BBMP plans road show against POP idols
BENGALURU: Mayor Gangambike Mallikarjun on Wednesday held a detailed discussion with heads of various schools and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) officials from Bengaluru west to spread awareness
New Indian Express (Bangalore)
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PIL Against Water Wastage During IPL
BENGALURU: Taking a cue from Mumbai, a city-based priest filed a public interest litigation in the high court seeking directions to BWSSB to check injudicious use of water for Indian Premier League matches
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Eyes in the Kali Foresters Keep Track of Animals Through
Did you know that 14 per cent of leopards in Kali Tiger Reserve are melanistic in nature? Melanistic or black leopards are black mutated animals of the same species. Their pitch dark colour, cat eyes
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Babus to Get the Stick for Lake Encroachments
Officials of the departments concerned and civic agencies will be held responsible for any more encroachment of lakes after completion of the ongoing survey of lakes in Bengaluru Rural and Urban districts.
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Drought in North Karnataka; South Overuses Ground Water Resources
While North Karnataka has been hit hard by the dry spell and is facing a severe drinking water shortage, it is the districts of south-interior Karnataka which are digging deeper into the ground and overexploiting
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Bengaluru Has Drinking Water Only For 60 Days
Bengaluru and Mysuru are in for difficult days ahead: drinking water stocks will last for just 60 days. A failed monsoon has brought down the water levels at the Kabini reservoir to less than 6.4 tmc
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Many Theories, Few Answers on Ulsoor Lake Fish Kill
BENGALURU: A day after thousands of fish were found dead in Ulsoor Lake, the government has ordered a clean-up. It also set a week’s deadline for stakeholders to give reasons for the fsh kill. Mahendra
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Rs 750 Cr for Bellandur Clean-up, Cauvery Project
BENGALURU: The frothing, dying Bellandur Lake may get a new lease of life. In a generous gesture by the Centre, the Union Budget has allocated `750 crore to the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board,
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World Bank Okays Assistance for 24x7 Water Supply to Hubballi
The World Bank has okayed a $100-million loan to provide 24x7 water supply to Hubballi-Dharwad. The green signal was given during a meet held on Monday and Tuesday in New Delhi between the WB and state
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Climate Change has Put Focus on Necessity of Renewable Energy'
BENGALURU: Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu on Sunday said climate change has put the focus on the necessity of renewable energy and this is also being used as an opportunity to help the transition to a
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Procedures Not Followed in Leopard rescue: Experts
HUBBALLI: Wildlife conservationists fear that increasing incidents of elephants and leopards straying into human areas and the subsequent rescue operations which are conducted in an ad-hoc manner are presenting