Cauvery water protests spread in K'taka; Mysuru seer joins farmers' stir

As protests continued in various parts of Karnataka on Friday over the release of Cauvery water from Karnataka to Tamil Nadu and a call for a bandh has gone out, the police have tightened security......

Cauvery water dispute: SC refuses to interfere with CWRC order

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to interfere with orders of the Cauvery Water Management Authority and Cauvery Water Regulation Committee directing the Karnataka government to release 5,000......

Quiet Doesn't Flow The Cauvery

With the Lok Sabha polls only months away, any inter-state dispute over the Cauvery water dispute has the potential to take more political turns than otherwise, predicts N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE:......

Mekedatu only solution to Cauvery issue, Modi govt delaying it: Sidda

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday hit out at the BJP-led government at the Centre, alleging the delay in giving approval to the construction of the Mekedatu balancing reservoir over......

ONGC Q1 net profit drops 10% on lower oil prices

State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has reported a 10 per cent decline in its June quarter net profit on lower oil prices and stagnant production from its aging fields. Photograph:......

RIL may alter pipeline project on Cauvery find

The discovery of oil and gas from the Cauvery basin, about 60 kms from Pondicherry, may help Reliance Industries Limitedsave around $1 billion in its proposed pipeline project in south India. The......

Upstream oil companies return to Andaman Sea, dig offshore wells

In a significant move, state-run oil producer Oil India Limited (OIL) has finished drilling its first well in the Andaman sea while Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has just started drilling......

'ONGC is venturing into high-risk ultra-deep water exploration'

'We plan to add over 100,000 square kilometres every year, to reach an ambitious target of 500,000 square kilometres by 2025.' Photograph: Kind courtesy ONGC In the wake of ONGC discovering what......

Cauvery fallout: Bengaluru FC-Tampines AFC Cup tie to be played behind closed doors

The AFC Cup quarter-final between Bengaluru FC and Singapore's Tampines Rovers will be played behind closed doors in Bengaluru on Wednesday after incidents of street violence and vandalism in the......

Massive anti-IPL protests; two detained for hurling slippers at Jadeja

IMAGE: Policemen take away a fan of CSK Skipper MS Dhoni before the IPL match between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders at MAC Stadium in Chennai on Tuesday. Photograph: R Senthil......

Will IPL matches be shifted out of Chennai?

Opposition over hosting of Indian Premier League matches in Chennai intensified on Monday, with a pro-Tamil outfit agitating over Cauvery issue threatening to hold protests outside the match venue......