A recent report of the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) has recommended to the Supreme Court that it extend the ban on mining in Bellary district to Tumkur and Chitradurga as well. The State government has to file its reply before the apex court on Friday.
The Supreme Court-appointed Indian Council for Forest Research and Education (ICFRE) team will visit mining areas in the district for five days from tomorrow to assess the environmental impact due
10 acres of land to be developed at Rs 100 crore by tourism dept
Department of Tourism has identified 10 acres of land near the popular Hogenakkal falls in the district for the development of eco-friendly tourism at an estimated cost of Rs 100 crore.
The Bangalore Development Authority’s move to plant saplings in a 300-acre grassland at Hesaraghatta in Bangalore North Taluk, the last patch of verdant landscape that’s home to a variety of wildlife, has ruffled the feathers of nature lovers, wildlife experts and photographers.
Bangalore : In a bid to take its civilian products to the masses, the Defence Research and Development Organisation, through its new H1N1 detection system, has made testing for the deadly flu more affordable and less time consuming.
The Karnataka Chief Minister has convened a meeting of senior bureaucrats and officials of the State on August 23 to discuss the Supreme Court's notice to the State Government on suspending mining
Over Rs 100 crore was withdrawn from fixed deposits linked to mining entities indicted in the Karnataka Lokayukta's report, on three consecutive days following the submission of the report.
During the begining of the monsoon heavy winds cause dust to fly from huge mounds which comprise waste from the gold mines which has been accumulated over a number of years.
Bangalore: For the BWSSB, water is always in the pipeline. Eight years ago, World Vision, a non-governmental organisation, had sanctioned Rs 18.75 lakh from its funds to lay individual waterlines to 2,500 homes at Kavalbyrasandra, Devarjeevanahalli, Doddanna Nagar, Thangamalainagar and Amavase Lane in the eastern parts of the City.But the project failed to fructify.
