Cauvery Dispute
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Karnataka Bandh: What's open and what stays shut across state on August 13? Details here
Karnataka | Aug 13, 2026, 07:15 AM ISTThe Karnataka bandh has been called by pro-Kannada organisations and activists in protest over the Cauvery water dispute. The shutdown is expected affect transportation and other facilities across the state, but emergency services will operate.
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Tamil Nadu: Farmer Unions call for 'bandh' against Karnataka over Cauvery water issue
Chennai | Oct 11, 2023, 09:45 AM ISTOn September 16, Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin said that this year, till September 14, his state should have received 103.5 tmc ft water. However, the state received only 38.4 tmc ft, a shortfall of 65.1 tmc ft, he added. Karnataka's alleged non-cooperation propelled farmers to resort to protests.
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AIADMK chief Palaniswami accuses DMK of negligence in Cauvery river dispute
Chennai | Oct 01, 2023, 02:47 PM ISTPalaniswami, the leader of the opposition in the state assembly, alleged that the DMK was supporting the Congress government in Karnataka to safeguard the interests of its family members who have businesses there.
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Bengaluru shut today: Know what's open and what's closed due to bandh
Karnataka | Sep 26, 2023, 06:13 AM ISTThe Cauvery Water Management Authority ordered the Karnataka government to release 5,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu for 15 days, leading to protests in Karnataka. Despite the Karnataka government's appeal to the Supreme Court, the court upheld the order, intensifying the protests.
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Cauvery dispute: SC refuses to interfere with orders directing Karnataka to release water to TN
India | Sep 21, 2023, 12:27 PM ISTThe bench said expert bodies like the CWMA and Cauvery Water Regulation Committee have considered all relevant aspects like drought and deficit rainfall and passed the order and, therefore, it is not inclined to interfere with the order directing Karnataka to release 5,000 cusecs of water.
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Cauvery dispute: CWMA directs Karnataka to release 5,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu for 15 days
Karnataka | Sep 19, 2023, 10:54 AM ISTFarmers in Mandya, Karnataka, have been protesting against the release of Cauvery waters to Tamil Nadu. They are expressing strong discontent with the state government's adherence to the directives of the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA).
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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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Cauvery row: Tamil Nadu BJP chief accuses Congress of creating water dispute for political gains
Chennai | Aug 23, 2023, 11:47 AM ISTThe Cauvery water dispute is over the sharing of water from the Cauvery River, which is a major river in South India. The dispute has been going on for decades and has led to several rounds of litigation.
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Cauvery delta districts will be a protected farm zone; no nod for oil projects: TN CM
India | Feb 09, 2020, 09:50 PM ISTChief Minister K Palaniswami on Sunday said eight Cauvery delta districts of Tamil Nadu including the rice bowl, Thanjavur, will be categorised as a special protected agricultural zone and assured that permission will not be given for hydrocarbon projects.
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Godavari-Cauvery linking project must be sanctioned in first parliamentary cabinet meet: Ramadoss
India | May 27, 2019, 01:31 PM ISTRamadoss said the project could be implemented with loans from the World Bank or the Asian Development Bank.
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Cauvery water dispute: Karnataka to challenge board's formation in Supreme Court
India | Jun 30, 2018, 07:34 PM ISTThe Union Water Resources Ministry on June 1 notified the Authority and the Committee as part of the scheme the apex court directed on May 18 for implementing the 2007 Cauvery Water Tribunal Award.
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'Grand victory for Amma government', says Palaniswami after setting up of Cauvery Water Management Authority
India | Jun 02, 2018, 01:49 PM ISTTamil 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.
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You are in sheer contempt of court: CJI tells Centre on Cauvery issue
India | May 08, 2018, 10:07 PM ISTThe 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.
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Cauvery river water dispute case: Release 4 tmc water for Tamil Nadu, SC tells Karnataka
India | May 03, 2018, 03:02 PM ISTDuring 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.
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Cauvery dispute: Tamil outfit TVK warns of intensifying protests
India | Apr 16, 2018, 02:52 PM ISTAfter 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.
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Cauvery dispute: TVK workers protest at MA Chidambaram stadium ahead of Chennai vs Kolkata IPL match
India | Apr 10, 2018, 07:11 PM ISTA 4,000 strong posse of policemen has been deployed for security for the CSK-KKR tie, amid intensified opposition over the Cauvery issue.
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Cauvery dispute: SC criticises Centre, asks it to draft management scheme by May 3
India | Apr 09, 2018, 02:13 PM ISTThe top court pulled up the Centre for neither framing the scheme in six weeks nor approaching the court prior to the March 31 deadline to conveny that it had difficulties.
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Cauvery dispute: DMK-led shutdown affects normal life in Tamil Nadu
India | Apr 05, 2018, 12:08 PM ISTThe Centre failed to set up the CMB within six weeks of the apex court's February 16 order. The deadline ended on March 29.
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Cauvery dispute: TN CM Palaniswami, OPS lead AIADMK's hunger strike; 21 lakh shops to remain shut
India | Apr 03, 2018, 12:18 PM ISTThe arrival of the top two AIADMK leaders came as a surprise as the party had earlier said that barring them, all other leaders will take part in the fast.
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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.