Tag: Cauvery

SC refuses to stall release of Rajinikanth movie ‘Kaala’

Miffed with Rajinikanth's comments that Karnataka should implement the SC order on Cauvery water sharing, KFCC decided not to allow screening of 'Kaala'

June 6, 2018

The much-hunted mugger

Recently I spent three days in Srirangapatna, an island in the Cauvery long noted for its crocodiles and historic associations. As a boy I saw here, in the course of an afternoon, a dozen of these huge reptiles basking on sand-pits and on the flat-topped rocks jutting out of the water, but on this visit,...

May 6, 2018

Chepauk ‘externed’

There may be a mere trickle flowing in the Cauvery these days but such is the velocity of the emotional, perhaps even irrational, passions unleashed by the inter-state river-waters dispute that it has sufficed to flush the once-iconic cricketing venue, Chepauk, out of this year’s Indian Premier League. Returning from IPL-exile after two-years, the popular...

April 13, 2018

Tamil Nadu CM leads ruling party’s fast over Cauvery issue

Following CM Palaniswami, his deputy and AIADMK Coordinator O Panneerselvam arrived at the fast venue in Chepauk here

April 3, 2018

Cauvery basin states meet called on March 9

Amidst a strong demand in Tamil Nadu for the immediate formation of a Cauvery Water Management Board, the Centre has convened a meeting of top officials of the four basin states for consultations in Delhi on March 9 in this regard. Tamil Nadu Fisheries Minister D Jayakumar told reporters that the state government has received...

March 5, 2018

Cauvery verdict: SC reduces Tamil Nadu’s water share, Karnataka gets 14.7 TMC more

Stressing that no state can claim ownership of a river, the Supreme Court (SC) on Friday reduced Tamil Nadu’s share of Cauvery water to 177.25 thousand million cubic (TMC) while increased the share of Karnataka by 14.7 TMC. The verdict of 3-judge bench comprising of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud...

February 16, 2018