After his crass comment about urinating in dams, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar finds himself in middle of another controversy. A Pune-based NGO has alleged that Pawar, during his tenure as the irrigation minister diverted water meant for irrigat...
The Supreme Court will today hear Tamil Nadu’s plea for setting up the Cauvery Management Board and the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee. Tamil Nadu wants to ensure that the committees are set up to ensure the order, on distribution of water between states...
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK Supremo J Jayalalithaa wrote a letter to the Prime Minister thanking him for the notification of the final order of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal. Meanwhile, she also renewed her call for the constitution of Cauvery M...
Karnataka hits the deadline to notify the final award of the Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal. The state is still debating the notification process, but the machinery is already in place to prevent violent protests. Prohibitory orders and security are also in pl...
For the third day in a row, the farmers in Karnataka continue to protest the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu. As a precautionary measure, the authorities have blocked entry of tourists near the KRS dam.
After analysing the report submitted by the central panel, the Supreme Court orders Karnataka to release 2.44 tmc ft of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu. The panel visited the Cauvery delta to find out how much water the state needed to save the standing Samba crop...
Supreme Court has directed the Karnataka government to release water for Tamil Nadu immediately. The court was hearing a petition in the disputed Cauvery water sharing issue.The apex court took into consideration the report by an expert panel, which, too, reco...
The Supreme Court will examine the report submitted by the Central committee, constituted by the court, after examining the water needs of Tamil Nadu. The panel earlier visited Trichy and Mannargudi for a ground study on the standing crops in Tamil Nadu and th...
The Supreme Court bench headed by Justice RM Lodha will hear Cauvery water dispute today, with the court considering the reports by the Central Water Commission. The apex court had earlier directed the commission to visit the Cauvery Delta Basin to make an ass...
Achil Vandhavai | The Central committee, constituted by the Supreme Court, will submit the report, on the water requirements of Tamil Nadu for saving Samba crops, today. Also discussed, the number of missing children in India that seem to grow by the day, Shet...
Karnataka CM Jagadish Shettar calls for an all-party meet to discuss the Cauvery water sharing dispute with Tamil Nadu. This meet comes after the Supreme Court sets February 20 as the deadline to notify the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal final award.
The Central committee, constituted by the Supreme Court, will submit the report , on the water requirements of Tamil Nadu for saving Samba crops, today. The panel visited Trichy and Mannargudi for a ground study on the standing crops in Tamil Nadu and the wate...
The Central committee, constituted by the Supreme Court, visits Trichy and Mannargudi for a ground study on the standing crops in Tamil Nadu and the water required for the same. This three-member expert panel will visit the delta regions and submit their repor...
In a much-needed relief to Tamil Nadu, the Supreme Court on Monday directed Karnataka to release two tmc ft of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu. The Court ordered Karnataka to release the basic minimum requirement to save the standing crops in Tamil Nadu. The Court...
After refusing to hear Tamil Nadu's plea on an immediate basis, the Supreme Court will schedule a hearing today. The State had requested a release of 12 tmc ft of Cauvery water to save the withering Samba crops in the delta, and also to meet drinking needs. Wh...
The Supreme Court, on Monday, directed Karnataka to furnish all the information on the quantum of Cauvery river water shared by it to Tamil Nadu since 1992. The Court has also aked the state to file a brief affidavit to the Tamil Nadu Government’s applicati...
Tamil Nadu government, in an attempt to save the last of Samba crops, files another plea in the Supreme Court demanding that Karnataka give them the bare minimum water. The petition will be heard by the Court on January 28.
While the Cauvery row rages on, farmers are seeking means to save the last bit of their Samba crops. Many of them are even buying water from tanker lorries and irrigating their fields. However, this is only a temporary relief, as prices of water are exorbitant...
While the Cauvery row rages on between the various monitoring committees, States and the Courts, hapless farmers are left with no resort but to end their lives. A farmer near Thiruvarur committed suicide last night after all his Samba crops dried up due to lac...
The Cauvery Monitoring Committee (CMC) clarifies that it would not be appropriate to decide that Karnataka should release more water from its dams to Tamil Nadu, considering that the State will have only 16 tmc ft available in its reservoirs for drinking purpo...
JD(S) chief Deve Gowda met Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar and asked him to pressurize the centre into not notifying the final award of the Cauvery tribunal. Deve Gowda said that the State would be forced to release water to Tamil Nadu if the Centre ...
Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar has described the Cauvery Monitoring Committee's decision as 'arbitrary'. The Committee headed by DV Singh was convened to give an interim order on water sharing between the two states. During the meeting it was decide...
Achil Vandhavai | The top stories for the nation today remain FDI in retail vote in Rajya Sabha and the Cauvery row. While the vote in Rajya Sabha remains predictable, the Cauvery row still remains unresolved.
Karnataka chief minister Jagadish Shettar led delegation is all set to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Delhi today seeking relief for the state on the ensuing Cauvery dispute with Tamil Nadu. Meanwhile, the crucial meeting of the Cauvery Monitoring Commi...
As per Supreme Court orders, Karnataka has begun releasing 10,000 cusecs of Cauvery water per day to Tamil Nadu from Krishna Raja Sagar Reservoir until December 9th. A Bench of judges DK Jain and Madan B Lokur passed this order while hearing a plea from Tamil ...
Sinthanai Kalam | Professor Rajalakshmi gives her balanced view on FDI in multi-brand retail and on whether it will help the country in some way. She also talks about the Cauvery water sharing dispute.
The dispute over international waters of South China Sea has increased as China replies to Indian Navy chief's assertion. China had earlier increased its military presence in the area and had told its police to board and search all vessels crossing into the di...
The Supreme Court will hear Tamil Nadu's petition for immediate release of Cauvery water from Karnataka again today. In its petition, Tamil Nadu had asked the SC to direct its neighbouring state Karnataka to at least release 30tmcft of shortfall during the fir...
The Chief Ministers of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu met in Bangalore on Thursday for talks over the issue of release of water from Cauvery to the lower riparian State of Tamil Nadu. Jayalalithaa wants 30 tmc of water for her State, but Jagadish Shettar did not agr...
The Supreme Court will consider the Cauvery issue today. The court is considering the issue as the CM-level talk failed. The Chief Ministers, Jagadish Shettar and J Jayalalithaa, held talks in Bengaluru yesterday on the suggestion of Supreme Court. Both the St...
In a bold move that reeks of a stake claim, China has gone ahead and told its police to board and check any ships that enter the disputed South China Seas. Although India maintains silence on China's daring, strategists believe that it is high time New Delhi m...
Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa will arrive in Karnataka with a 10-member delegation to discuss the Cauvery water sharing with Karnataka chief minister Jagadish Shettar. The meeting is the only second meeting of chief ministers in 15 years. Farmers in...
The Tamil Nadu government files a contempt petition in the Supreme Court against Karnataka for stopping the supply of Cauvery river water to the State despite the top court's order. The apex court had ordered Karnataka to supply 9,000 cusecs of water to Tamil ...
A crucial meeting of the Cauvery Monitoring Committee will take place in New Delhi today to reach a consensus on sharing the Cauvery water between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. The Cauvery River Authority had asked Karnataka to release 9,000 cusecs of Cauvery wate...
The Supreme Court has deferred hearing on the Cauvery row to October 12. Karnataka had demanded a review of the Court order that directed the release of 9,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu. Meanwhile there has been massive protests in Karnataka against the Cou...
Amid demands by Karnataka leaders for a review of Cauvery River Authority's decision asking the state to release 9,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu, Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar met Union Minister SM Krishna on October 8. The interaction assumes ...
The Karnataka government is anxiously awaiting Supreme Court's decision on the release of water to the lower riparian State of Tamil Nadu. The issue will be taken up by the top court today. According to the orders of the Cauvery River Authority, the state has ...
The Communist Party of India (CPI) will launch a series of agitations specifically in the Delta regions over the period of this month in order to protest against Karnataka for it its uncompromising attitude in the Cauvery issue. Addressing the press, the leade...
The chairman of the official-level Cauvery Monitoring Committee (CMC) DV Singh and his team visited Tamil Nadu yesterday enroute to Karnataka in order to assess the water requirement of each state beyond October 15. This move comes after protests raged all ove...
The Karnataka farmers are now up in arms over the Cauvery dispute. They are all set to launch their own march claiming right to the river water. Around 1,500 farmers are likely to march from Mandya to the KRS dam, protesting against the release of Cauvery wate...
The Tamil Nadu government has moved the Supreme Court, seeking direction to Karnataka to release Cauvery water in 24 hours. Earlier, in several occasions, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa had made her intention of moving to the Apex Court clear. Tamil ...
The Indian Government ignores the message and shoots the messenger by probing into the leakage of Army Chief's letter sent to the PM rather than focusing on the issues addressed.
India and Italy failed to resolve their row over the killing of two Indian fishermen, with Rome reiterating the deaths took place in international waters and New Delhi insisting that the two arrested Italian Marines will face Indian law.