Naxals shifting base from Kudremukh to new areas
Lack of suitable environment for their activities around Kudremukh and increased combing operations by the Anti-Naxal Force (ANF) are driving Naxalites towards other ‘safer’ forests in the State.
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Damned by development
For almost a year, ecologists in the state have been taking up cudgels against plans to start a major hydel project in the ecologically sensitive Western Ghats. The 200 MW power project across Gund
We want to meet our children, say kin
Sakeenabi (55), the mother Mohammed Yusuf, who has been arrested by the CCB for alleged terror links, was unable to control her tears when scores of media mikes were held at her face. She was at the B
Cops knew of attempts to infiltrate media
Was the journalist, who was arrested for terror links a victim of systematic indoctrination? Police say terrorist organisations were looking at areas apart from engineering and medicine to plant their
Garbage, then rallies: City pays a huge price
Here is a classic example of how, in the process of solving one problem, more are created. Commuters from South Bengaluru were stuck on the roads for over an hour as Congress workers protested against
70 pc rainwater goes waste
Blame it on the way the city has developed in the last one decade that 70 per cent of the rainwater that Bengaluru receives goes waste. It does not percolate to recharge the ground water, but gets mix
After deluge, craters show up on city roads
The downpour over the last week has exposed a major recurring problem on city road. At least 20 places, huge potholes have surfaced, affecting free flow of traffic – during and after the rain. On Satu
For accurate count, tigers to get UID
Soon, tigers in India will have a unique identification number and code to avoid duplicate sightings of the big cats across reserves that are inter-connected. It will also give a more accurate estima
Special DC ‘gifts’ land to squatters
The Revenue Department has done it again. A prime forest land abutting the Bannerghatta National ark (BNP) has now been divided into many pieces and given away by a special deputy commissioner. In all
August Nation
Mightier than sword
It was a whole different world then. The country was nothing like we know it today. The cry for swadesh was in the air and freedom fighters left no stone unturned to take on th