In the footage, which was aired by a private news channel, Maoists' Karnataka state committee chief Chandrashekhar Gorebal said the Maoists were now attempting to spread around the Western Ghats in Karnataka.
The Indian partner will be one among the the seven highly specialised global coffee roasteries of the coffee giant.
In his constituency Malampuzha, locals can't get enough of Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan, his policies and his caustic speeches, says Shobha Warrier
Over 20,000 people were evacuated to safer places in these three districts. State capital Mumbai too witnessed water-logging in many areas after overnight rains on Thursday.
The rare purple frog is one of the iconic species that highlights the most crucial issue being discussed at Rio+20, reports Darryl D'Monte.
Names like Symbiosis International University, Bharati Vidyapeeth and the newly-established Foundation for Liberal and Management Education already have their presence in this valley, which is building its brand as the country's largest education hub.
'Man-made interventions vastly increased the magnitude of the tragedy.'
The study, conducted by over 1800 scientists from 130 countries paints a gloomy picture for sensitive eco-systems, which include Western Ghats in India, tropical Andes and Cameroonian Highlands, where more than 79 per cent of the mammal species are under threat.
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Barn owl, an endangered species, has come under increased threat in Kerala's Western Ghats, one of its natural habitats, with many recession-hit businessmen from some states seeking it for sacrifice in the belief that it will help them tide over the meltdown.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi went on a 'safari' at the Bandipur Tiger Reserve in Karnataka on Sunday, as part of programmes to mark 50 years of 'Project Tiger'.
'It is high time that we act instead of just talking about how and why the climate is changing.'
The authorities feel that the animal must have come out from some far away forest area and moved to the town during midnight.
We invited Get Ahead readers to share their romantic monsoon memories with us, and we have been flooded with responses. As part of an ongoing series, we present three monsoon love stories.
The Coffee Board plans to include the new variety (Chandragiri) developed by the Central Coffee Research Institute (CCRI), Chikmagalur, in the plantation rejuvenation scheme to be taken up under the 11th Five Year Plan.
Wayanad, on the southern tip of the Western Ghats, is as enchanting as it is rejuvenating.
Naval rescuers located the wreckage of the Kamov-28 helicopter on Tuesday in the slopes of the densely forested Western Ghats, north-east of Belgaum and were pleasantly surprised to find a survivor Sandeep Singh.
Combined search teams using advanced locating devices have found "vital clues" towards locating the crew of the crashed chopper that was lost on August 19.
The 330-kms drive will be run along the coffee estates of Chikmangalur on May 24 and 25.
A day or two in Thenmala, an eco-tourism destination in Kerala.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday briefed US President Joe Biden in a phone conversation on his visit to Ukraine and conveyed India's full support for the early return of peace to the region through dialogue and diplomacy.
Kerala will be one of those places where the line between tourism, a land, a people and their way of life will blur. It won't be tourism; it will be a visit to experience Kerala.
Heavy rains last week caused massive floods and landslides in large parts of the state, especially in the coastal Konkan and Western Maharashtra regions.
A depression over the southeast Arabian Sea, south of Porbandar in Gujarat, is likely to move northwestward and intensify into a cyclonic storm, the India Meteorological Department said on Tuesday.
According to the police, one of the accused had made IEDs and later tested them at several places in Delhi, Rajasthan and Haldwani in Uttarakhand.
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"Cyclone Nisarga is likely to become a severe cyclone in the next 12 hours. It will continue to move for the next six hours in a northerly direction along the coast, after that it will re-curve as a cyclone and cross Raigad and Daman-Raigad," Aanand Sharma, deputy director, IMD told ANI.
Lonely Planet unveiled its list of Asia's Top 10 destinations for 2018.
This is not a train for the regular commuter, evident from the number of large sized bags in the overhead bin, observes IAF Veteran Air Commodore Nitin Sathe.
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There can be no one answer to the question at the centre of an anxious debate across a world coping with COVID-19 and wondering what will happen if another one comes, but the global scientific community has been working on multiple tracks to ensure that humankind is better prepared.
A senior official of the district administration said about eight lakh lamps were lit on the 84 ghats located on the western bank of the river.
Rediff.com's Rajesh Karkera takes us on a trip to one of Maharashtra's most scenic hill stations.
To keep their minds off the Pune disaster, the team went on a hike at Tamhini Ghat on Monday, and the trek to the Western Ghats seemed to have brought out their inner Platos and Ramanujas.
Bommai rejected all the key infrastructure related proposals of Kerala, saying it will damage the eco-sensitive zones and wildlife sanctuaries.
'All those who participated in the agitation were branded as anti-nationals.'
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