Section 144 has been imposed in RPD College under Tilakwadi police station limits where the votes of Belagavi LS constituency will be counted on Thursday.

All have been issued specific ID cards and no one will be allowed to enter without a valid ID card.

Traffic advisory:

Parking for candidates on the ground and they can enter from the first gate while the agents can park near the Union Bank.

Journalists should park their vehicles at the mango garden inside the college while other officers and personnel can park at the college ground.

People coming from Gokak and Arabhavi should park at Lele Ground and Vaccine Depot while people of Bailhongal, Ramdurg, and Soundatti should park on Old PB Road, Nath Pai Circle, Adarsh School Ground and at Adarsh Nagar.

Locals should park their vehicles from the Third gate to Peeranwadi Road.

No Parking will be allowed on Khanapur road from Mahaveer Bhavan up to Third Gate. Congress road is also marked as no parking zone along with RPD circle to Somwar Peth.

The entry of all heavy vehicles has been prohibited from 7 am to 7 pm on Thursday in the city limits. 

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The counting for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections for Belagavi Parliamentary constituency has begun at 8 AM at the RPD college.

First, the Postal Ballots will be counted and then the EVM will be counted. As there are 57 candidates in the fray, the counting process could a bit delayed as on each table all the 57 names will have to displayed and noted down and only then will the officers proceed to the next EVM.

The voter turnout in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections for Belagavi Parliamentary constituency was 67.44%.

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Sitting Member of Parliament Suresh Angadi is inching closer to become a four-time MP for Belagavi now.

He has been leading since round one and has maintained a very good lead.

He now leads by over 2 lakh votes and Dr.SADHUNAVAR of Congress is at the second position.

To save the security deposit the candidates in Belagavi must get minimum 199151 votes. Looks like all the 56 candidates will lose it, except Suresh Angadi.

Last time Angadi had won with a margin of 75000 votes but this time the margin has doubled. He is now also a contender for being a minister in the central cabinet. 

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Annasaheb Shankar Jolle of the BJP defeated sitting MP Prakash Hukkeri (INC) in the Chikkodi Parliamentary constituency.

It was a thumping victory of Jolle as he had lost to Ganesh Hukkeri in the assembly elections last year.

Jolle won the seat with a margin of over 115108 votes securing 636980 votes while Prakash Hukkeri secured 521872 votes. (This is not the final tally)

So Jolle secured around 52.87% while Hukkeri of the Congress got 43.32% votes.

10272 votes were polled as NOTA which is .85% of the total votes polled.

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Suresh Angadi has been reelected as the Member of Parliament for Belagavi and has won with a thumping margin of 391304votes.

Suresh Angadi secured 761991 votes in his kitty. He was followed by Dr.SADHUNAVAR of the INC who secured 370687 votes.

Angadi got 63.22% of the votes while Dr.SADHUNAVAR received 30.76% votes.
This is not final tally and there could be minor adjustments in values. 

In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Angadi Suresh Channabasappa of BJP won in this seat by defeating the INC candidate by a margin of 75,860 votes which was 7.03% of the total votes polled in the constituency. BJP had a vote share of 51.40% in 2014 in the seat. There were a total of 15 contestants in 2014.

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Attestation parade was held today at 8:30 AM at Talekar Drill Square for the recruits of the Maratha Light Infantry Regimental Centre. A total of 168 recruits of Group 4/18 were attested after successful completion of their training and would soon be reporting for duty at different parts of the country in the service of the nation. The parade was commanded by Rect Ashok Vandadi while the Parade Adjutant was Capt Abhinav Rai.

The parade was reviewed by Brigadier Govind Kalwad, Yudh Seva Medal, Commandant, The MARATHA Light Infantry Regimental Centre. The Young Soldiers took oath in the presence of the Tricolour and Regimental Colour to serve and protect the motherland even at the cost of their lives. The pride with which the soldiers took oath made the ceremony even more impressive.

The Commandant in his address to the newly attested soldiers reminded them of the rich heritage and the glory of the Maratha Light Infantry, being one of the oldest infantry regiments of our army. He also stressed upon the importance of discipline and physical fitness in a soldier’s life. He exuded confidence in the training conducted at the Regimental Centre which he expressed would stand the young soldiers in good stead before wishing them the very best in their future assignments.

The Reviewing officer awarded meritorious recruits for excelling in different spheres of training during the parade. Col RD Nikam Trophy instituted for the Best performance by a Recruit of the attestation group in all spheres of training and cocurriculuar activities was awarded to Rect Patil Rushabh Sanjay & Namdev Jadhav Medal and Trophy was awarded to Rect Jhaneshwara Karali for being best in Firing. Sucha Singh Memorial Cup for being the best recruit displaying physical prowess and endurance in Outdoor Activities was awarded to Rect Bhosale Akshay. Rect Somase Dipak was awarded Colonel NJ Nair Medal for his outstanding performance in Field Craft i.e. being adept at best use of ground and weapons. Major SS Brar Medal instituted for the Recruit being best in physical training was awarded to Rect Patil Rushabh Sanjay. Rect Ashok Vandadi was awarded Subedar Honorary Captain Keshav Rao Talekar Medal & Trophy for best performance in Drill.

For the first time during attestation parade while paying obeisance to the gallant martyrs of The Maratha Light Infantry Regiment Brigadier Govind Kalwad, Yudh Seva Medal, Commandant, The MARATHA Light Infantry Regimental Centre felicitated 03 Veer Naris Smt Nisha wife of Late Naik Ghadge Deepak Jagannath, Smt Shobha wife of Late Naik Jadhav Sandeep Sarjerao, Sena Medal and Smt Shobha mother of Sepoy Mane Savan Balku, Sena Medal with Badge of Sacrifice and Certificate of Honour.

A host of Army officers including Junior Commissioned Officers, Other Rank and families of the newly attested soldiers were present to witness the parade. The parents of the young soldiers proudly displayed ‘Gaurav Padak’ which they wore at the ceremony. The ceremony also included the wreath laying at the War Memorial to honour the martyrs and culminated with tea for the newly attested soldiers and the audience.

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NOTA means “None of the Above” option which enables the voter to officially register a vote of rejection for all candidates who are contesting. If a voter chooses to press NOTA on the EVM, it indicates that the voter has not chosen to vote for any of the party. 

In the current 2019 Loksabha elections, the total votes polled for NOTA were a mere 3233 which is only 0.27% of the total voting.

NOTA stood at 8^th position in the 2019 elections.

Whereas in the 2014 Loksabha Elections as many 1.07% of the votes were as NOTA and the highest were polled in Belagavi Dakshin – 1.43%, followed by Ramdurg – 1.3%.

Assembly wise data is yet to be released by the ECI for 2019.

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According to  Section 158 of the Representation of the People Act,1951 a sum of  Rs.25,000/- in the case of an election from an Parliamentary Constituency. (The amount of deposit is half in the case of a candidate belonging to a scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe) is taken as a security deposit by the Election Commission.
And as per the above rules – “any candidate who gets less than 1/6th of the total votes polled will have his/her security deposit forfeited by the Commission.”

The votes will also include the Service Voters votes in which case the Actual Votes polled will increase but the number is not huge and hence the impact would be minimal.

The minimum votes required this time after calculation of 1/6th was 1,99,151 and only the top two candidates namely Suresh Angadi and Dr. Sadhunavar have been able to save their deposit.

All the other 55 candidates deposit will be forfeited.

As many as 14 candidates have secured votes less than 500.

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The voters from Belagavi Rural have voted the most in favour of Suresh Angadi, while voters of Saundatti-Yellamma have voted the least.

Data released by the Election commission shows Suresh Angadi of the BJP secured 117947 from Belagavi Rural constituency while voters of Belagavi Dakshin followed with 117590 and Gokak 104505.

Dr. Sadhunavar got highest votes from Saundatti (58502) while voters of Belagavi Dakshin voted him the least ( 27927).

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The Belagavi airport just managed to reach 6 flights a day from 0, and after the upgradation, Air India was the lone player who was flying an Air Bus to Belagavi.

But the bad news is always there for the people of Belagavi, we are always treated differently and only God knows why?

From June 1, Air India will Stop its Air Bus service to Belagavi.

The Belagavi airport has been upgraded and now is capable of handling Air Bus 300/320 type aircraft and for the same, the runway was expanded.

But now the morning Airbus flight which had a 95% load factor will be stopped. So instead of three flights to Bengaluru, we will be on two and the best morning flight to BLR is no more there.

The Airbus plane has been diverted to Hubbali and the Hubballi – Bengaluru ATR plane will be shifted to Belagavi.

If there aren’t gonna be any AirBus planes then why was this airport expanded and why was so much of land acquired in the first place. The Instrument landing system (ILS)work is in progress at the Sambra airport which will make it easier for night landing.

But even after expansion of the runway if only ATR’s have to be flying from here, why was this expanded spending so much of money.

And why is that the lone Air Bus service has been shifted to Hubballi. Our newly elected Member of parliament may not be aware of this or he might be aware but may not know about the Airbus or the ATR.

Now after the IXG-BLR flight cancellation from Belagavi, it will start HBX-BLR from June 1. So in short, the flight from here has been shifted to HBX.

Many reading would say this is the Airlines priority, but as elected representatives, they must try and get the best to the city. Here we had got it but have now lost it, so who is responsible?

Is there some kind of arrangement, the best things which will be planes, routes go to HBX and then whatever remains comes to Belagavi. Be it buses or planes are treated always differently and the worst part is our MP’s and MLA’s never ever raise a voice against this.

Many would comment is this the only thing the elected Representatives should be working for? No, but this also has to be done to create an image for the city.

Belagavi has never been a brand on its own even when it has the capacity and has more resources than other cities, but one has never ever seen Belagavi with that view.

We are all laid back, planes are canceled- “What can I Do if it is canceled? How can I fight for it ?”

Elected representatives, please get up and act, it is not that we are just losing an Airbus plane we are losing our identity and when no one raises a voice it is assumed people are happy and contented, when in reality there is a fire burning but no one wants to turn that fire into an inferno.

We again have to come together and restart the SaveIXG campaign, we need the best.

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As early as 2010, it was planned KalaMandir to be rebuilt as a Shopping complex, and now the same is yielding fruits under the Smart city project.
The Kala Mandir property has now been officially handed over to Belagavi Smart city Ltd and now the demolition of the building has commenced.

Kalamandir, Tilakwadi which was home to garbage trucks, the entire structure will be demolished and a new commercial complex would be built.

Development of Kalamandir – 46.68 Crore

Contractor: Yankee Construction Bengaluru
Completion date: Feb 2021
Basement+Ground+2 floors, where the second floor will have a Multiplex.
Basement: Car Parking
Ground Floor: Shops
First Floor: Shops & Food Court
Second Floor: Meeting Hall Lobby, Multiplex which will have a steel roof

Also it will have a hawkers zone. 42 shop owners who were basically rehabilitated from Congress road after master plan have gone to court. The work would be commenced but those shops won’t be demolished.
The area on which these 42 shops are built was to be part of the overall development but as of now work will commence leaving this part.

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The police arrested Arjun Mutteppa Basaragi (31) of Kankanawadi and Fakkirappa Ramesh Talawar (28) of Hirekumbi for sharing provocative messages on WhatsApp.

They had spread rumors about the death of a young man who had killed himself in Gokak on Sunday.

They have been booked for spreading false messages and creating enmity between communities.

A body of Shivakumar Balaramappa Uppar (19) was found in Hire Bagewadi village on Sunday, after he ended his life in the APMC Yard.

Shivakumar Balaramappa Uppar (19) was found in the APMC Yard on the outskirts of Hire Bagewadi village. Some traders who found the body informed the Police.
The young man was a Bajrang Dal activist, the police said.

Bajrang Dal members have alleged that it was a murder and not suicide and have sought a detailed inquiry, reports the Hindu.

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The residents around Kala Mandir were surprised to see the water level in their wells go down drastically in the last one week.

Many residents have submersible water pumps which have to be always under water. Since the water levels went down suddenly, many pumps went out of service and needed a repair and it was then the residents came to know about the drop in water levels.

Initially, the blame was on the summers. People assumed that this year the summer was so intense that dried their wells which never happened in decades. Very soon they came to know about the real reason when they saw a few tankers at Kala Mandir.

A borewell has been dug at Kala Mandir. Many water tankers are in queue filling a million gallons of water per day. The water is used for watering (curing) the newly laid concrete Congress road.

Few people are also forced to order water tankers for their daily requirements, thus causing an extra financial burden.

The residents request the concerned authority to order external water tankers and not to extract water from borewells as it may affect the water table on a long term basis.

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For those frequent-flyers, the most sought after route Mumbai will be launched by SpiceJet by June 20, the same was tweeted by Member of Parliament Suresh Angadi.

Met Shri Pradeep Singh Kharola secretary Civil aviation & discussed on getting more flights to belagavi. Called over phone to @ajay2912 chairman SpiceJet & he promised to start Belgavi- Mum- Blr/ Mum-Belgavi-Blr by June 20th. Request all to bare till June for the inconvenience. pic.twitter.com/XFvy5rp4ds

— Suresh Angadi (@AngadiMp) May 27, 2019

Suresh Angadi who is in Delhi met Shri Pradeep Singh Kharola secretary Civil aviation & discussed on getting more flights to Belagavi and also spoke to Chairman of SpiceJet Ajay Singh over the phone, where he promised to commence the Bengaluru – Belagavi – Mumbai Flight by June 20 positively.

The flight to Mumbai will be under the UDAN 3.0 and hence there will be a price cap for a certain number of seats.

It is still not clear whether it will be from the Bombardier fleet or will be the Boeing 737 or Air Bus 319/320.

After all the criticism, Suresh Angadi has pro-actively contacted and also told the citizens about it. But we also wish he presses more on retaining the bigger planes coming to IXG.

So let us wait for the official word from SpiceJet.

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Member of Parliament Suresh Angadi has been quoted in newspapers that,

There is an understanding/agreement between Pralhad Joshi & Suresh Angadi, before the election.
As per that agreement, Air India shifting from Belagavi and Alliance Air will continue its services. It is not a question of the power of MP.

But why an agreement between MP’s and the citizens who have voted for you are kept in dark about this understanding or special arrangement.

The Air India flight shifted to HBX was the only Air Bus service to Belagavi and other cites take pride in boasting that they have an airport on which bigger airplanes land and take off. But with your intelligent understanding, city of Belagavi has lost this opportunity.

The understanding also defies logic. Why would anyone want to lose on a bigger aircraft when it had good load factor and mainly it was in the morning which was very ideal for travelers from here.

In the past as well, SpiceJet shifted all its services to HBX and our airport even after up-gradation was lying idle.

In reply on twitter –

Now that we have UDAN at Belagavi I can get any number of flights depending of the demand and feasibility. Let’s not get into any political or comparison mode. I assure my citizens that More flights and more routes will come soon

Now that we have UDAN at belagavi i can get any number of flights depending of the demand and feasibility.
Let's not get into any political or comparison mode.

I assure my citizens that More flights and more routes will come soon.

— Suresh Angadi (@AngadiMp) May 28, 2019

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Ravindra Natya Mandir in Mumbai.

Balgandharva Kala Dalan in Pune. 

Kala Academy in Goa. 

Freedom Park in Bangalore.

Etc. 

These places are at prime locations and are run by the government. These have given a platform to many artists who are celebrities today. An artist needs a platform to showcase his art or talent. Sadly, Belagavi doesn’t have any and the ones that existed are been brought down making way for malls and shopping complexes.

Kala Mandir is been demolished and we were hoping to see a new structure to come up which had an art gallery for photography exhibitions, elegant stage for dramas, a big hall for painting workshop or yoga sessions or kathak practices, acoustic seminar hall for startup talks or seminars and much more. But alas, this is not gonna happen and a yet another shopping mall will take its place. 

Development doesn’t only mean building roads, bridges, and malls. People need to develop simultaneously. Art has to be given due importance and every city should mandatorily have a platform for artists. Many artists suppress their talent just because of the absence of a platform. 

Many may not agree with the view, but once if you visit all the places mentioned above and the activities that happen there, you will get my point. I could host India’s first food photography exhibition at Balgandharva Pune only because someone decided not to demolish it and make it a mall. Soon after the exhibition, so the Belagavi Cell shots group was created. So you know the importance of a “platform”.

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SP Sudheerkumar Reddy shared the postmortem report of Shivkumar Balram Uppar, 19, of

Ankalagi in Gokak taluk, a gau rakshak and stated that it was a case of suicide and not murder.

Shivkumar’s body was found hanging in the APMC yard in Hirebagewadi.

Suresh Angadi had tweeted earlier that Shivakumar Balaramappa Uppar, 19, was murdered and hanged for protecting cows. “However, it turned out that the boy had killed himself. I spoke to the Police Commissioner Lokesh Kumar and learnt that it was a suicide and not a murder. I request citizens not to spread rumours,” he said. The police had booked two men from Belagavi, Arjun Mutteppa Basaragi and Fakirappa Ramesh Talwar, on the charge of spreading rumours, he made a new tweet deleting the earlier one.

Two persons were arrested for spreading false news.

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Around 19 acres of land has to be acquired for the sewage treatment plant near Alarwad cross and today all of a sudden under police protection the land acquisition procedure was commenced.

The farmers protested to which Mrunal, son of sitting MLA Laxmi Hebbalkar joined in the protests and eventually 15 persons along with Mrunal were taken into custody by the police.

The farmers have not received any notice and have not accepted any compensation then how the land can be acquired.

All this is fertile land and why is the govt. Bent upon constructing a sewage treatment plant on fertile land.

Around 200 police personnel were present at the spot.

Around 19.20 acres of land of Survey nos 56, 57, 58 are to be acquired for the STP.

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