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‘Save Chamundi Hills’ campaign in Mysuru gains momentum

Development projects will be a direct threat to scores of medicinal plants, flowering plants and about 150 species of birds

Planting data

Care for cover

A highway in Karnataka stands testimony to the efforts invested by a couple in the environment

Karnataka bans Bt cotton seeds following large-scale crop failures

Seed company, Mahyco, offered Rs 10 crore compensation to farmers when losses were to the tune of Rs 230 crore

KSPCB has existed for 4 decades, but kept no record of pollution sources: CAG

This record, if kept, would have helped the pollution control board plan a better, cleaner tomorrow

Sun burnt

In a panic to meet its solar energy target Karnataka changed its policy. The move has almost destroyed the initiative

From ‘incompatible with life’ to reclaiming life, outlook on TB is changing

Tuberculosis treatment is moving from germ theory to patients and their world

‘We inform locals about the wildlife in their backyard’

Sanjay Gubbi, who recently set up a nature information centre in Karnataka, says this it’s the first such centre to disseminate information …

How green are India's power plants?

Green rating of coal-based power plants in India by CSE offers starting insights into the sector

Has lifting subsidies depressed fertiliser use?

A survey reveals that while using fertilisers, farmers are seldom guided by their price alone.

Defiant

The Bilirangan Temple Sanctuary in Karnataka bristles with angry Soligas. Their sustenance denied, the tribals deliberate their next move

Contempt notice to Karnataka chief secretary in lakes protection case

Top state bureaucrat failed to set up lake protection committees to check encroachment, pollution and destruction of lakes in the state

This town in Karnataka has its very own Central Park

The Gubbi Tree Park, inaugurated recently by the Tumakuru Forest Division in Karnataka, has shone a light on creating state-of-the-art green …

The four pillars of panchayati raj

Homing in the forest

Incomplete success

Second roundtable of state ministers on panchayati raj

Flowing with the Kaveri

Scent of the fruit king

In Court

Surviving on wood

Collecting fuelwood provides a basis for survival for the poor around Dharwar

Women in power

Women elected to panchayats in Karnataka and Rajasthan function in two ways: some live up to expectations and other succumb to the pressures

A motley crew of forest protectors

In Karnataka's Kodagu district, a group of people battling timber traders trying to exploit their region's virgin forests has earned the wrath of …

Project brings cheap cement to the village

Narasimharaju's dream of providing inexpensive cement for rural use will come true when his plant starts production later this year.