Rama raddy Alavandi RAICHUR: The historical Mavinakere (Aaam Talab) is in a pathetic condition and the water level in the lake has also been depleting dayby-day. The district administration and CMC promises action to develop the lake every year.

BANGALORE:The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) has appointed 20 special officers to monitor water supply in the City this summer.

The officers will inspect areas allotted to them, interact with area officers and sort out issues among residents.

Besides encroachment by land sharks, intense pollution due to indiscriminate release of sewage and improper maintenance are driving the City

India's s very first government-authorised trials for stem cell-based therapies will commence next month in hospitals countrywide.
In a bid to bring affordable, off-the-shelf stem cell products to the Indian market, Bangalore-based biotechnology firm Stempeutics Research will start multi-centre, stem cell-based clinical trials on patients with diabetes, liver cirrhosis, osteoarthritis and chronic

Get ready to install the rainwater harvesting (RWH) structures in your house before the year end, or the BWSSB will do it and charge you on your water bill.

A senior officer of the Board confirmed to Deccan Herald that BWSSB will be following the Tamil Nadu method of enforcing the rule on RWH.

A total of nine tigers and 11 lions have died due to various reasons, including old age and ill health, in the Bannerghatta Zoological Park here in the past 14 months.

In a written reply furnished to the Legislative Assembly, Minister for Forest C H Vijayashankar today said that 75 animals, including lions, tigers, leopards, snakes and crocodiles, had died in the Park from January one, 2010 to

Five-feet long, two-feet wide and about three feet in height, the biogas machine designed and developed by the Bangalore-based Scalene Cybernetics Limited looks a trifle unwieldy for the kitchen in an average flat.

The machine, though, has the potential of revolutionising the fuel use in urban households by ridding them of the ubiquitous LPG cylinders.

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday accepted the report of a committee it constituted to examine the ground realities and prepare an action plan for the preservation of lakes in Bangalore.

During the hearing of PIL by Environment Support Group, challenging the privatisation of lakes in Bangalore by the Lake Development Authority, the report on lake by committee headed by Justice N K Patil was

The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is all set to axe 445 trees on the picturesque Sankey Road, ignoring protests from the Green Brigade.

The green canopy in the area will soon be history as the BBMP thinks that the widening of the road from Yeswanthpura Circle to the Cauvery Theatre cannot wait for long.

The green signal to chop the trees was issued by the Palike

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