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The mismanagement of watershed and catchment areas, as well as the lack of accountability amongst our decision makers, are the prime causes of the floods in these regions.

When nature creeps in, we'll have nowhere to hide

The area has seen a massive decline of forests, without about 24 to 30 percent giving way to senseless, large-scale land...

22 Aug 2018 3:41 AM IST

l Banana peels help in removing other industrial effluents, like lead, copper, cadmium and zinc.

Bengaluru: Fruit peels could end frothing menace at Bellandur Lake?

Experiment by city engineering student shows positive results.

21 Aug 2018 4:25 AM IST

A section of the road at Karisandra ward (Image: DC)

Karisandra ward: A civic black hole

Siddaiah claimed that lack of education had pushed many young boys to selling ganja.

20 Aug 2018 6:20 AM IST

Volunteers from the NGO, SayTrees, and officials from the forest department with the drone, used to distribute seeds on Kallinayakanahalli hills of Gowribidanur.(Image Dc)

Bengaluru: Gowribidanur bombed... it's seeds from the skies!

NGO SayTrees takes up hi-tech afforestation drive with forest dept.

18 Aug 2018 3:15 AM IST

Aero Shows have been held from the very start at San Diego, and Bethpage in New York . The Bournemouth Air Festival in the United Kingdom too has never moved.

Aero India not a Travelling circus

The issue has to be looked at in practical terms and not become a matter of ego or political wrangling they emphasise.

15 Aug 2018 3:16 AM IST

Garbage dumped near National Games Village on Ejipura Main Road at Koramangala (Image: Shashidhar B)

In posh' Koramangala, no road, only trash!

Sarvesh Samanth said that due to the lack of garbage disposal system the garbage heap near the office is always huge.

13 Aug 2018 4:38 AM IST

Vegetables are an inevitable and important part of a healthy and balanced diet.(Image Dc)

Go no-veg: Toxic City's unpalatable facts

The government should treat the water to the prescribed limit before pumping it to the countryside.

9 Aug 2018 6:10 AM IST

According to Indian standards, the TDS in water should not be more than 500 mg/l Hardness: According to Indian standards, hardness of water has to be less than 200 mg/l.

Bengaluru: Is this hard, TDS filled water safe?

It has also come out in the research that of the water that had high levels of TDS, 61% was borewell and 17%,...

7 Aug 2018 3:42 AM IST

The Suvarna Mukhi stream that has changed colour due to reckless sand filtering

In Somanahalli, filtering of sand destroys a stream!

Silt from the stream joins lakes and has affected other water bodies.

7 Aug 2018 3:34 AM IST

Pledge your troth, in verse...and blood

The poem, on gender equality and female empowerment were Kaifi Azmi's credo, long before its time had come.

5 Aug 2018 2:04 AM IST

For better or verse the shinie' star

The Poetry Festival of previous years has been a success and have witnessed attendance of over 5,000 poetry lovers.

4 Aug 2018 1:42 AM IST

Serious accidents have been reported in the poorly-lit Sector 6 and 7 in HSR Layout, but the authorities have failed to address the problems (Image: DC)

HSR Layout Sectors 6,7: Where are the lights?

The area has also reported chain-snatching incidents. On July 28, a girl was walking in Sector 7 and a few miscreants...

30 July 2018 5:30 AM IST