October 03, 2020 12:59 pm
Around 15 leaders were arrested around Friday midnight by Goa police after they staged a protest at a five-star hotel, where Javadekar had checked in, police said.
February 28, 2020 9:28 pm
In 2018, the Mahadayi Water Disputes Tribunal had allocated 13.42 tmcft of water from Mahadayi to Karnataka.
December 18, 2019 5:35 pm
Goa and Karnataka are locked in a dispute over the sharing of Mahadayi waters, and Kalasa Banduri project aims at providing drinking water to three north Karnataka districts by diverting water from the Mahadayi.
October 20, 2019 2:51 pm
The farmers, according to Raitha Sena Karnataka, will now try to meet the President in Delhi.
August 17, 2018 2:31 pm
The three states had been for decades locked in a dispute over the sharing of water of the Mahadayi river, which originates in Belagavi in Karnataka. Soon after the verdict, the Goa government had claimed it was a victory for the state.
May 07, 2018 4:41 pm
Reacting to it, Goa Pradesh Congress Committee president Girish Chodankar on Sunday said such statements were being made just before the Karnataka polls to "confuse the voters".
May 03, 2018 12:15 am
Karnataka Assembly Elections: The election is taking place against the backdrop of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s government aggressively fuelling the Kannada pride debate — pushing for a state flag, and protesting against Kannada not being made an optional language in central recruitment tests.
March 24, 2018 4:54 pm
The issue of sharing the river water between Karnataka and Goa - two out of three riparian states of the Mahadayi -came to the fore again after Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar wrote a letter in December last year. Maharashtra is the other riparian state.
March 04, 2018 4:44 pm
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar had earlier said his state could share the river water with Karnataka for drinking purposes and expressed his willingness for bilateral talks. However, the BJP's ally Goa Forward Party had said it will not allow the diversion of water at any cost.
February 09, 2018 1:45 am
The dispute over the sharing of water of the Mahadayi or Mandovi or Mhadei river between the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka and Goa is over 30 years old.