Chennai, Dec 22: Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi has claimed to have been 'fighting' for the resolution of the Cauvery water dispute between the state and Karnataka.Inaugurating the platinum jubilee celebrations of Mettur Dam near Salem, the DMK leader on
New Delhi, Apr 7: A two-day silver jubilee national conference of Kannada-speaking people here has urged the Centre to clear all Karnataka's pending projects, protect the legitimate interests of the state in Cauvery waters and recognise Kannada as a classical language.
New Delhi, Apr 3: The BJP today condemned the violence in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu over the implementation of the Hogenakkal drinking water project and asked the Centre to intervene to control the situation in the two southern states.
New Delhi, Apr 3: Senior Congress leaders Union Minister of State for Planning M V Rajasekharan and B Janardhana Poojari have objected to Tamil Nadu's attempt to build a drinking water project in Hogenakkal on the disputed Cauvery river.
Bangalore, Apr 2: Karnataka Chief Secretary Sudhakar Rao today said that the state government had urged the Centre to treat the controversial Hogenakkal drinking water project across Cauvery river as a new project in view of the unresolved inter-state water dispute.
Chennai, Mar 26: The Opposition AIADMK will stage a demonstration at Hoganekkal tomorrow to protest against several Kannada outfits staking claim to certain areas bordering Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
Tiruchirapalli, Mar 10: Three persons drowned in River Cauvery at Kavutharasanallur Village near Grand Anicut, near here, yesterday.
Karur, Oct 14: The Cauvery Delta Farmers Welfare Association General Secretary Mannargudi S Ranganathan has assured that the concerns of farmers of the Cauvery, Amaravathi, Noyyal and Bhavani rivers in Karur, Erode, Coimbatore and Tiruchirapalli districts would be taken up at the appropriate forum for suitable remedy.
Bangalore, Aug 10: A grim flood situation starked the Cauvery and Krishna
river basins in Karnataka as the renewed Southwest monsoon left a trail of
devastation with 242 people killed and property worth Rs 4,000 crore damaged,
forcing the State government seeking an immediate relief of Rs 500 crore from
the centre.
Chennai, Aug 5: Marumalarchi DMK General Secretary Vaiko today appealed to
the Tamil Nadu Government to take steps to prevent the Karnataka government
from constructing a check dam across river Thenpennai as it would affect the
people of the state.