Organic products shine out in Mela Director General of ICRISAT Dr William Dhar underscored the need to improve agriculture productivity in the country to get farmers out of poverty. This was possible with the introduction of new varieties of seeds as well as new techniques of farming.
Caste census in State from April For the first time after Independence, a caste- based census to enumerate the Backward Classes (BC) will be taken up in the State from April 2008.
Gangubai gung-ho over renovated house It was a golden moment when nonagenarian Hindustani singer Gangubai Hangal walked into her ancestral house at Shukravarpet in Dharwad on Friday. She had no words to express her joy on seeing her ramshackle house redone by Dharwad district administration with help from Intach...
Governor advocates press freedom A free press is a necessity, and not a luxury, for democracy.
This is the firm belief of Governor Rameshwar Thakur, who not only penned these lines on a board to indicate inauguration of a seminar organised on the occasion of National Press Day in Bangalore on Friday, but also emphasised its importance in his address.
A new government has been installed in Karnataka. What should be the priorities of the Yeddyurappa-led government? Transparency, focus on power sector and infrastructure, curbing graft and warding off terror threats to Bangalore... the list of priorities set by Deccan Herald readers for the government is endless. Some of them have also insisted that the Bharatiya Janata Party should prove that it indeed is a party with difference.
