Despite intensive pulse polio immunisation programmes in the state from last three years, 83 fresh cases have been reported in the current year with Gulbarga district, Karnataka alone recording 16

Every year in the Hindu month of Ashada, the hunting tribe of Hakki-Pikki engage themselves in gory and ghoulish ritual of killing and sacrificing animals.The Hakki-Pikki tribals have been

Field trials of Bollgard cotton varieties by the American-based multi-national company Monsanto inthe State is not related to the much feared "terminator gene" which prevents the use of second

FKCCI :Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI) President K Lakshman today said Cogentrix Energy Inc., should submit a fresh report on environmental hazards likely to be

Officials of the forest and food cell of the police department have seized eight wild animals, including a lion, a female leopard and two foxes, after arresting five people for running an

The Karnataka State Government does not intend to evict tribals from the Nagarhole forest area, Lok Sabha MP C H Vijayshankar said on

Law and Parliamentary Affairs Miniter M C Nanaiah today told the Legislative Council that the forest department had spent a total of Rs 38 crore on social forestry schemes in various parts of

The Karnataka High Court today ordered issue of notice to the forest department on a public interest petition seeking clearance of encroachments from a part of the Muthodi Reserve Forest in

The Indian Space Research Organisation(Isro) has developed a satellite-based Digital Sound and Data Broadcast (DSDB) system to meet many emerging applications, a team of Isro scientists said

Minister of State for environment Basavaraja Shivannanavar said the process of chalking out an "environemnt policy" has began and a final draft of the policy would be placed in the next Assembly

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