The Pied Tit or White Naped tit has been spotted after a gap of 25 years in the state by Mysore-based ornithologists K B Sadananda and A Shivaprakash.

White Naped Tit, which has been seen by just three avid bird watchers in the state in the last 25 years, has been spotted after a gap of 25 years in the state by Mysore-based ornithologists K B Sadananda and A Shivaprakash.

Report on mining irregularities in Karnataka is out A mining company in Andhra Pradesh has extended its area and operations into Bellary district in Karnataka, said an investigation of mining irregularities in Karnataka. Karnataka

By Shyam Sundar Vattam,DH News Service,Mysore:
Stuck with no leads in the inquiry into mysterious death of four elephants in Nanjangud taluk last month, the Forest Department is mulling over entrusting the case to Corps of Detectives (CoD).

By Subhash Chandra N S,DH News Service,Bangalore:

The Secretary, Urban Development Department (UDD) has submitted a comprehensive report in connection with the protection of the Gottigere lake on which the Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) planned to build its road.

By Shyam Sundar Vattam, DH News Service, Mysore:
Kyata, a nine-year-old tusker, which is presently in a camp at Moorkal in Hunsur taluk of Mysore district for killing its mahout in K Gudi Forests of Chamarajanagar District last month, is in the news again. This time, the tusker broke an armpit of a person who went to feed it inside the crawl.

The halubidda kere is a familiar landmark in most of our villages. It is important that our tanks and lakes are revived, points out S V Upendra Charya

Jusco: New feather in cap
Jamshedpur: Jamshedpur Utilities and Services Company Limited (Jusco), a Tata Steel subsidiary that takes care of water supply and other civic amenities of the city, has bagged a Rs 152-crore, six-year-long water management contract for Mysore, the city of the famed Vrindavan Gardens.

DH News Service,Mysore:
To check the growing wild elephant-human conflicts, In-charge Deputy Conservator of Forests Yatish Kumar mooted a plan on the lines of South Africa to prevent wild elephants straying into human habitat in Mysore and Chamarajanagar districts.

In South Africa, railway tracks have been used as fence and is a great success, he noted.

To mitigate the impact of Indoor Air Pollution (IAP), Shell Foundation is initiating a campaign to create awareness on its hazardous effects, reports L Subramani