Mumbai: The Directorate General of Shipping (DGS) would soon begin salvage operations of the ship which had run aground near Chennai. The salvage operation is likely to start from November 7, a press release issued by the Directorate said. "A meeting with the owners, salvors, hull and machinery insurance and protection and indemnity club was held to plan out the salvage of the vessel," the statement said adding the salvors...
11:04 PM, Nov 02, 2012
Chennai: The death toll in cyclone Nilam has gone up to four, after the body of yet another missing sailor was found on Friday. Earlier in the day, the bodies of two missing sailors were found. A total of five sailors went missing after their life boat was wrecked in the cyclone that hit the Tamil Nadu coast on Wednesday evening. The total number of missing sailors is now down...
12:33 PM, Nov 02, 2012
Chennai: Rescue and search operations yielded the body of yet another sailor, who had gone missing along with four others after cyclone Nilam wrecked their life boat off the Chennai coast. Early on Friday morning, the body of another was found, thus bringing the tally of those still missing down to three. Search operations are still on. The bodies of the two sailors have been sent to a government hospital...
11:50 AM, Nov 02, 2012
Chennai: The body of one of the five missing sailors, whose lifeboat was wrecked in cyclone Nilam that hit the Tamil Nadu coast on Wednesday evening, has been found. The body has been sent to a government hospital for identification. The five sailors went missing after their life boat capsized in choppy waters while 16 were rescued by local fishermen and one drowned. The sailors were a part of the...
09:53 AM, Nov 02, 2012
Chennai: Search operations were intensified on Thursday to trace five missing crew of an oil tanker that ran aground off a city beach hours before the landfall of cyclone "Nilam" that swept through the northern parts of Tamil Nadu. Coast Guard this morning rescued 15 sailors, who were stranded onboard the tanker 'Pratibha Cauvery' that drifted in high velocity winds before it ran aground near the Eliotts Beach in South...
09:12 PM, Nov 01, 2012
Chennai: An oil tanker with 37-member crew on board on Wednesday ran aground off the city coast under the impact of high velocity winds before the landfall of cyclone 'Nilam'. Chennai Port Trust sources said that Coast Guard and other agencies had launched operations to rescue some crew members as a life boat carrying them capsized in choppy waters off Besant Nagar locality in South Chennai. 'Pratibha Cauvery,' along with...
07:34 PM, Oct 31, 2012
New Delhi: The Cauvery Monitoring Committee on Wednesday directed Karnataka to release four tmc of water to Tamil Nadu over the next fortnight even as it asked the latter to make a written submission before the panel on issues it wants to be addressed. At a meeting of the Cauvery Monitoring Committee (CMC) here, Karnataka was asked to release four thousand million cubic feet (tmc) of water to Tamil Nadu...
07:25 PM, Oct 31, 2012
Bangalore: The BJP government in Karnataka has committed a series of lapses in presenting the state's case before the Supreme Court and Cauvery River Authority and is trying to cover up its mistakes by blaming the Prime Minister, who heads the CRA, Congress alleged on Saturday. Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee held a meeting with technical and legal experts, including former Advocate Generals BV Acharya and AN Jayaram, as well as...
06:12 PM, Oct 13, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme court has postponed the hearing in the Cauvery water dispute case. The apex court will now hear the Tamil Nadu government's contempt plea against Karnataka next week. This after the Shettar government failed to follow the directions of the Cauvery River Authority headed by the Prime Minister to release water to Tamil Nadu till October 15. The bench also did not approve Karnataka's argument that it...
06:54 AM, Oct 13, 2012
Neyveli: MDMK leader Vaiko was arrested in Neyveli on Friday when he along with his party workers tried to picket the Neyveli Lignite Corporation office, demanding the public sector unit stop power supply to Karnataka, which has stopped release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu. Police said Vaiko and about 1000 party workers took out a procession and were arrested while on their way to the NLC office. Speaking to...
03:12 PM, Oct 12, 2012
Mandya: The Supreme Court will on Friday hear the contempt case filed by the Tamil Nadu government against Karnataka over the Cauvery water sharing dispute. This comes after the Jagadish Shettar government in Karnataka refused to release 9,000 cusecs of Cauvery water daily to Tamil Nadu despite the Supreme Court's order, citing storage problem at the Krishanaraja Sagar Dam. But as both the state governments fight over the water, the...
08:52 AM, Oct 12, 2012
New Delhi: The Cauvery water-sharing row between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu will head to the Supreme Court on Friday. It will hear the contempt case filed by the Tamil Nadu government against Karnataka. This comes after the Jagadish Shettar government in Karnataka refused to release 9,000 cusecs of Cauvery water daily to Tamil Nadu despite the Supreme Court's order, citing storage problem at the Krishanaraja Sagar Dam. The five crest...
08:25 AM, Oct 12, 2012
New Delhi: Karnataka on Thursday reiterated its stand on Cauvery water release to Tamil Nadu, informing the Monitoring Committee that it can't release more water to the south Indian state. The Supreme Court will now take up the matter on Friday. The Monitoring Committee report will be sent to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Earlier, Tamil Nadu on Wednesday urged the Supreme Court to initiate contempt proceedings against Karnataka Chief Minister...
05:34 PM, Oct 11, 2012
New Delhi: The Monitoring Committee will meet on Thursday to consider reports by two central government teams that visited Karnataka and Tamil Nadu over the Cauvery water sharing dispute. The Tamil Nadu government had on Wednesday filed a contempt petition against Karnataka in the Supreme Court over its decision to stop the release of water from Cauvery river to the state. Karnataka had on Monday stopped releasing Cauvery river water...
10:58 AM, Oct 11, 2012
Bangalore: Karnataka braced itself for crucial meetings over Cauvery water row on Thursday and Friday even as union Power Minister M Veerappa Moily, who hails from the state, on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to provide immediate relief to the state. "Depletion of water on the Karnataka side will further deteriorate the situation. It is but natural that farmers are very much agitated in view of the depleting water...
12:58 AM, Oct 11, 2012
New Delhi: The Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday filed a contempt petition against Karnataka in the Supreme Court over its decision to stop the release of water from Cauvery river to the state. Karnataka had on Monday stopped releasing Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu, hours after the state informed the Supreme Court that it was in no position to continue the water flow from Monday night. The five crest...
02:39 PM, Oct 10, 2012
New Delhi: DMK chief M Karunanidhi has asked the Centre to dismiss the Karnataka government as the state has not released 9000 cusecs of river water to Tamil Nadu, defying a Supreme Court order. The Tamil Nadu government has said that it will file a contempt petition in the Supreme Court against Karnataka. Karnataka is also planning to file a review petition before the Cauvery River Authority. Karnataka stopped releasing...
08:57 AM, Oct 10, 2012
Mandya: A day after Karnataka government stopped release of water to Tamil Nadu citing low storage in the Krishnaraj Sagar reservoir, farmers here said they would continue their dharna till the Cauvery River Authority review its earlier directive. "Till the CRA headed by the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh give its verdict, we will continue the agitation," former minister and leader of Cauvery Hitarakshana Samithi (Committee spearheading the stir) M S...
02:13 PM, Oct 09, 2012
New Delhi: The Tamil Nadu government has said it will file a contempt petition against Karnataka in the Supreme Court over its decision to halt the release of water from the Cauvery to the state. Karnataka on late Monday stopped releasing Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu, hours after the state informed the Supreme Court that it was in no position to continue the water flow from Monday night, a...
01:44 PM, Oct 09, 2012
Chennai: PMK founder S Ramadoss on Tuesday flayed Karnataka for stopping release of water to Tamil Nadu from the KRS reservoir and demanded that the Centre take over all dams constructed across the Cauvery river. He also slammed the Tamil Nadu government for not involving opposition parties even as the neighbouring state government had convened all-party meeting thrice to discuss the matter. In a statement here, he said Karnataka's action...
11:54 AM, Oct 09, 2012
