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 …
The High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday sought a status report on the super critical thermal power station at Yermarus in Raichur district, proposed to be set up by the Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL). Nagabhushana and others, all residents of Yermarus village, had approached the court seeking that the …
Poor menstrual hygiene, lack of life skills have affected their education Only 30 per cent of the girl students in hostels wash their hands before eating after defecation, while only 40 per cent take bath everyday. While about 60 per cent of the girls cut their nails regularly, open defecation …
The High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday directed the public prosecutor to secure records pertaining to work on Tungabhadra Left and Right Bank canals in Bellary, Raichur and Koppal districts. A public interest litigation (PIL) was filed by Noor Mohammad and Riyaz Ahmed alleging substandard work has gone into the …
The state government on Tuesday submitted its objections in the matter related to the ban on the insecticide Endosulfan. The state government said it banned the insecticide based on the report of the committee which it had formed. This committee which submitted its report in 2004 was of the opinion …
Climate change has resulted in several kinds of aberrations in the weather phenomenon all over the globe. The recent unprecedented rainfall leading to floods in 13 districts of North Karnataka was said to be one such event. Very high rainfall received over a short period of time in a region …
The Karnataka government on Monday decided to spend Rs.4,633 crore on 55 projects and programmes in the districts of north Karnataka for all-round development of the backward region. "To bring about overall development of the Hyderabad-Karnataka region and remove regional imbalances, we have decided to implement 55 projects and programmes …
The Centre for Sustainable Development (CSD) has proposed to establish in situ conservation sites in 13 districts of the State, where it would collect information about floral biodiversity and document it. The Centre is also planning to start research and conservation of Rare, Endangered and Threatened (RET) species and link …
KOLKATA, 27, JULY: Ramakrishna Mission has sunk six tubewells in the Aila-affected areas in South 24 Parganas using the Statesman Calamity Relief Fund. Three tubewells have been sunk in Chotomollakhali, Bazarpara, two in Kumirmari and one in Amtali in South 24 Parganas under the Aila cyclone relief project taken up …
As many as 236 villages in 13 districts of the State have been reeling under acute drinking water shortage. A sum of Rs 19 crore has been released to supply water through tankers to these villages. Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister Jagadeesh Shettar said on Thursday said that depletion …
Bangalore: With a view to saving farmers from resorting to distress sale of paddy, owing to slump in prices, Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa on Wednesday said the Government will release Rs. 80 crore from the revolving fund and purchase paddy in Bellary, Koppal, Raichur, Davangere, Shimoga and Yadgir districts. Addressing …
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has bagged the Rs 6,300 crore contract from Raichur Power Corporation Limited (RPCL) for setting up a 1,600 MW supercritical thermal power project in Karnataka. The project envisages design, engineering, manufacture, supply, erection and commissioning of two coal-fired thermal units of 800 MW each with …
P M Raghunandan, Bangalore, Apr 14, DHNS: Rise in prices of essential commodities may have scourged the middle class most, but they are not ready to consume the PDS (public distribution system) rice (also called ration akki) available at lesser price despite it being good quality. Consider this: The State …
Devotees sacrificed thousands of rams and buffaloes at the Durugamma Devi Jathra in Donnegudda village of Kushtagi taluk on Sunday. Buffalo bulls and rams sacrificed at Donnegudda village of Kushtagi taluk in Raichur district. dh PhotoThough the district administration claims to have stopped animal sacrifice in Donnegudda, the gory scene …
While almost every individual across all sectors of employment have felt the heat of economic downturn, over 3,000 employees of the State-owned Hutti Gold Mines Limited (HGML) in Raichur district are having their best time ever. Consider this. The monthly salary of all employees of the company has gone up …
State Expects Major Employment Boost From Steel Plant, Works Out Incentives For Co KARNATAKA CM BS Yeddyurappa is likely to chair a meeting with ArcelorMittal on October 27, to take forward the latter
The State government would take up Jala Nirmala scheme at the cost of Rs 1,100 crore in eleven districts of north Karnataka including Bagalkot, Bidar, Belgaum, Bijapur, Dharwad, Gadag, Gulbarga, Haveri, Koppal, Raichur and Uttara Kannada. Home Minister V S Acharya, briefing the media after a Cabinet meeting, said that …
Sample this. For October 1, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) average rain forecast over Raichur district was 27 mm. However, the district was rainwashed with an unprecedented downpour of 198 mm on that day. Similarly, over Bellary, IMD forecast for October 2 was 68 mm, while the actual incidence recorded …
Satish Shile, Oct 12, DHNS, Talamari (Raichur district): Talamari and Kukatanur, flood-hit villages on the banks of the River Tungabhadra, are just five kilometres apart and are in two different states. But in terms of flood relief works carried out by the respective governments (Talamari is in Karnataka, while Kukatanur …
