Belgaum Row

• Chavan takes Belgaum to Delhi, Yeddyurappa unmoved

  Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan has taken the battle over Belgaum to Delhi. But the BJP government in Karnataka will not back down, making it clear that Belgaum is indivisible. Ashok Chavan met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today and apprised him of the latest situation on the border dispute with Karnataka. He asked the Centre to intervene ...

• Make Belgaum a union territory: Maharashtra CM

  The border row between Maharashtra and Karnataka over Belgaum hotted up on Tuesday with Chief Minister Ashok Chavan demanding that the Centre declare Marathi speaking villages in Karnataka as a Union Territory till a court decision and Shiv Sena backing the demand.

• Belgaum as Union Territory, urges Maharashtra

  The battle over Belgaum has flared up on the Maharashtra-Karnataka border as sporadic violence brought buses plying across the boundary from either side to a grinding halt.The border dispute over Belgaum has long been an emotive issue for Maharashtra political parties. In fact, it was the Congress which took the issue to court in 2004. But this is ...

• Belgaum row: Some relief for Maharashtra

  In some relief for Maharashtra in the battle for Belgaum, the Supreme Court has allowed the state to file an amended application to challenge the validity of State Re-organisation Act.For years there has been a boundary dispute between Karnataka and Maharashtra over Belgaum.Last week, the Centre, in its affidavit, rejected Maharashtra's claim sayin...