Source: www.hinduonnet.comVijaykumar PatilPromising freebies in manifestos is a corrupt practice: Left leaderCongress told to learn from the manifestos of Nehru and Indira‘All parties treat voters as puppets and exploit them with gifts’ The Congress promise of colour TV sets (for below poverty line families), 25 kg of rice at Rs. 2 a kg and extension [...]

Source The Hindu The idol of Bahubali at Bhagawan Bahubali and Navagraha Mandir in Belgaum. Belgaum: Sri Bhagawan Bahubali and Navagraha Mandir Pratistapana will be organsing “Panchakalyan Maha Mahotsava-2008″ with traditional grandeur at its temple premises in the city for eight days from April 7 to 14.

Source: The New Indian Express Four brothers from a family in Gokak are set to contest the forthcoming Karnataka Assembly elections from different constituencies and different political parties. According to sources, while Balchandra Jarkiholi, a former minister, is contesting from Arabhavi constituency of Gokak taluk on a JD(S) ticket, Dr Bhimashi Jarkiholi is contesting the [...]

Source The Hindu: Neelima Manoj Pawashe will file the petition Declare election null and void is the plea Corporators belonging to the Marathi group in the Belgaum City Corporation have decided to challenge the election of Prashanta Shantinath Budavi as Mayor and Yunis B. Momin as Deputy Mayor on the basis of “glaring irregularities and [...]

Source: The Hindu The auction of properties in the name of the late Sharifabi Ladsab Telgi, mother of kingpin in the multi-crore stamp paper racket, Abdul Kareem Telgi, conducted by officials of the Income Tax department, fetched about Rs. 12 lakh on Wednesday. The auctions were conducted to recover tax arrears worth Rs. 32.83 lakh. As [...]

Travelguru – India’s largest hotel network and premier travel solutions provider in association with Express IT Logistics Worldwide Ltd. has launched a new value-add feature to provide more value to its customers by way of Cash-on-Delivery (COD). Travelguru started off this service with 20 cities and recently extended it to 50 cities; by May end [...]

In what is either a display of misplaced bravado, or a Freudian slip, the chief of the Karnataka Rakshana Vedike, T.A. Narayana Gowda, has admitted that “money power” had to be used in securing the victory of a Kannada-speaking corporator as mayor of the Belgaum City Corporation for the first time in 17 years, earlier [...]

MORE  the AV Birla retail grocery outlet has started its operations at its first store situated at RPD Cross, next to ICICI bank.   This could now start a fresh organised retail war in the city. It has also made  some offers for the coming week.   So shoppers Happy Shopping! I will give you a first [...]

Source: Deccan HeraldS M Krishna, who is branded as urban leader, has decided to take North Karnataka route to reach the IT city, from Mumbai. His journey from Belgaum will begin in a bus along with senior party leaders on March 14. According to party sources, Krishna will be arriving in Belgaum from Mumbai by [...]

Source: The Hindu There was heavy rush at Kapileshwar temple on Mahashivaratri prayers on their lips: Devotees thronged the Kapileshwar temple in Belgaum on the occasion of Mahashivaratri on Thursday. There was hevy rush at all the Shiv temples in the city mainly Kapileshwar and Military Mahadev temple.

Since the past week or so, I and Belgaumites as well must be feeling as if they are in Maharashtra. Thanks to HESCOM (Hubli Electric Supply Company). In the past few days there has been un disclosed load shedding twice to thrice a day. The best part is the lights go off at nay time [...]

Source: New Indian Express The obscure Yellama Gudda (hill) in Savadatti taluk in the district has been a training base for dreaded terrorists of Lashkar-e-Toibha, Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front and SIMI for the last five to six years. This was revealed by Asadulla Abubakar, one of the terror suspects arrested in the State, according to [...]