Bangalore: Waking up to reports on illegal sand mining, the government on Monday said a new policy will be announced within two months.

Agencies Told To Stop Filthy Supply

Bangalore: Asking the authorities to stop supplying contaminated water to many parts of Bangalore, the Karnataka high court on Thursday ordered notice to the state government, BWSSB, BBMP and the KSPCB.

Bangalore: A team of professors from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, is set to unveil Oorja, a smokeless gasified stove, for bigger markets.

Dengue Cases Shoot Up In Hospitals People Now Aware Of Virus

Bangalore: Seven patients a day -- that’s the average number turning up at the doors of each major hospital of the city, with dengue-like symptoms. The state health department is downplaying the issue in Bangalore, though cases are pouring in at both government and private hospitals.

That many areas of the city get contaminated water even for drinking, is old hat.

Karnataka will soon take up the Yettinahole project to provide drinking water to Bangalore Rural, Kolar, Tumkur and Chikkaballapur districts shortly.

RTI REVELATION: Environmentalists Suspect The Figure May Be Much Higher

In five years, the Karnataka government spent Rs 93.54 crore to check the quality of water under the National Rural Drinking Water programme.

The state government has made it clear that it is impossible to release 134 tmcft of water to Tamil Nadu between June and September as stipulated in the Cauvery tribunal's award.

BANGALORE: A petition has been filed in the special Lokayukta court against the chairman and senior environmental officer of Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) for allegedly granting p