KRS, Kabini, Harangi and Hemavathi Reservoirs together have only 9.96 tmcft water The Supreme Court yesterday directed the Karnataka Government to release 2,000 cusecs of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu every day. The matter will be next heard on July 11. The Court said that on July 11, it will commence the final hearing of…
‘Reservation vital to remove inequality in society’
March 13, 2017The Government SC/ST Officers and Staff Parishat and Dalit Students Forum of Mysore University had organised a seminar on ‘Supreme Court verdict on reservation in promotion’ at the Humanities Block in Manasagangothri here yesterday. Inaugurating the programme, H. Hanumanthappa, former MP and former Chairman of National Scheduled Caste Commission opined that reservation was necessary to…
Cannot release any more water to TN: Karnataka
February 18, 2017Counsels for Karnataka yesterday explained before the Cauvery Supervisory Committee (CSC) the acute water crisis it is facing in the Cauvery River basin due to severe droughts and conveyed its inability to continue releasing 2,000 cusecs of water daily to Tamil Nadu due to the prevailing distress situation. Participating in the CSC meeting at Shrama…
SC seeks CID report on Van Ingen’s properties
February 18, 2017The Supreme Court (SC) yesterday directed the Karnataka Government to furnish a CID report into the alleged defrauding of more than Rs. 500 crore worth properties of taxidermist Edwin Joubert Van Ingen. A three-Judge Bench presided over by Justice Ranjan Gogoi asked advocate Joseph Aristotle, appearing for the State Government, to bring the enquiry report…
People not obliged to stand for National Anthem in cinemas: SC
February 14, 2017The Supreme Court has today clarified that people are not obliged to stand up when National Anthem is being played as part of a film or a documentary. This comes months after the SC had ordered that National Anthem must be played in all the cinema halls across the country. Earlier, the SC stated that…
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