Public can contribute to the corpus; thrust on education, research

The Environment Ministry has decided not to consider any integrated steel plants and sponge iron plants that are dependent on iron ore from districts of Bellary, Tumkur and Chitradurga in Karnataka

23,000 acres of land has been identified adjoining Bisile forest range

But maintains it is treated before being supplied to City

Land acquired by government or its instrumentalities for a specific public purpose cannot be changed and transferred to private individuals or corporate bodies, the Supreme Court has held.

After firefighting the controversy over poverty line cut-off, the Congress-led UPA government may find itself in trouble on the matter of NREGS wages.

Kolar, Bangarpet, Srinivaspur among 70 drought-hit taluks in the State
The State government has declared Kolar, Malur and Bangarpet taluks drought-hit.

Karnataka’s ore company, KIOCL, has initiated talks to acquire an equity interest in an iron ore mine in the western African state of Mauritania that will give it access to resources for its propos

KSPCB issued show cause notices to 12 of its officials in three districts on September 22, as to why action should not be initiated against them, with the Lokayukta report on illegal mining pointing fingers at the Board too.

They consume 75 per cent of energy and emit 80 per cent of greenhouse gases
Cities have become major contributors of greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants responsible for climate change.