A total 16,738 infections were reported in a day, while the death toll increased to 1,56,705 with 138 daily new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.
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CNN-IBN & CSDS has conducted a nationwide election tracker that covers the eastern states of Bihar, West Bengal and Odisha, the southern states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala; Gujarat, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh of West India and three northern states of Rajasthan, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.
The Cauvery Supervisory Committee on Wednesday rejected Tamil Nadu's demand for its share of water saying it was not feasible, given the deficit in inflows and storage level in reservoirs in Karnataka.
The much awaited meeting between the chief ministers of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu over the Cauvery river water distribution has failed.
Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar on Monday met Union Minister S M Krishna in New Delhi amid demands by Karnataka leaders for a review of Cauvery River Authority's decision asking the state to release 9,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu.
The Centre has imposed a ban on the Popular Front of India (PFI) and several of its associates for their alleged terror activities.
'Ours is an unrecognised body. From politicians to the tribunal, nobody has acknowledged us. Nobody is even willing to talk to us. We have not been invited to any meeting. Even if we come out with a solution, who will implement it,' asks Prof S Janakarajan, the man behind Cauvery Family
The much anticipated meeting of the Cauvery Monitoring Committee on Thursday decided that Tamil Nadu will get 8.85 thousand million cubic feet of water over the next fortnight. Karnataka said it would not accept the award.
Karnataka has filed a review petition before the highest court against the order of the Cauvery River Water Authority headed by the prime minister, reports Vicky Nanjappa.
'Parties which supported me were all threatened. This could hardly have been called a fair election.' 'This is Modi's India.'
Dr Nitish Priyadarshi list the factors that make New Delhi's ground water saline and methods to prevent it.
While the Cauvery issue has brought life in Karnataka to a standstill on Saturday, the tussle will continue before the Supreme Court on Monday with both Karnataka and Tamil Nadu battling it out, reports Vicky Nanjappa.
Naxals are trying to spread their tentacles across southern states, according to Andhra Pradesh police chief R R Girish Kumar."Naxals are trying to spread all over (the country). We have evidence that these people (Maoists) are trying to set up their cells even in Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. We would like to sensitise the police of neighbouring states on the lurking danger so that they can have a proper action plan in place," DGP R R Girish Kumar said.
'For what has Rajnikant expressed regret -- his speech or the fast organised in support of Tamil Nadu's stand on the Hogenakkal project? Was he saying that he should not have participated in the protest at all? He owes an explanation to the people of Tamil Nadu, who have made him the superstar he is today,' Saratkumar told a television channel.
The prime suspect in the illicit liquor tragedy, which claimed 170 lives in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, reportedly committed suicide while the kingpin of the hooch trade, Sounder Rajan, was arrested with his wife and daughter-in-law, the police said on Thursday. Investigations took a new turn in the liquor tragedy case as the police recovered the body of Mustu alias Mushtaq from Bangalore Rural district's Kattigenahalli, who reportedly committed suicide by consuming poison
The Centre said the upsurge of COVID-19 cases is happening in cities and the Omicron variant is the predominant circulating strain.
After its successful run in Latin America and some African countries, the US-based non-profit organisation 'One laptop per Child' has launched the programme in India to equip students with specially designed laptap at subsidised rate for better learning. The laptops are unbreakable and water-proof which will make them easy to handle without any risk.
In a pre-dawn operation, the wife of notorious forest brigand Veerappan was arrested on the Karnataka-Tamil Nadu border in connection with several crimes she committed along with her deceased husband.
Cable operators in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, which are feuding again about the Hognekal issue, have decided to keep politics at bay and continue airing both Tamil and Kannada channels.The Karnataka Cable Television Chamber of Commerce has decided against the blacking out of Tamil channels in Karnataka.But cinema hall owners in Karnataka have decided against screening Tamil movies in their theatres.
The water level at the Krishna Raj Sagar reservoir has hit a rock bottom and this prompted Karnataka Chief Minister, B S Yeddyurappa to issue a statement that the stipulated amount of water for the month of June will not be released to Tamil Nadu. Yeddyurappa said that the water levels in all the reservoirs have hit rock bottom and hence there is no chance of releasing water.
The death toll from the illicit liquor tragedy, which struck parts of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, rose to 156 on Wednesday even as fresh cases were reported at Malur in Kolar district of Karnataka. As authorities continued with their crackdown on bootlegging, two people, who consumed the hooch in Malur on Tuesday evening, died in the early hours of Wednesday, police said.Eight police personnel, including two sub-inspectors, have been placed under suspension.
The killer brew claimed 16 lives in Hebbagodi, Attibele and Sarjapur in Anekal taluk bordering Tamil Nadu, where several people had consumed the illicit liquor on Monday, police said.
Eyewitnesses said that the scenes outside the hospitals were heart rendering with family members mourning the loss of their near and dear ones. The police have assured of speedy action. In Kolar and Krishnagiri, the people came out in large numbers and staged a protest. While seeking a speedy investigation, they also demanded that compenation be awarded to those families who have lost their near and dear ones.
Karnataka demands an apology from the Tamil actor over his remarks on the Hognekal water issue.
Cotton's gain is groundnut's loss in Gujarat. While farmers are rushing to increase the acreage for Bt Cotton in Gujarat, groundnut cultivation is taking a beating in the state.
There has been constant friction between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu on the Cauvery waters issue, which assumes sharp political tones quite often which is often resolved by the bounty of monsoons.
More than 416,000 children under the age of 18, of whom almost 225,000 are younger than 14, are involved in child labour in India's cottonseed production. Most of them are girls.
The mind-boggling figure is spent in the legal battle seeking rights over the river before the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal in New Delhi.
The single-day recoveries on an average for the last few days have been more than 90,000, the ministry said.
India's first advanced semiconductor fab facility would come up in Hyderabad, with Andhra Pradesh overtaking close contenders Karnataka and Tamil Nadu in the race.
Tensions flared up in Karnataka as Tamil Nadu announced that it would go ahead with its drinking water project at Hognekal Falls. Karnataka claims Tamil Nadu does not have clearance from the Centre to go ahead with the project, adding that as the verdict of the water dispute tribunal was under appeal in the Supreme Court, no work could be carried out on the project.
Nearly 4,16,000 children below 18 years, almost half of which are even younger than 14 years of age are working in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, the report said.
It said clinical trials of the drug 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) showed that it helps in faster recovery of hospitalised patients and reduces supplemental oxygen dependence.
Jasna Salim, a 28-year old homemaker in Kerala's Kozhikode district, has drawn hundreds of paintings of Lord Krishna in the last six years but her faith has not permitted her to keep any one of them in her home.
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