Everything you need to know about Cauvery Railway Station: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Cauvery Railway Station: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Political leaders were hard at debate Wednesday as the UPA-II regime completed four years with the clamour of corruption and charges of misgovernance seeming to drown out claims of achievements. Some opinions from Congress leaders, allies, analysts and the opposition on their assessment of the government and the road ahead:
Wellington, May 21 (ANI): Sir Edmund Hillary - the first person ever to scale Mount Everest summit - has been called one of "those great Britons" by a conservative British newspaper.
New York, May 17 (ANI): O.J. Simpson has recently revealed that he had been drinking for the whole day on Sept. 13, 2007, before he robbed two sports memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas hotel.
Chennai, May 17 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Friday urged the prime minister to order the implementation of the final award of Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal.
Kolkata, May 17 (IANS) State-owned energy major ONGC Friday said there is a huge scope of upward revision of the shale gas estimates for the country.
Chennai, May 16 (IANS) Two years after she stormed into Fort St.George, the seat of power in Tamil Nadu, with a massive victory, Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has a mixed bag of results to show so far.
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) In a bid to woo commuters, the Airport Metro Express Line (AMEL), run by Reliance Infrastructure, has offered from Tuesday discounted travel for families or groups, an official said.
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) An eight-year-old girl was recovered from Kanpur railway station a few hours after she went missing from New Delhi railway station Monday, police said.
New Delhi, May 10 (ANI): Supporting Pawan Kumar Bansal's resignation as Law Minister, Communist Party of India (CPI) leader D. Raja on Friday said Union Law Minister Ashwani Kumar's position has become untenable after the Supreme Court's observations on the coal scam issue, and added that he should now step down from his post.
New Delhi, May 10 (ANI): Taking potshots at the ruling Congress Party at the Centre, the Bharatiya Janata Party said on Friday alleged that the UPA Government gives its 'corrupt ministers' adequate time to erase evidence.
Barabanki (Uttar Pradesh), May 10 (ANI): A Special Sessions Court on Friday rejected the Uttar Pradesh Government's plea to withdraw cases against two alleged HuJI operatives in connection with seizure of explosives after the 2007 Gorakhpur blasts.
San Juan, May 8 (IANS/EFE) Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla said that the island's government has acquired the property of a former US Navy base in the eastern coastal city of Ceiba.
Chennai, April 26 (IANS) Great Eastern Energy Corporation Ltd.'s (GEEC) coal-bed methane exploration project in Tamil Nadu's Mannargudi hit a political roadblock Friday with MDMK's general secretary Vaiko voicing fears it would turn the area into a desert.
Chennai, April 22 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Monday called for a third front at the national level as the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have both failed in their promises.
Washington, April 22 (ANI): On Sunday, NASA commercial space partner Orbital Sciences Corporation successfully launched its Antares rocket from the new Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad-0A at the agency's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
Thiruvananthapuram, April 15 (IANS) The liaison committee of the ruling Congress-led UDF Monday directed the Kerala government to initiate both long and short term measures to see that water is conserved for agricultural use.
New Delhi, Apr. 2 (ANI): Railways Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal launched Wi-Fi- facility as a pilot project on Howrah Rajdhani Express (train no. 12302), here today.
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) The Cabinet will take up the crucial shale gas exploration policy in two weeks, Petroleum Minister M. Veerappa Moily said Sunday
London, March 22 (IANS) After 43 years of service, a coal-fired power station in Oxfordshire was turned off Friday after it opted out of an emissions reducing programme under the European Union, BBC reported.
New Delhi, Mar. 20 (ANI): Mysore Railway Station of Mysore division of South Western Railway has bagged the tourist friendly railway station award, which is part of the National Tourism Awards for the year 2011-12, instituted by Ministry of Tourism.
Washington, Mar. 16 (ANI): Three members of the Expedition 34 crew undocked from the International Space Station and returned safely to Earth on Friday, making a landing in Kazakhstan.
Chennai, March 15 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Friday gave names to seven tiger cubs at Vandaloor Zoo near here and also laid the foundation stone for several projects and inaugurated new buildings at the zoological park.
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) The railways will focus on safety and passenger amenities, railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said Wednesday as the Lok Sabha passed his ministry's budget for 2013-14.
Chennai, March 9 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa Saturday declared she would resort to legal action if the central government does not set up the necessary mechanism to implement the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal's (CWDT) final award after gazetting it.
Chennai, March 9 (IANS) Tamil lyricist Vairamuthu won the Ilakkiya Chinthanai award for his Tamil novel "Moonraam Ulaga Por", a book dedicated to Cauvery river delta farmers who committed suicide. He will distribute all the earnings from the book to the families of the dead farmers.
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Kolkata, March 8 (IANS) Rallies, awards, contests and book-reading sessions were held in the West Bengal capital to mark International's Women's Day Friday.
Chennai, March 6 (IANS) Two directors of Mumbai-based shipping company Pratibha Shipping Company Ltd were Wednesday remanded to judicial custody by a court here in a case related to the death of six sailors of the company's tanker, police said.
Bangalore, Feb 26 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar said here Tuesday that he would meet central ministers and MPs from the state in New Delhi Wednesday to discuss steps to protect the state's interests in Cauvery row.
Sydney, Feb 26 (IANS) High carbon dioxide (CO2) levels caused by climate change might actually help wheat survive in drought like conditions, says an Australian research.
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New Delhi, Feb 26 (ANI): Union Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal on Tuesday presented the Railway Budget proposals for fiscal 2013-14 in the Lok Sabha.
Mysore, Feb. 20 (ANI): Protests erupted here in Karnataka on Wednesday after the Central Government endorsed a gazette notification of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal's (CWDT) final award.
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) The Ministry of Water Resources has notified the final award of Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT) in an official gazette in accordance with the directions of the Supreme Court, a ministry release said Wednesday.
Chennai, Feb 20 (IANS) Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Wednesday said the gazette notification of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal final award was the culmination of 22 years of struggle to get Tamil Nadu a fair share of the river water flowing from Karnataka.
Bangalore, Feb 20 (IANS) Protests erupted in Karnataka and railway offices in Bangalore and Mysore were attacked Wednesday by activists protesting the gazette notification of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal's (CWDT) final award.
Chennai, Feb 20 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Wednesday termed the gazette notification of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal's (CWDT) final award as the culmination of 22 years of struggle and a "great victory for me and my government".
Chennai, Feb 20 (IANS) Hailing the gazetting of the final order of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT) Wednesday by the central government, CPI leader D. Pandian said it was a victory for Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa.
Bangalore, Feb 19 (IANS) Karnataka late Tuesday stepped up security in Cauvery delta areas to tackle threatened protests ahead of the expected notification Wednesday of a tribunal's final award on sharing of the river water between Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Purducherry.
Keeping in view of the strike call by some Trade Unions including auto rickshaw union, Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) has taken all preventive and safety measures in advance to avoid any kind of untoward incident and for providing smooth public transport to its passengers.
New Delhi, Feb. 18 (ANI): An all party delegation from Karnataka, led by Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar on Monday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and urged the government not to notify the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT)'s final award.
Hubli (Karnataka), Feb. 18 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar has said that releasing Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu is not possible at present in the wake of drought situation and acute drinking water scarcity in the state.
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Chennai, Feb 15 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Friday urged her party cadres to work hard so that the AIADMK wins all 40 Lok Sabha seats (39 in Tamil Nadu and one in Puducherry) in the next general elections.
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Allahabad, Feb. 11 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Government on Monday ordered a time-bound inquiry commission to probe the causes of stampede at the Allahabad Railway Station that claimed 36 lives on Sunday evening.
Bangalore, Feb 11 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar Monday ticked off the Congress and Janata Dal-Secular for demanding his resignation for releasing Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu and said he was ready to do so if that was a solution to the row.
London, February 11(ANI): An asteroid due to whizz past the Earth on Friday may not 'destroy London' - but it could take out vital telecommunications satellites, scientists have warned.
Mysore, Feb. 9 (ANI): Karnataka Police on Saturday detained former Chief Minister and Karnataka Janata Party (KJP) chief B.S. Yeddyurappa here as he, along with hundreds of farmers and supporters tried to break police barricade imposed near Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) reservoir.
Bangalore, Feb 9 (IANS) The Cauvery is hailed as Karnataka's 'jeeva nadi' (lifeline). This year, however, it has badly hit life of people in its delta region and also has left political parties in poll-bound Karnataka in a tizzy.
Washington, Feb 9 (IANS/EFE) Asteroid 2012 DA14 will come closer to Earth than any previous object of its size during a Feb 15 fly-by, but the space rock poses no danger to the planet, NASA said.
Chennai, Feb 8 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Friday said that 31 of the state's 32 districts would be declared as drought hit due to monsoon failure and that a "drought memorandum" would be submitted to the central government for a financial aid to the state.
Chennai, Feb 7 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh Thursday faulted Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for not working out a consensus between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka on the Cauvery river water dispute by calling the heads of these two states for a meeting.
New Delhi/Bangalore, Feb 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday directed Karnataka to "forthwith" release 2.44 tmc (thousand million cubic feet) of Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu for irrigating its standing crops but the state said it would explore all options.
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday directed Karnataka to release 2.44 tmc (thousand million cubic feet) of Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu for irrigating its standing crops in the Cauvery delta basin.
A protest evoked in the assembly house led by opposition Congress and Janta Dal (Secular) when the Supreme Court of India Thursday directed the Karnataka government to release 2.44 tmc (thousand million cubic feet) of Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu for irrigating its standing crops in the delta basin................................
New Delhi, Feb. 7 (ANI): Refusing the Government iof Tamil Nadu's plea of seeking a release of twelve thousand million cubic (TMC) of Cauvery waters, the Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Government of Karnataka to release 2.44 TMC to the neighbouring state.
Bangalore, Feb 7 (IANS) Karnataka is unlikely to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu immediately though the Supreme Court Thursday directed it to do so "forthwith", Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar indicated.
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday directed Karnataka to release 2.44 tmc (thousand million cubic feet) of Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu for irrigating its standing crops in the delta basin.
Chennai, Feb 5 (IANS) Legislators belonging to opposition DMK party were evicted Tuesday from the Tamil Nadu assembly after they held a demonstration against the ruling AIADMK inside the house.
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday directed the chairman of the Central Water Commission to set up a three-member panel to visit the Cauvery Delta Basin to assess Tamil Nadu's standing crops.
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday directed the chairman of the Central Water Commission to constitute a three-member expert committee to visit the Cauvery Delta Basin to make an assessment of standing crops in Tamil Nadu.
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) A sunny day here Thursday was followed by a chilly evening as the maximum temperature settled at 21.9 degrees Celsius, average for this time of the season. Friday is likely to see the same weather.
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) Karnataka told the Supreme Court Tuesday that it cannot spare any more water for Tamil Nadu as it would affect the water needs of its own people.
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) Delhi woke up to a sunny but chilly morning Thursday with the minimum temperature settling at 5.6 degrees Celsius, two notches below average for this time of the season. The Met Office has forecast a clear day ahead.
Chennai, Jan 21 (IANS) Continuing its fight against Karnataka for Cauvery river water in the apex court, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa Monday said she has ordered officials to file a case against the neighbouring state, claiming damages for losses suffered due to non-supply of water.
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) The Airport Metro Express line here will resume operations at 5.30 a.m. Tuesday, nearly six months after it was shut down on grounds of safety, officials said Monday.
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) Delhi woke up to a sunny but cold morning Monday with the minimum temperature settling at 6.2 degrees Celsius, three notches below average for this time of the season. The Met Office has forecast a clear day ahead.
Chennai, Jan 19 (IANS) The AIADMK said Saturday it would protest against the central government putting up hurdles in the development of Tamil Nadu.
Chennai, Jan.17 (ANI): Addressing a gathering at a function organised in Kodanadu in Tamil Nadu's Nilgiri District to mark the 96th birth anniversary of AIADMK founder and former chief minister M.G. Ramchandran on Thursday, Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa vowed to put an end to the "arrogance" of the opposition DMK in the 2014 general elections.
Washington, January 17 (ANI): As evidence is increasing from multiple scientific fields that exposure to the natural environment can improve human health, researchers have - in a new study - associated the presence of trees with human health.
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) Stating that nuclear energy will remain an increasingly important element of the nation's energy mix, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Tuesday that India was in the process of expanding its indigenous nuclear power programme.
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) The number of new annual HIV/AIDS cases in India have dropped by 57 percent in the last decade as against 20 percent globally, Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said Saturday.
Bhubaneswar, Jan 12 (IANS) The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has fined 2,040 people for spitting and littering at railway premises in less than a month and collected Rs.128,570 in fines from them, an official said here Saturday.
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS The Congress core group met here Friday to discuss the current political situation including issues like the flare -up on the line of control, demand for a separate Telangana and the Cauvery water-sharing dispute.
Chennai, Jan 11 (IANS) Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) president M. Karunanidhi Friday said the central government has to find out whether there is water in Karnataka dams and take appropriate action.
Bhubaneswar, Jan 11 (IANS) A demonstration was staged at Rayagada in Orissa to demand an immediate resumption of bauxite supplies to Vedanta's alumina refinery at Lanjigarh to protect the livelihood of thousands of people.
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) After braving chilly mornings for the last few days, a relatively warmer morning greeted Delhiites Thursday. The skies cleared up as the day advanced, with slight respite from the bone-chilling cold.
Chennai, Jan 5 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa Saturday announced the setting up of a high-level committee headed by Finance Minister O.Panneerselvam to assess the areas in the state to be declared as drought-affected so that compensation could be given to the farmers.
Agra, Jan 5 (IANS) In its bid to attract global investors, Uttar Pradesh is keen to use the opportunity offered by the CII supported investors' meet here to showcase the state's facilities and infrastructure, an official said Saturday.
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday gave the central government time till Jan 31 to decide whether it would notify the decision of the water resources ministry accepting the Cauvery Water Tribunal award on the sharing of Cauvery river water.
Mumbai, Jan 4 (IANS) As many as 151 sailors, including some in China and Bahrain, remain stranded aboard six ships of Mumbai's Pratibha Shipping Company, which has been offered financial assistance by a seamen's union, a top maritime authority said Friday.
Mumbai, Jan 4 (IANS) As many as 151 sailors, including some from China and Bahrain, remain stranded aboard six ships of Mumbai's beleaguered Pratibha Shipping Company, which has been offered financial assistance by a seamen's union, a top maritime authority said Friday.
Chennai, Jan 3 (IANS) DMK president M. Karunanidhi Thursday said his second son, M.K. Stalin, would be the party's torchbearer after him to fight for the upliftment of Dalits.
Chennai, Jan 2 (IANS) Former Tamil Nadu chief minister M. Karunanidhi Wednesday said the DMK will chalk out its strategy for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections based on the deliberations at different forums of the party.
Islamabad, Jan 1 (IANS) At least two people were killed and 30 others wounded Tuesday in a powerful blast near the venue of a political rally in Pakistan's port city Karachi, media reports said.
Islamabad, Jan 1 (IANS) At least one person was killed and 13 others were injured Tuesday in a powerful blast near the venue of a political rally in Pakistan's port city Karachi, media reports said.
New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) A day before New Year, the capital experienced the season's coldest day Monday as the minimum temperature settled two notches below average at 5.2 degrees Celsius. Dec 23, when the mercury dipped to 5.9 degrees Celsius, was the coldest day of the season so far.
New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) It was a chilly Monday morning in the capital with icy winds making Delhiites shiver. The minimum temperature settled two notches below average at 5.2 degrees Celsius.
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) Come March, India's longest tunnel -- the 11.2-km rail tunnel connecting Kashmir Valley to Jammu region across the Pir Panjal mountain range -- will be thrown open for the railways, an official of the company associated with the project said Sunday.
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) It was a chilly Sunday morning in the national capital with a shallow fog enveloping the city. The minimum temperature settled at 7.7 degrees Celsius, average for this time of the season.
Karachi, Dec.29 (ANI): At least six people were killed in an explosion that ripped apart a passenger bus parked outside the gates of Karachi Cantonment Railway Station on Saturday.
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Thursday flayed the centre, saying it was indifferent to reducing poverty and was busy conspiring against the common man to facilitate foreign investors.
New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) It was a chilly Wednesday morning in Delhi with the minimum temperature settling at 7.8 degrees Celsius, average for the season. The Met Office has forecast a clear day ahead.
New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) Christmas began on a chilly note here Tuesday with the minimum temperature settling at seven degrees Celsius, a notch below average. The Met Office has forecast a clear day.
Chennai, Dec 20 (IANS) Citing an order of the apex court, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa Thursday urged Prime Minister Mammohan Singh to expedite the notification of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal's final order before the end of this month.
Moscow, Dec 17 (IANS) The orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) has been elevated for the upcoming docking of a Russian manned spaceship.
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) The railways have developed 569 "model" railway stations and work is on on another 25, parliament was informed Friday.
New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday asked Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to approach the Cauvery River Authority headed by the prime minister to resolve their dispute over the sharing of the river's water.
Belgaum, Dec 10 (IANS) Karnataka has stopped release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu from late Sunday, Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar said here Monday.
