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Can a ban on old vehicles, as ordered by the NGT in Kerala, save our city? Or, a ban on high-end diesel cars, such as in Delhi? Or, should we all be the change, give up our cars and take to the admittedly inadequate public transport?

Where do we start our clean up act?

As we mark World Environment Day on June 5, it's shocking how far away from that ideal we are in Bengaluru.

3 Jun 2016 2:59 AM IST

African Catfish is also a threat to people as it feeds on waste accumulated on the lake bed.

There's something fishy in the Bengaluru's lakes!

Introduced in Brazil, Vietnam, Indonesia and India in 1980 for aquaculture, the Clarias gariepinus, popularly known as...

29 May 2016 4:55 AM IST

With a population of around a crore, the city has a whopping 55, 59, 730 registered vehicles (as on March 2015) and nearly half of them are light and heavy diesel vehicles. (Representational image)

Ban old diesel vehicles in Bengaluru, say nature lovers

57 per cent increase in pollution levels in just 4 years in Bengaluru.

28 May 2016 2:49 AM IST

The prices have doubled in the past two months due to short supply of vegetables and delayed rainfall. When we quote high prices, the customers argue, says vegetable vendor

Vegetable prices hit the roof in Bengaluru

The prices of the vegetables have shoot up 100 percent.

24 May 2016 5:03 AM IST

Sarsaperilla (left) and red sanders. (Photo: DC)

Bengaluru fast losing its green wealth

Rapid urbanisation has not just led to the contamination of air, water and soil, but also triggered a serious threat.

23 May 2016 2:09 AM IST

While the popular myth is that Baobab trees were planted by Lord Krishna, many believe Siddi tribals brought the seeds from Africa (Photo: D V Rajendra Kumar)

Jungle Book: There's a giant bit of Madagascar in Haveri!

Forming a triangle in the grounds of the Math, the Baobab trees have been fenced by the state government for their...

22 May 2016 6:58 AM IST

A bear which lost its limb while trying to free itself from a snare. (Photo: DC)

Karnataka: Alligator heads, snake oil, starfish, seahorses on sale

Wildlife activists feel there are hundreds of wild animals across the country that are poached using leg hold traps ...

21 May 2016 3:34 AM IST

Rogue elephant Rowdy Ranga (Photo: Dilip Kumar A.V.)

Rowdy Ranga' attacks Bannerghatta elephant

The 35-year-old tusker, which had ventured into the park area on Saturday night, was seen fighting with the male captive...

16 May 2016 1:22 AM IST

The Mari goddess

Sunday story: From pox to drought, goddess invincible, Agumbe's hope

Villagers are abandoning their scorched fields, crossing dried up river beds and parched homes in a mass exodus.

15 May 2016 4:35 AM IST

The camera trap image from Bandipur.

Jungle Book: No longer elusive, this Phantom of the forest!

It's not the first evidence of the cat in the wild, but it is the first time it has been photographed in the Bandipur...

15 May 2016 2:31 AM IST

She was in her middle age and had a 1.5-year-old calf. It has come as sad news for all the staff as she was born and raised at the Bannerghatta zoo.

32-year-old female elephant dies of diarrhoea in Bannerghatta Zoo

Her calf has now been adopted by a 50-year-old female elephant, Lilly, which is the oldest female elephant at the zoo.

14 May 2016 3:29 AM IST

Black kites, which are medium-sized birds of prey that spend most of the time soaring and gliding in the skies, are now seen falling down because of dehydration.

Bengaluru: Black kites shriek for help owing to high temperatures

Wildlife rescue centres in the city are overwhelmed with rescue calls and have treated over 300 black kites suffering...

14 May 2016 3:20 AM IST