Bengaluru, July 9 (IANS) Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel, H.D. Kumaraswamy, on Thursday asserted that the Karnataka government has no legal claim over the disputed HMT land in Bengaluru and accused the Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Eshwar Khandre of making misleading statements on the issue. Eshwar Khandre served as the Minister for Forest, Ecology and Environment in the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government in Karnataka. He had accused the Centre of attempting t…
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Bengaluru, April 17 (IANS) Addressing concerns raised following the tragic death of a female trekker in Kumaradhara hills in Chikkamagaluru and the disappearance of another female trekker in the Madikeri forest, the Karnataka Forest Department on Friday released a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for trekkers, introducing a series of safety measures across forest areas in the state.Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre announced that there are 44 designated trekking destinations within the state’s …