Cauvery row: CM C Joseph Vijay backs talks with Karnataka, spars with Udhayanidhi StalinTamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay defended direct talks on the Cauvery water dispute. He stated readiness for humiliation if dialogu...
08 Aug, 2026, 01.35 PM IST
Karnataka eyes full compliance with Cauvery release order by FridayKarnataka will fully comply with the Cauvery Water Management Authority's directive by August 7. Improved rainfall has increased inflows in...
05 Aug, 2026, 12.48 PM IST
SC directs Centre to set up tribunal on sharing of Pennaiyar river watersThe Supreme Court has ordered the Central government to establish a tribunal. This tribunal will resolve the water sharing dispute concerni...
02 Feb, 2026, 12.44 PM IST
No action has been taken, JDS targets Siddaramaiah over inaction on Cauvery disputeWhile speaking to JDS state president CM Ibrahim said, "We have formed a committee under the leadership of GT Devegowda. The committee will...
29 Aug, 2023, 03.09 PM IST
Fix water problems jointly: Amit Shah to states"Shah called on all States of the Southern Zonal Council to explore a joint solution to the issues related to the sharing of waters," he sa...
03 Sep, 2022, 10.32 PM IST
'Inter-State Water Disputes Act' needs to be totally amended: Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai"Our Inter-State Water Disputes Act needs to be totally amended. The name itself says interstate water disputes act. It creates more disput...
05 Mar, 2022, 04.42 PM IST
Interstate river water disputes: Karnataka Chief Minister holds meeting with legal teamThe meeting was held at the Karnataka Bhavan. Emerging from the meeting, the CM said he had met senior advocates Mohan Khatri on Wednesday ...
26 Aug, 2021, 01.02 PM IST
Opposition, analysts smell political ploy behind fresh water wars between Telugu statesThe Telangana government, seven years after the carving out of the state from erstwhile undivided Andhra Pradesh, is demanding an equal sha...
05 Aug, 2021, 02.12 PM IST
Karnataka objects to Tamil Nadu project to use surplus Cauvery water, decides to fight legallyThe decision was taken at a meeting by Water Resources Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi, Law and Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai with the state's l...
26 Feb, 2021, 07.59 PM IST
Mahadayi issue demonstrates why India needs a GST Council-like forum for river governanceInterstate water disputes are alluring sites of political mobilisation. What should bother us more, however, is indifference to the costs o...
11 Feb, 2018, 06.15 AM IST
Karnataka takes its time to decide on centre’s Cauvery experts group ideaKarnataka representatives admit that with severe drought ravaging both the states, Centre has tried to be proactive through this move and p...
10 May, 2017, 01.09 AM IST
Odisha seeks Tribunal for Mahanadi disputeOdisha is objecting to Chhattisgarh building barrages over the Mahanadi that it claims will reduce water downstream in Odisha.
21 Nov, 2016, 09.27 PM IST
Why interstate water disputes are difficult to manage or controlWhen states approach the Supreme Court, the bar on its jurisdiction puts restrictions on the court. The apex court has had to limit its rol...
02 Oct, 2016, 10.00 AM IST
Will sit with Odisha and resolve Mahanadi issue: Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh"In the interest of transparency and mutual understanding, I have directed irrigation department to share all information with Odisha, whic...
17 Sep, 2016, 10.52 AM IST
Naveen Patnaik says prepared for Mahanadi meetA fact-finding team that Patnaik had sent to Chhattisgarh submitted its 25 page report to the CM on Sunday.
12 Sep, 2016, 10.26 PM IST
Proposal to set up water disputes tribunal at conceptual stageThe ISRWD Act, 1956 was last amended in 2002 whereby adjudication of the water disputes was made time-bound after consultation with all sta...
06 Aug, 2015, 04.04 PM IST
Cauvery Tribunal asks Tamil Nadu to approach Supreme CourtAn application was filed by Tamil Nadu for taking up the pending petition filed by the State under Section 5(3) of the Interstate River Wat...
15 Jul, 2014, 05.38 PM IST