate. The probe revealed that contrary to his claims, Chatur played a key role in the theatre attack case and was arrested along with six others in January 2019.

Sudhanva Gondhalekar, Kalaskar and Kurne (key accused in the Gauri Lankesh case), besides Sunil Maruti Patil, Raman Achrekar and Parashuram Kakatkar (all recruited into the gang) were the other arrested.

This was the second instance where a person linked to the “gang” was treated as a witness by SIT and later turned out to be a key accused in the murders. SIT had recorded the statement of H.L. Suresh, a teacher in whose house Kale and his associates stayed before the murder of Gauri Lankesh, as a witness only to later realize that Suresh was a key member of the gang and allegedly destroyed evidence.

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A new 400 kV transmission line is planned which will power Goa with an additional source from Chhattisgarh by the Goa-Tamnar Transmission Project Ltd (GTTPL).

Part of the lines will pass through Karnataka, wiping out 177 hectares of forest land in the Western Ghats.

The centre is yet to clear this project.

According to documents obtained from the Centre, the project was first mooted during 2017 when the Central Electricity Authority under the Ministry of Power made a request for executing ‘Additional 400kV feed to Goa’. The transmission line starts from Narendra village in Dharwad by tapping the existing 400kV Narendra line of Power Grid Corporation of India and terminates at 400/200 kV substation at Xeldom in Goa.

The transmission line will pass through Dharwad, Belgaum and Uttara Kannada and South Goa district of Goa, reports the Deccan Herald.

Wildlife activist Giridhar Kulkarni said the foremost option for such linear intrusion project is to avoid important wildlife habitats as these intrusions have a range of immediate and long-term negative impacts, both ecologically and socially.

Activists said already this region has lost its virgin forest due to the expansion of the National Highway-4A and many other projects. “There should be a balance between development and conservation. If we are losing wildlife habitats, then attempts should be made to compensate it,” he urged, reports the New Indian Express.

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Today again the agitating farmers and also activists who have come together with farmers were arrested as they were protesting in front of the gates of the Suvarna Vidhan Soudha.

The farmers of Halga are protesting against the Govt for acquiring 19.20 acres of their fertile land on which 3 crops are taken for a sewage treatment plant.

The Deputy Commissioner had said that the plant had to be built and there was no option and on Saturday had categorically mentioned that more compensation can be sought.

While Laxmi Hebbalkar is seen fighting for the cause of farmers whose land is acquired for the STP, her stand has surprised several other farmers who have lost their land for works including the Ring Road and Halaga-Macche bypass road.

The STP project has been delayed for over 7 years now.

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Sometimes, the inspiration for the most brilliant of inventions can come from the most humbling of places. Such is the case for NirNal founder Niranjan Karagi while he was playing in a schoolyard nearby his home has invented and patented the world’s cheapest water filter which costs Rs.30 and can be used for 100 times and fits any water bottle and this removes 99% of bacteria and other disease-causing water contaminants.

AAB is proud that we were the first ones to cover his project in December 2016, An Engineer Filters the Way to Success.

Niranjan now has many accolades to his name including Best Entrepreneur Award by Deshpande Foundation – Feb 2017, Best Entrepreneur Award by Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) – Jan 2017, Yuva Shilpi Award by Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP).

It is a compatible, portable, reusable, healthy and an eco-friendly water purifier. A product that ensures ‘Safe Drinking water ’ at an affordable price. This acts as a filter when the water oozes out of Nirnal fixed to the bottles. It is easy to use, imparts taste and also adds some essential minerals to the water. It uses activated charcoal, Filter cloth.

Niranjan did his schooling from St. Mary’s school Belagavi and PUC from Govindram Seksaria Science College, Belagavi. Later completed Mechanical engineering from Angadi Institute of Technology and Management in Belagavi.

During his free time, he noticed some small children using the playground and filling up their plastic water bottles from a potentially unsafe tap. Bearing witness to the scene, Niranjan reflected sadly on this reality and felt that all children should have clean water despite their income or area of residence. It was certainly not a surprise for the young leader to think of such social issues, given his involvement in the LEAD program at AITM College Belagavi. But it was this particular case that leads him to create something that would make a significant social impact for many people.

Water filtration became the main theme for Niranjan as he began to brainstorm ideas on providing a clean, low-cost source of water. Seeing as his research revealed the relatively high prices charged by competitors for filters, the future entrepreneur settled on creating a water filter that was both very affordable and portable for bottles. His first prototype used materials that were easily accessible around the house but after some assistance from LEAD, a second prototype was created that took Niranjan 4 painstaking months to perfect. The result was a small filter that could be fitted into any standard plastic bottle with an incredibly low cost of 20 rupees.

At that point, all the hard work put into the prototype paid off. Approval was given by the Food Divisional Officer stating that the filter could purify up to 100 liters of water. Furthermore, Niranjan turned to social entrepreneurship as a means of spreading his technology by agreeing to receive tier-ii incubation support in Belagavi by the Sandbox-IMER center. Sandbox Startups was instrumental to the founding of the NirNal enterprise, officially registered with the Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises in Belagavi. Furthermore, the incubation center gave him a platform to pursue his ideas for his product while gaining business knowledge about scalability and validity for the purposes of society. Complete with networking events, partnership opportunities, mentoring, and investor meetings, Sandbox Startups was an essential springboard to Niranjan’s growth as a social entrepreneur.

The social impact of his product has been significant. With the distribution of his product to various villages, schools, and even India’s military, it is evident that NirNal has been widely acclaimed for its ingenious and inexpensive technology. But on a personal level, Niranjan is happy with the fact that children could use his filter, knowing that they would always have a reliable source of water as they grow up. Niranjan’s initial wish to provide clean water to everyone has become more and more of a reality through the means of his portable water filter. This reality was made possible for thousands of people as 12,000 units of his filter have already been sold.

Indeed, it is exciting to see how NirNal will scale with its water filters. Niranjan himself has stated that he would like to improve the unit even further while maintaining a low price, all while maintaining his goal of providing clean water to all rural people. If he were to truly succeed in his endeavors, there would be much cause for celebration for this ingenious invention.

Order request can be sent from here  

Niranjan can be contacted +91-779-533-9714 or nirnalwatersolutions@gmail.com 

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NirNal founder Niranjan Karagi, while he was playing in a schoolyard nearby his home, has invented and patented the world’s cheapest water filter which costs Rs.30 and can be used for 100 times and fits any water bottle and this removes 99% of bacteria and other disease-causing water contaminants.

Now he forayed into commercial manufacturing of his best selling Nirnal water filter and also made some exclusive new products which have already been installed at many places.

Nirnal Water filters have been exported to many southeast Asian countries.

AAB is proud that we were the first ones to cover his project in December 2016, An Engineer Filters the Way to Success.

He has now launched a new product “Ultra Filter assembly” which requires no electricity and the filter membrane life is 2-5 years and has a two-stage filtration process and will cost Rs.1999.

He has also made some niche products Arsenic and Iron removal filters which can be used in case water is high with arsenic content or for that matter even removal of Fluoride has one separate filtration unit.

It removes 99.9% of the bacteria making it safe for drinking and is almost maintenance free.

Now Niranjan is also researching on converting sea water into drinking water along with generating electricity from it.

He has got many queries about his product from Africa, UAE, and other countries.

Niranjan can be contacted +91-779-533-9714 or nirnalwatersolutions@gmail.com  

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SpiceJet has announced of its flight services to Mumbai from June 20 and booking for the same has also commenced.

The Mumbai flight will be under UDAN 3.0 by SpiceJet which is already operating on the Hyderabad route and will have TWO flights to Bengaluru from June 20 (non UDAN).

Routes under UDAN 3.0 for Belagavi

1. Belagavi to Hyderabad – InterGlobe (Indigo), SpiceJet, Turbo Megha (TruJet)
2. Belagavi to Tirupati – Ghodawat (Star Air), Turbo Megha (TruJet)
3. Belagavi to Mumbai – SpiceJet, Ghodawat (Star Air)
4. Belagavi to Pune – Alliance Air
5. Belagavi to Surat – Ghodawat (Star Air)
6. Belagavi to Kadappa – Turbo Megha (TruJet)
7. Belagavi to Mysuru – Turbo Megha (TruJet)
8. Belagavi to Indore – Ghodawat (Star Air)
9. Belagavi to Jodhpur – Ghodawat (Star Air)
10. Belagavi to Jaipur – Ghodawat (Star Air)
11. Belagavi to Ahmedabad – Ghodawat (Star Air)
12. Belagavi to Ozar (Nasik) – Ghodawat (Star Air)
13. Belagavi to Nagpur – Ghodawat (Star Air)

Hence 4 out of the 13 routes allotted will commence from June 20.

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The NHAI has issued a notification for the acquisition of land for the construction of the 4/6 lane (A) Belagavi Bypass (Western) tentatively from Km 9.500 (NH 4A) to Km 515.000 (NH 4) (22 Km) and (B) Belagavi Bypass (Eastern) from Km 515.000 (NH 4) to Km 492.000 (NH 4) (New NH 48) (33 Km) in the state of Karnataka.

The Belagavi Ring Road would require 675 hectares to be acquired which includes Fertile land where farmers are taking multiple crops.

Notices have been issued to get objections for the same in Yellur and Kanbargi.

3A Notifications – You can find specific survey number along with the amount of land to be acquired –

• 
  http://bhoomirashi.gov.in/calavil.asp?project_id=57923&EncHid=&notification_id=53637&nid=9
• http://bhoomirashi.gov.in/calavil.asp?project_id=57923&EncHid=&notification_id=54277&nid=9
• http://bhoomirashi.gov.in/sdet.asp?project_id=57923&EncHid=&notification_id=47940&nid=9
• http://bhoomirashi.gov.in/sdet.asp?project_id=57923&EncHid=&notification_id=48491&nid=9
• The land in the following villages is planned to be acquired:

Bhutaramanahatti, Ramdurg, Halabhavi, Heggere, Bambarge, Handiganur, Mahalenahatti, Chalvenahatti, Kedanur, Mannikeri, Agasage, Kadoli, Jafarwadi, Devagiri, Alatage, Goundawad (Part), Honaga, Bendi, Sonatti, Dharanatti, Kenchanatti, Hudali, Otamadu,(Kabalapur), Kabalapur (Bharmyanatti), Karvinkumpi, Kalakhamb, Muchandi, Aste, Chandgad, Bekkinakeri, Attiwad, Maranhol, Gojage, Mannur, Ambewadi, Sulge (Uchagaon), Kallehol, Uchagaon, Basurte, Turamari, Bachi, Kudremani, Belgundi, Bokanur, Savagaon, Mandoli, Bijagarni, Kavlewadi, Rakaskop, Kiniye,Karle,Navage,Janewadi, Kuttalawadi,Santibastawad,Bahadarwadi,Ranakunde,Waghawade,Desur,Sulge (Yellur),Rajahansagad,Nandihalli,Nagenahatti,Zad -Shahapur,Dhamane S. Belgaum,Yaramale,Khanagaon (K.H.),Khanagaon (B.K),Balekundri (B.K),Balekundri (K.H),Nilaji,Shindoli (Part),Basarikatti,Mavinakatti,Chandanhosur,Tarihal,Mastamardi,Halaga,Bastawad,Shagana,atti, Kondaskoppa, Kamakarahatti, Kolikopp,Kakati (CT), Sambra (CT), Mutga, (CT),Benakanahalli, Kakati,Macche,Peeranwadi, Belagavi,Jumnal,Shindoli (CT), Gokulnagar, Thammanayakanahatti (Dhamane), Dhamane, Yellur (CT), Kanbargi.

Still, no land has been acquired but notification has been made and objections have been called for after which the actual process of land acquisition and payment would commence.

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“Think Big”, yes the Belagavi based Rani Chennamma University (RCU) believes this and has awarded a B Com student 101 marks out of 100.

The New Indian Express in its story mentions, a sixth semester BCom student from K A Lokapur College in Athani, has scored 101 marks in Modern Auditing and Practices. Rani Chennamma University (RCU) not only gave the student 101  marks after final evaluation but also uploaded the student’s marks card online.  

Shailashree Sanvaganva was shocked to see she had scored 101 marks in the subject. She had scored 70% overall in the sixth-semester exams.

RCU officials quickly took down her marks card but did not post her real marks. Even after repeated attempts to download the fresh marks card, Shailashree was unsuccessful.

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Sharanya Malakannavar & Kavya Kundap who had gone missing from 12-6-2019 have been traced and are been brought to Belagavi from Raybag.

Sharanya & Kavya both who had been to school went missing.
They were students of Standard 9 of Amrita Vidyalayam. Further details are awaited as to how they reached Raybag and what was their motive behind going there. 

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Inox Chandan

Bharat (UA) Hindi

10:15 AM 12:55 PM 04:00 PM 06:40 PM 09:50 PM

The Secret Life of Pets 2 (U) English, 3D

10:30 AM 10:55 AM 03:00 PM 07:30 PM

Men in Black: International (U) English, 2D

07:10 PM

Men in Black: International (U) English, 3D

12:30 PM 05:00 PM 09:30 PM

I Love You (Nanne Preethse) (UA) Kannada

01:25 PM 04:05 PM

Mogra Phulaalaa (U) Marathi

09:40 PM

Carnival Cinemas

I Love You (Nanne Preethse) (UA) Kannada

10:00 AM 06:30 PM

The Secret Life of Pets 2 (U) English, 3D

10:00 AM 04:15 PM 08:15 PM

Men in Black: International (U) English, 3D

11:45 AM 02:00 PM 06:00 PM 10:00 PM
Bharat (UA) Hindi

12:30 PM 03:30 PM 09:30 PM

Swaroop-Nartaki

Bharat (UA) Hindi

12:00  PM 03 PM 06 PM 09:30 PM

GLOBE CINEMA

Mogra Phulaalaa (U) Marathi

12:30 PM 03:30 PM

Men in Black: International (U) Hindi, 3D

06:30 PM 09:30 PM

NIRMAL

Abhinetri – Telugu
12:00  PM 03 PM 06 PM 09:30 PM

CHITRA–

Amar – Kannada

11:45 AM 02:45 PM 05:45 PM 08:45 PM

HIRA
Closed

I Love You (Nanne Preethse) (UA) Kannada

12:15 PM 03:15 PM 06:15 PM 09:30 PM

12.00 PM  3.00.PM  6 PM, 9.00.PM.

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.

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Many people from Belagavi today gathered at the Ajuman hall and later gave a memorandum to the Police Commissioner regarding the money invested in the I Monetary Advisory (IMA) Jewels in Shivajinagar, Bengaluru.

Most of the investors are from the middle-income group and have invested lakhs of rupees in the company that had promised them a higher rate of interest. The investment ranges from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 3lakh.

I Monetary Advisory (IMA), a company founded in 2006 by Mohammed Mansoor Khan. Until 2015, few people had heard of it. Khan, a Gulf-returned Bengalurean, tapped the so-called Islamic investment market to the hilt and quickly built a diversified business. 

Khan targeted Muslims who shy away from investing in interest-based businesses. The company’s tagline was catchy: Your partner to (the) path of prosperity. Investors were called “sleeping partners”. 

IMA offered a bouquet of attractive investment schemes with monthly, quarterly and yearly returns. The amount to be invested was Rs 50,000 and its multiples. Withdrawing from the scheme was touted to be hassle-free: get your money back after 45 days.

Seven directors of the city-based IMA Jewels were arrested and are being grilled by the Special Investigation Team to know their alleged role in the multi-crore ponzi scam operated by its owner Mohammed Mansoor Khan, police said on Thursday in Bengaluru.

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An Accomplishment Of The KLEs International School

KLES International School is known for presenting to its Students to multifaceted avenues to develop themselves. As a part of the school’s International outreach, 10 Students from 10th and 11th Standard namely Arush Dodwad, Sujal Sawant, Mahika Mirji, Laxmi Kuranwade, Dhiren Kamangoudar, Darshan Sawant, Shashank Deshpande, Chirag Revankar, Aryan Puned and Nihal Gamangatti and 2 teachers Mrs Ashwini Patil and Mrs Seema Jalgar will be participating in a Student Exchange Program with RUEBEKAMP SCHOOL Bremen, Germany from 17th June to 27th June 2019.

These students from Belagavi will jointly work with the Students of the school from Germany on AIR POLLUTION and identify possible solutions to this problem. They will visit the Universities and Organizations in Hamburg and Bremen in Bremen to identify various factors and causes leading to this problem and together with the German students ascertain remedial measures.

The KLES Students have prepared themselves for this program since August 2018 by attending National level Seminar on the topic of Global Warming, interacting with Karnataka State Pollution Control Board and by understanding from the Medical Professionals of KLES Medical Research centre, the effects of this hazard on Human health.

The KLES Students will also participate in the Intercultural events in Germany.

The Parents of the students have appreciated the opportunity that their wards are getting at such a young age to collaborate and work with international teams.

This initiative is being encouraged by Mrs. Preeti Dodwad, the Coordinator of KLES Schools and guided by the Principal of the School Mrs. Dipti Ingley who was instrumental in organizing this program and Mr. Kedarnath Moghe the German Language teacher in the school.

The Team has left from Mumbai for Germany via Paris and Amsterdam on 13th June.

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A miraculous re-plantation of an amputated limb was carried out at Vijaya Ortho and Trauma Centre Belagavi on 12-06-2019.

A 5-year-old girl child met with an accident, sideswipe injury near Macche at around 06:00 P.M. The child had put her hand out of the window to collect rainwater and a vehicle coming from the opposite direction chopped off the arm separating it completely from her body.

She suffered from a traumatic amputation of the right upper limb at the distal arm level; she was immediately brought to Vijaya Ortho and Trauma Centre emergency department around 7.30 P.M. with the severed arm in a water bag.

The replantation (Rejoining) of the arm was planned on War Footing and the patient was taken to O.T. immediately.

The arm was replanted (Rejoined) by the team of senior doctors of Vijaya Ortho and Trauma Centre. The entire surgery lasted for 6 hours and the team was led by Dr. Ravi B. Patil (Orthopedic Surgeon) and included Dr. Kaustub Desai (Plastic Surgeon), Dr. Vithal Malmande (Plastic Surgeon), Dr. Aravind Hampannavar (Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon), Dr. Shridhar Kathavate (Anesthesiologist), Dr. Shridhar Kalakeri (Anesthesiologist) and Dr. Borendra Bhushan (Anesthesiologist).

The patient is currently recovering speedily and the limb is successfully rejoined. The patient and the hand both are under close monitoring and it may take 5-7 days for complete recovery.

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Now a day’s many associations, organizations, NGOs and other charities around the world are helping poor students to complete their education and achieve success in life in many ways but Shantai Vidhya Adahar’s “Raddi to Buddhi” (education of needy students from the sale of old newspapers, books ) it is of unique kind of social work and it is no exaggeration to say that it is the perfect social service, said Shri Rajesh Patnekar, Speaker, Goa Legislative Assembly. He was speaking as a chief guest in the Scholarship Distribution Function organized by Shantai Vidhya Adahar in association with KLS Gogte Institue of Technology, Belagavi here on Saturday at KLSGIT.

As the world is becoming more competitive and technological advanced, higher education is becoming more and more expensive and it is very difficult for poor children to get into higher education. But the government has introduced a number of programs for such students and also many such organizations like Shantai are helping them to keep their dreams alive and achieve something great in life.

So poor children should not stay away from education and should not think of leaving the education in between, because to achieve success there is no alternative to education, He told. He praised all the office bearers of Shantai and all the donors for their social service.

Also, students, who will complete their studies with the help of these kinds of programs and join the job they should extend their helping hand to help few more poor students to complete their education, he told. At last, he shared the love and affection he has towards Belagavi. At this occasion chief guest and other dignitaries have distributed scholarships to needy students.

Shri. U.N. Kalakundrikar Chairman, GC, GIT gave presidential remarks, Kumari. Komal Shirshat & Kumari Deepa Patil who have completed their education with the help of Vidhya Adhar program of Shantai shared gratitude words. President of Shantai Vidya Adhar and KLS Member Shri. Vinayak Lokur spoke on Vidhya Adhar Program & welcomed the gathering. Shantai Vrudaashrama president Shri Vijay Patil gave introductory remarks, Shri Rohit Deshpande and Shri Santosh Mamadapur introduced the chief guest and president of the function, Dr. Sonal Sarnobat proposed the vote of thanks and Prof. Geeta Sambrekar was the host for the function. At this occasion Principal Dr. A.S.Deshpande, Social Activist and Ex-mayor of Belagavi Shri Vijay More, other office bearers of Shantai, Students, parents and Staff of GIT were present.

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The car in which former Khanapur MLA was traveling along with his family hit a bike in which the bike rider died.

The incident occurred in Raybag police limits where Patil had been to attend a private function.

His innova car hit a bike and the car also toppled.

The bike rider died on the spot as per the reports.
Arvind Patil and his wife both have sustained injuries and are been treated at Vijaya Hospital.

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With the introduction of the Flight to Mumbai and an additional flight to Bengaluru from June 20, the total number of flights from Belagavi will reach to 8 flights a day to 5 destinations namely Bengaluru (4), Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Mumbai and Pune.

Now the AAI and the NWKRTC must think of starting shuttle bus services to Airport from the city.

In 2017 the NWKRTC had commenced such a service in 2017 but had to shut operations with no takers and also reduced flights. Then it was Peeranwadi to Sambra Airport via Udyambag, Railway Station, Rani Chennama Circle and it made 8 trips in a day and the timings were matched according to the arrival and departure of the flights.

Now with 6 flights a day, the NWKRTC must think to deploy buses may be new AC Buses on this Airport Shuttle route which will also help in increasing the travelers as most of them have issues to reach the Airport as only a private taxi is the only source.

In order to increase competition and bring down transport prices, Airports Authority of India is likely to operationalize a rent-a-cab counter at Goa International Airport next month. Belagavi airport must also provide such facilities. The moves are part of an effort by AAI to provide air passengers with cheaper and multiple options for transport once they exit the airport.

It would be very beneficial for the travelers if they can get cheaper options to reach the airport as of now it would roughly cost Rs.500+ for a taxi for a drop to the airport.

There is another line of thought which says when the travelers spent so much to travel by Air why can’t he or shell out for a taxi or an Auto. But when you want the aam Nagrik to fly arrangements for him are important.

We do have the OLA service but it is very limited and as there are bus services in Bengaluru, we should also have one which will help more Aam Nagrik to take their UDAN.

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An open Meet for implementation of ‘Kitturu-Kalyana Karnataka Railway’ project was held at Rajaguru Samsthana – Kalmath, Kittur, Dist: Belagavi on Sunday. It has been a long pending demand of Belagavi-Bailhongal-Kitturu-Dharwad Railway line.

With all the 3 Member of Parliament from BJP, it should be easy for them to stress on this railway line which will help to reduce the travel distance to Bengaluru. The team also discussed BELAGAVI-Bagalkot- Raichur railway line demand.

With the MOS Railways been Mr. Suresh Angadi the team feels that pressing this point now makes a lot of sense as he can convince the center for the new line which has pending for decades.

‘Kitturu- Kalyana Karnataka Railway’ project proposal aims to create an efficient railway transit system in North Karnataka connecting the Northwestern & Northeastern districts. The significance of the same for the development of the region was discussed.

With Belagavi MP Shri. Suresh Angadi being the new MoS for Railways in the Union Government, hopes are high for immediate sanction of long pending ‘Belagavi-Kittur-Dharwad’ line. Several surveys for the same route have been conducted in the past, but the project is gathering dust due to the lack of political will of the local leaders.

It was collectively decided in the meeting to work together in the coming days to create awareness among the people of the region and simultaneously pressurize the Elected representatives for the implementation of the project. A memorandum will soon be submitted to Shri. Suresh Angadi in this regard.

A committee by name ‘Kitturu-Kalyana Karnataka Railumarga Horata Samiti’ will be formed and registered to carry forward the campaign. A meeting will be held on 23rd June in Belagavi to discuss the same.

All concerned citizens would be welcome to be part of this organization with a clear motto of implementation of this project.

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On the sentimental scale. When AAB began as a one-man passion, little did we realize that it would evolve to assume the status of being a “Commitment”.

People joined hands, the likes grew upon us and the humble effort seems to be gathering both momentum and followers.

While it feels nice to rest upon the acceptance value of the endeavor, some issues still continue to remain matters of concern. While the highlighting of things that mean so much to us and matter so much in our daily lives has been a satisfactory accomplishment and the quantum of readers has been satisfactory we can only hope for the contributors to grow, especially in terms of the comments and suggestions. One can also hope that the headlines that we present, spur both the people and the authorities to action so that the little anomalies are resolved before they attain unmanageable proportions and grow on us to take the shape of the problem.

While some issues are unique to our city, most, in general, encompasses matters that concern citizens across India and often across the globe. Local, national or international, worries will still be worries, concerns would still give sleepless nights and accomplishments would still generate the euphoria of joy in achievement.
We at All About Belgaum, especially the founder members and the contributors wish to extend our sincere thanks to our readers, friends, critics, and well-wishers for making ours such a wonderful journey.
The temptation is super and we cannot but help reiterate that 2,00,000 is most certainly worth a Wow!!
Thanks for making us such a “Happening” platform/forum and excited about the journey onwards.
Let us re-commit ourselves to sharing everything that matters and is so typical of this wonderful place of ours.
All About Belgaum, in more that sense is All About Humanity!!!!

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The government has asked Tahsildars of the respective taluks to seize factories which failed to clear a major chunk of the pending dues of growers. Many other sugar factories in the state are also expected to be seized by the government in the next few weeks

Chief minister HD Kumaraswamy recently had made a statement against sugar mills which have not cleared dues of farmers.

As many as nine factories in the district have failed to pay the complete payments to farmers according to the fair remunerative price (FRP) announced by the central government.

The nine factories which will be seized are: Bhagyalaxmi sugar factory of Khanapur, Renuka factory of Munavalli, Gokak Sugars of Kolavi, Someshwar factory of Bailhongal, Vishwaraj Sugars of Hukkeri, Athani Sugars, Krishna Sugars and Ugar Sugars of Athani, Malaprabha factory of MK Hubli.

For the past few months, the sugar factories were unwilling to abide by the rules and regulations laid down by the government to ensure that growers were paid as per the fair and remunerative price (FRP) fixed by the Union government for the financial year 2018-19.

Nine factories owe Rs 350.71 crore to farmers in 2018-19. These include Laila Sugars of Khanapur (Rs 32.40 crore), Ranukar Sugar of Munavalli in Savadatti taluk (Rs 45.07 crore), Gokak Sugar of Kolavi in Gokak taluk (Rs 22.40 crore), Someshwar Sugar of Bailhongal (Rs 11.91 crore) Vishwaraj Sugars of Bellad Bagewadi in Hukkeri taluk (Rs 33 crore), Athani Sugars of Athani (Rs 64.60 crore), Krishna Sugars of Athani (Rs 17.15 crore), Ugar Sugars of Ugar Khurd in Athani taluk (Rs 102.53 crore) and Malaprabha Sugars of MK Hubli in Bailhongal taluk (Rs 21.65 crore)

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