Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
Bangalore The Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) has increased power tariff across all categories by an average 13 paise per unit with immediate effect. This is the fourth such hike in the last two years. The hike varies from 10-20 paise a unit for different category of consumers. For the …
Cities in India are dreaming of becoming New York and London but we seldom worry about as basic an issue as sewage and its disposal in our country. The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has brought out a two-volume book titled Excreta Matters: Report on the State of India’s …
The State government was resorting to “jugglery of words” when speaking about the Netravati diversion project and the Yettinahole project, member of the Western Ghats Task Force B.M. Kumaraswamy said here on Wednesday. Speaking to The Hindu here on the sidelines of a programme organised by the task force and …
In a move that could accelerate the process of reducing the carbon footprint, IISc Bangalore has joined GreenTouch. GreenTouch is a consortium of technology companies (like Alcatel Lucent), non-governmental researchers and academics that focus on communication and data networks, which form the backbone of the Internet. Typically, telecom and cell …
Land losers to get 40 pc of the developed land After years of inaction, the formation of Arkavathi Layout seems to be back on track, with the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) starting the process of giving compensation to the land losers. At last: The Bangalore Development Authority begins work at …
Tremors: Residents and fishermen in coastal areas put on tsunami alert Bangalore and most parts of Karnataka are located in the least (seismic) active zone in the country, according to the seismic map of Indian Meteorological Department. The country is divided into five different zones, depending on the seismic activities. …
Nearly 300 wards across the State no longer get piped drinking water Searing summer heat and drought have hit piped water supply quite hard in urban areas. According to a report on drinking water crisis, prepared by the Department of Municipal Administration (DMA), residents of about 300 wards in various …
An 8.7 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia on Wednesday, sending residents around the region dashing out of their homes and offices in fear. A tsunami watch was issued for the whole Indian Ocean. The quake struck 308 miles (500 km) southwest of the city of Banda Aceh, …
New Delhi: The southern cities of Chennai and Bangalore have better and efficient fleets of buses compared to other big cities in India. A government report released for 2010-11 said state-owned buses plying in the two southern cities had higher vehicle productivity — km covered per bus per day — …
Doctors suspect virus could have mutated The ghost of Influenza A (H1N1) which spooked the State three years ago has returned to haunt it again. The State Health and Family Welfare Department has said that the disease has killed three persons since January 2012. A 45-year-old man from Chikaballapur and …
Haryana tops the list of 16 States where environment and forest clearance norms are being violated, fully or partially, by projects. In the 2011-12, a total of 86 projects in Haryana reported partial- or non-compliance with stipulated environmental norms, Ms Jayanthi Natarajan, Minister of State (Independent) for Environment and Forests, …
Govt agencies among the infringers, says minister Government agencies along with private individuals and companies have encroached 2,482 acres of forest land worth Rs 7,000 crore in and around Bangalore, Forest Minister C P Yogeeshwara told the Legislative Council on Wednesday. Replying to a query by Basavaraj Horatti (JD-S), Yogeeshwara …
Glory of City’s largest lake far from being restored; Rs 1.91 crore goes down the drain Despite spending Rs 1.91 crore, the rejuvenation of the Bellandur lake has been halted midway, states a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report. After the State government’s nod, the Bellandur lake, which is spread …
Residents of Rajagopalnagar in Peenya Industrial Area are forced to drink water, from a borewell, with high levels of chromium in the absence of an alternative. Not potable: A resident of Rajagopalnagar shows water drawn from a public tap in the area that is green in colour, due to chromium …
A Bangalore court Friday remanded former Karnataka minister G Janardhan Reddy in CBI custody for 10 days, instead of the 15 days the agency had asked for, in connection with an illegal mining case in Karnataka. Hours before the court was to decide on Reddy’s remand, his key aide Mahfouz …
Three more cities are switching over to Bharat Stage (BS)-4 emission norms from Thursday. These cities are Ankaleshwar in Gujarat, Hisar in Haryana and Bharatpur in Rajasthan. Already 13 cities, including Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Pune, Surat, Kanpur, Agra, Lucknow and Solapur are implementing the BS-4 …
An experiment to test the thermal conductivity of ferro fluids in space, devised by an 18-year-old from Bangalore, is vying for the top prize in an online competition: a chance to have his experiment conducted - and live streamed on YouTube — on the Space Station (ISS). Sachin Kukke’s experiment …
Colleges in Karnataka are evincing interest in setting up rooftop solar systems to meet their captive power demands. Karantaka's nodal agency to facilitate the development of non-conventional energy, Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Ltd (KREDL), is working with colleges to help set up the rooftop solar systems. “The power generated from …
BANGALORE: The Volvo hybrid bus, unveiled at the Delhi Auto Expo earlier this month, would be launched on Bangalore roads soon, Karnataka Transport Minister R Ashoka said on Monday. The 105-seater single bus would have a two-month trial run in the city, expected to be from this month itself, he …
The successfully concluded $8.48-billion Cairn-Vedanta deal has come “under cloud” following instances of serious human rights violations, default of payment, environmental damage in its mining and metal projects in India, as pointed by the Internal Security section of the Home Ministry against Vedanta and its group of companies. Following the …