Mangaluru: Karnataka Rakshna Vedike (KRV) staged protest against the Supreme Court’s order to release the Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, on Wednesday in front of DC Office. Protestors shouted slogans against Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalitha and flamed her posters. Addressing the gathering KRV district President Anil Das said that, Jayalalitha is doing this for the […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court, on Monday, directed the Karnataka government to release 15,000 cusecs of Cauvery water per day to Tamil Nadu for the next 10 days to ameliorate the plight of farmers. Noting that the samba crops in Tamil Nadu would be adversely affected, a Bench — comprising Justices Dipak Misra and U.U. […]

Bangalore :Water Resources Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday told the Legislative Assembly that the government would exhaust all legal provisions to ensure that there is no more release of the Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu in view of the prevailing drought situation in the basin. The government will not rush through the release of water […]

New Delhi: In a major setback to Tamil Nadu government led by J Jayalalithaa, the Supreme Court on Monday said that the need to supply drinking water to millions in Karnataka is more important than its irrigational needs. According to reports, the apex court made its observation while hearing a petition filed by the Tamil […]

Bangalore : JD(S) leader and former prime minister H D Deve Gowda on Friday said he would launch a fast unto death agitation if the State fails to get justice in the Cauvery water sharing imbroglio with neighbouring Tamil Nadu. Addressing a press conference here, Gowda said he would first seek an appointment with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, […]

Bangalore: Nearly 14,000 houses in Bangalore’s Yelahanka, Byatarayanapura, Mahadevapura and Electronics City areas will wake up to Cauvery water on Wednesday morning. Chief minister Jagadish Shettar will inaugurate the Cauvery phase II, stage IV project at the Jambu Savari Dinne reservoir site on the morrow, bringing to fruition a three-year wait for potable water. Some […]

Bangalore : The dawn-to-dusk Karnataka bandh called by pro-Kannada outfits to protest release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu on Saturday disrupted normal life in Bangalore and river basin districts even as windowpanes of some buses were damaged in stone-pelting incidents. In Bangalore city, miscreants pelted stones on some BMTC buses and damaged its windowpanes, […]

Bangalore : The rallies coincided with the visit of a team of central government officials to Cauvery basin areas in the state to assess water availability and the requirements of Karnataka. The two-member team arrived here Thursday and had talks with state officials. Another team is visiting Tamil Nadu for the same purpose. The two […]

Bangalore : Protests against the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu took a new turn on Wednesday with farmers trying to make an entry into the heavily guarded KRS reservoir. Their fivehour effort didn’t yield results. They tried to break the security cordon to enter the dam site and stop outflow of water. With […]

Bangalore : Protests against release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu continued for the second day on Monday with authorities deciding to deploy Rapid Action Force to maintain peace in Mandya, the epi-centre of the stir, even as four JD(S) MLAs and an MP submitted resignations to the party state unit chief to protest the […]