Karnataka On Cauvery Order By Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to pass any order on the Tamil Nadu government's plea seeking release of 24,000 cusecs of Cauvery water daily by Karnataka for irrigating the standing crops.

Reacting to the Supreme Court's warning on Cauvery river water sharing, Karnataka on Thursday said it was not in a position to release water to neighbouring Tamil Nadu. "Even if we want to release we don't have water. We have shortage," a Karnataka minister said.

Karnataka was today asked by the Supreme Court to "be ready to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu or face consequences". The top court also rebuked the centre for asking for more time on grounds that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and ministers were busy with the May 12 Karnataka polls.

The central government was reprimanded by the Supreme Court today for ignoring its orders on the River Cauvery to set up a regulatory body to monitor the release of water to Tamil Nadu by Karnataka. Judges of the top court today suggested that the centre is acting in guile; "the centre knows what the scheme means", the judges said, as they ordered ...

The ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu would hold a day long hunger strike across to slam the Centre on its betrayal as they call it by not constituting the Cauvery Water Management Board (CMB).

Citing assembly elections in Karnataka, which are due on May 12, Centre has moved the Supreme Court on the Cauvery river water dispute. The Centre has sought three months' time to implement the top court's order and has also sought clarification on the constitution of Cauvery Management Board.

Tamil Nadu chief minister E Palaniswami today decided to take the Central government to court for contempt after its failure to form the Cauvery Water Management Board, sources said. An order from the Supreme Court gave the Centre six weeks to form the Board. Instead, as the deadline expired today, the Centre decided to go back to the top court and...

After angry warnings from the Supreme Court including a reference to the impending "wrath of the law," Karnataka said today that it will follow orders to release water from the River Cauvery to neighbouring Tamil Nadu. But for now, it has to release 2,000 cusecs instead of the 6,000 cusecs a day that was ordered by the court earlier.

After Karnataka was asked by the Supreme Court to explain its repeated defiance of orders, it released some water from the River Cauvery to neighbouring Tamil Nadu late on Monday night. The court will hear the case today.

Karnataka has been ordered by the Supreme Court to stop defying its orders and confirm, by tomorrow, if it has released water from the River Cauvery to neighbour Tamil Nadu.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said that a special session of the state legislature on Monday will discuss sharing of Cauvery water with Tamil Nadu, despite Supreme Court's strict directive to release water starting October 1.

The Karnataka government will on Monday move a review petition in the Supreme Court against its three recent orders on the release of water from the Cauvery to Tamil Nadu and direction for the constitution of a Cauvery Water Management Board by the Centre.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today issued a blistering criticism of Karnataka's withholding of Cauvery water, calling it a "a deliberate defiance" of the Supreme Court.

The deferring of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu despite the order of the Supreme Court does not amount to contempt of court, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah told NDTV today.

After a late night cabinet meeting, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said it has been decided to defer the release of more Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu. The decision came on the heels of an all-party meeting, where the leaders said the Supreme Court's order to release of 6,000 cusecs of water a day for a week, starting today, was "unimplementab...

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to pass any order on the Tamil Nadu government's plea seeking release of 24,000 cusecs of Cauvery water daily by Karnataka for irrigating the standing crops.

Reacting to the Supreme Court's warning on Cauvery river water sharing, Karnataka on Thursday said it was not in a position to release water to neighbouring Tamil Nadu. "Even if we want to release we don't have water. We have shortage," a Karnataka minister said.

Karnataka was today asked by the Supreme Court to "be ready to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu or face consequences". The top court also rebuked the centre for asking for more time on grounds that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and ministers were busy with the May 12 Karnataka polls.

The central government was reprimanded by the Supreme Court today for ignoring its orders on the River Cauvery to set up a regulatory body to monitor the release of water to Tamil Nadu by Karnataka. Judges of the top court today suggested that the centre is acting in guile; "the centre knows what the scheme means", the judges said, as they ordered ...

The ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu would hold a day long hunger strike across to slam the Centre on its betrayal as they call it by not constituting the Cauvery Water Management Board (CMB).

Citing assembly elections in Karnataka, which are due on May 12, Centre has moved the Supreme Court on the Cauvery river water dispute. The Centre has sought three months' time to implement the top court's order and has also sought clarification on the constitution of Cauvery Management Board.

Tamil Nadu chief minister E Palaniswami today decided to take the Central government to court for contempt after its failure to form the Cauvery Water Management Board, sources said. An order from the Supreme Court gave the Centre six weeks to form the Board. Instead, as the deadline expired today, the Centre decided to go back to the top court and...

After angry warnings from the Supreme Court including a reference to the impending "wrath of the law," Karnataka said today that it will follow orders to release water from the River Cauvery to neighbouring Tamil Nadu. But for now, it has to release 2,000 cusecs instead of the 6,000 cusecs a day that was ordered by the court earlier.

After Karnataka was asked by the Supreme Court to explain its repeated defiance of orders, it released some water from the River Cauvery to neighbouring Tamil Nadu late on Monday night. The court will hear the case today.

Karnataka has been ordered by the Supreme Court to stop defying its orders and confirm, by tomorrow, if it has released water from the River Cauvery to neighbour Tamil Nadu.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said that a special session of the state legislature on Monday will discuss sharing of Cauvery water with Tamil Nadu, despite Supreme Court's strict directive to release water starting October 1.

The Karnataka government will on Monday move a review petition in the Supreme Court against its three recent orders on the release of water from the Cauvery to Tamil Nadu and direction for the constitution of a Cauvery Water Management Board by the Centre.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today issued a blistering criticism of Karnataka's withholding of Cauvery water, calling it a "a deliberate defiance" of the Supreme Court.

The deferring of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu despite the order of the Supreme Court does not amount to contempt of court, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah told NDTV today.

After a late night cabinet meeting, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said it has been decided to defer the release of more Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu. The decision came on the heels of an all-party meeting, where the leaders said the Supreme Court's order to release of 6,000 cusecs of water a day for a week, starting today, was "unimplementab...