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
Bangalore: The protests over the Cauvery water release to Tamil Nadu are likely to continue in southern Karnataka and Bangalore on Tuesday. Karnataka has sought a stay on the Cauvery order which directs it to release 9,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu. The matter will come up for hearing in the Supreme Court on Friday. Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu has said that it will take up the matter with Prime...
08:17 AM, Oct 09, 2012
New Delhi: 6.30 pm: Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar on Monday said that it is not possible to release more water to Tamil Nadu. "We have conveyed this to Supreme Court by our senior counsel and this is the stand of the state government before the court," he said. 4.20 pm: The Supreme Court will review Karnataka's petition on Cauvery water sharing on October 12 after Karnataka on Monday sought...
12:14 PM, Oct 08, 2012
London: Just days after release of her first adult novel, famed author JK Rowling has said her next published book will be for children. "I think probably the next thing I write, or the next thing I publish, will be for children," said Rowling, while talking to an audience at the Cheltenham Literature Festival in Gloucestershire, England. She told fans that she had a "number of ideas on my laptop",...
02:17 AM, Oct 08, 2012
Cuddalore: A report would be submitted to the Centre within three days about the water scarcity and difficulties in raising 'samba' (long-term) paddy crop, leader of the central team, currently touring Cauvery delta districts of Tamil Nadu to assess the water-situation, said. Chief Engineer RK Gupta was talking to reporters after meeting farmers at Thoraiapadi, Natarajapuram, Vallampadugai, Kodipallam villages in Chidambaram Taluk. Earlier, the four-member team assessed the water-situation in...
04:27 PM, Oct 07, 2012
Bangalore: The dawn-to-dusk 'Karnataka bandh' called by Kannada outfits to protest against the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu on Saturday disrupted normal life in the city and river basin districts even as window-panes of some buses were damaged in stone-pelting incidents. In Bangalore city, some persons pelted stones on some Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) buses and damaged its window panes, police said. As per initial reports, the...
09:46 AM, Oct 06, 2012
Bangalore: 1.54 pm: Cauvery protesters enter Wipro office in Mysore. They ask the staff to stop work in view of Saturday's bandh. A few of them try to ransack the office. 1.31 pm: BJP leader V Dhananjaykumar, a BSY loyalist, slams CM Jagadish Shettar for his 'failure' to protect the state's interests. 1.26 pm: President of Cauvery Hitharakshana Samiti, G Madegowda, who continued his relay fast for the third day...
08:59 AM, Oct 06, 2012
Bangalore: An 80,000-strong police force will be stationed in Bangalore as Karnataka observes a bandh in protest against the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu on Saturday. Several Kannada outfits gave a call for a statewide bandh in protest against the Supreme Court's directive to the state government to release 9,000 cusecs of water daily from the river to their neighbouring state that is facing a severe water shortage...
07:59 AM, Oct 06, 2012
Bangalore: Former Chief Minister and estranged BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa on Friday launched a frontal attack on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for issuing to Karnataka an order as Chairman of Cauvery River Authority (CRA) to release 9,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu daily "without assessment of ground reality" on water storage levels in this state. Yeddyurappa, who began a day-long dharna in protest against the CRA order, demanded that...
01:46 PM, Oct 05, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: The fifth edition of the Kovalam Literary Festival (KLF) starts here on Saturday after a stimulating first leg in New Delhi. The two-day event will see a distinguished gathering that includes Indian-born British writer Farrukh Dhondy, Timeri N. Murari, Biman Nath, Sonia Faleiro, N.S. Madhavan, C.P. Surendran, upcoming Malayalam writer Benyamin, well-known film critic Anna Vetticad and Israeli authors Sarai Shavit and Dorit Rabinyan. KLF has already attracted big...
12:59 PM, Oct 05, 2012
Bangalore: Former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa is expected to take out a massive rally in Bangalore against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's directive to the state to release 9,000 cusecs of water daily from the Cauvery to Tamil Nadu. Karnataka has erupted in protests ever since the Supreme Court gave a directive to the state government to release water. Farmers groups said it will affect their irrigation facilities. Tamil Nadu...
09:14 AM, Oct 05, 2012
London: Celebrated writer JK Rowling prefers the romance of the printed book rather than e-books even though she has recently acquired a tablet that has a library of over 200 books. Speaking to journalists and others at a book reading event at the Southbank Centre here, Rowling said that until some time ago she was "hesitant" to use e-books, because "I didn't understand it, but finally I got it." She...
03:40 AM, Oct 01, 2012
Mandya: Complying with the Supreme Court directive, Karnataka on Sunday began release of Cauvery River water to Tamil Nadu, triggering widespread protests across the district and disrupting vehicular movement. Irrigation authorities told PTI that about 5,000 cusecs of water was being released from Krishnarajasagar Dam and Kabini Reservoir since Saturday night. According to sources, Karnataka will be ensuring flow of 9,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu. The decision comes...
11:01 AM, Sep 30, 2012
London: Salman Rushdie believes literature has lost much of its influence in the West, and movie stars like George Clooney and Angelina Jolie have taken the place of Susan Sontag and Norman Mailer when it comes to addressing the big issues. The British author, who has just released his account of 10 years in hiding after an Iranian fatwa was declared against him in 1989, believes the 'Arab Spring' uprisings...
01:22 PM, Sep 29, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the Karnataka government to release up to 9000 cusecs of water from the Cauvery daily to Tamil Nadu till October 20. Tamil Nadu is facing a severe shortage of irrigation water due to rainfall deficit. Passing the order, the apex court said that it was unfortunate that Karnataka was not following the orders of the Cauvery River Authority (CRA), a committee headed...
03:47 PM, Sep 28, 2012
Author JK Rowling's 'The Casual Vacancy' published by Hachette sets a new record for sales for an adult hardback in India. Rowling already holds the record for children's books with her Harry Potter series. The Casual Vacancy is the first ever high-security book to be printed locally in India. In India the book was released under high security at 2:30 pm. There is an Indian character, Parminder Jawanda, in Rowling's...
03:47 PM, Sep 27, 2012
Chennai: Though he was supposedly suspended by Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh for irregularities in awarding contracts, a top official of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) is believed to have attended a pre-bid meeting at the airport here on Friday, drawing flak from unionists in the airport. According to well-placed sources in AAI, L L Krishnan, Executive Director (Commercial), flew into the city and attended a pre-bid meeting held...
12:42 PM, Sep 25, 2012
Mysore: Despite the grumbling by some writers, Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) has decided to go ahead with the project of converting English writer R K Narayans house into a memorial. MUDA Commissioner C G Betsurmath said that the state government has directed the Mysore City Corporation (MCC) to release its share of Rs 2.39 crore to start the work. MUDA has set aside Rs 2 crore in its budget...
12:08 PM, Sep 22, 2012
In 2009, Osians released my book 'Bachchanalia' comprising 182 anecdotes, synopsis and posters of Amitabh Bachchan films spanning 40 years of his career. It was a nostalgic and a grand event held at Tata Theatre attended by a number of film folks and celebs. As the author I was to make a keynote address and I didnt want to say anything that everybody already knew about the actor. I recounted...
01:37 PM, Sep 19, 2012
New Delhi: Tamil Nadu and Karnataka on Wednesday will be facing the Cauvery River Authority (CRA) for the first time in nine years headed by the Prime Minister in New Delhi. Chennai wants Bangalore to release 2 TMC of water from Cauvery river as crops have been destroyed due to a deficit monsoon. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, who has been vociferously demanding such a meeting to discuss thread-bare...
07:11 AM, Sep 19, 2012
