'Kannada Okkuta,' a coalition of various Kannada organizations, including factions of Karnataka Rakshana Vedike, Kannada Chalavali (Vatal Paksha), and several farmers' groups, has called for a statewide shutdown lasting from dawn to dusk.
Karnataka 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.
The Tamil Nadu parties are protesting in the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha against the proposed Mekedatu dam in Karnataka on the Cauvery river, claiming that it will affect farmers in their state.
Kamal's visit to Karnataka comes after the state's film distributors voluntarily decided to not screen Tamil actor Rajinikanth's "Kaala" in theatres across the state protesting against the superstar's stand on the Cauvery river row.
The apex court said that it will not go into "correctness of the scheme" and rather confine itself to whether the scheme was in consonance with its February 16 judgment.
The snakes will not be poisonous as the intention is not to harm anybody, but to only express angst over the delay information of the Cauvery Management Board (CMB), Tamizhaga Vazhvurimai Katchi (TVK) chief T Velmurugan said.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has picked four cities to host home matches of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) after the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise was asked to shift matches from Chennai in the wake of protests over the Cauvery river dispute. According to reports, Visakhapatnam, Trivandrum, Pune and Rajkot are among the cities kept on stand-by the BCCI.
The 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.
A 22-year-old woman, who is suspected to have provoked a mob to carry out the arson attack on 42 buses in Bengaluru, was allegedly offered Rs 100 and a plate of biryani to join the protests over Cauvery water-sharing.
The violence that has triggered amid the ongoing Cauvery dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu has impacted the states in more ways than one. The protests have not only taken a toll on the infrastructure
Chennai: The war of words between arch rivals Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa and DMK President M Karunanidhi over the Cauvery issue continued unabated with the latter today questioning her statement that there was no need
Chennai, Dec 18: 2012 was a difficult year for Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa as she had to wage a legal battle with Karnataka on the Cauvery issue and face criticism for long powercuts
New Delhi, Oct 8: Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar today met Union Minister S M Krishna here today amid demands by Karnataka leaders for a review of Cauvery River Authority's decision asking the state to
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