The State government has decided to include Chikkaballapur, Bangalore rural, Gadag and Haveri districts under the National Horticulture Mission. With this, all districts of the State have been covered under the Mission.

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Mangalore, Aug. 4 The Dharwad-headquartered Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB)

The High Court has directed the State government to initiate appropriate action against those indulging in sand mining in the Tungabhadra river in the districts of Davangere, Haveri, Gadag and Bellary using mechanical devices.

Various efforts are on to popularise the use of millets. Farmers are realising the need for incorporating millets into their cropping system, writes Anitha Pailoor

Manjunath Sulloli lauds the spirit of community participation among people of Bijapur district and points out that it is this spirit that has helped the district become home to a model World Bank-funded multi-village drinking water project.

Call it a quirk of fate. When B.S. Yeddyurappa took oath as the Chief Minister of Karnataka's first BJP government on May 30, 2008, he did so in the name of the farmer. He knew he owed his present position to him. The first decision of his Cabinet was also seen as pro-farmer: the government announced that it would not charge them for the electricity sold to power irrigation pumpsets. However, a few days later, when his police opened fire to control a mob of violent protestors, the first victim, Siddalingappa Choori (35), was a farmer. Several others were wounded.

Drug Action Forum-Karnataka has estimated the share of iron supplements in the total pharmaceuticals market.