Chennai: With voting for Assembly Elections in Karnataka over, DMK chief M Karunanidhi urged the Centre to set up Cauvery Management Board and the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee to give effect to the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal orders.
Karunanidhi sought to remind the Centre on the statement by Union Water Resources Minister Harish Rawat that establishment of regulatory mechanism to govern the water sharing among the riparian states of the Cauvery basin has been "put on hold" due to the Assembly Elections in Karnataka and wanted the Union government to act immediately.
"On behalf of my party, I demand the Centre to ensure people of Tamil Nadu get Cauvery water," Karunanidhi wrote to his cadres in his party mouthpiece 'Murasoli'.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa had also written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh demanding that the Water Resources Ministry set up the Cauvery Management Board and the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee....
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08:21 PM, May 05, 2013
Dehradun: Claiming that development has gained pace in Uttarakhand over the past few months, Union Minister Harish Rawat on Tuesday exuded confidence about the ruling Congress's impressive victory in the civic body polls in the state slated for April 28, 2013. "Development oriented decisions taken by the state government over the last few months are bound to play a big role in ensuring the Congress' thumping victory in the forthcoming...
03:13 AM, Apr 24, 2013
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Sunday that he had always wanted Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi in the government but that he wanted to work for the party and strengthen it. Rahul Gandhi has not gotten any Cabinet post or elevated within the party amidst the mega reshuffle that took place on Sunday. The rumour mill had gone on an overdrive in the days leading up to...
02:05 PM, Oct 28, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh effected a major Cabinet reshuffle on Sunday, giving away the major share to Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal to counter the Telangana forces in the former and ex-ally Mamata Banerjee of the Trinamool Congress in the latter. Several ministers were elevated to the Cabinet rank, with many new faces being included at the MoS level, even as portfolios of several ministers were changed. The...
11:42 AM, Oct 28, 2012
Hitting out at activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal, Congress leader Harish Rawat said if the Prime Minister starts answering all the allegations what will happen to governance. ...
04:05 PM, Oct 21, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress on Monday ruled out the resignation of Union Law Minister over the controversy surrounding his trust. Hitting out at the television channel that conducted the sting operation sparking the controversy, Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh said its claim that no camps were held have been proved wrong. Speaking to CNN-IBN, the Congress general secretary said, "The channel has been proved wrong that no camps were heldthree...
01:24 PM, Oct 15, 2012
New Delhi: A section of the Congress party is also against diesel peice hike and cap on subsidised LPG cylinders. After Food Minister KV Thomas, another Union Minister has publicly demanded an increase in the cap on LPG cylinders. Union Minister of State, Parliamentary Affairs, Agriculture and Food Processing Industries, Harish Rawat wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday morning asking that subsidies on LPG cylinders be raised. Thomas...
02:16 PM, Sep 18, 2012
The Union Minister added that UPA-II had done the most to tackle black money compared to previous governments. ...
12:23 PM, Aug 09, 2012
Dehra Dun: In fresh signs of dissent, Union Minister Harish Rawat on Monday sought permission from his party rival and Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna to organise a political dharna to highlight "harassment" of farmers in his Haridwar constituency. Rawat has written a letter to Bahuguna seeking his permission to organise "Ganga Bhajan" programme on August 18 in Haridwar. The state Congress has termed it as a "battle cry" against...
10:56 PM, Jul 30, 2012
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09:23 AM, Jul 16, 2012
New Delhi: Congress leader Harish Rawat on Sunday said that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) senior leader LK Advani is talking about the country's electoral system just to divert media's attention from his party's internal fighting issue. Noting that the present selection process is vulnerable to "manipulation and partisanship," Advani had earlier in the day asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to introduce a broad-based collegium system to appoint Election Commissioners and...
06:10 PM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: The Standing Committee on Land Acquisition has submitted its report in Parliament on Thursday. It endorses acquisitions made by governments only for social welfare projects and not for profit. The UPA government is likely to absorb these recommendations under pressure from allies like Trinamool Congress. Minister of State for Agriculture Harish Rawat said the government is hoping to protect farmers through the amended bill. "There was fear among...
12:40 PM, May 17, 2012
Dehra Dun: Hitting back at the opposition, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna on Wednesday said the BJP should not fear about any poaching attempt from his side and asked the party to put its own house in order first. "Let them (BJP) feel safe. I am not going to poach upon them," Bahuguna said when asked whether he is in touch with some BJP MLAs for getting a seat vacated...
01:30 PM, Mar 28, 2012
Dehra Dun: With BJP fielding its nominee for the Uttarkhand Speaker's election, the stage was today set for the Congress government to face its first trial of strength in the Assembly on Monday. Congress MLA Govind Singh Kunjwal, a close confidant of Union Minister Harish Rawat, and BJP MLA Harbans Kapoor on Sunday morning filed their nominations for the post of Speaker in the Assembly. It will be the first...
03:58 AM, Mar 26, 2012
Dehra Dun: After a prolonged crisis in the ruling Congress in Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna faces his first acid test on Monday when the election of Speaker will take place in the Assembly ahead of the trust vote. After acquiescing to the demands of union minister Harish Rawat, Congress on Sunday fielded his close confidant Govind Singh Kunjwal for the post of speaker by filing nomination papers. And to...
01:52 PM, Mar 25, 2012
New Delhi: Sulking Congress leader Harish Rawat on Wednesday said the crisis in the party in Uttarakhand was over and it was for state Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna to take some initiative. "The crisis is over from our end, now the Chief Minister has to take some initiative," the Minister of State for Agriculture and Parliamentary Affairs said on the sidelines of a realty conference when asked whether the crisis...
12:27 AM, Mar 22, 2012
Dehra Dun: A day after expanding his cabinet, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna on Wednesday held talks with senior Congress leaders in New Delhi to resolve various issues confronting his government. "We can only say that Bahuguna has held talks with some top leaders in New Delhi," a senior Congress leader in Dehra Dun said. Following the expansion, Bahuguna's first task would be to nominate a new Speaker of the...
06:00 PM, Mar 21, 2012
Dehra Dun: Fearing poaching by ruling Congress ahead of the confidence vote in Uttarakhand, the BJP has summoned all its 31 MLAs in the state to New Delhi. Party sources said except one or two BJP MLAs, all the 31 MLAs have already left for New Delhi on the instructions of the party high command. When contacted, state party spokesman Satish Lakhera confirmed the development but said the party might...
04:31 PM, Mar 20, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday reached out to Uttarakhand leader Harish Rawat, saying that he will be "given his due". Rawat was the frontrunner in the race to be Uttarakhand CM. However, the post, in the end, went to Vijay Bahuguna. Rawat too indicated that a compromise might be reached soon. He said, "From day one I have made clear that we are looking for the solution under the...
04:45 PM, Mar 18, 2012
