The Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) conducted inspections in the mining areas bordering Tumkur district at Doddabyaladakere of Hosadurga taluk of Chitradurga district on Tuesday.
Bangalore: The Bellary brothers, considered the kingmakers of Karnataka politics, found themselves sidelined from the new ministry led by Sadananda Gowda after a tame surrender by the Jagadish Shet
The Karnataka Pollution Control Board seems to be keeping mum over the unchecked and illegal use of aerolite by granite cutting and polishing units in and around Ilkal district, despite its well-known detrimental effects on the environment and human health.
The goods train transporting ore has been at the Sasalu railway station in Holalkere taluk for one week now. Companies have stopped mining activities as a last ditch effort to avoid facing a ban in the face of the visit of the Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) to the district to study the impact of mining on the environment.
Bangalore: Aiming to encourage people to use public transport, the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) has proposed to introduce cycle racks on its Volvo buses allowing people to use the twin modes of transport for their convenience.
Investigators followed the money trail to zero in on the alleged attempts made by the JSW Group to influence the then Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa by giving huge illegal gratifications to his kin.
Bangalore/Chitradurga : Despite clumsy efforts by some mining firms to camouflage the brown hills, laid bare through consistent exploitation, with artificial green cover, the Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee has discovered a shocking increase in production of ore and total lack of clarity on lease boundaries during its visit to Chitradugra on Sunday.
New Delhi: After reports on illegal mining in Bellary felled Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, the Centre on Friday made a strong pitch for partial lifting of the ban on extraction of iron
Bangalore: Rain woes continued on Friday also, with several parts of the State receiving heavy rainfall. Four persons lost their lives - two in Belgaum and one each in Udupi and Kodagu districts. As many as 13 houses have partially collapsed in Haveri district, while several roads are inundated in Belgaum district.
