People power
Movements to protest against the commercialisation of forests have gained momentum in Karnataka
Movements to protest against the commercialisation of forests have gained momentum in Karnataka
Even as environmentalists protest, the controversial Cogentrix thermal power plant is cleared by the Supreme Court
July 1987: Karnataka Power Corpora-tion Limited (kpcl) notifies a 2 x 210 mw coal based Thermal Power Station at Nandikur. August 1987: mef issues guidelines for citing of Thermal Power
The medicinal neem tree is under attack from an hitherto unknown fungus
Activists protest against mindless development in Uttara Kannada district
The Supreme Court has turned down an application by the Karnataka government to raise the height of the Almatti dam on the Krishna river in Karnataka. The Andhra Pradesh government says that
The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a writ petition contending that the Harihar Polyfibre company near Bangalore was discharging untreated effluents into the Tungabharda river and that the
Catching Veerappan, who amuses himself upsetting the government cart, is like trying to cage a titan. The State is in no position to meet his conditions for surrender. But his willingness to give up an outlaw s life has raised questions about precedents
Is Veerappan playing his last ace? Or is he having the last laugh on the incompetence of the State machinery?
A highway in Karnataka stands testimony to the efforts invested by a couple in the environment
Despite heavy deployment of police, Veerappan has remained elusive. The Special Task Force used the ugliest tactics to track him down, but failed
Veerappan s history has been written in red in official records. But support from high places as much as from the ordinary people has sustained him
How poor decision making encourages crime
How smuggling has affected villagers in Veerappan s area
A scribe did what the State could not he reached Veerappan
Sudden slacks in the hunt for Veerappan
Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh (AP) are heading for yet another water dispute with a public interest litigation being filed in the AP High Court, challenging the Karnataka government's decision to
The Karnataka High Court recently awarded damages worth Rs 21,000 to a petitioner Muniswamy Gowda, who had accused a rice milling industry of damaging his health. The court ordered the state
After months of political wrangling, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh (AP) are heading for a major legal showdown to assert their rights on Alamatti dam. Both have filed separate lawsuits in the Supreme
As chairperson of the Karnataka state pollution control board KSPCB , 39 year old <font class='UCASE'>K V Bengeri </font> has to contend with more than environmental problems: he has faced allegations of corruption and inefficient functioning in the b