Everything you need to know about Cauvery Peak: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Cauvery Peak: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Political leaders were hard at debate Wednesday as the UPA-II regime completed four years with the clamour of corruption and charges of misgovernance seeming to drown out claims of achievements. Some opinions from Congress leaders, allies, analysts and the opposition on their assessment of the government and the road ahead:
Chennai, May 17 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Friday urged the prime minister to order the implementation of the final award of Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal.
Kolkata, May 17 (IANS) State-owned energy major ONGC Friday said there is a huge scope of upward revision of the shale gas estimates for the country.
Chennai, May 16 (IANS) Two years after she stormed into Fort St.George, the seat of power in Tamil Nadu, with a massive victory, Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has a mixed bag of results to show so far.
Chennai, April 26 (IANS) Great Eastern Energy Corporation Ltd.'s (GEEC) coal-bed methane exploration project in Tamil Nadu's Mannargudi hit a political roadblock Friday with MDMK's general secretary Vaiko voicing fears it would turn the area into a desert.
Chennai, April 22 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Monday called for a third front at the national level as the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have both failed in their promises.
Thiruvananthapuram, April 15 (IANS) The liaison committee of the ruling Congress-led UDF Monday directed the Kerala government to initiate both long and short term measures to see that water is conserved for agricultural use.
Washington, April 2 (ANI): Studies show that half of the common stars, including our Sun, formed in massive clusters, rich with young stars, from which they eventually escape.
London, March 28 (ANI): One in four British children think that Easter is celebrated as the date chocolate was invented, while a similar number of kids reckon the annual Christian festival marks the birthday of the Easter bunny, a survey has revealed.
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) The Cabinet will take up the crucial shale gas exploration policy in two weeks, Petroleum Minister M. Veerappa Moily said Sunday
Sydney, Mar. 18 (ANI): Taiwan is set to produce 50 medium-range missiles next year that will target military bases in southeast China, according to a media report.
Chennai, March 15 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Friday gave names to seven tiger cubs at Vandaloor Zoo near here and also laid the foundation stone for several projects and inaugurated new buildings at the zoological park.
Chennai, March 9 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa Saturday declared she would resort to legal action if the central government does not set up the necessary mechanism to implement the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal's (CWDT) final award after gazetting it.
Chennai, March 9 (IANS) Tamil lyricist Vairamuthu won the Ilakkiya Chinthanai award for his Tamil novel "Moonraam Ulaga Por", a book dedicated to Cauvery river delta farmers who committed suicide. He will distribute all the earnings from the book to the families of the dead farmers.
Beijing, March 7 (IANS) The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Wednesday announced a multi-year agreement with Megton Electronic Lighting Co. Ltd., a Chinese LED tennis court and general sports facility lighting company.
Chennai, March 6 (IANS) Two directors of Mumbai-based shipping company Pratibha Shipping Company Ltd were Wednesday remanded to judicial custody by a court here in a case related to the death of six sailors of the company's tanker, police said.
Los Angeles, March 6 (IANS) Snoop Dogg has tied up with a gaming company for a video game "Way of the Dogg".
Bangalore, Feb 26 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar said here Tuesday that he would meet central ministers and MPs from the state in New Delhi Wednesday to discuss steps to protect the state's interests in Cauvery row.
Mysore, Feb. 20 (ANI): Protests erupted here in Karnataka on Wednesday after the Central Government endorsed a gazette notification of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal's (CWDT) final award.
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) The Ministry of Water Resources has notified the final award of Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT) in an official gazette in accordance with the directions of the Supreme Court, a ministry release said Wednesday.
Chennai, Feb 20 (IANS) Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Wednesday said the gazette notification of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal final award was the culmination of 22 years of struggle to get Tamil Nadu a fair share of the river water flowing from Karnataka.
Bangalore, Feb 20 (IANS) Protests erupted in Karnataka and railway offices in Bangalore and Mysore were attacked Wednesday by activists protesting the gazette notification of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal's (CWDT) final award.
Chennai, Feb 20 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Wednesday termed the gazette notification of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal's (CWDT) final award as the culmination of 22 years of struggle and a "great victory for me and my government".
Chennai, Feb 20 (IANS) Hailing the gazetting of the final order of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT) Wednesday by the central government, CPI leader D. Pandian said it was a victory for Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa.
Bangalore, Feb 19 (IANS) Karnataka late Tuesday stepped up security in Cauvery delta areas to tackle threatened protests ahead of the expected notification Wednesday of a tribunal's final award on sharing of the river water between Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Purducherry.
Washington, February 19 (ANI): Asteroid 2012 DA14 that passed extraordinarily close to the Earth last Friday has left the vicinity of the Earth.
New Delhi, Feb. 18 (ANI): An all party delegation from Karnataka, led by Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar on Monday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and urged the government not to notify the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT)'s final award.
Hubli (Karnataka), Feb. 18 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar has said that releasing Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu is not possible at present in the wake of drought situation and acute drinking water scarcity in the state.
London, February 18 (ANI): Researchers have found a direct correlation between out-of-hospital cardiac arrests and levels of air pollution and ozone.
Chennai, Feb 15 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Friday urged her party cadres to work hard so that the AIADMK wins all 40 Lok Sabha seats (39 in Tamil Nadu and one in Puducherry) in the next general elections.
Bangalore, Feb 11 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar Monday ticked off the Congress and Janata Dal-Secular for demanding his resignation for releasing Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu and said he was ready to do so if that was a solution to the row.
Mysore, Feb. 9 (ANI): Karnataka Police on Saturday detained former Chief Minister and Karnataka Janata Party (KJP) chief B.S. Yeddyurappa here as he, along with hundreds of farmers and supporters tried to break police barricade imposed near Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) reservoir.
Bangalore, Feb 9 (IANS) The Cauvery is hailed as Karnataka's 'jeeva nadi' (lifeline). This year, however, it has badly hit life of people in its delta region and also has left political parties in poll-bound Karnataka in a tizzy.
Chennai, Feb 8 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Friday said that 31 of the state's 32 districts would be declared as drought hit due to monsoon failure and that a "drought memorandum" would be submitted to the central government for a financial aid to the state.
Chennai, Feb 7 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh Thursday faulted Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for not working out a consensus between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka on the Cauvery river water dispute by calling the heads of these two states for a meeting.
New Delhi/Bangalore, Feb 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday directed Karnataka to "forthwith" release 2.44 tmc (thousand million cubic feet) of Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu for irrigating its standing crops but the state said it would explore all options.
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday directed Karnataka to release 2.44 tmc (thousand million cubic feet) of Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu for irrigating its standing crops in the Cauvery delta basin.
A protest evoked in the assembly house led by opposition Congress and Janta Dal (Secular) when the Supreme Court of India Thursday directed the Karnataka government to release 2.44 tmc (thousand million cubic feet) of Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu for irrigating its standing crops in the delta basin................................
New Delhi, Feb. 7 (ANI): Refusing the Government iof Tamil Nadu's plea of seeking a release of twelve thousand million cubic (TMC) of Cauvery waters, the Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Government of Karnataka to release 2.44 TMC to the neighbouring state.
Bangalore, Feb 7 (IANS) Karnataka is unlikely to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu immediately though the Supreme Court Thursday directed it to do so "forthwith", Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar indicated.
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday directed Karnataka to release 2.44 tmc (thousand million cubic feet) of Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu for irrigating its standing crops in the delta basin.
Chennai, Feb 5 (IANS) Legislators belonging to opposition DMK party were evicted Tuesday from the Tamil Nadu assembly after they held a demonstration against the ruling AIADMK inside the house.
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday directed the chairman of the Central Water Commission to set up a three-member panel to visit the Cauvery Delta Basin to assess Tamil Nadu's standing crops.
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday directed the chairman of the Central Water Commission to constitute a three-member expert committee to visit the Cauvery Delta Basin to make an assessment of standing crops in Tamil Nadu.
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) Karnataka told the Supreme Court Tuesday that it cannot spare any more water for Tamil Nadu as it would affect the water needs of its own people.
San Francisco, Jan 23 (IANS) Browser maker Mozilla Tuesday introduced two phones powered by its open source Firefox OS platform with focus on low-end markets.
Chennai, Jan 21 (IANS) Continuing its fight against Karnataka for Cauvery river water in the apex court, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa Monday said she has ordered officials to file a case against the neighbouring state, claiming damages for losses suffered due to non-supply of water.
Chennai, Jan 19 (IANS) The AIADMK said Saturday it would protest against the central government putting up hurdles in the development of Tamil Nadu.
Chennai, Jan.17 (ANI): Addressing a gathering at a function organised in Kodanadu in Tamil Nadu's Nilgiri District to mark the 96th birth anniversary of AIADMK founder and former chief minister M.G. Ramchandran on Thursday, Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa vowed to put an end to the "arrogance" of the opposition DMK in the 2014 general elections.
Washington, January 12 (ANI): Peering deep into the dim edges of a distorted pinwheel galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major (the Great Bear), astronomers have discovered a faint dwarf galaxy and another possible young dwarf caught before it had a chance to form any stars.
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS The Congress core group met here Friday to discuss the current political situation including issues like the flare -up on the line of control, demand for a separate Telangana and the Cauvery water-sharing dispute.
Chennai, Jan 11 (IANS) Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) president M. Karunanidhi Friday said the central government has to find out whether there is water in Karnataka dams and take appropriate action.
Washington, Jan 9 (ANI): Apophis, an asteroid with an estimated diameter of almost three football fields (270m), will make its close approach to Earth this week.
Chennai, Jan 5 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa Saturday announced the setting up of a high-level committee headed by Finance Minister O.Panneerselvam to assess the areas in the state to be declared as drought-affected so that compensation could be given to the farmers.
Kolkata, Jan 5 (IANS) India is likely to begin construction of the world's largest solar telescope on the foothills of the Himalayas in Ladakh to understand the fundamental processes taking place on the Sun by year-end, a senior official said Saturday.
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday gave the central government time till Jan 31 to decide whether it would notify the decision of the water resources ministry accepting the Cauvery Water Tribunal award on the sharing of Cauvery river water.
Mumbai, Jan 4 (IANS) As many as 151 sailors, including some in China and Bahrain, remain stranded aboard six ships of Mumbai's Pratibha Shipping Company, which has been offered financial assistance by a seamen's union, a top maritime authority said Friday.
Mumbai, Jan 4 (IANS) As many as 151 sailors, including some from China and Bahrain, remain stranded aboard six ships of Mumbai's beleaguered Pratibha Shipping Company, which has been offered financial assistance by a seamen's union, a top maritime authority said Friday.
Chennai, Jan 3 (IANS) DMK president M. Karunanidhi Thursday said his second son, M.K. Stalin, would be the party's torchbearer after him to fight for the upliftment of Dalits.
Chennai, Jan 2 (IANS) Former Tamil Nadu chief minister M. Karunanidhi Wednesday said the DMK will chalk out its strategy for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections based on the deliberations at different forums of the party.
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Thursday flayed the centre, saying it was indifferent to reducing poverty and was busy conspiring against the common man to facilitate foreign investors.
Chennai, Dec 20 (IANS) Citing an order of the apex court, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa Thursday urged Prime Minister Mammohan Singh to expedite the notification of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal's final order before the end of this month.
New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday asked Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to approach the Cauvery River Authority headed by the prime minister to resolve their dispute over the sharing of the river's water.
Belgaum, Dec 10 (IANS) Karnataka has stopped release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu from late Sunday, Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar said here Monday.
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 8 (IANS) An e-toilet manufacturer from Kerala will install four sewage treatment plants in Jammu and Kashmir and two customised toilets - one at 4,000 feeet at the Affarwat Peak and the other at the Dal Lake, the company said Saturday.
New Delhi/Bangalore, Dec 7 (IANS) Karnataka was Friday directed by the Cauvery Monitoring Committee to release 12 TMC (thousand million cubic) feet of Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu during December. The state said it would appeal the order.
New Delhi/Bangalore, Dec 7 (IANS) Karnataka was Friday directed by the Cauvery Monitoring Committee to release to Tamil Nadu 12 TMC (thousand million cubic) feet of Cauvery river water during December.
Mysore, Dec.7 (ANI): Activists of the hardline pro-Kannadiga outfit, Kannada Rakshana Vedike staged a protest rally in Mysore against the Supreme Court's directive to the Karnataka Government to share the waters of the River Cauvery with neighbouring Tamil Nadu.
Bangalore/New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) Protests erupted in Karnataka Friday following the release of Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu late Thursday and a crucial meeting was on in New Delhi to decide the quantum of water needed by the two states for the remaining part of this month.
New Delhi, Dec. 7 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Jagdish Shettar has said he will put across his viewpoint over the sharing of the Cauvery river water with neighboring Tamil Nadu when he meets Union Water Resources Minister Harish Rawat.
Bangalore, Dec 7 (IANS) Bowing to the Supreme Court's directive, Karnataka has begun releasing Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu, thus avoiding contempt of court. Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar thereafter flew to New Delhi Friday morning to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and central Water Resources Minister Harish Rawat to seek relief for the state.
Belgaum (Karnataka), Dec 6 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar Thursday announced that he will lead a delegation to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday to seek relief for the state on the issue of Cauvery water release to Tamil Nadu.
Belgaum (Karnataka), Dec 6 (IANS) The Congress's Karnataka unit Thursday opposed release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu in spite of the Supreme Court's directive to the state to do so.
Bangalore, Dec 6 (IANS) Protests erupted late Wednesday in Cauvery belt in Karnataka hours after Supreme Court's directive to the state to release 10,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu.
New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday directed Karnataka to supply 10,000 cusecs of Cauvery water daily to Tamil Nadu for the next five days.
New Delhi, Dec. 5 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed Karnataka to release 10,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu from Cauvery river.
Chennai, Dec 5 (IANS) DMK president M. Karunanidhi Wednesday said the Cauvery basin states should abide by the decision taken by Cauvery River Water Authority (CRA).
New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Tuesday told the Supreme Court that the rabi crop in the state would die if Cauvery river water was not released by Karnataka, which, in turn, dubbed the neighbour's plea for water as "not maintainable".
New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Tuesday told the Supreme Court that rabi crop in the state would die if Cauvery river water was not released by Karnataka, which, in turn, dubbed the neighbour's plea for water as "not maintainable".
London, Dec. 4 (ANI): A 200 million-year-old hairy microbe has been discovered trapped inside a prehistoric cocoon of a leech in Antarctica.
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) Since Karnataka is heading for assembly elections in 2013, the central government may not be pushing it hard to release Cauvery water for Tamil Nadu, the Supreme court was told by a counsel Monday.
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) Since Karnataka is heading for assembly elections in 2013, the central government may not be pushing it hard to release Cauvery water for Tamil Nadu, the Supreme court was told by a counsel Monday.
Chennai, Dec.3 (ANI): British Deputy High Commissioner in Chennai, Mike Nitha Vrianakih, met Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK) leader and former Tamil Nadu chief minister M. Karunanidhi on Monday.
Chennai, Dec 3 (ANI): British Deputy High Commissioner in Southern India, Mike Nithavrianakis, met DMK supremo M. Karunanidhi here on Monday and discussed the issue of Tamils in Sri Lanka and the Centre's decision to introduce Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail.
New Delhi, Dec 3 (ANI): The Supreme Court will today hear the Tamil Nadu government's petition for immediate release of the water of River Cauvery from Karnataka.
Kolkata, Dec 2 (IANS) Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh's triumph over cancer and subsequent return to the field may have inspired a nation -- but for the man himself the hero is cricket's demigod Sachin Tendulkar.
Kolkata, Dec 2 (IANS) While visiting a hospital in Pakistan, batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar encountered a child whose name made the master tremble with fear. The kid's name was Osama - the same as that of Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden.
New Delhi, Dec. 2 (ANI): Union Water Resources Minister Harish Rawat on Sunday expressed hope that the Cauvery Waters dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka will be resolved soon, and added that he is in touch with chief ministers of both states on the issue.
Bangalore, Nov 29 (IANS) Pleading a truant monsoon and depleting levels in its reservoirs, a drought-hit Karnataka Thursday refused to release more Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, which decided to approach the Supreme Court Friday for relief.
Bangalore, Nov 29 (IANS) Talks between the chief ministers of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu on sharing the Cauvery river water failed Thursday, as Karnataka declined to release any more water due to depleting levels in its drought?hit reservoirs.
Bangalore, Nov 29 (IANS) Talks between chief ministers of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu on sharing of the Cauvery river water failed Thursday, as Karnataka declined to release any more water due to depleting levels in its drought?hit reservoirs.
Bangalore, Nov 29 (IANS) Talks between Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on the sharing of the Cauvery river water between the two states failed soon after they started here Thursday.
New Delhi, Nov 29 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was adjourned till 2 p.m. Thursday following an uproar over Cauvery river row.
To solve the Cauvery water sharing issue, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa and her Karnataka counterpart Jagadish Shettar will meet today. The much awaited meeting is expected to provide some solid solution for the issue.
Bangalore, Nov 29 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa and her Karnataka counterpart Jagadish Shettar will meet here today on the Cauvery water sharing row.
Bangalore, Nov 28 (IANS) Chief Minist;ers of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu will hold talks Thursday here on the sharing of Cauvery river water, as suggested by the Supreme Court Monday.
Bangalore, Nov. 27 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa and her Karnataka counterpart Jagadish Shettar will meet here on Thursday in an endeavor to find a solution to the Cauvery water sharing row.
Chennai, Nov 27 (IANS) The chief ministers of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka will meet in Bangalore Thursday to arrive at an amicable solution to the protracted dispute over sharing of Cauvery river waters.
New Delhi, Nov 26 (IANS) State?run oil and natural gas explorer ONGC will next month tie up with US energy firm ConocoPhillips for exploration of shale gas in India.
New Delhi, Nov 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday asked Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa and her Karnataka counterpart Jagadish Shettar to meet and find an amicable solution to the Cauvery river water dispute.
