Draft rules for land act to be public
The government will soon publicize the draft rules for implementing the Union government's flagship law - Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act. The revenue and parliamentary affairs...
View ArticleState agrees to ban mining in the Western Ghats
But not on quarrying and sand mining In its response to the Kasturirangan committee report on the Western Ghats, Karnataka has agreed to a “complete ban” on mining but not to a ban on quarrying and...
View ArticleStates asked to clear over 63,000 pending mining applications
Irked by the slow pace of disposal of mining concessions, the Centre has asked the states to clear over 60,000 applications without delays. "A huge 63,395 mineral concession applications are pending
View ArticleChunchaghatta lake under threat
One more water body in the City appears to be disappearing fast, with hunderds of truckloads of soil being dumped into Chunchaghatta lake. The People’s Campaign for Right to Water (PCRW), a...
View ArticleForest dept eyes CSR funds to enhance green cover
The Forest department is eyeing the money available under corporate social responsibility funds (CSR) of various companies to develop forests. The new CSR Rules which came into effect from April 1,
View Article28 of 30 districts in Karnataka get drought-affected tag from govt
In admission of a severe drinking water crisis, the Karnataka government on Thursday declared 28 of 30 districts and 125 of 176 taluks drought-hit. Chief minister Siddaramaiah explained to reporters...
View ArticleJust 3.5 pc of citizens in City eco-literate, finds survey
Just 3.5 per cent of citizens in Bangalore are “environmentally literate”, a door-to-door survey conducted by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in upmarket areas like Malleswaram and Rajajinagar has
View ArticleOrder of the Supreme Court of India regarding the provisions of Right to...
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of J. K. Raju Vs State of Andhra Pradesh & Others dated 09/05/2014. The Court has directed all States to give effect to the various directions already
View ArticleOrder of the National Green Tribunal regarding filling of major part of the...
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Octavia Albuquerque & Ors. Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 09/05/2014 regarding filling of major part of the...
View ArticleLayout formed on Venkataraya lake 'illegal'
The BDA formed a layout on Venkataraya lake at Gubbalala near Uttarahalli. It took 11 months for the Bangalore South tahsildar to admit that the layout formed on Venkataraya lake in Gubbalala village
View ArticleEl Nino-drought link still unclear, says water expert
Weather experts have said there is a “strong possibility” of the emergence of ‘El Nino,’ impacting this year’s monsoon in India. ‘El Nino’ is a phenomenon in which the warmer ocean currents along the...
View ArticleOrder of the National Green Tribunal regarding filling of major part of a...
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Octavia Albuquerque & Ors. Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 13/05/2014 regarding filling of major part of a
View ArticleStudy to assess traces of lead in City cops' blood
The exercise set to begin in June will be conducted in phases The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB), the Bangalore Traffic Police and the National Referral Centre for Lead Poisoning in...
View ArticleKarnataka comes up with new tourism policy
Karnataka’s refurbished five-year tourism policy, due to go in for Cabinet approval in June, plans to put the horse before the cart and address issues of infrastructure, manpower and safety first. New,
View ArticleKarnataka State Pollution Control Board fails to give sound solutions
BANGALORE: The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) was tasked with the job of finding solutions to the city's soaring decibel levels. In response to a high court directive, the board asked
View ArticleMandur residents stop garbage trucks from dumping
BANGALORE: Triggering yet another garbage crisis, residents of Mandur stopped over 200 garbage trucks on Tuesday near the landfill at Mandur, off Old Madras Road, in East Bangalore. They were protesting
View ArticleMGP to launch protest for safe and sufficient water
Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP), an NGO involved with customer-related issues and citizens' problems , on Sunday decided to launch an agitation to urge the government to resolve drinking water problem
View ArticleForum to hold talks with local residents on Ghats reports
Members of Paschima Ghatta Samrakshana Horata Vedike (Western Ghats Protection Forum) will hold talks with people residing in the vicinity of the Ghats to raise their voice against the government’s...
View ArticleSolar energy policy will be discussed in Cabinet, says Minister
‘Hike in power tariff inevitable due to high cost of power generation’ Minister for Energy D.K. Shivakumar on Tuesday said a new solar energy policy, that aims to promote solar power generation in the...
View ArticleBangalore Cyclists Bond Like Never Before
Until now, Bangaloreans cycled to beat the worsening city traffic. But there's more to cycling, claim avid cycling enthusiasts. Cycling is not just an eco-friendly and feasible mode of transport but can
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