Cauvery Issue
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Shivakumar urges pro-Kannada groups to call off Karnataka bandh: 'Will protect state's interests'
Karnataka | Aug 03, 2026, 12:05 AM ISTPro-Kannada organisations have called a bandh in Karnataka on August 13 in protest over Cauvery Water Regulation Committee's recommendation of releasing 3,500 cusecs of water for 15 days. However, Chief Minister DK Shivakumar has urged the groups to call off their bandh.
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Cauvery water dispute: Karnataka bandh today, see what's open and what's closed
Karnataka | Sep 29, 2023, 07:30 AM IST'Kannada Okkuta,' a coalition of various Kannada organizations, including factions of Karnataka Rakshana Vedike, Kannada Chalavali (Vatal Paksha), and several farmers' groups, has called for a statewide shutdown lasting from dawn to dusk.
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Karnataka: All-party meeting held to discuss Cauvery water sharing issue
Karnataka | Aug 23, 2023, 12:23 PM ISTKarnataka and Tamil Nadu have been at loggerheads over the water-sharing of Cauvery for decades. The matter is under consideration of Supreme Court and there is a board (Cauvery Water Management Authority) to resolve the issue between the two states.
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RS chairman holds meetings for functioning of House, asks govt to find solution to Cauvery issue
India | Jan 02, 2019, 10:31 PM ISTThe Tamil Nadu parties are protesting in the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha against the proposed Mekedatu dam in Karnataka on the Cauvery river, claiming that it will affect farmers in their state.
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Kamal Hassan meets Kumaraswamy on Cauvery issue, urges to resolve issue through dialogue
India | Jun 04, 2018, 05:34 PM ISTKamal's visit to Karnataka comes after the state's film distributors voluntarily decided to not screen Tamil actor Rajinikanth's "Kaala" in theatres across the state protesting against the superstar's stand on the Cauvery river row.
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Centre submits draft Cauvery management scheme in SC; top court to take call on May 16
India | May 14, 2018, 12:47 PM ISTThe apex court said that it will not go into "correctness of the scheme" and rather confine itself to whether the scheme was in consonance with its February 16 judgment.
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Cauvery issue: Tamil outfit threatens let loose snakes during IPL matches
Cricket | Apr 11, 2018, 05:36 PM ISTThe snakes will not be poisonous as the intention is not to harm anybody, but to only express angst over the delay information of the Cauvery Management Board (CMB), Tamizhaga Vazhvurimai Katchi (TVK) chief T Velmurugan said.
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Chennai IPL matches likely to be shifted due to Cauvery row, BCCI picks 4 stand-by venues
India | Apr 11, 2018, 06:19 PM ISTThe Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has picked four cities to host home matches of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) after the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise was asked to shift matches from Chennai in the wake of protests over the Cauvery river dispute. According to reports, Visakhapatnam, Trivandrum, Pune and Rajkot are among the cities kept on stand-by the BCCI.
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Cauvery water sharing dispute: Supreme Court verdict likely today
India | Feb 16, 2018, 12:06 AM ISTThe Supreme Court is likely to pronounce tomorrow its verdict on the decades-old Cauvery water dispute between riparian south Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala.
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Cauvery stir: Woman set ablaze 42 buses for Rs 100 and biryani?
India | Sep 19, 2016, 01:54 PM ISTA 22-year-old woman, who is suspected to have provoked a mob to carry out the arson attack on 42 buses in Bengaluru, was allegedly offered Rs 100 and a plate of biryani to join the protests over Cauvery water-sharing.
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Amazon, Flipkart hit hard by Bengaluru violence; ‘mammoth losses’ on cards
Sep 13, 2016, 08:19 PM ISTThe violence that has triggered amid the ongoing Cauvery dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu has impacted the states in more ways than one. The protests have not only taken a toll on the infrastructure
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Karunanidhi attacks Jayalalithaa over Cauvery issue
India | Jun 10, 2014, 08:15 PM ISTChennai: The war of words between arch rivals Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa and DMK President M Karunanidhi over the Cauvery issue continued unabated with the latter today questioning her statement that there was no need
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Jayalalithaa's water, power woes continue in 2012
National | Dec 18, 2012, 11:00 AM ISTChennai, Dec 18: 2012 was a difficult year for Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa as she had to wage a legal battle with Karnataka on the Cauvery issue and face criticism for long powercuts
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Karnataka CM meets Krishna over Cauvery issue
National | Oct 08, 2012, 11:24 AM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 8: Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar today met Union Minister S M Krishna here today amid demands by Karnataka leaders for a review of Cauvery River Authority's decision asking the state to