Udupi : A rare  black panther  was spotted in a room behind the house of Kamala Shedi at Kadoor near Kokkarne on September 11, Wednesday. Sources said the  black panther had come chasing a puppy and had entered a bath enclosure in the house. One Sheena Marakala who was sleeping in the house, rushed around […]

Hebri: During a visit to Hebri Police station near Udupi to present a cheque of Rs3 lakh to the bereaved family of late Sadashiva Gowda murdered by Maoists brutally last week, as a compensatory relief and to offer his condolences to his Gowda relatives, DGP-IGP Shankar M. Bidri warned in a statement to Maoists that […]

Mangalore: Prof. K. R. Chandrashekar, the chairman of the department of applied botany in Mangalore University said that around two –third of the natures living creatures depend on forest resources, but unfortunately 1030 million square kilometers of forests has been deforested. He was delivering the keynote address at a seminar titled “Trees – Caretakers of […]

Panaji: Capping the extent of mining in the Western Ghats, stretching from Maharashtra to Kerala, is being considered, the head of a panel monitoring the area’s ecology said Tuesday. ‘We are certainly considering that (capping mining) and we will make some recommendations,’ said environmentalist Madhav Gadgil, who heads the Western Ghat Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP). […]

Sirsi: Dr.Veerendra Heggade advised the youth of the state here to away from evil habits. He was receiving the ‘Samyama’ (control) award presented to him, by Sirsi’s state level drinking abstinence Council, at Sahyadri Auditorium on Tuesday evening. When he stepped out for rural development work through Dharmasthala Rural Development Projects, he faced the challenges […]

Bangalore : The Western Ghats Task force, headed by Kanara MP, Ananth Hegde Ashisara, has asked the state to improve the livelihood of tribals and others living in the rain-rich forest ranges. Hegde met CM Yeddyurappa here today and sought a ban on large-scale mining in sensitive zones of Western Ghats, to protect ecology. The […]

Mangalore: Ecological experts and members of general public aware of ecological balance in nature, have discovered the Western Ghats as an ecologically sensitive zone that deserves preservation and careful maintenance and have urged the state govt. to protect the long line of Western Ghats for its precious wildlife and trees, as also water sources. They […]

Mangalore: A 3- day Bio-diversity was opened at St.Agnes College on Thursday, Jan.27, as part of the Annual Day Celebrations. The expo on wild life was inaugurated by Madhyastha, A Wildlife Board member. It is open between noon and 9am. Speaking on the occasion, Dr.N.A.Madhyastha stressed on the need to preserve bio-diversity provided by nature […]

Mangalore: Talking to newsmen in Subrahmanya on the Western Ghats, the DK Minister for ports and Environment safety, told on Friday that an order will be issued strictly to ban plastics in the old temples of the state and private temples run by local committees also will be asked to keep plastics out (while receiving […]