Statewide International Film Festival 2010 between November 8-14

Source: http://www.mybangalore.com/article/1110/statewide-international-film-festival-2010-between-november-8-14.html


The Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy (KCA) is launching its first statewide international film festival this month. This will be on from November 8-14 across Bangalore, Shimoga, Dharwad, Bidar and Mangalore.

The Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy (KCA), in collaboration with the Federation of Film Societies of India (FFSI) is launching its first statewide international film festival in November with ambitious plans to expand it to all the districts of Karnataka in the coming years. 

The festival will screen movies like, The Bicycle Thieves, an Italian film directed  by Vittorio de Sica, A butterfly in the wind, a film made in Iran by director Abbas Rafaei, I can't live without you, a film made by Taiwanese director, Leon Dai. Get the entire schedule of all the films at all venues on the KCA website.

Dates and Cities

Bangalore on November 8, Malleswaram, Sucharita Film Society, Yavanika

Bidar on November 9 (4 days, 16 films) 

Dharwad on Nov 10 (4 days, 12 films)

Mangalore on Nov 14 (4 days, 12 films) 

Shimoga on Nov 15 (4 days, 16 films)

Announcing the festival on Wednesday, TS Nagabharana, KCA Chairman;  HN Narahari Rao, FFSI director and artistic director of the new festival and Muddu Mohan, state Director of Information said the festival was designed to promote film culture in the remote areas of the state. The festival, planned with a low budget and entirely on DVD format, will include 100 titles from nearly 20 countries. “Many of the films have seen international releases only in the last two or three years and are being screened for the first time in India,” Narahari Rao said. Many films in Indian language, including Kannada, have been selected for the festival.

Apart from Suchitra in Bangalore (Nov 8 – 14, 28 shows), the screenings are being held at Yavanika (Nov 8 – 14, 28 shows), which is the main venue, Malleswaram Seva Sadan (Nov 9 – 12, 16 shows) and Samprati, Malleswaram (Nov 13-15, 12 shows).

Seminars

The festival will see two seminars at Yavanika: on Saturday, Nov 13  (3:00 – 5:30 PM),  ’The Challenges and Opportunities of Film Distribution and Exhibition in the Digital Age’  with director Nagathihalli Chandrashekar, distributor ‘MARS’ Suresh and Jyotsna Pattabiraman of Moovie Shoovie and Sunday, Nov 14 (3:00 – 6:00 PM),’Film Criticism Today’ with Narahari Rao, MK Raghavendra and journalist Sadashiva Shenoy, general secretary, Press Club of Bangalore.

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Entry is through the delegate passes, priced at Rs 200/- (Student concession: Rs.100, on producing ID).

Buy Passes online: Please visit Moovie Shoovie

KCA : Phone 080-2213 3410

Website: http://www.thekca.in/

Email: chalanachitraacademy@gmail.com;

Suchitra: 080-2671 1785

100-crore revamp for six heritage cities - Gulbarga, Bidar, Bijapur & kittur among them

Source: http://expressbuzz.com/cities/bangalore/100-crore-revamp-for-six-heritage-cities/211143.html

BANGALORE: The state government will spend Rs100 crore over the next three years to develop six cities that have been identified as important from the heritage point of view.Kannada and Culture Minister Govind Karjol disclosed this on Wednesday. The cities where basic infrastructure will be developed are Gulbarga, Bidar, Srirangapatna, Bijapur, Kittur and Mysore.Karjol said the blueprint and action plan to develop the cities are ready. The cities would get drinking water facilities, approach roads, interior roads, toilets, parking lots, hotels and rest houses of international standards. The work would start in the beginning of financial year 2011. The gazetteer directorate had undertaken the task of computerising more than five lakh historically important documents, he said, adding that the documents include Tipu Sultan’s correspondence with the British. The project would cost `80 lakh. He said Hampi Development Authority's rules and guidelines will be framed in the next Assembly session.

Four horticulture mega marts, each with a budget of Rs 100 crore, will come up in Hassan, Kolar, Shimoga and Belgaum, said Director of Horticulture M Jayaram on Wednesday.

Source: Deccan Herald



Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in this regard with the Department of Horticulture on August 8. Besides, the department will start two biotech centres in Shimoga and Bidar. Three flower auction centres in Tumkur, Davangere and Udupi are also on the cards.

Flower shows are converted into horticultural shows in the changing scenario. The focus is not only on aesthetics but also on dissemination of information on new technologies in horticulture, he added.

The show which will be inaugurated on August 6 at the Glass House at 12 noon by the Minister of Horticulture Umesh V Katti, will continue till August 15. The budget for the show is Rs 50 lakh as against Rs 80 lakh spent last year. The main attraction of the show will be a scaled down model of the India Gate of New Delhi structured with 2.5 lakh rose blooms at the Glass House.
Mark of respect

"We want to salute the monument on the eve of Independence Day. This will also be a mark of respect for all the martyrs and freedom fighters of our country," Jayaram said.
The show aims to bring people together to enjoy nature and know more about the variety of flowers and plants grown in the State. The show will exhibit varieties of flowers -Anthurium, Orchids, Bouganvillae, Impention, Cocks Comb, Celosia and other blooms, fruits, vegetables and horticultural plants. It also showcases potted plants, cut flowers, Thai art, Jannur, lke-Bana, Indian Floral Art, Bonsai and vegetable carving.

An essay competition on horticulture will be held on Thursday at Dr M H Marigowda Memorial Hall, Lalbagh from 10 am to 12 noon. The competition has no age limit.
Entry tickets will be available at all entry points from 9 am to 6 pm. The show will close at 7 pm. The entry fees for adults is Rs 30 and children is Rs 10 in working days.

For holidays there is an increase of Rs 10 each in adult and children entry fees. School students will be admitted free of cost on August 13 from 8 am to 12 noon. Tight security measures will be provided at all entry points.

Jungle Lodges chain to expand in Karnataka - One in Khanapur, Belgaum

Jungle Lodges & Resorts (JLR) of the state tourism department is expanding its operations in Karnataka to promote eco-tourism under public-private partnership, a top official said Monday.

'Besides opening up five more resorts in select tourist hot spots, we are inviting entrepreneurs from the health sector to set up health and wellness centres in strategic locations across the state to promote tourism in a holistic way,' Jungle Lodges managing director N.D. Tiwari told reporters here.

The profit-making state-run agency is investing Rs.5-7 crore in each of the five resort projects over the next 12 months to create and expand capacity for stay and leisure activities.

'Our game plan is to see more natural vistas are opened up to travellers or tourists in the state and facilitate that they experience the rich flora and fauna, heritage, weekend getaways, wildlife and allied leisure in the state,' Tiwari said.

The three-decade-old JLR operates 13 eco and wildlife resorts at exotic locations in the state, with about 80 percent occupancy rate round the year.

The new eco resorts are coming up at Vilaspur in Bidar district, Talakalale at Jog in Shimoga district, Hampi in Bellary district, Pilikula Nisarga Dhama in Mangalore district, at Khanapur in Belgaum district and Yagachi in Hassan district.

'Resorts at Vilaspur, Talakalale and Hampi will be completed by 2011, while those proposed at Khanapur and Yagachi are awaiting approval from the central government and the central zoo authority,' Tiwari said.

In fiscal 2009-10, the resorts had about 80,000 guests, including 40 percent repeat customers.

Unlike in the past, the profile of guests has undergone a sea change, with domestic tourists accounting for 75 percent of the total guests.

'About 70 percent of the domestic tourists are from this tech hub comprising techies, executives, nature lovers and their families,' Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation (KSTDC) Managing Director Vinay Luthra said.

As the country's largest eco and wildlife resort chain, JLR has been providing authentic nature experiences to travellers in idyllic settings.

Tatler's Travel Guide has rated JLR's Kabini River Lodge as one of the top wildlife resorts in the world.

The company is also developing a night safari in Bannerghata national park on the outskirts of Bangalore at an estimated cost of Rs.80 crore.

Though JLR survived the impact of slowdown last fiscal with a flat revenue generation of Rs.27 crore as against Rs.26 crore in previous fiscal (2008-09), it is projecting Rs.32 crore turnover this fiscal (2010-11), with about 90,000 guests.

The company posted Rs.4.24 crore net profit in fiscal 2009-10 as against Rs.4.02 crore in fiscal 2008-09.

State proposes seven SEZs for global investors’ meet - IT SEZs: Prososed at Dharwad, Kolar & Mysore.

Source: http://www.deccanherald.com/content/70474/state-proposes-seven-sezs-global.html

With D-date for Global Investors’ Meet (GIM) approaching near, project proposals are flying off drawing boards fast and furious. The State government is working overtime to make the most of the two-day meet to woo as much investment as possible.

So much so, as many as seven Special Economic Zone (SEZ) proposals besides two industrial parks have been lined up for global and domestic private players participating at the GIM. Of the seven SEZs, three are Information Technology (IT), one each in aerospace, textile, food processing and pharmaceutical sectors.

PPP initiative
According to official sources, Expression of Interest (EoI) have been invited for implementation under public-private-partnership (PPP) initiative as part of government’s ambitious Suvarna Karnataka Development Corridor (SKDC) programme. For implementation, selected bidder (individual entities / consortium) will be responsible to plan, design, build, finance, opearte, manage and maintain them, besides marketing and branding.  While IT SEZs will come up at Dharwad, Kolar and Mysore, aerospace SEZ is planned at Bangalore Rural, textile, food and pharmaceutial SEZs at Hassan and industrial parks in Bidar and Gulbarga.

The aerospace SEZ at Devanahalli, sources said, will house units focused on providing IT, design, R&D services and MRO (maintenance, repair & overhauling) facilities on a 252 acre plot. While processing area would comprise facilities for aircrafts, helicopters, IT & design services, avionics services and manufacture of aircraft components, non-processing zone is for ancillary developments like training institutions  and research centres.

IT SEZs at Dharwad, Kolar and Mysore will come up on 30 acre plots and house both IT and IT-enabled Services (ITeS) units. The pharma SEZ on 270 acre area in Hassan is aimed at building quality facilities to attract global and domestic tenants.

Processing area
The textile SEZ over 581 acre plot in Hassan will have processing area of 65 per cent to house textile and related industries like weaving, garments, spinning and related service sector units, household and technical textiles etc. The food processing SEZ at Hassan will come up on 285 acre plot for exported oriented units.

The industrial parks in Gulbarga and Bidar, planned on 200 acre and 300 acre plots respectively, sources said is envisaged to house MSME (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) units across a range of manufacturing sectors serving as hub for MSME manufacturing.

The engineering park at Chitradurga on 200 acre plot will house steel ancillary units like auto components, surgical and hospital equipment, architectural products, hardware, kitchenware, lifestyle products, stamping and forging. At Tumkur, it will come up on 500 acre plot focused on machine tools / precision tools, industrial machinery, hardware, industrial fasteners et al. 
DH News Service

* IT SEZs: Prososed at Dharwad, Kolar & Mysore.
* Aerospace SEZ: Bangalore Rural
* Food, Textile & Pharma SEZ: Planned at Hassan
* Industrial parks: To come up in Bidar & Gulbarga

Garment units to be set up in five places - Belgaum gets one

Source: http://www.deccanherald.com/content/41498/garment-units-set-up-five.html


Minister for Textiles Goolihatti Shekhar on Tuesday said Texport, a Bangalore-based garment producer would set up its units in five locations outside Bangalore, providing employment to 10,000 people.

The units would be set up in Belgaum, Bidar, Hosadurga, KGF and Harapanahalli, the minister said. The department would encourage other firms that are willing to set up units outside Bangalore. Garment industries provide employment to nearly 5 lakh people in Bangalore alone. With the establishment of units outside Bangalore employment will be generated in the rural areas, the minister said.

The State government has allocated Rs 112 crore in its budget for the year 2009-10 for textiles. Of that nearly Rs 43 crore had been released and Rs 21 crore has already been spent, he added.

Army recruitment rally on November 4

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2009/10/23/stories/2009102354740500.htm


Belgaum: The Army Recruitment Office, Headquarters Recruiting Zone, Bangalore, will hold a recruitment rally in Bangalore on November 4 for posts of ‘X’ and ‘Y’ of the Havildar Education Group of Education Corps of the Indian Army.

Candidates who are permanent residents of Belgaum, Bijapur, Bidar, Bagalkot, Bellary, Dharwad, Gulbarga, Gadag, Haveri, Koppal and Raichur districts are eligible to take part in the rally. The other eligibility conditions are M.A./M.Sc./MCA or B.A./B.Sc./BCA with B.Ed. pass for the post of ‘X’ post. Those who are applying for the post of ‘Y’ should have passed B.A./B.Sc./BCA/ with B.Ed.

According to a press release here on Thursday, the physical and medical tests for the candidates will be conducted on November 4, while the written tests will be held on December 20. The admission cards to the candidates will be distributed through the Recruitment Office in Belgaum Fort between October 24 and 28. The candidates should appear before the officers concerned along with all the necessary testimonials and documents. For details, contact 080-25006567/25006569, 0831-2465550 or 0824-2458376.

Industrial corridor: Chennai-Mumbai national highways via Bangalore, Davanagere, Hubli, Belgaum and Pune

Source: http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/industrial-corridor-19-firms-show-interest/361151/

Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services Ltd (IL&FS), KPMG, Infrastructure Development Corporation Karnataka Ltd (iDeCK) and IDBI are among the 19 companies that have evinced interest in providing consultancy services to Karnataka on developing the proposed industrial corridors along National Highways 4 and 17 to attract investment and create employment opportunities for people in North Karnataka.

According to Murugesh Nirani, Karnataka’s minister for large and medium industries, the industrial corridors will be developed on the public-private partnership model.
Recently, the state government had invited an expression of interest from reputed consultancy firms to prepare detailed project report and advise the state government on the model to execute the new industrial corridor projects.

“Apart from these two Indian companies we have also received a proposal from an internationally-reputed foreign agency to participate in the project. We are evaluating their proposals and will soon finalise the bids,” Nirani told Business Standard.

The industrial corridors are planned along the Chennai-Mumbai national highways via Bangalore, Davanagere, Hubli, Belgaum and Pune. Cities falling on the National Highways NH-4 and NH-17 like Bangalore to Belgaum will be developed as a major corridor and Bangalore to Bidar on NH-17, Shimoga to Davanagere and Shimoga to Mangalore. It has been planned to create industrial townships in seven sectors like steel, cement, textile, automobile, food processing, oil & chemicals and fertiliser.

The minister said cement industries will be encouraged in Gulbarga, Bagalkot and Chitradurga, iron and steel industries in Bellary, Koppal and Tumkur. Automobile industries will be promoted in Belgaum, Hubli and Mysore. Meanwhile, Bangalore will be promoted further as a preferred destination for information technology and biotechnology, electronics and general engineering. He said, basic infrastructure will be upgraded in these cities to enable industry to progress. Star category industries will be provided facilities including residential townships and other infrastructure.

In addition, Nirani said centres of horticulture like Bagalkot, Bijapur, Belgaum, Shimoga districts could have food processing units.

A foundry zone will be developed in Belgaum. The government is in the process of identifying 500 acres on the outskirts of Belgaum for the proposed foundry park. Land acquisition is in progress, he said.

Nirani said the government will also complete the land acquisition process before holding the long-pending Global Investors Meet (GIM) in Bangalore in December.

The GIM will be held in December this year. The government is in the process of finalising the knowledge partner, event partner and media partner for the event.

Army recruitment rally next month

DHARWAD: Belgaum’s Army Recruitment Unit will conduct army recruitment at the district stadium in Haveri from May 4 to May 9. Candidates in the age group of seventeen-and-a-half to 23 with a pass in SSLC or PUC are eligible. The recruitment rally is open for candidates of Belgaum, Bijapur, Bidar, Bagalkot, Gulbarga, Koppal, Haveri, Gadag, Dharwad, Bellary and Raichur districts.
The candidates will be selected through physical test and then a written test, a release said. — Staff Correspondent

Karnataka Budget 2008-09 (What NK people will get out of this budget)

Source: http://www.deccanherald.com/DeccanHerald.com/Content/Jul172008/state2008071779340.asp?section=updatenews

Here I have listed the highlights of the Karnataka Budget 2008-09 (From NK prospective)

1. To develop 7 major cities in the state, a special grant of Rs.700 crores is proposed. This year an allocation of total Rs.350 crores, at the rate of Rs.50 crores per city is made. Hubli-Dharwad, Belgaum, Gulbarga, Davangere, Bellary, Mysore and mangalore will be benifited.
2. To implement the drinking water supply augmentation project in Hubli-Dharward, Rs.136 crores is allocated.
3. A financial support of Rs.50 crores is provided to the North West Karnataka Road Transport Corporation for improving transport facilities in rural areas.
4. 700 acres of land will be acquired for developing an international airport at Hubli city. The airport at Belgaum will also be expanded by acquiring 370 acres of land.
5. There are some of the Railway projects that will be executed.
   Shimoga-Talaguppa Guage conversion. Bidar-Gulbarga new rail line. Sholapur-Bagalkot-Gadag Gauge conversion. Bangalore-Ramanagaram line doubling. Commerce and Industries
6. Proposed major industrial corridors with 8 lane roads are:
   Bidar-Bangalore via Chitradurga
   Tumkur-Honnavar via Shimoga
   Chitradurga-Mangalore via Shimoga-Udupi
   Bangalore-Belgaum via Davengare-Hubli.
7. A provision of Rs.25 crores has been made for organizing Vishva Kannada Sammelana at Belgaum in December.
8. Preparations are being made to start Suvarna Vidhana Soudha in Belgaum and hold an assembly session.
9. Financial assistance of Rs.One crores for development of Sangolli Rayanna Memorial at Belgaum.
10. Financial assistance of Rs.One crore for the development of Bada village in Haveri district – birth place of Kanakadasa.
11. Financial assistance of Rs. One crores for Shivayogi Shishunala Sharief’s shrine.
12. Financial assistance of Rs. One crores for development of Vignaneshwara Park and Rangamandira at Marthur, Gulbarga district.
13. To commemorate the tricentenary of the founding of the Khalsa by Sri Guru Govind Singh, a festival is being held at Nanded. An allocation of Rs.25 crores has been made for improving infrastructure in Bidar city and for providing amenities to the pilgrims.
14. A task force will be set up for protecting the bio-diversity and conserving the environment of Western Ghats.
15. Similarly work will be speeded up for construction of Kalasa Banduri Canal for supply of drinking water to Hubli-Dharwad.
16. For setting up drug testing laboratories in Hubli and Bellary in the north Karnataka region an amount of Rs.5 crores has been provided.
17. For the development of famous KIMS hospital in Hubli Rs.36.5 crores has been provided. This will help a large number of poor people in the north Karnataka
18. For improving water supply and sanitation in cities other than Bangalore, the outlay for Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board has been increased from Rs. 231 crores to Rs. 380 crores. A scheme for augmenting water supply to Hubli-Dharwad at a cost of Rs.136 crores will be undertaken during the current year.
19. For the development of second tier cities such as Mysore, Mangalore, Belgaum, Hubli-Dharwad, Davanagere, Bellary and Gulbarga it is proposed to provide Rs.100 crores each to the municipal bodies of these cities over a period of two years. During this year, upto Rs.50 crores each will be given to these municipal bodies for specific projects.
20. The Government is determined to develop industry and tourism in all parts of the state. In this connection Rs.150 crores is being provided to develop airports in the year 2008-09. Necessary land is being acquired to upgrade Hubli airport to international standard, and to expand Belgaum and Mangalore airports, Steps are being taken to acquire additional land for the development of Mysore airport. Similarly the airports at Bijapur, Gulbarga, Shimoga and Hassan will be developed on public-private-partnership basis, To give impetus to tourism in the state, it is proposed to spend Rs.40 crores to develop 10 air strips at the cost of Rs.4 crores each in various districts which do not have airports.
21. An IT – BT zone will be established in Mysore, Mangalore, Hubli-Dharwad, Belgaum, Shimoga and Gulbarga.* Ramanagara, Shimoga and Hubli-Dharwad will be earmarked for automobile zone, and a garment zone will be established in Bangalore Rural, Tumkur, Kolar, Mandya, Belgaum, Bidar, Dharwad and other districts. For the above purposes Rs.500 Crores will be spent by KIADB during the year 2008-09.
22. It is proposed to set up IT and BT parks in cities like Hubli-Dharwad, Belgaum, Gulbarga, Shimoga, Davangere, Mangalore through joint ventures of private participation and Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board. KEONICS will be provided with a capital contribution of Rs.10 Crores to promote the above development.

Karnataka budget

No new taxes in Karnataka budget

Bangalore/New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) A Rs.61 billion increase in the total outlay with higher spend on infrastructure, rural development, irrigation, education, weaker sections of society, housing and women and children welfare and no new taxes mark the 2008-09 budget for poll-bound Karnataka presented Monday.

The state capital and India's IT hub Bangalore gets Rs.2.4 billion (Rs.240 crores) to improve road maintenance. Major district roads will also be improved with an expenditure of Rs.3 billion (Rs.300 crores), Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said, presenting the budget to parliament in New Delhi.

The budget was presented in parliament as Karnataka is under president's rule since Nov 20 following the fall of the one-week-old Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ministry after its coalition partner Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) withdrew support.

The Congress party in Karnataka hailed the budget. Its state chief Mallikharjun Kharge said it addressed the needs of both rural and urban areas. BJP's B.S. Yeddyurappa, who was chief minister for one week in November last year, described the budget as an "election gimmick".
Chidambaram allocated Rs.50 million as Karnataka's initial equity in the new Special Purpose Vehicle to be set up to provide high speed rail link to the new Bangalore International Airport scheduled to start commercial operations from March 30.

The new airport is at Devanahalli, about 35 km from the city centre and connectivity to it remains a problem.

The budget continues all the popular programmes of the previous JD-S-BJP coalition government in the state. They include loans to farmers at four percent interest rate, mid-day meal scheme for schoolchildren and free bicycles for school-going girls to encourage women's education.

The budget allocates Rs.1 billion for upgrading airports in Mangalore, Mysore, Hubli, Bijapur, Shimoga, Hassan, Gulbarga, Karwar, Bidar and Belgaum.

An amount of Rs.500 million is earmarked for a new state secretariat building, Vidhana Soudha, in Belgaum bordering Maharashtra.

Chidambaram also increased by a whopping 58 percent allocation to redress regional imbalances within the state. Called the Special Development Plan, to mainly help north Karnataka which lags behind the south of the state, it was launched in 2007-08 with an allocation of Rs.15.71 billion. In 2008-09, the allocation for the plan will be Rs.24.89 billion.

The total outlay will be Rs.565.42 billion as against the budgeted outlay of Rs.504.66 billion for the current fiscal. Similarly, the annual plan outlay will be Rs.217.51 billion for 2008-09 as against Rs.177.83 billion. The outlays will be from the state consolidated fund.

"By maintaining the revenue surplus and limiting the fiscal deficit to less than three percent, Karnataka will continue to receive the benefits of debt consolidation and waiver of central loans amounting to about Rs.6.5 billion per year," Chidambaram informed the members.

"The budget seeks to promote the development of human capital in the state by enhanced investments in education, health and social welfare. The budget also seeks to initiate special steps to improve the productivity of the farm sector and the economic condition of farmers," Chidambaram said.

16 cities in State to get FM

Source: Deccan Herald (http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Jan132008/scroll2008011346380.asp?section=updatenews)


The private FM radio explosion will soon embrace the hinterland of India, going into the smallest of towns, and among the beneficiaries will be residents of 16 places in Karnataka.
The Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Ltd (BECIL), a government body tasked with formulating the growth plan of FM radio, has said in a report that the Phase-III of private FM radio expansion should focus on small town India.
Accordingly, BECIL has suggested to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) that the Phase-III expansion should focus on 237 ‘C’ and ‘D’ category towns in addition to some ‘A’ and ‘B’ category cities.
Expansion process
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If the expansion process goes ahead as envisaged after TRAI gives its recommendations that will be formulated after receiving the inputs of all stakeholders to a consultation paper it has issued earlier this week.
People of Karnataka will be one of the major beneficiaries of this expansion as a number of places will be brought under the FM radio map when it is implemented.
According to the list of cities suggested by BECIL where FM stations should be allowed in the State are Belgaum, Bellary, Devangere, Hubli-Dharwad (all four stations each), Bijapur, Bidar, Chitradurga, Chikmagalur, Gadag Betigeri, Hospet, Hassan, Kolar, Raichur, Shimoga, Tumkur and Udupi (all 3 stations each).

MUSIC TO EARS
According to the list of cities suggested by BECIL where FM stations should be allowed in the State are Belgaum, Bellary, Devangere, Hubli-Dharwad (all four stations each), Bijapur, Bidar, Chitradurga, Chikmagalur, Gadag Betigeri, Hospet, Hassan, Kolar, Raichur, Shimoga, Tumkur and Udupi (all 3 stations each).