Minister of Defence Shri AK Antony in separate written replies to Shri Suresh Angadi and Smt. Deepa Dasmunsi in Lok Sabha today stated that “Presently, there is no proposal to construct a Baffle Range in Belgaum. No land has been acquired in Belgaum during the last 30 years.” The minister in his reply also stated [...]
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Self help, they say us the best form of help. About 250 men & women turned up this Sunday morning with phaudas at the Race course/ Point road to smoothen the road surface so that it is easy for the morning walkers to walk on the same. It may be recalled that the army had [...]
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The Race course road/ Point road which was blocked by the Army has been officially opened to public from today morning and a notice saying the same also has been put up. The army had blocked the said road and even ploughed the same so that people wont be able to make use of it [...]
View PostThe Army has blocked the Race course road/ Point road to all civilians from today by blocking the road and even ploughing the said road so that access is not easy. The Race course road/ Point road is a well known road for the morning walkers in the area and the said road was blocked [...]
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In a closed door meet held today the fate of Suresh Angadi Education Foundation’s Angadi Institute of Technology and Management (AITM) was kept in the hanging again. Senior officials headed by Maj.Gen.B.S. Sachar, VSM, Additional Director General, Military Training(A), Ministry of Defence, New Delhi held meeting with DC Ekroop Caur on the issue of the [...]
View PostThe Comptroller and Auditor General has found that Golf courses by the army are illegal. The 113.95 acre Belgaum golf course is on A-1 category land, which is meant for strict military use, this was stated in the CAG report tabled in the parliament. In 2004, then army chief had ordered golf to be a [...]
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The concluding day of ‘Ekuverin 09’, or the ‘Exercise Lightening Strike’ was held on Friday 30th October at the Rohideshwar Camp. Maldives Defense Minister Mr. Ameen Faisal, GOC-in-C Southern Command Lt. Gen Pradeep Khanna, and other senior officers were present on the occasion. This is the first time that an entire Maldives squad has come [...]
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In an important measure to step up defense cooperation between India and Maldives, the armies of the two nations are participating in a joint exercise called EKUVERIN 09. The Defense Minister Mr. Ameen Faisal arrived in the city today to witness the conclusion of the exercise tomorrow. He was received by the Commandant of the [...]
View PostThe armies of India and the Maldives are holding a joint counter-terrorism exercise at Belgaum. The exercise which is codenamed Ekuverin, began on October 19 and will conclude on November 1 when Maldivian Defence Minister Ameen Faisal and Indian Army’s Southern Commander Lt Gen Pradeep Khanna would jointly witness the exercise. The fortnight-long exercise was [...]
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Bp PETER MACHADO head of The Belgaum Diocese along with Protestant head Alexander Simon submitted a memorandum to the DC. In the memorandum, they demanded that the earlier road towards the Cemetery next to the Golf course should be opened immediately. The said road has been blocked by the Army and now they have to [...]
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According to election commission statistics, of the total 40,098,823 voters in Karnataka, there are 32,342 defence personnel serving in the Army, Navy and Air Force. Belgaum has the highest number of personnel serving in the three armed forces. Of the 10,937 personnel there, 8,187 are men and 2,750 women. Belgaum is followed by Bagalkot and [...]
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