Tamil Nadu: Farmer association stage protest on railway track over Cauvery water rowThe CWRC had ordered Karnataka to ensure the release of 3000 cusecs of Cauvery water at Biligundlu starting from September 28 till October ...
02 Oct, 2023, 08.51 PM IST
Cauvery Water Dispute: After skeleton, Tamil Nadu farmers protest holding rats in their mouthFarmers in Trichy, Tamil Nadu, protested against Karnataka and the central government's refusal to release Cauvery water by holding rats in...
26 Sep, 2023, 01.39 PM IST
Tamil Nadu: Farmers protest with human skeletons over Cauvery water disputeThe Cauvery water management authority then ordered the Karnataka government to release 5,000 cusecs of Cauvery river water to neighboring ...
25 Sep, 2023, 01.28 PM IST
Tamil Nadu urges Centre to persuade Karnataka to release Cauvery water to save Kuruvai cropChief minister of Tamil Nadu, M K Stalin has written to India’s Union Jal Shakti Minister, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, seeking his interventi...
20 Jul, 2023, 02.04 PM IST
Raghuram Rajan, Arvind Subramanian, Esther Dufflo and Jean Dreze appointed to join TN Eco Advisory CommitteeDuflo is a French-American economist who is a professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of ...
21 Jun, 2021, 03.03 PM IST
Tamil Nadu announces Rs 61.09 crore paddy cultivation package for farmersThe chief minister had opened the sluice gates of the Stanley reservoir at Mettur on June 12, the customary date for opening the dam, to fa...
17 Jun, 2021, 05.30 PM IST
Farmer outfits, political parties plan protest on Cauvery issueIncensed by the delay in the setting up of the Cauvery Management Board by the Centre, farmers alleged that campaigning in the Karnataka el...
05 May, 2018, 07.54 AM IST
Tamil Nadu dry spell: Crop losses push farmers to the brink of despairThe National Human Rights Commission issued notice to the Tamil Nadu government, based on news reports, that 106 farmers have died or commi...
15 Jan, 2017, 12.24 AM IST
CPI seeks Centre's intervention to end Truckers' stirCPI today sought the Centre's intervention to end the transporters strike which entered the fourth consecutive day.
04 Oct, 2015, 12.50 PM IST
Jayalalithaa government to invoke divine blessings for rainsVedic hymns to propitiate Lord Varuna are reverberating in major temples with the Jaya govt seeking to invoke divine blessings for rains.
26 Jun, 2013, 05.55 PM IST
Jayalalitha hits out at Karunanidhi remarks on kuruvai cultivation"There is only 3.45 TMC of water in Mettur dam and based on rainfall received in Cauvery delta region, steps will be taken for cultivating ...
15 Jun, 2013, 03.54 PM IST
- Tamil Nadu government allocates over Rs 50 crore in sops & subsidies to farmers
The government also announced releasing water from Mettur dam for the first time in the season despite low storage levels.
24 Aug, 2012, 12.36 PM IST
- Jayalalithaa wants restoration of MRP based fertiliser subsidy scheme
Slamming the Centre's Nutrient Based Subsidy Scheme vis-a-vis fertilizer pricing and supply, Jayalalithaa urged PM to take necessary measur...
27 Jun, 2012, 12.59 PM IST
- Tamil Nadu clears it would not allow construction of new dam by Karnataka
With the Cauvery water sharing row escalating, TN govt made it clear that it would not allow construction of a new dam by Karnataka at Meke...
30 Mar, 2012, 03.29 PM IST
- TN estimated to suffer Rs 2317 cr crop loss, thanks to the monsoon delay
Farmers of Tamil Nadu, particularly in Cauvery catchment region, have been watching the skies of Kerala and Karnataka for the past month, a...
01 Jul, 2009, 07.26 PM IST
- Rice prices to increase marginally
There would be a marginal increas in the prices of paddy by Rs 100-200 and that of rice by Rs 15 to Rs 300 per quintal upto September 2008.
12 Jun, 2008, 02.32 PM IST