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Rs 3,400 Crore Released To Karnataka For Drought Relief: Centre To Supreme Court
The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that around Rs 3,400 crore has been released to the Karnataka government for drought management in the state.
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"Milestone": Siddaramaiah On Court's Intervention In Providing Drought Aid To Karnataka
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday expressed happiness at the Supreme Court "intervention" in providing drought management funds to Karnataka and termed it a success in his government's fight to secure justice and relief for the people of the stat
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"Let There Not Be Contest": Supreme Court On Centre, State Funds Row
The Supreme Court on Monday expressed concern over recent instances in which state governments had approached it seeking directions against the centre, and called on both sides to cooperate rather than compete.
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Karnataka Approaches Supreme Court For Release Of Funds To Tackle Drought
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday said the state government has filed a petition in the Supreme Court demanding a direction to the Centre to immediately release grants under the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) to the state.
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'No Farmer Committed Suicide' Is A Joke: Angry Tamil Nadu Farmers
The farmers are shocked and can't believe that the Tamil Nadu government told the Supreme Court that not a single farmer committed suicide due to drought in the state and that they died of "natural causes". The court was hearing a petition on drought and farmer suicides in the state, which alleges that there were 82 farmer suicides in Tamil Nadu. T...
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Why are Drought-Affected States not Lifting Sufficient Food Grain: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday sought response from 13 drought-affected states as to why they were not lifting enough food grain to made available at subsidised rates to the priority and vulnerable sections of the people in affected areas.
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Karnataka, Tamil Nadu Will Have To Scale Down Water Requirement: Digvijaya Singh
In a year of drought, both Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, embroiled in dispute over sharing of Cauvery water, will have to agree to scale down each other's quantum of water requirement, Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh said on Saturday.
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Centre Disobeying Supreme Court Order On Drought-Hit States: Yogendra Yadav
Swaraj Abhiyan leader Yogendra Yadav today accused the Centre of "wilfully disobeying" a Supreme Court order on the 13 drought-hit states in the country.
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Follow Relief Norms During Natural Calamities, RBI Tells Banks
RBI on Thursday asked banks to ensure full compliance with policies relating to relief measures such as rescheduling and sanctioning of loans as well as restoring ATMs, in areas affected by drought and other natural calamities.
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'Nothing To Be Proud Of': Supreme Court's Indictment Of NREGA
"A success rate below 50 per cent is nothing to be proud of," is how the Supreme Court spoke of the country's rural employment guarantee scheme while delivering it's judgement on drought and pulling up state governments and the Centre.
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'Social Justice Thrown Out Of Window': Supreme Court To Centre On Drought
States "cannot hide behind the smokescreen of lack of funds," the Supreme Court said today, ordering urgent measures to tackle drought in a fourth of the country.
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Will Implement Supreme Court Directives On Drought Soon: Government
The Centre today said it will take immediate steps to implement the Supreme Court's judgement on the drought-like situation in the country.
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Supreme Court Raps 'Ostrich-Like' Attitude Of States In Drought
The Supreme Court has come down heavily on states crippled by a devastating drought like Haryana, Bihar and Gujarat, terming their approach as an "ostrich-like attitude".
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No Indian Premier League Matches in Maharashtra, Says Supreme Court
Supreme Court upheld the Bombay High Court ruling on no Indian Premier League matches in drought-hit Maharashtra in May
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Yes, Maharashtra Off-Limits For IPL, Agrees Supreme Court
Except for a match in Pune on May 1, Maharashtra will be off-limits for the IPL in May, the Supreme Court said today, agreeing with an earlier verdict that said matches must be moved out of the state which is dealing with the worst drought in several decades.
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Rs 3,400 Crore Released To Karnataka For Drought Relief: Centre To Supreme Court
The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that around Rs 3,400 crore has been released to the Karnataka government for drought management in the state.
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"Milestone": Siddaramaiah On Court's Intervention In Providing Drought Aid To Karnataka
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday expressed happiness at the Supreme Court "intervention" in providing drought management funds to Karnataka and termed it a success in his government's fight to secure justice and relief for the people of the stat
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"Let There Not Be Contest": Supreme Court On Centre, State Funds Row
The Supreme Court on Monday expressed concern over recent instances in which state governments had approached it seeking directions against the centre, and called on both sides to cooperate rather than compete.
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Karnataka Approaches Supreme Court For Release Of Funds To Tackle Drought
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday said the state government has filed a petition in the Supreme Court demanding a direction to the Centre to immediately release grants under the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) to the state.
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'No Farmer Committed Suicide' Is A Joke: Angry Tamil Nadu Farmers
The farmers are shocked and can't believe that the Tamil Nadu government told the Supreme Court that not a single farmer committed suicide due to drought in the state and that they died of "natural causes". The court was hearing a petition on drought and farmer suicides in the state, which alleges that there were 82 farmer suicides in Tamil Nadu. T...
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Why are Drought-Affected States not Lifting Sufficient Food Grain: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday sought response from 13 drought-affected states as to why they were not lifting enough food grain to made available at subsidised rates to the priority and vulnerable sections of the people in affected areas.
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Karnataka, Tamil Nadu Will Have To Scale Down Water Requirement: Digvijaya Singh
In a year of drought, both Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, embroiled in dispute over sharing of Cauvery water, will have to agree to scale down each other's quantum of water requirement, Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh said on Saturday.
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Centre Disobeying Supreme Court Order On Drought-Hit States: Yogendra Yadav
Swaraj Abhiyan leader Yogendra Yadav today accused the Centre of "wilfully disobeying" a Supreme Court order on the 13 drought-hit states in the country.
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Follow Relief Norms During Natural Calamities, RBI Tells Banks
RBI on Thursday asked banks to ensure full compliance with policies relating to relief measures such as rescheduling and sanctioning of loans as well as restoring ATMs, in areas affected by drought and other natural calamities.
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'Nothing To Be Proud Of': Supreme Court's Indictment Of NREGA
"A success rate below 50 per cent is nothing to be proud of," is how the Supreme Court spoke of the country's rural employment guarantee scheme while delivering it's judgement on drought and pulling up state governments and the Centre.
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'Social Justice Thrown Out Of Window': Supreme Court To Centre On Drought
States "cannot hide behind the smokescreen of lack of funds," the Supreme Court said today, ordering urgent measures to tackle drought in a fourth of the country.
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Will Implement Supreme Court Directives On Drought Soon: Government
The Centre today said it will take immediate steps to implement the Supreme Court's judgement on the drought-like situation in the country.
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Supreme Court Raps 'Ostrich-Like' Attitude Of States In Drought
The Supreme Court has come down heavily on states crippled by a devastating drought like Haryana, Bihar and Gujarat, terming their approach as an "ostrich-like attitude".
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No Indian Premier League Matches in Maharashtra, Says Supreme Court
Supreme Court upheld the Bombay High Court ruling on no Indian Premier League matches in drought-hit Maharashtra in May
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Yes, Maharashtra Off-Limits For IPL, Agrees Supreme Court
Except for a match in Pune on May 1, Maharashtra will be off-limits for the IPL in May, the Supreme Court said today, agreeing with an earlier verdict that said matches must be moved out of the state which is dealing with the worst drought in several decades.
