Environment protection is immediate priority: CM Bommai

The environmental damage caused in just the last 20 years is  equivalent to the damage caused in 2000 years. So we should consider environment protection as an immediate priority and act in this regard, Chief Minister of Karnataka Basavaraj Bommai said. He was speaking at a function organised by Karnataka State Pollution Control Board to […]

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Gang of rare ‘Red Sand Boa’ snake smugglers bursted in Karnataka

A special forest mobile police team of Belagavi district in Karnataka has bursted a gang of three persons who were caught red handed while trying to trade a rare alive ‘Red Sand Boa’ snake at Raibag town of Belagavi district in Karnataka. The arrested accused are identified as Beerappa Hirekodi(32), Satteppa Mallappa Hirekodi(42) both residents […]

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Karnataka’s forest cover increased to 38,575 square kilometers

Express News Service @ Belagavi: Karnataka, the seventh-largest State of the country, with a geographical area of 1,91,791 sq km accounts for 5. 83% of the geographical area of the country. What the good news is that according to the ‘Indian States of Forest Report, 2019’ the forest cover in this state has increased by […]

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