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  India Together: The positive lives of Bagalkot - 27 May 2007
Bagalkot district in Karnataka is today emerging as a model for how AIDS awareness can make all the difference in stemming the disease.
Bagalkot is on the Karnataka-Maharashtra border, one of the three areas in India with a concentrated epidemic; the others being coastal Andhra Pradesh and the north-eastern states of Manipur and Nagaland.
Mahadevi, 22, a construction worker from Mannikeri village of Badami taluk in Bagalkot district lost her husband to HIV within a year and a half of marriage.
www.indiatogether.org /2007/may/hlt-jyothi.htm   (2164 words)

  
 National Informatics Centre
Bagalkot District NIC unit was formally set up in July 1998, year after the declaration of newly created district, Bagalkot.
Bagalkot was part of Bijapur district prior to August 1997.
In the early stages of its inception, NIC Bagalkot successfully completed Land Record Computerization, Zilla Panchayath Monthly activities and District Level Recruitment Committee selection process computerization.
bagalkot.nic.in /bgknic.htm   (185 words)

  
  Bagalkot Travel,Karnataka Bagalkot Travel,Bagalkot Tourism,Traveling In Bagalkot,Travel To Bagalkot Karnataka India
Bagalkot is 90 Kms away from the city of Bijapur.
During 1778, Haider Ali took possession of Bagalkot and was later held by the Savanur Nawab as his vassal.
Bagalkot, earlier, a part of Bijapur district, was craved out as a separate district in 1997.
www.karnatakatoursandtravel.com /karnataka-travel-guide/bagalkot-travel.html   (600 words)

  
  SEZ for New Bagalkot Petition
Bagalkot district and surrounding places comprising of Badami, Bagalkot, Biligi, Hunugund, Jamkandi and Mudhol have been a neglected place for a long time, there is huge population of unemployed people in this place.
Bagalkot district has a lot of famous educational institutions providing high quality education in ITI, diploma, engineering and management.
The SEZ for New Bagalkot Petition to Government of Karnataka was created by and written by BEC Alumni.
www.petitiononline.com /newbgk/petition.html   (510 words)

  
  Bagalkot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bagalkot is the district headquarters of the northern Bagalkot district of the state.
Bagalkot is a district head quarters in North Karnataka, Sitiuated on the bank of the river Ghataprabha, snuggly sheltered in the lap of nature.
Eventhough, Bagalkot city is under the threat of submergence due to upper Krishna project, the construction of a new city, Navanagar, with the all modern amenities are in full swing.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bagalkot   (275 words)

  
 The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Education Tribune
Bagalkot is a prosperous district in north Karnataka but prosperity has also brought in AIDS in a big way in the district because of the entrenched devadasi system.
A community leader, she supervises eight educators who call upon her to troubleshoot when they are not able to convince a woman to seek treatment for sexually transmitted diseases or when there is a suspected devadasi dedication.
With no parents who died by the time she was eight and 11 children belonging to her brother and sister to feed in the house, her sister decided she had to become a devadasi.
www.tribuneindia.com /2007/20070304/society.htm   (1879 words)

  
 Bagalkot district - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bagalkot's Badami taluk remained the seat of the throne of the Chalukyas from 550 CE — 753 CE, when Chalukya king Kirtivarman II was overthrown by the Rashtrakutas.
Located in north-central Karnataka, Bagalkot is surrounded by Belgaum District to the west, Bijapur District and Gulbarga District to the north and north-east, Raichur District to the east and Koppal District, Gadag District and Dharwad District to the south-east, south and south-west respectively.
Bagalkot is the second largest district in the Belgaum Division and the 15th most populous district in Karnataka.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bagalkot_district   (2829 words)

  
 rediff.com: Rs 638-cr rehab package for marooned Bagalkot people
The Karnataka government has declared a special rehabilitation package worth Rs 638 crore [Rs 6.38 billion] for the displaced people of the marooned Bagalkot town, located on the banks of the Upper Krishna Project in the northern region of the state.
Bagalkot got partially submerged last month after surplus water was released from the Almatti reservoir in Andhra Pradesh, when its storage level reached its maximum height of 519.60 metres.
Of the total package, about Rs 400 crore will be spent on Bagalkot town alone, with the rest going to the affected villages and displaced people living on the banks of the Ipper Krishna river basin.
www.rediff.com /news/2002/oct/21water.htm   (364 words)

  
 Bagalkot
km Bagalkot District is flanked by Bijapur district in the north and Gadag district in the south.
With a net population size of 1,26,100 Bagalkot District with its fertile verdant terrains drained by perennial rivers facilitates extensive cultivation.
Bagalkot District is a sightseer's paradise with its panoramic beauty.
www.mapsofindia.com /maps/karnataka/districts/bagalkot.htm   (182 words)

  
 Changing Face of Epidemics of Bagalkot — The Role of GIS
The Bagalkot town with district status consisting of 6 talukas is located on river Ghataprabha.
Thus Bagalkot region since 3 years witnessing the climatic changes varying from subtle to prominent which are attributed to storage of backwater from Upper Krishna Project (UKP).
The Population included for this study consisted of both old and new bagalkot mainly considering the major impact of backwater on bagalkot town proper.
www.mapindia.org /2005/papers/Health/228.htm   (781 words)

  
 Karnataka Politics: CM Krishna Ignores river Krishna
CM Krishna ignores the havoc caused by river Krishna in Bagalkot and it is the people of Bagalkot and the poor villagers of nearby 150 villages who suffer a lot.
Can you imagine staying in Bagalkot, where according to the officials the submerged area is up to 521 meters as per their records.
Bagalkot has nearly a lakh of population and all of them are practically cut off from the state of Karnataka.
www.ourkarnataka.com /Articles/politics/cmkrishna_ignores_krishna.htm   (527 words)

  
 The Hindu : Action plan for Bagalkot soon
The Bagalkot Town Development Authority (BTDA) is preparing an action plan to acquire 3,269 buildings in Bagalkot, which has been partially submerged in the backwaters of Alamatti.
When water was stored in Alamatti Dam to its FRL for the first time in the last rainy season, life in Bagalkot was disrupted because of the collapse of water supply and drainage system.
It had been planned to clear all slums in Bagalkot and 80 acres of land had been acquired to relocate the displaced families.
www.hinduonnet.com /2003/02/03/stories/2003020300740300.htm   (422 words)

  
 Kumaraswamy to spend night with HIV positive family - Printer Friendly Page - Health/Medicine - Telugu Portal   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Bagalkot (Karnataka), Jan 23 (IANS) Concerned over the high prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Karnataka and hoping to dispel the stigma attached to the disease, Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy will spend Tuesday night in the hut of a HIV positive family.
Kumarswamy will reach Ingalagi village in Bagalkot district, 600 km from the state capital Bangalore where over 100 people are affected by the disease, at around 11 p.m.
In Bagalkot district, the prevalence rate is 3.2 percent.
www.teluguportal.net /modules/news/print.php?storyid=29238   (413 words)

  
 Bagalkot celebrates CM's package-Bangalore-Cities-The Times of India   (Site not responding. Last check: )
BAGALKOT: The Rs 638 crore package announced by Chief Minister S.M. Krishna was hailed by Bagalkot on Tuesday.
Several organisations and action committees heaved a sigh of relief and arranged emergency meetings to discuss the pros and cons of the package, after the news was beamed on television on Monday.
Ashok Limbavalli, president of Bagalkot Rehabilitation Youth Action Committee, a major organisation which conducted several demonstrations in the last two years, said the people are obviously delighted with the news.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com /cms.dll/articleshow?artid=25995833   (480 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Bangalore police commissioner Ajai Kumar Singh told reporters today that Habeeb, arrested from Almatti in Bagalkot district of north Karnataka yesterday, was an important catch with Lashkar links.
This is the second Lashkar militant arrested in connection with the science hub attack.
Habeeb, a fabrication mechanic and a native of Guledagud in Bagalkot, was working in Saudi Arabia between 1993 and 2001 and allegedly in touch with Abdul Rehman, who was arrested earlier.
www.telegraphindia.com /1060117/asp/nation/story_5730192.asp   (367 words)

  
 Despite Almatti reservoir, Bagalkot faces shortage - Deccan Herald   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Shortage of drinking water is a big problem for the citizens of Bagalkot district despite the Almatti reservoir being so close.
Bagalkot DC K S Prabhakar says that 4 tmc water is not sufficient and has urged to release 7 tmc water.
The water level at present in Almatti reservoir should be sufficient to meet the water needs of the people in Kalburgi, Bijapur and Bagalkot districts till the end of June.
www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/may012004/s1.asp   (575 words)

  
 Prasanna Venkata Vittala
His name is still very popular and his songs are sung in several houses.
Venkata Dasa was born in 1680 at Bagalkot which is on the bank of the river Ghataprabha.
Bagalkot is a town in the Bijapur District.
www.dvaita.org /haridasa/dasas/prasanna.html   (1242 words)

  
 The Hindu : RSS men injured; ban order imposed on Bagalkot
Prohibitory order has been imposed on Bagalkot town for 10 days because of violence, which erupted after members of a particular community threw stones at a RSS rehearsal march near Anjuman High School on Thursday.
Two swayamsevaks, who suffered head injuries in the clash, were admitted to civil hospital in Bagalkot.
As a prelude to this conference, swayamsevaks in Bagalkot have been conducting rehearsal marches since a week.
www.hindu.com /thehindu/2002/01/12/stories/2002011200120500.htm   (457 words)

  
 Alamatti concerns
The government has either already initiated or is in the process of initiating procedures to acquire 69,076 structures and, 138,629 acres of land in rural areas and 4,500 structures and 150 acres in the urban areas.
Teachers of a school run by the Kalidasa Educational Society in Bagalkot (the building of which will be submerged) complained that though they had relocated a part of their campus to Navnagar, few children had opted to go there.
A bank manager in Bagalkot pointed out that the quantum of crop loan disbursed in the region had come down substantially over the past three or four years, as had term loans given to buy tillers, fertilizers, pumpsets and so on.
www.flonnet.com /fl1917/19170450.htm   (2559 words)

  
 Which trainto Badami? - India Travel Forum | IndiaMike.com
This part of the Indian Railways website is often a better part to use, you have to enter the names of the stations, but the 'trains between' section is only for the big stations.
I've already checked the Bijapur - Bagalkot - Badami - Gadag section and there are no trains running at the moment, this section was due to be converted to Broad Gauge, so the work is probibly going on at the moment.
As per Railway Time-table of Southern Zone, the SWR is operating 3 Pairs of passengers, namely, 337/338, 339/340 and 345/346, between Gadag and Bagalkot and Badami is 67 Kms.
www.indiamike.com /india/showthread.php?t=15717   (755 words)

  
 Belgaum Diocese
By a the Papal Bull "Christi Missium" of Paul VI, the North Kanara District was separated from the Belgaum Diocese to form the Karwar Diocese on January 24, 1976.
It now consists of the civil districts of Belgaum, Bijapur, Bagalkot, Dharwad, Gadag and Haveri in Karnataka State and the Chandgad taluka in Kolhapur District of Maharashtra State.
Revenue districts: Belgaum, Bijapur, Bagalkot, Dharwad, Gadag and Haveri in Karnataka state and Chandgad taluka of Maharashtra.
www.cbcisite.com /Belgaum.htm   (139 words)

  
 Bagalkot in Karnataka, Read information about Bagalkot, home land of great chalukya dynasty   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The bifurcated Bagalkot district consists of six taluks namely Badami, Bagalkot, Bilagi, Hunugund, Jamakhandi and Mudhol.
Historically, Bagalkote is the home land of great chalukya dynasty.
Aihole is place described as the laboratory for architecture rather a university of Indian architecture.
www.karnatakavision.com /bagalkot.php   (254 words)

  
 India 2004
On October 5, directors of the Planetary Society of Youth visited public schools and Colleges in Bagalkot and Belgaum, Karnataka during World Space Week.
They spoke with students about space exploration to inspire and motivate young people into pursuing skilled professions in the development of technologies of our future world.
On the same occasion The Planetary Society of Youth announced a new project to establish an Science Centre in Bagalkot to bring awareness among children's, students and the general public about astronomy, space, and technology.
www.spaceweek.org /india_2004.html   (239 words)

  
 Myself   (Site not responding. Last check: )
I was born on 3rd Sept 1971 in a small town called Bagalkot.
Bagalkot is located in the Bijapur district of Karanataka in India.
During this time Bagalkot was a very small town with a lot of friendly people and I have a lot of fond memories of this place.
www.its.caltech.edu /~sshenoy/Myself/myself.html   (271 words)

  
 Candidates’ choice may upset BJP’s win in Bagalkot district - Deccan Herald   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Congress, which boasts of a strong hold over all eight Assembly segments in Bagalkot Lok Sabha constituency, may not have it easy this time with Bharatiya Janata Party making a determined bid to wrest some of the seats.
BAGALKOT : A multi-cornered fight appears in the offing.
This is the only constituency in entire Bagalkot Lok Sabha constituency where the JD(S) is likely to pose a stiff opposition to both the Congress and the BJP because of Kuruba votes.
www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/apr132004/kv4.asp   (1284 words)

  
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Hangal Kumareshwara Hospital and Research Center, Navanagar, Bagalkot
Dr. Kerudi Kerudi Hospital and Research Centre, Bagalkot -587101
Dr. Shivanand Kubsad Kubsad Hospital, Near Ranna Circle, Mudhol- 587 313 Bagalkot Dt.
www.yeshasvini.org /html/bagalkote.htm   (113 words)

  
 Chitraloka.com ::: Mega Portal For Kannada Cinema - State Awards - 2005-06 - Shivarajkumar, Pavitra Lokesh Bags the Best
It was a glittering function that was held in Bagalkot.
Speaking at the function after distributing the awards, the visibly upset Chief Minister said that though Bagalkot had become a shooting spot for many big Bollywood ventures like "Guru', the Kannada film producers are yet to use the rich visuals of the district in full measure.
Crazy Star Ravichandran who received the prestigious Puttanna Kanagal award said that he was coming to Bagalkot after a gap of nearly twenty years to receive the best award for which he was selected.
www.chitraloka.com /sections/stock_shots/awards_stateaward_05_06_report.shtml   (459 words)

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