First posted in December 2009 Source: British Pathe Click here to see Video Many of the satyagrahis were from Belgaum and surrounding places. Satygrahis arriving in Belgaum by train on way to border between Goa and India. People with banners and getting down from train. Mass meeting at Banda in progress, where Satygrahis raise anti-Portugal […]
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North Karnataka state along with Goa Kolhapur
Agriculture minister in charge of Belgaum district Umesh V Katti has again said that a separate state be made as North Karnataka which will include Goa and Kolhapur as part of the new state along with Gulbarga, Belgaum and Bidar. The minister had made similar statements of statehood before the inauguration of the Suvarna Vidhan […]
Police told be courteous towards Goans
On a week end Belgaum is full of Goans. See Car Parking anywhere and you will see all GA, Goa registered cars. All hotels full to capacity with maximum visitors from Goa. Geographical, cultural and ethnic proximity attract the Goans to Belgaum. They feel much cooler here than in Goa even when the temperatures have […]
Some parts of Belgaum Chorla Road in a bad condition
Sameer Uchil read Belgaum to Goa via Chorla images of the road and decided to go to Bangalore from Maupsa via Chorla. Overall a stretch of 18 kms needs to be negotiated carefully. Out of the 18kms, there is a 4 km stretch that is really bad and one needs to have a car with really high ground clearance to […]
Petrol in Goa will be cheaper by Rs 21 than in Belgaum
Manohar Parrikar today presented the state budget in which it has almost abolished the VAT on Petrol and in the state of Goa alone the cost would be reduced by Rs.11 per liter. In Panji the currently a liter of petrol costs Rs.65+ and after this reduction it will cost about Rs.54 per liter. Where […]