Bengaluru will join Delhi in rolling out BS-6 emission norms
A steady rise in air pollution has prompted Karnataka State Pollution Control Board and other stakeholders to implement Bharat Stage-6 emission norms in Bengaluru along with Delhi in April. The Board
View ArticleGoa’s case at Mhadei Tribunal strengthened
PANJIM: The hearing on the water sharing of River Mhadei before the Mhadei Water Dispute Tribunal has strengthened Goa’s case with State witness, environmentalist Rajendra Kerkar, giving accurate replies
View ArticleWind Power: Narendra Modi government set to come up with 2000 MW projects...
The Central government is coming up with the reverse auction of 2,000 MW of wind power projects connected to the inter-state transmission system. The Central government is coming up with the reverse
View ArticleChikkamagaluru road project will sound death knell for Western Ghats
BENGALURU: Two governments are fighting to execute one road between Chitradurga and Bantwal. Opposing this project are forest officials, locals and wildlife activists. They say the Shisila-Byrapura Road
View ArticleOrder of the National Green Tribunal regarding cleaning up of Bellandur lake...
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Court on its own Motion Vs. State of Karnataka And D. Kupendra Reddy Vs. State of Karnataka & Others dated 27/11/2017 regarding cleaning up
View ArticleGovernment moots separate pollution control board to monitor B’luru
BENGALURU: Spiralling levels of pollution in the city have prompted lawmakers to contemplate setting up a separate pollution control board for the megacity. With various studies indicating that the
View ArticleNoisy vehicle silencers will be closed chapter in Bengaluru
BENGALURU: Next time you get caught with a defective silencer in your bike/car, you will not just end up paying but also have to be a mute spectator when the bulldozers will crush your silencer. In a
View ArticleTata Power Renewable Energy commissions 100 MW project in Karnataka
Tata Power Renewable Energy today said it has commissioned its 100 MW solar plant project in Karnataka. With this, the company’s total installed operating capacity now stands at 1,614 MW, it said in a
View ArticleCholera-like symptom spreads in Varthur labour sheds, epidemic claims three...
Panic swept the labour sheds at Belagere in Varthur where a cholera-like epidemic has claimed the lives of three and left 19 ill. Agitated labourers locked up BBMP medical staff camping at the sheds
View ArticleBuilders will have to obey NGT order on dust pollution
Bengaluru: Taking a decisive step towards combating the problem of dust from construction activities polluting the air in major cities, the Karnataka government has issued a slew of directives to builders
View ArticleSound pollution: Indiranagar rooftop bar gets HC nod to operate
BENGALURU: The high court on Wednesday directed the BBMP to de-seal an Indiranagar bar-cum-restaurant which was shut down due to alleged sound pollution on December 20. Justice Vineet Kothari also sought
View ArticleOrder of the National Green Tribunal regarding use of an abandoned quarry as...
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Venkatesh & Ors. Vs Union of India & Others dated 05/01/2018 regarding use of an abandoned quarry at village Bagalur, Jala Hobli, Bengaluru
View ArticleGovt wants elephants sterilised to curb their rising numbers
The state Forest Department has asked the Ministry of Environment and Forest's approval to perform immuno-contraceptive operation on female elephants to control the population of the pachyderms. With
View ArticleTN has second largest area with sandalwood tree distribution in India
CHENNAI: Nearly one-third of the area in the country with sandalwood distribution is in Tamil Nadu with the state covering an area of 3,040sqkm spread across several districts. India has a total area of
View ArticleBird flu scare in Karnataka: Maharashtra govt tells 6 districts to monitor...
Health officials in Nanded, Sangli, Osmanabad, Latur, Kolhapur and Solapur, have been asked to raise awareness in poultry farms and look for possible infected cases in bordering villages. The Maharashtra
View ArticleAvian flu: 942 birds culled, surveillance to continue
Bengaluru: The animal husbandry and health and family welfare departments will continue the sanitation and disinfection drive at Dasarahalli, Yelahanka, wherein a stray incidence of avian influenza with
View ArticleIron ore cap in Karnataka still not enhanced despite Supreme Court's order
The apex court has lifted the five-year-old ceiling from 30 million tonnes to 35 million tonnes for the A and B category mines Last month, Supreme Court has enhanced the cap, limit to iron ore mines
View ArticleSuzlon chief takes over as head of wind turbine makers’ body
Tulsi Tanti, Chairman and Managing Director of wind turbine manufacturing company Suzlon Energy, is the new President of the Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers’ Association. Tanti took over from Sarvesh
View ArticleMahadayi row: Goa to file contempt plea against Karnataka
Accuses K'taka of resuming Kalasa canal work violating SC order Panaji: The Goa government will file a contempt petition before the Supreme Court and the Mahadayi Water Dispute Tribunal against Karnataka
View Article‘Streamline collection of garbage from schools’
BENGALURU: Garbage disposal is a bugbear that has dogged the entire city and while the piles of rubbish on roadsides have often garnered focus, one issue that has slipped under the radar is collection
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