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Karnataka's housing revolution

The S.M. Krishna government has launched a substantial expansion of housing activity, with special focus on the shelter needs of the poor.

Against the organ trade

A group of professionals, brought together by a media workshop, pool their insights on human organ donation, examine strategies to end the trade in ki

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For fair governance

The Karnataka Lokayukta, imbued with a new vigour, seeks to offer justice in respect of complaints of maladministration and corruption.

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For active ageing

The U.N. Second World Conference on Ageing emphasises the need to promote the rights of the aged, especially in poor countries.

Ways of the Authorisation Committee

IT is difficult, it seems, to disabuse the Authorisation Committee in Karna-taka of the notion that kidney donors in general are deeply attached to th

The cup of woes

The crisis in the Indian coffee industry following a price crash puts the growers and the labour in a quandary.

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The return of Deve Gowda

THE election of Janata Dal(Secular) candidate and former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda from the Kanakapura Lok Sabha constituency in Karnataka is a s

In aid of unorganised workers

A proposed piece of legislation that seeks to regulate the employment of Karnataka's more than one crore workers in the unorganised sector is seen as

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A new tack

THE principal parties in the Cauvery water dispute appear to have surrendered some long and firmly held positions. Karnataka, whose fiery opposition t

Added costs

WITH the Karnataka Legislative Assembly session having been adjourned sine die on January 31 after seven days, issues relating to the power sector whi

Undistributed risks

The Karnataka government is pushing through a proposal for the privatisation of electricity distribution, one that is widely seen as hurriedly conceiv

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A racket in Karnataka

This time the racket has been unearthed in Mandya, but the trade is evidently widespread.

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