Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Bharatiya Kisan Union Purwa through its Secretary Vs Union of India Ministry of Jal Shakti & Others dated 07/03/2025. The grievance of the applicant is that railway bridge between Daraganj and Jhunsi is being constructed on the flood plains of …
Karnataka Monday agreed to release 10,000 cusecs of water from Cauvery to Tamil Nadu as “a goodwill gesture”. Following the assurance, a Supreme Court bench of Justices D K Jain and Madan Lokur refused to pass an order on Tamil Nadu’s plea to direct Karnataka to release 2 thousand million …
Tamil Nadu got an “ad-hoc” assurance from Karnataka of 10,000 cusecs flow of water from Cauvery River to be maintained till the crucial meeting of the Prime Minister-led Cauvery River Authority (CRA) is to take place on September 19. The upper riparian State of Tamil Nadu had complained that it …
The Supreme Court has said that it will hear on September 10 the plea of Tamil Nadu seeking a direction to Karnataka for releasing 2TMC of water from Cauvery river as an interim measure. The plea by the Tamil Nadu Government was made after the Centre told a bench comprising …
Centre to explain steps taken for convening meet in Supreme Court today Even as the Supreme Court is to hear the Centre on Friday on fixing the date for the meeting of the Cauvery River Authority, the Tamil Nadu Government on Thursday made a fresh plea that Karnataka be directed …
The Lahore High Court on Thursday sought a reply from the ministry of Foreign Affairs, ministry of Law & Justice and ministry of Water & Power within two weeks on a petition seeking directions to raise issue of two Indian dams before the concerned forums. Justice Ijazul Ahsan passed the …
BELGAUM: Undeterred by Goa government’s efforts to seek a stay on the Kalsa-Bandura project, Karnataka Chief Minister Jagdish Shettar on Wednesday said his government will make every effort to complete and implement the water diversion project at the earliest. He was reacting to a question on the water levels in …
Respecting Supreme Court’s observation, Central government should convene the Cauvery River Authority meeting soon and instruct Karnataka to release the due share of water to Tamil Nadu as per the Interim Award of the Cauvery River Water Disputes Tribunal said R.Nallakannu, senior leader, Communist Party of India, here on Tuesday. …
India and Pakistan have concluded their arguments in the dispute over the 330-MW hydro-electric project on Kishenganga, a tributary of the Jhelum in Jammu & Kashmir. Islamabad claimed that the project will harm its share of river waters while New Delhi asserted that it was contemplating such a project even …
The Karnataka government on Monday maintained its earlier position that it had time till December to ensure adequate release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu at the inter State-border, Biligundlu. In its rejoinder to Tamil Nadu’s reply in the Supreme Court, Karnataka, however, made it clear that it did not …
The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up the Centre for not showing any interest in the Cauvery issue and wondered whether the Prime Minister’s Office was aware of its orders. Earlier, Additional Solicitor-General Harin Raval, appearing for the Centre, told a Bench of Justices D.K. Jain and Madan B. Lokur …
The Supreme Court on Monday expressed displeasure over the PMO officials' failure to hold a meeting of the committee, headed by the Prime Minister, to resolve the Cauvery water-sharing dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. A bench of justices D.K. Jain and Madan B. Lokur expressed surprise when it was …
‘Summer crop in Karnataka wholly unauthorised and not approved by Tribunal’ Tamil Nadu on Friday described as reprehensible and inhuman Karnataka’s stand that it will enjoy all water in the Cauvery basin during distress and use all surplus water even for summer irrigation in a surplus year, to the detriment …
The Centre on Thursday informed the Supreme Court that the meeting of the Cauvery River Authority (CRA) was likely to be convened shortly as requested by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister to discuss the distress-sharing formula. In response to the Tamil Nadu’s application, the Centre, in its affidavit, said as per …
India yesterday handed over a copy of the Detailed Project Report (DPR) of Tipaimukh Hydropower Project to Bangladesh as the two countries finalised the Terms of Reference for a joint study on the dam's impact. At the end of a two-day meeting of the Indo-Bangladesh joint subgroup on the proposed …
‘Join hands to fight for Cauvery water’ Organic Scientist G. Nammalvar strongly felt that linking of rivers to fight water scarcity should begin within Tamil Nadu. He told this to newsmen here after addressing the gathering on “Conservation of Water Bodies”, that was organised by the ‘People’s Federation for Tapping …
Pressing her demand for convening the Cauvery River Authority meeting, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Thursday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to direct Karnataka to release water to the state to raise long term crop in the Cauvery delta areas. Referring to her earlier letter dated May 18, …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will ask External Affairs Minister SM Krishna to meet Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to clear her doubts on the Teesta River Treaty and the India-Bangladesh land boundary agreement which have been vetoed by the key UPA ally. The matter was …
Pressing her demand for convening the Cauvery River Authority meeting, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Thursday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to direct Karnataka to release water to the state to raise long term crop in the Cauvery delta areas. Referring to her earlier letter dated May 18, …
The Centre is yet to take a decision on Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s request, made in April to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, for appointing a new Chairman to the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal after Justice N.P. Singh resigned his post on health grounds. As a result, the Tribunal is …
Respond to TN plea for convening PM-headed Cauvery River Authority The Supreme Court, while expressing displeasure at the lack of sensitivity on the part of the Centre on the Cauvery issue, has directed it to respond to Tamil Nadu’s plea for convening a meeting of the Cauvery River Authority, headed …
