The Supreme Court on Tuesday told the Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise (NICE) that the company will not be able to get possession of land for undertaking the ambitious multi-thousand crore Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor Project (BMICP) till the issue of land compensation was resolved.

A three-judge Bench headed by Justice R M Lodha refused to hear further a contempt petition filed by NICE seeking action against the State government for failing to acquire land for the project.

NGOs, villagers set up purification plant to provide clean water at 10paise/litre

Residents of Kadapathi Halliyal village in the taluk are a fortunate lot. They get purified drinking water at just 10 paise per litre, a study in contrast to people of other villages who cannot afford this luxury.The initiative of the K H Patil Foundation and Rural Medical Service Society (RMSS), in association with the Kadapathi Halliyal Gram Panchayat and the villagers - which have installed the ‘Shuddha Neeru’ water purification plant - has paid off.

Industry wants quick SC intervention as the only alternative for survival

Seven months after the Supreme Court issued a detailed corrective plan for rampant illegal mining in Karnataka, until recently the iron ore hub of India, the viability of the Rs 45,000-crore steel industry in the southern state remains in question.

Minister draws flak for preferring Ettinahole over Paramashivaiah Report

The agitation for water is likely to intensify in the coming days as various agitation committees in Chikkaballapur and Kolar are set to protest for the cause, following the visit of Minister Veerappa Moily to Bagepalli.

The Karnataka High Court has issued a notice to the district administration on illegal sand mining in district.

Following the notice, issued on a petition by Rajya Raitha Sangha, the district administration has put a brake on rampant sand mining on the banks of River Hemavathi and Thunga Bhadra.

State government loosing huge amount of royalty If Bellary district gained notoriety for illegal iron ore mining, Chikmagalur district seems to be following it’s foot steps for unabated illegal sand mining.

Sand mining going on blatantly on the banks of river in Chikmagalur district.This surely does not require any proof because everyone is well aware of the ongoing sand mining in banks of almost every major river in the district.

Women in anganwadis ended up selling food supplied to them as cattle fodder

The Department of Women and Child Development (DWCD) was spending more than Rs 600 crore annually to provide nutritious food to children, pregnant and lactating mothers, and adolescent girls. But the Department failed to act when consistent reports from anganwadi centres streamed in about rejection of the food by children and mothers, which they sold as cattle feed in the market.

BANGALORE: Karnataka can boast of 9,000 'environment-friendly schools' by the end of this financial year.

A study on the impact of radiation on the health condition of people living around Kaiga Nuclear Power Generation Station has commenced.

Kaiga nuclear power plant. The survey is being conducted by Tata Memorial Cancer Research Institute, Mumbai, and the Community Health Centre of Kasturba Medical College, Manipal.

Doctors suspect virus could have mutated

The ghost of Influenza A (H1N1) which spooked the State three years ago has returned to haunt it again. The State Health and Family Welfare Department has said that the disease has killed three persons since January 2012.