DIRTY DROPS: 285 Deaths In State From 2010 To 2013 | Studies Find City Scene Alarming

In the first two weeks of May 2011, more than 30 persons took ill due to water contamination in Bangalore’s Dasarahalli zone. A year earlier, Mudda Gangamma, 62, of Doddaballapur died after consuming filthy water. Death due to water contamination is nothing new in Karnataka.

Coffee planters in Karnataka's Kodagu district are an apprehensive lot.

Bangalore: It’s been six years since the city recorded its last polio case, signalling a major achievement in eradicating the dreaded disease.

Bangalore: The city’s first citizen promised to install eToilets across the city a couple of months ago. But don’t set out looking for them because you won’t find one.

Mayor BS Sathyanarayana had made a tall promise that 100 eToilets — electronic public toilet booths — will be installed in several localities in 10 days. He also said he’ll provide money from his funds to build more public toilets to overcome their dire shortage in the city.

The high court on Tuesday asked the government to make its stand clear by January 21 on the mixed zone concept explained in Master Plan 2015.

As the state battles to tackle a grim power situation, sources in the Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL) have revealed that a proposal to set up a hydel power plant at Shivanasamudra, which

Govt Is Treating It Like Malaria Epidemic: HC

Bangalore: Observing that the Rs 20-crore allocation made by the state government towards relief/rehabilitation of endosulfan victims is “just peanuts”, the Karnataka high court on Thursday sought its response on a Rs 500 crore-Rs 600 crore corpus for the 6,000-odd victims.

About 600 Sqkm Of Reserve Will Be Monitored

Bangalore: In a month’s time, almost every inch of Nagarahole tiger reserve will be monitored and photographed 24x7 with 400 cameras set to be installed in different parts of the reserve.It is for the first time in the state that an entire tiger reserve is being covered by camera traps

The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Southern Zone, Chennai, has asked over a dozen industrial units to move out machinery and materials from Zone-3 of Thippagondanahalli reservoir catchment area (TG

Luckiest Member Of The 800-Strong Census Team Says There’s No Adventure Sport To Beat The Thrill

Bangalore: There is nothing that distinguishes Gopala Krishnaiah, 60, from the nearly 800 volunteers who were part of the tiger census that concluded on Monday. But the oldest of the volunteers was blessed with oodles of luck: In one hour, he spotted five tigers at Bhadra Tiger Reserve which extends across Shimoga and Chikmagalur districts.