Tamil Nadu Kerala Dam Row

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  Tamil Nadu Withdraws Plea For CISF Security Cover At Mullaperiyar Dam

  Tamil Nadu government today withdrew its interim plea seeking deployment of the CISF to protect Mullaperiyar dam in Kerala after the Supreme Court objected to filing of such pleas in an already decided case.

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  DMK Faults Tamil Nadu Government for 'Dragging LTTE' Over Dam Row in Supreme Court

  DMK chief M Karunanidhi has criticised the Tamil Nadu government for "dragging LTTE's" name in its plea in the Supreme Court seeking Central forces to guard the Mullaiperiyar Dam replacing Kerala police.

• What is Tamil Nadu's Plan on Mullaperiyar Dam, Karunanidhi Asks Jayalalithaa

  Strongly criticising his arch rival Chief Minister Jayalalithaa over the Mullaperiyar dam issue, DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi today demanded to know the state government's action plan on the dam row against the background of a review petition in the Supreme Court filed by Kerala.

• Clamp economic blockade against Kerala: PMK tells Tamil Nadu government

  Charging Kerala government officials with blocking materials meant to plug holes at the Mullaperiar Dam with a view to "weakening it," Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) founder Dr S Ramadoss on Friday demanded an economic blockade on the neighbouring state lest it should allow Tamil Nadu officials to take up the works.

• Full text: Expert panel's report on Mullaperiyar Dam

  A five member panel appointed by the Supreme Court on the Mullaperiyar Dam row has said that the dam is safe and Kerala should reconsider its proposal to build a new dam.

• Kerala, Tamil Nadu to get copies of report on Mullaperiyar

  A five-judge constitution bench of the court headed by Justice DK Jain, posted the matter for further hearing to July 23, while permitting the two warring states to get copies of the report in a sealed cover.

• Make Mullaperiyar Dam part of Tamil Nadu: Karunanidhi

  In a new twist to the ongoing row over the Mullaperiyar dam, former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK leader M Karunanidhi today demanded that the structure and its catchment areas be made a part of the state.

• Mullaperiyar row: Empowered Committee rejects Kerala's demand

  The five-member Empowered Committee - appointed by the Supreme Court - over the raging controversy on the Mullaperiyar Dam today rejected Kerala's demand to reduce the water level to 120 feet in the disputed structure. The committee said since the Supreme Court had ordered water level to be at 136 feet, it can't reduce the level to 120 feet.

• Dam row: Ravi rejects opposition criticsm

  Rejecting the opposition criticism that the Centre was remaining a mute witness to the Mullaperiyar dam dispute between Kerala and Tamil Nadu, Union Minister Vayalar Ravi today said the Centre could not take a "unilateral" stand on an issue involving two states.

• Mullaperiyar row: Expert panel submits report to Empowered Committee today

  As the controversy over the Mullaperiyar dam rages on, the two-member expert panel constituted by the Supreme Court-appointed Empowered Committee today submitted its report on the safety of the disputed structure. Kerala, however, claimed that the panel's report was biased and opposed its consideration by the five-member committee.

• PM, Jayalalithaa meet, discuss row over Mullaperiyar Dam and Kudankulam N-plant

  Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to advise Kerala not to build a new dam across Mullaperiyar and sought a financial package for the state.

• PM's Tamil Nadu visit begins today; Kudankulam, Mullaperiyar issues key focus

  The Mullaperiyar dam row between Tamil Nadu and Kerala and the impasse over Kudankulam nuclear power plant might figure during the talks Chief Minister Jayalalithaa is expected to have with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his two-day visit to the state which begins from Sunday.

• Mullaperiyar dam: Kerala officials stay away from experts' visit

  Adding a new dimension to the raging Mullaperiyar reservoir row, Kerala officials today stayed away from the visit of the Supreme Court-appointed empowered committee experts alleging that they had declined to properly hear the state's views on the dam's safety aspects.

• Mullaperiyar dam tension has spread to Sabarimala, says DMK

  Alleging harassment of Tamil pilgrims in Kerala, DMK MPs today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and sought his intervention to protect devotees of Lord Ayyappa visiting the hill shrine of Sabarimala.

• Mullaperiyar dam row: Kerala using pressure tactics, Jayalalithaa tells PM

  MDMK chief Vaiko was detained today while trying to enforce an economic blockade of Kerala by Tamil Nadu over the Mullaperiyar dam dispute.