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Fact Box: K. Kasturirangan High-Level Working Group

April 18, 2013

K. Kasturirangan-led 10-member panel High-Level Working Group (HLWG) Presented its report on Western Ghats to MoEF (Ministry of Environment and Forests) K. Kasturirangan-led 10-member panel High-Level Working Group (HLWG) has prepared a report on Western Ghats which suggests for ban ..

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Bhaskar Rao appointed as Lokayukta of Karnataka

February 20, 2013

Former Chief Justice of Karnataka, Bhaskar Rao, has been appointed as the Lokayukta of Karnatka. The chair of the anti-corruption ombudsman was vacant after previous Lokayukta Justice Shivraj V. Patil was forced to resign after the media expose of illegal ..

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SC orders Karnataka to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu

February 12, 2013

The apex court directed Karnataka to release 2.44 tmc (thousand million cubic feet) water of Cauvery river to Tamil Nadu for irrigating its standing crops in the delta basin. The court dismissed the objections of Tamil Nadu which sought 9 ..

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Indian author U.R.Ananthamurthy in race for the International Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2013

January 26, 2013

Indian Kannada author U.R.Ananthamurthy (80) is one among the ten authors shortlisted for the prestigious International Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2013.  Ananthamurthy became famous with his novel “Samskara” launched in 1966. The International Man Booker Prize is presented by ..

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Government cuts down launch of cash transfer scheme

January 3, 2013

The Centre has scaled down the launch of its ambitious Direct Cash Transfer scheme to cover 20 districts, instead of 43 as planned. It has also kept LPG also out of its ambit for now. Why this scaling down? The ..

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Lok Sabha approves Constitution (118th Amendment) Bill, 2012

December 24, 2012

Lok Sabha approved the Constitution (118th Amendment) Bill, 2012 which seeks to provide special status to six backward districts in the Hyderabad Karnataka region, with provision for reservation in education and jobs for local people. The Bill introduces a new Article 371-J ..

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Appoint women officers to investigate rape cases: Karnataka HC

December 16, 2012

While hearing a PIL seeking legislation to deal with gang rape cases, The Karnataka High Court directed the government to appoint women police officers to investigate such cases as the victim can confide much better.

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Incurably ill or wounded dogs should be exterminated: High Court

December 16, 2012

Karnataka High Court, in its verdict on a PIL, pronounced that Stray dogs which are incurably ill or mortally wounded as diagnosed by qualified veterinarians are to be exterminated as per ABC rules. What are ABC rules? The Animal Birth ..

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