Cauvery Row

Cauvery dispute: Kamal Haasan demands water management board, says BJP delaying it due to Karnataka polls

Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan lashed out at the Centre and the Tamil Nadu government over the Cauvery water dispute, and demanded that the Cauvery Management Board be constituted without delay.

Jayalalithaa dead: A timeline of events since hospitalisation over two months ago

Jayalalithaa was said to be critical after a cardiac arrest, on Monday. Here is a timeline of events ever since her hospitalisation in September.

Cauvery row: Karnataka legislature special session on Friday to take call on SC order

In a move that may set the state on a collision course with the judiciary, a special session of both Houses of Karnataka legislature will be held on Friday to take a call on the Supreme Court's direction to the state to release 6,000 cusecs of Cauvery water per day to Tamil Nadu.

Cauvery dispute: PM Modi's intervention not possible now, says BJP

Karnataka unit of BJP on Friday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention in the raging Cauvery row with Tamil Nadu was not possible at this juncture and termed the demand by the Congress government in the state as "petty politicking".

Cauvery issue: Bengaluru wastes nearly 50% water supply from the river

As Karnataka continues its legal battle over the Cauvery, the state’s capital – almost entirely dependent on the river – wastes half the water it receives, according to an IndiaSpend analysis of water-use data.

Tamil Nadu & Puducherry brace for Cauvery bandh today, man sets himself on fire

Tamil Nadu is bracing for a dawn-to-dusk bandh supported by Opposition parties on Friday on the Cauvery with police deploying thousands of personnel across the state to ensure peace even as a youth set himself on fire on Thursday over the water sharing row.

Cauvery row: Maintain peace, Supreme Court tells Karnataka and Tamil Nadu

The Supreme Court on Thursday slammed the Tamil Nadu and Karnataka governments for their failure to stop people from taking to the agitation path after its order on Cauvery river water sharing.

Puducherry: BJP announces support to bandh called by Tamil outfits to condemn Cauvery unrest

The Puducherry unit of the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) on Thursday announced its support to the bandh called by several tamil outfits in Puducherry, on Friday, to condemn the violence against Tamils in Karnataka in the wake of Cauvery row.

Sacred duty of citizens to obey court order: SC on Cauvery protests

The apex court was irked over the contention of Karnataka that the "law and order" situation and state-wide protests led it to file the fresh plea seeking to keep in abeyance the 5 September order that had asked it to release 15,000 cusecs of Cauvery water per day to Tamil Nadu till 16 September.

Cauvery dispute: New Woodlands Hotel in Chennai attacked by suspected pro-Tamil group

A group of unidentified assailants attacked the New Woodlands Hotel in Mylapore in Chennai over the ongoing Cauvery row between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, police said on Monday.