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

CET will soon organize placements too

BANGALORE: Forget placements at B-schools. Now, IT biggies might soon land at the Karnataka Examination Authority campus to recruit students. The state government is working on using KEA as a platform to allow these companies to recruit students. Starting with the engineering stream, government plans to have placements at the end of sixth and seventh semesters.

According to sources, some companies recruit students only from cities leaving out rural areas, which has some of the best brains. If all the students are brought under one umbrella, it’ll be easy for companies to select students.

What has provoked the government is an incident at Bhatkal where a meritorious engineering student couldn’t get into campus placement as the companies did not visit his campus as it was located in a rural area.

“We have students with barely 60% from prime colleges making into the campus placement. But when it comes to a student from rural engineering college with over 75% he fails to get in as companies find it difficult to visit such colleges. This, in spite of these students having all the essential skills,” sources told TOI.

Recruitment process may commence in November as the CET seat selection process will conclude in September. “There won’t be much work after the counselling. Instead of allowing the building to be vacant we can utilise it for recruitment. A new building at KEA can also be used for the recruitment process,” sources added.

Stating that the move is not restricted to government colleges, sources said: “Our aim is only to provide a common platform.”

The government will provide all the facilities at KEA for the companies. It will not interfere in the selection criteria of the companies. The companies can either use the place for conducting tests or conducting interviews or both. “Since the placement happens at the end of 6th and 7th semesters, accommodating these students should not be a problem. The placement process can be held region-wise. We conduct counselling in six centres — Bangalore, Hubli, Gulbarga, Davanagere, Shimoga and Managalore. The companies can simultaneously conduct the interviews/selection process in all these centres,” sources explained.

The government will collect information from Visvesvaraya Technological University and from company placement officers on the candidates expected and the date they plan to conduct the selection process. After the schedule is given to KEA, necessary arrangements will be made.

A onestop shop for you at the rly station @ Bangalore City, Shimoga, Hassan, Bellary, Dharwad

Source: http://www.topnews.in/onestop-shop-you-rly-station-2130722

The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd (IRCTC) is planning to set up one-stop food stores in railway stations across India by June this year.

And here's the best part. Bangalore will be the first city to have such a facility. "Passengers have to go stall-hopping for colas, snacks and books. We are trying to integrate stalls scattered across stations into six to seven large format stores where passengers can buy everything under one roof," IRCTC chief regional manager (South Western Zone) S Gagarin said on the sidelines of the CII 9th annual tourism summit. IRCTC is also trying to rope in KFC and McDonald's for standalone outlets at the stations.

With 85 percent of IRCTC's revenue coming from the food segment, Gagarin expects the kitty to grow with the plan. IRCTC is also planning to roll out fast food joints across nine stations in Karnataka —Bangalore City, Shimoga, Hassan, Bellary, Dharwad.

Sobia Khan/ DNA-Daily News & Analysis Source: 3D Syndication

WB-aided scheme to help revive lakes (The Jala Samvardhana Yojana (JSY))

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Hubli/WB-aided_scheme_to_help_revive_lakes/articleshow/4138517.cms

DHARWAD: The government has chalked out a special scheme to develop over 1,200 lakes in eight districts in a span of four years at a cost of Rs 306.98 crore. The Jala Samvardhana Yojana (JSY) will cover 1,224 lakes in Belgaum, Bijapur, Chikamagalur, Davanagere, Dharwad, Hassan, Shimoga and Uttara Kannada districts.

The state has over 36,000 lakes with a capacity to irrigate 6.85 lakh hectares of land. These tanks have also been the main source of water for animal husbandry, drinking water and underground water. But most of them are in bad state due to silt formation, encroachment and unscientific way of management.
The scheme, launched by the department of minor irrigation, aims at involving community in maintaining the lakes through formation of Lake Management Associations at the village level. These associations will, besides taking up measures to keep the lakes in good condition, employ locals belonging to economically weaker section.

K Uday Kumar, JSY district planning co-ordinator, said the World Bank-aided project implemented in the state in 2001 had shown good results. The action plan for another 1,224 lakes would ensure improvement in rural economy.

"The village panchayats concerned will have to contribute 12% of the lake development cost while 6% will be in the form of cash and the remaining should be in the form of labour," Kumar said. The Grama Sabhas should agree to contribute the amount so that lakes are included in the project.

The action plan involves creation of congenial atmosphere for participation of the community in lake management, taking up community development programmes to strengthen organizational set-up, physical development of lakes by way of repairs and construction, development of agriculture and horticulture in command area and development of fisheries in lakes among others.

The lake management societies comprising water users will be registered under Panchayat Raj Act. Once the lake is developed, the society concerned will have to maintain it. The district units of JSY, under the chairmanship of the respective DCs, will monitor the works of societies.

Kumar said the members of the society at village level will be educated and trained in lake management. A week-long special training camp began on Monday at Forest Training Institute in Gungaragatti near Dharwad.

Karnataka Govt planning industrial corridor

Hubli (PTI): The newly-elected BJP government in Karnataka plans to establish an industrial corridor along National Highways NH4 and NH218 with the objective of generating employment to people in North Karnataka region, state Minister for Large and Medium industries Murugesh Nirani has said.

Speaking to reporters, the minister, who is in-charge of Dharwad district, said that industries could tap into the raw material resources and basic facilities available along the two highways, connecting Bangalore to Belgaum and Hubli to Bijapur.

He said that iron ore was available in Bellary and instead of exporting iron ore, iron sponge plants could be set up at Bellary, Tumkur and Chitradurga districts. Similarly, steel plants could be set up to provide employment.

Similarly in Bagalkot, Gulbarga and Tumkur district, where limestone is available, cement plants could be set up.

Nirani said that in Bagalkot, Bijapur, Belgaum, Shimoga districts, centres of horticulture, foodprocessing units could be set up using the agricultural products here.

The government would appeal to industrialists to establish industries in Hubli-Dharwad, for which a high level committee would meet at Bangalore on June 27 to consider 36 pending plans and encourage them to move to North Karnataka for establishing industrial units here, he said.
Of the 45 SEZs planned, two for Belgaum and one for Hubli-Dharwad had been sanctioned, he added.

High-speed rly corridor gets Centres approval

High-speed rly corridor gets Centres approval
DH News Service,Bangalore:

The Railway Ministry has agreed to the State government’s suggestion to set up a high-speed railway corridor between Bangalore and Hubli and Hubli and Pune besides extending it to Mysore from Bangalore.Participating in a discussion on the railway projects in Karnataka organised by the State Council Secretariat, Principal Secretary to Department of Infrastructure V P Baligar said that a joint survey for setting up the corridor would be taken up soon.

Earlier the Centre had shown reservation to the State’s suggestion made in this regard. In fact the Centre had proposed a high speed railway corridor between Bangalore-Chennai and Bangalore-Cochin. But Karnataka had told the Centre that it would not participate in the project as it would not benefit the State.Similarly the State has also suggested for setting up a flight corridor between Bangalore -Hubli and Hubli to Pune. Baligar said that a feasibility study would be conducted regarding laying of a railway line upto the Jog Falls.

At present the railway line is being laid upto Talaguppe, which is about 14 kms from the Jog Falls. “This step is being contemplated to boost tourism,” he added.Baligar said the State had suggested to the Centre to take up Gadag-Haveri, Kushalnagar-Holenarasipura, Shimoga-Harihar, Dharwad-Bailahongal-Belgaum, Shahabad-Bagalkote-Kuchi and Talaguppa-Honnavar lines. Already survey had been ordered in case of Talaguppa-Honnavar line.

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.
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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).