Karnataka and Goa have been locked in a bitter battle over sharing of water of the Mahadayi river, which originates at Belagavi in the sout...

Interstate water disputes are alluring sites of political mobilisation. What should bother us more, however, is indifference to the costs o...

Farmers in north Karnataka have been agitating intermittently for the release of Mahadayi water. Goa has been equally firm in not giving up...

Karnataka govt was accused of violating orders by diverting water from the Mahadayi tributary at Kanakumbi by means of underwater canals.

Karnataka and Goa have been locked in a bitter battle on sharing of the river water, which originates in Belagavi in the southern state.

The Mahadayi (called Mandovi in Goa) originates in Karnataka and flows to Goa and Maharashtra. The three states are locked in a protracted ...

Goa has been opposing any plans of Karnataka to divert waters from one basin to another. Maharashtra is also a party to the water dispute.

There will be no reservoir with shortage of water, considering that monsoon rains are picking up,“ said GS Jha, chairman, Central Water Com...

Planting of pulses jumped 131% in a week, and is 26% higher than last year even though this year’s monsoon came late and was scanty till th...

The reservoirs held 28.208 billion cubic meters (bcm) of water as of Wednesday, compared with 51.307 bcm at this time last year.

The affected districts of Belagavi, Bagalkot, Dharwad and Gadag in Karnataka have been strongholds of the BJP in the last decade.