CM Kumaraswamy said there are a few issues regarding the setting up of the Cauvery Management Board which have to be sorted out before it starts functioning
Cinema halls, where it was to be screened, refused to show the film, leaving cinema goers disappointed. Demonstrations were held in front of all the theatres in the city where the film was to be screened.
Rajinikanth's Kaala has been banned in Karnataka citing the superstar's statement on Cauvery Water Dispute. The makers have moved Karnataka High Court seeking release of the film in the state.
Kamal'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.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswamy has welcomed the constitution of a Cauvery Water Management Authority (CMA) by the Centre and hailed it as a "grand victory for the "Amma (Jayalalithaa) government" and the state's farmers.
A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra rejected the suggestions of Karnataka and Kerala governments over the scheme, terming them as devoid of merits.
The 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.
The top court by its February 16 judgment had asked the Centre to frame a scheme for the implementation of the tribunal award and its judgment. It had given the Centre six weeks time, that came to end on March 30, for this purpose.
It had in February asked the Centre to formulate a scheme to ensure compliance of its judgement on the decades-old Cauvery dispute.
Karnataka minister's statement came on a day when the Supreme Court sought to know from the state the quantum of water that can be spared for Tamil Nadu.
Reacting sharply to the Attorney General’s remarks, Tamil Nadu’s counsel Shekhar Naphade alleged that the Centre was "politicizing" the issue ahead of the Karnataka polls.
During the hearing, Attorney General KK Venugopal Centre sought more time for setting up of the Board on the ground that PM Narendra Modi and other ministers are busy campaigning in Karnataka for the May 12 Assembly elections.
After leading anti-IPL protests in the backdrop of the Cauvery issue last week, pro-Tamil outfit Tamizhaga Vazhvurimai Katchi (TVK) today warned of intensifying its agitation, including holding protests at the Marina here.
In an open video message to PM Modi, the Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) president said that the people of Tamil Nadu had a feeling that the delay in Cauvery issue is due to the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections and the prime minister’s interest in it.
The BCCI had earlier mentioned concerns for the safety of the players and that the police were finding it difficult to manage the ongoing protests in the city over the Cauvery issue.
There were already calls by various groups not to host cricket matches in the city when the state was facing such a grave situation.
The 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.
21 Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK) party workers were arrested and sent to Puzhal Central Prison a day after they held protests over Cauvery issue outside Chennai's Chepauk Stadium.
The 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.
Despite massive protests, the match began as per schedule. Earlier, Chennai Super Kings team had faced a slight delay in reaching the stadium due to protests and traffic.
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