As part of the Earth Day celebrations, Eco-Watch conducted, under their Urban Forestry Project, the planting of a variety of native species at the bio-diversity park in Hoskote on Friday, along with the employees of Intel India.

In a significant development, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has completed the project report on the proposed Indian manned space mission slated for a takeoff in 2015. According to its chairman G.Madhavan Nair, the report will soon be submitted to the Government for approval. "We are basically targeting a seven-year period, planning to launch the mission in 2015 for which there is good clarity on the roadmap such as the technologies required, the estimated Rs.10,0000-million for the mission, the agencies who would be participating and so on," observed Nair.

stress, among other things, triggers the frequency of epileptic fits

bangalore Municipal Corporation's road projects have hit a dead end due to non-availability of funds. The corporation had applied for Rs 7,536 crore for flyovers and grade-separator projects under

Construction work on the Bangalore metro rail project is on amid protests from environmentalists. While activists say the project will lead to further traffic congestion, officials justify the

on august 30, the Karnataka government passed a cabinet decision to invite global tenders for the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor Project. Following this, the war between the project's

Commerce minstry's subsidy package to bail out vanilla farmers The commerce ministry will bring out a subsidy package to bail out vanilla farmers who have been badly hit by the falling prices of