Put off formation of Cauvery Board, govt told

Stepping up pressure on the Cauvery water issue, the Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday said it was "absolutely" essential on the part of the Centre to put in place a monitoring mechanism to ensure that the state gets its rightful share of water during the year. "The government of Karnataka is in the habit of depleting the storages from its four reservoirs -- Krishnarajasagar, Kabini, Hemavathy and Harangi during the summer months besides utilising the inflows into the reservoirs during the ...

The Supreme Court on Monday favoured putting in place some "ad hoc mechanism" for monitoring the implementation of the order on distribution of Cauvery waters among Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and others. "Some mechanism, which is absolutely ad hoc, is to be put in ...

Katju seeks pardon for Sanjay Dutt, Kazi Set up monitoring system for Cauvery water: Jayalalitha... Protect Indian fishermen, Jayalalithaa says to PM Jayalalithaa flays Karunanidhi Hyderabad, April 5 (IANS) Press Council of India (PCI) chairman ...

Karnataka has urged the Centre to convene a meeting of four affected states to determine if it is required to set up the Cauvery Management Board and the Cauvery Regulatory Authority on the ground that they "go beyond the necessity and seriously intrude into ...

In view of the unprecedented water crisis following the fall in the water-level in the Krishnaraja Sagar (KRS), Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday directed the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB), Cauvery Neeravari Nigam Ltd. (CNNL) ...

"Even if the southwest monsoon were to be normal (as predicted by various agencies), I would appeal farmers to exercise abundant caution before going in for kuruvai. Even to think of kuruvai at this stage, without observing the behaviour of monsoon, ...

India News: The ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) of Kerala, concerned at the pace of drought-relief works, on Monday recommended strong measures for fixing responsibility for official lapses in their implementation. The high-power committee of ...

Dr. M. Veerappa Moily, Union Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas, addressed the National Editors' Conference here today. The two day Conference was organized by the Press Information Bureau on March 23-24, 2013. Following is the text of the speech ...

The opposition AIADMK today launched a scathing attack on Chief Minister N Rangasamy alleging that he was attempting to hoodwink the students on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue. Party's local unit secretary A Anbalagan MLA said refusal of permission to members in ...