Questioning whether the interlinking of rivers would require land acquisition, the Supreme Court on Monday said it might not favour the project if it meant a huge financial burden on the government

Use of chemical pesticides in plantations in the Western Ghats might have wiped out a few endemic odonate species including damselflies and dragonflies, fear experts.

The International Court of Arbitration’s interim stay against India doing any permanent construction over Kishanganga riverbed does not make any material difference to the country given the fact th

The Supreme Court on Thursday directed that all three appeals filed by Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala against the final orders of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal be listed for hearing in the third week of October.

The Tamil Nadu government has filed an application in the Supreme Court for a direction to the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal to take up for hearing the petitions seeking ‘guidance and explanation' on the final order passed by the tribunal in February 2007 under Section 5 (3) of the Inter-State Water Disputes Act and dispose of the same at an early date. It is to be mentioned on Thursday for early listing.

London-based Hardy has been forced to stop crude oil production at its Cauvery basin block because the Oil Ministry has refused to extend a key contract in the field without competitive bidding, go

According to sources in the Agriculture Department, kuruvai paddy has been raised in about 9,834 hectares (ha) this year. This is the highest coverage achieved in the district during kuruvai after 2000-01. The system of rice intensification technique has been adopted in 5,432 ha, accounting for more than 50 per cent of the total area.

Engineers from the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) visited HAL 3rd stage - Konena Agrahara - on Monday to check on the water shortage in the area. Deccan Herald had carried a report on the problem in the edition dated July 18.

The engineers enquired about water supply problems and cleared clogged drains in the area.

Sea erosion intensifies in coastal districts; gruel centres set up
Bangalore: Heavy downpour over the past three days has claimed three lives and disrupted normal life in several parts of the State.

Hanumanthappa Adiveppa Kari (65) was killed in a house collapse at Devagiri in Haveri taluk on Sunday.

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