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Unrest in Bengaluru as tempers flare over Cauvery water issue
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru [India]. Sept. 12 (ANI): An atmosphere of panic prevailed in Karnataka capital Bengaluru on Monday, as stray incidents of violence were reported in parts of the state as well as in Tamil Nadu over the Cauvery River water dispute.
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Cauvery river issue: SC orders Karnataka to release 12 K cusecs of water t
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 12 (ANI): Modifying its September 5 order, the Supreme Court on Monday asked the Government of Karnataka to release to release 12000 cusecs of Cauvery River water every day to Tamil Nadu till September 20. It had earlier directed the Government of Karnataka to releas
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Cauvery Supervisory Committee to meet in Delhi today
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 12 (ANI): The Cauvery Supervisory Committee, headed by Union Water Resources Secretary Shashi Shekhar, will today meet in New Delhi to decide on the quantum of Cauvery river water to be released to Tamil Nadu and other states.
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Cauvery issue: Pro-Kannada activist Vatal Nagaraj to participate in '
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Mandya (Karnataka) [India], Sept. 10 (ANI): One of the spearheads of Kannada activism, Vatal Nagaraj on Saturday said that he will participate in 'Rail-roko' protest-which would be carried against the Supreme Court's directive of releasing the Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu
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Karnataka has no right to release Cauvery water when drinking water is sca
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug. 28 (ANI): Backing Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on the issue of Cauvery water sharing with Tamil Nadu, Janata Dal (Secular) national secretary general Danish Ali on Sunday said when farmers and the common man are distressed and even drinking water is not available in Ca
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Bangladesh should get its share of river water from India: Tripura Governo
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura), Aug. 27 (ANI): Tripura Governor Tathagatha Roy has raised question over India's policy on not giving the legitimate share of river water to friendly nation Bangladesh when it does not deny the same right to a hostile nation like Pakistan.
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Congress calls for Odisha shutdown over Mahanadi river water sharing issue
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar, Aug 16 (ANI): Holding the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) government in the state and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Chhattisgarh responsible for the dispute over the sharing of waters of the Mahanadi River, the Congress on Tuesday called for a 12-hour state-wide shutdown
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Karnataka shuts down over adverse Mahadayi river water verdict
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru, July 30 (ANI): Karnataka shut down on Saturday in protest over the Mahadayi Water Disputes Tribunal (MWDT) order that rejected the state's plea for diversion of 7.6 thousand million cubic feet (tmcft) of water from the river to the Malaprabha Basin.
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B'desh waiting for BJP govt. to resolve Teesta water problem: Former
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 27 (ANI): Asserting that the present Indo-Bangladesh relation is "very good", former Bangladesh prime minister Moudud Ahmed has said the most outstanding issue between the two countries is water sharing of various rivers and they are still waiting for the BJP govern
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Goa CM writes to PM Modi on interstate river water Mahadayi dispute
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Panaji, July 19 (ANI): Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Tuesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said that the permission granted to Advocate General Atmaram Nadkarni to represent the state is in larger public and national interest and the outbursts of the disgraced and disg
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