State to control jumbo count with contraceptive vaccine
Karnataka will soon experiment with the hugely successful South African birth control technique to check the growing elephant population in the state, in the face of increasing human-elephant conflict.
View ArticleIndo-German team to study man-wildlife conflict in state
Experts will visit Kodagu, Nagarahole, Bandipur from Aug 10 The incidents of wild animals straying into human habitations have increased in Karnataka over the years. India is in the process of bagging
View ArticleCivil society must unite against those harming environment’
Social activist S.R. Hiremath said civil society should launch a collective struggle against forces engaged in the plundering of natural resources in the name of economic development. Mr. Hiremath was
View ArticleSupreme Court asks Bengaluru builders to push projects back 75 metres from...
The Supreme Court on Monday asked all builders in the buffer zones of Bengaluru's famed lakes and wetlands to push back their projects 75 metres from the edge of these water bodies and refused to halt
View ArticleGovt will unveil new health policy covering all diseases
Mysuru: Health minister Ramesh Kumar said that the department is in the process of updating the existing health policy to cover all types of diseases. The updated policy will be launched on or before...
View ArticleSchool takes green stride, switches to solar power
Carmel High School is now a green school. Generating 66KW of power per day, a solar plant is fulfilling the institution's electricity needs. Set up at the school in Basaveshwarnagar, the plant was...
View ArticleNGT rule may drive 5.5L vehicles off roads
BENGALURU: Of the more than 61 lakh vehicles plying in the city, 5.5 lakh (9 per cent) of vehicles are more than 15 years old, according to records of the transport department. This means these old...
View ArticleGerman team visits Nagarahole to study man-animal conflict
In an effort to put an end to the rising human-animal conflict, an Indo-German team visited Nagarahole National Park in the taluk to study the possibilities of finding new methods to mitigate the problem
View ArticleHero Future awards contract to Gamesa for two wind energy projects
Gamesa received orders for 120 MW and 50 MW wind energy projects located at Kalyandurg (Andhra Pradesh) and Bableshwar (Karnataka), respectively Hero Future Energies, an independent power producer
View ArticleDakshina Kannada to be declared open defecation-free shortly
Dakshina Kannada district in-charge Minister B. Ramanath Rai on Monday said that Dakshina Kannada will be declared open defecation-free shortly as most of the households have come to have toilets....
View ArticleK'taka plans new dam at Mekedatu: Farmers to protest
CHENNAI: Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah's assertion on Monday that his government planned to build a reservoir at a cost of 5,912 crore in Mekedatu across the Cauvery is set to churn the political
View ArticleDept gears up to monitor illegal transportation of sand
MANGALURU: As the monsoon ban on sand mining ended on Monday, Dakshina Kannada department of mines and geology is now gearing up to monitor illegal extraction and transportation of sand. Since the sale
View ArticleGovt to unveil new sand policy soon: Jarakiholi
BELAGAVI: District minister Ramesh Jarkiholi hoisted the national flag at the CPEd Ground here on the Independence Day. He also honoured freedom fighters and released a booklet highlighting the Congress
View ArticleNow, Kadri park lights up with solar energy
A CSR initiative of KBL; 60 solar lamps installed at a cost of Rs 18 lakh Next time, if you want to take a stroll at Kadri Park even after dusk, you can do so, without bothering of power cut. On Tuesday,
View ArticleKarnataka facing worst water crisis in 40 yrs
The state is staring at the worst drinking water crisis in 40 years, the government said on Wednesday. "The inflow into Krishnarajasagar (KSR) reservoir has been very low and this is the worst situation
View ArticleTop companies in Byrasandra lake encroachers' list
The commissioner, who submitted his report to the court recently, has identified 3.95 acres of encroachment on the lake, which is located on survey number 112 of Byrasandra village, Varthur hobli, in...
View ArticleTN to move Supreme Court to get its due share of Cauvery water
CHENNAI: Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Thursday announced that in a day or two, the State government would move the Supreme Court to get the Cauvery water due to the State by filing an interim...
View ArticleReduction in forest area has led to deficit rainfall, says IISc study
The study, conducted by Prof T V Ramachandra, Centre for Ecological Sciences, IISc along with Uttam Kumar and Anandita Dasgupta, showed that the dense forest areas in the northern, central and southern
View ArticleForest rights: tribals demand land for dwelling
The tribals, who are residing inside the forest for generations and are protecting the forest for years, are yet to get a permanent place to dwell. The district has 154 tribal colonies (Haadis) with
View ArticleCentral University of Karnataka powers its campus the solar way
Central University of Karnataka (CUK) is saving lakhs of rupees every month by tapping into solar energy to meet the power requirements of the university campus at Kadaganchi in Aland taluk. “We have
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