AIADMK general secretary and Opposition leader Jayalalithaa on Saturday demanded the resignation of Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi on moral grounds since he has failed to ensure release of water from Cauvery to Tamil Nadu despite being in power in the state and the Centre.
The refusal of Karnataka government to release Cauvery water has brought the rive water dispute to the centre stage again, with Tamil Nadu opposition leaders, including former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, hitting out at Chief Minister M Karunanidhi for not taking sufficient steps to acquire water and save the standing samba crops.
"As per the tribunal's final order, Karnataka should have rele
CHENNAI: Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Thursday declined to comment on the stand of Karnataka government on the release of Cauvery water even as demands for convening an all-party meeting to discuss the issue and asking the CM to meet the Prime Minister to ensure the release of water started coming in.
Within hours of the state government announcing that it was ''impossible'' to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, 8,800 cusec was let out from the KRS dam on Wednesday night.
BRAINSTROMING: Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, Leader of the Opposition S Siddaramaiah, minister Murugesh Nirani and M C Nanaiah of JD(S) at an all-party meeting, in Bangalore on Wednesday.
Chamarajanagar: MP R Dhruvanarayan on Tuesday expressed his displeasure over non-start of single programme under Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme(MGREGS) in the district.
MP R Dhruvanarayan chairing a meeting of the district vigilance and monitoring committee, in Chamarajanagar.
TIRUCHI: The Tiruchi District Cauvery Delta Farmers Welfare Association has urged the government to take steps to clear of silt and widen all the 17 irrigation canals in the Tiruchi region so as to ensure that water for irrigation reached the tail-end areas.
The association also urged the government to take steps to build check-dams across the Cauvery River utilising the revenue generated throu
