Judicial history was made in India when a Bangalore sessions judge accepted DNA fingerprinting as evidence to convict the accused in a murder case. This is the first time the results of this

Opposition to multinationals in the agriculture sector in Karnataka may soon spread throughout India

The Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha has charged these 23 foreign collaborations with exploiting the country"s genetic wealth in the agriculture sector:

Promotion of water guzzling crops like rice is leading to maximum utilisation of river waters in India. The Cauvery dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu is probably the first of such problems that lie ahead

For geological reasons, Tamil Nadu has always had the lion's share of the Cauvery waters. But when Karnataka built the Krishnarajasagara dam, it secured the advantage

For 50 years the Mettur dam was completed. Tamil Nadu farmers used more than 75 per cent of the Cauvery waters, which was largely responsible for the tremendous escalation in rice cultivation in the

As the Cauvery tribunal tries to resolve the water sharing dispute, it becomes evident that monsoons hold the key