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If SAD comes to power in Punjab, it will terminate all river water-sharing pacts: SukhbirShiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal said that if his party comes to power in Punjab in 2027, it will revoke all river water-s...
Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai asserts Karnataka's rights on river water issues, bats for joint surveyBommai also demanded that no statutory clearances be given to large scale permanent projects, planned for utilising surplus waters in viola...
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...
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...
India to stop its water share from flowing into PakistanThis was in line with some of the government’s earlier decision to harness the rivers Ravi and Beas better.
BJP carrying out propaganda against Congress: SiddaramaiahSiddaramaiah questioned the statements made by PM right from “10 per cent government”, to “2+1” jibe and the latest on Mahadayi river.
Setting up of any other panel in place of Cauvery Management Board 'unacceptable': DMKThe Tamil Nadu government should be uncompromising on (the stand of ) setting up of CMB and should not let any other panel to be set up, sa...
Soon, only one tribunal to resolve all river disputesInstead of having multiple tribunals under existing law, the bill makes a provision of a single permanent tribunal with multiple benches.
Noisy Opposition seeks PM's apology, disrupts RS proceedingsUnrelenting members intensified shouting slogans -- "Pradhan Mantri Maafi Maango (PM should apologise), Rona Dhona Bandh Karo, Pradhan Mant...
Government drafts bill for 'equitable' river water sharingSince water is a state subject, the proposed legislation will not be binding on the states for adoption even if it becomes a law through Pa...
- Congress calls for tribunal if talks fail on Mahanadi river row
"If the exercise fails to reach an understanding to protect Odisha's interest, the state government should ask the Centre to constitute Mah...
Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik says state will leave no stone unturned to establish its right over Mahanadi watersA political storm has broken out between the two states ever since Chhattisgarh's plans to build barrages in the upper catchment area of th...
- Maximum efforts to protect state's legitimate rights: Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki
Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki today said that all necessary steps will be taken to amicably defend state's legitimate rights, including int...
Jayalalithaa slams Karunanidhi for poser on inter-state river issuesJayalalithaa today accused him of betrayal of Tamil Nadu's interest when his party was part of UPA and questioned his locus standi to talk ...
Janata Dal (Secular) manifesto vows to safeguard Karnataka interests"Both Congress and BJP failed to protect the interest of the state because they concentrated on strengthening their political existence."
- Rivers silting ties among southern states
It's Kerala v/s TN, TN v/s K'taka, K'taka v/s AP and AP v/s Maha.
- Focus on protecting rivers in new water policy
With Kerala heading for a severe water crisis due to the failure of the South West monsoon, the LDF government on Monday said the state wou...