ADMISSION IMPASSE: The tug of war in KarnatakaRAVI SHARMA in BangaloreThere is serious uncertainty about admissions to private self-financing professional colleges in several States this year as the managements refuse to
Deepening the divideRAVI SHARMA in MangaloreElections bring to the fore the simmering communal tension in Karnataka's Dakshina Kannada district.
Brewing troubleRAVI SHARMA in NanjangudResidents of villages around a distillery near Mysore allege that effluents discharged by the unit have contaminated groundwater and rendered farming
Resentment, not a wave yetPARVATHI MENON RAVI SHARMAAS Karnataka prepares to vote for the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections on April 20 and 26, certain features of Elections 2004 have become clear. The f
Record of excellenceRAVI SHARMAA centre of learning from olden days, Mysore continues its romance with academics.
A tourist's paradiseRAVI SHARMATraditionally a tourist centre, Mysore keeps adding to its attractions.
A city in transitionRAVI SHARMAMysore, Karnataka's second largest city, is poised to take off as the newest destination for investment, despite its inadequate infrastructure.
An ambitious visionRAVI SHARMATHE genesis of the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor Project (BMICP) goes back to the late 1980s when the State government sought private initi
A controversial projectRAVI SHARMA in Bangalore, Mandya and Srirangapatna The Rs.2,000-crore project which entails the acquisition of 8,077.2 hectares of land for a toll expressway between Bangalore and Mysore is caught in a
A volte-face in KarnatakaRAVI SHARMA in BangaloreThe Karnataka government makes a surprise decision to hand over to the CBI the multi-crore stamp paper scam, even as it leads to the resignation of a
Despair of the displacedRAVI SHARMAThe displaced families complain that the land in the rehabilitation centres is not fit for cultivation and that the government has not been able to pr
`Seabird' on courseRAVI SHARMA recently at Project Seabird, KarwarAfter years of uncertainty, Project Seabird, which will fill the gaps in the operational requirements of the Navy, is just 14 months from commissionin
The rediscovery of Ekakini, an iconic Hindi work Hindi literary circles are all agog as the first lesbian novel, from 1948, is republished.
SlideshowThe hungry river Villages in West Bengal’s Malda and Murshidabad districts live under the constant threat of river erosion that eats up their homes overnight.
