'Rs 1,000 crore-Rs 2,500 crore loss each year due to Cauvery crisis'The team, headed by GS Jha, Chairman, Central Water Commission (CWC), visited Karunkanni, Killukudi and Kilvelur villages in the district t...
10 Oct, 2016, 10.51 PM IST
Like predecessors, PM Narendra Modi must help solve Cauvery dispute: Siddaramaiah"For a smooth functioning of democracy, the legislature, judiciary and executive have to work in a spirit of coordination and cooperation."
01 Oct, 2016, 02.56 AM IST
Tamil Nadu releases water from Mettur Dam for irrigating samba cropPalaniswamy told reporters that initially 2000 cusecs was being released and this would be gradually be increased to 12,000 cusecs by the e...
20 Sep, 2016, 02.08 PM IST
Cauvery row: Karnataka CM seeks PM's intervention to end impasseHe pointed to a precedent of December 1995, where under similar circumstances of deficit flows, the Supreme Court had requested the Prime M...
09 Sep, 2016, 04.48 PM IST
Why Karnataka and TN are fighting over CauveryKarnataka CM says at least 40 tmc ft is required to meet the drinking water needs of Bengaluru, and other cities, and villages and remainin...
07 Sep, 2016, 11.33 AM IST
Cauvery water dispute: Karnataka's Siddaramaiah government pushed to the wall as protests erupt over SC orderThe Supreme Court, hearing an appeal from Tamil Nadu for more water, directed Karnataka to release 15,000 cusecs (cubic foot per second) fo...
07 Sep, 2016, 07.34 AM IST
- Quantum of water release as directed by SC 'not enough': DMK
DMK President M Karunanidhi said Supreme Court's order directing 15,000 cusecs for 10 days is certainly not enough for samba crops.
06 Sep, 2016, 03.38 PM IST
Supreme Court asks Karnataka to release 15,000 cusecs of Cauvery waterNoting that the samba crops in Tamil Nadu would be adversely affected, a bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra and U U Lalit directed Karna...
05 Sep, 2016, 03.35 PM IST
Shortfall in TN's Cauvery river water share: CM Jayalalithaa writes to PM Narendra ModiCharging Karnataka with wilful default in releasing Tamil Nadu's share of Cauvery water,TN CM has sought the Centre's intervention.
05 Sep, 2015, 12.53 PM IST
Ghulam Nabi Azad terms Pakistan Army a "rogue Army"Azad was interacting with border residents at various places in Samba and Kathua districts during his tour of areas affected by firing.
16 Oct, 2014, 09.57 PM IST
High yielding,disease-resistant rice varieties being developed: ReportThe objective of this initiative is to come out with varieties and hybrids with higher yield plus in-built resistance to threats.
04 Dec, 2013, 12.37 PM IST
Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa directs releasing of water for irrigationReleasing of water from different reservoirs will benefit irrigation of over 1.40 lakh acres of land in three districts of the state.
24 Aug, 2013, 12.21 PM IST
- J-K: Congress seeks compensation for flood-affected farmers
Manjit Singh, while speaking here today, also sought contructions of embankments along Devak and Basantar rivers to deal with the flood cha...
26 Jul, 2013, 06.20 PM IST
- Jayalalithaa Miffed as Karnataka chief minister Jagadish Shettar will not open Cauvery shutters for water
Talks between chief ministers of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka on Cauvery water sharing, held at the suggestion of the Supreme Court, failed aft...
30 Nov, 2012, 03.04 AM IST
- G K Vasan urges Prime Minister to impress upon Karnataka to release water
Concerned over the plight of TN farmers as a fallout of the Cauvery crisis,Vasan appealed to PM to impress upon K'taka to release water to ...
11 Oct, 2012, 01.28 PM IST
- M Karunanidhi demands relief package for drought-hit Cauvery Delta region farmers
M Karunanidhi sought an assessment of the drought-situation in Cauvery Delta region by the TN govt, &a demanded a relief package for the af...
04 Aug, 2012, 06.30 PM IST
- Cauvery flooded, alert sounded
Authorities on Wednesday sounded an alert in the Cauvery delta region of Tamil Nadu as the river was flooded following release of water fro...
18 Jul, 2007, 01.20 PM IST