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"Position Remains Unchanged": Tamil Nadu vs Kerala Again Over Mullaperiyar Dam
In a statement, the Tamil Nadu government said that any move by Kerala to push for a new dam would be opposed.
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Tamil Nadu Withdraws Plea For CISF Security Cover At Mullaperiyar Dam
Tamil Nadu government today withdrew its interim plea seeking deployment of the CISF to protect Mullaperiyar dam in Kerala after the Supreme Court objected to filing of such pleas in an already decided case.
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New Dam The Only Solution To Mullaperiyar Row, Says Oommen Chandy
Kerala today asserted that construction of a new dam is the only solution to resolve the dispute over the contentious Mullaperiyar dam and said it will take up this demand with the Centre.
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Clamp economic blockade against Kerala: PMK tells Tamil Nadu government
Charging Kerala government officials with blocking materials meant to plug holes at the Mullaperiar Dam with a view to "weakening it," Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) founder Dr S Ramadoss on Friday demanded an economic blockade on the neighbouring state lest it should allow Tamil Nadu officials to take up the works.
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Kerala, Tamil Nadu to get copies of report on Mullaperiyar
A five-judge constitution bench of the court headed by Justice DK Jain, posted the matter for further hearing to July 23, while permitting the two warring states to get copies of the report in a sealed cover.
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Technical experts to visit Mullaperiyar Dam today
Technical experts on the Supreme Court-appointed empowered committee on the Mullaperiyar Dam issue will inspect the 116-year-old dam today.
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Mullaperiyar dam row: Chandy writes to Jayalalithaa
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Sunday voiced concern over reports of attacks on Keralites in Tamil Nadu over the Mullaperiyar dam row and requested his counterpart Jayalalithaa "to take firm action to contain the situation."
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Mullaperiyar dispute: Reducing water in dam not necessary, says Supreme Court
The dam is at the heart of a bitter dispute between Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Through an old and unusual agreement, the dam which is located in Kerala is controlled entirely by Tamil Nadu, whose farmers in the regions around Madurai are dependent on its water. The court today reprimanded both states, saying that "Instead of dousing fire (they) are...
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Actor Prakash Raj flays Centre's inaction
"The Central Government should break its silence on the Mullaperiyar dam issue," National award-winning actor Prakash Raj has said.
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Dam row: State buses feel the heat
The Kerala State Road Transport Corporation is being forced to pull out a sizeable number of long-distance, inter-state schedules with every passing day as the vehicles are often becoming the target of troublemakers across the border.
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Supreme Court to hear Mullaperiyar issue today
With tensions riding high in Tamil Nadu and Kerala over the Mullaperiyar Dam, the Supreme Court is set to hear the issue today.
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Mullaperiyar row: In full-page ads, Jayalalithaa says dam is safe
Mullaperiyar dam row: A day after Kerala Assembly unanimously passed a resolution insisting that a new dam be built to replace the Mullaperiyar reservoir, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has gone all out to assure the people of Kerala that the 116-year-old structure is safe. In full-page advertisements released in major newspapers today, she...
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Mullaperiyar dam row: Thousands line up to create human wall
In a show of strength, the CPI(M)-led LDF on Thursday mobilised thousands of people to create a 298-km-long human chain to press the demand for replacing the century-old Mullaperiyar dam, an issue that has led to fresh friction between Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
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Border tense as Mullaperiyar dam row peaks
Normal life almost came to a standstill along the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border for the first time on Monday since the latest row over the Mullaiperiyar dam broke out. Traffic blockades even at minor intersections, sporadic violence targeted at Malayali-owned commercial establishments and effigy-burning of Kerala CM Oommen Chandy and other politicians w...
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Mullaperiyar dam row: Tamil Nadu wants Central forces
The Tamil Nadu government has moved the Supreme Court seeking deployment of Central forces at the Mullaiperiyar dam, citing incidents of vandalism by certain political parties in Kerala at the dam site as reported in newspapers.
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"Position Remains Unchanged": Tamil Nadu vs Kerala Again Over Mullaperiyar Dam
In a statement, the Tamil Nadu government said that any move by Kerala to push for a new dam would be opposed.
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Tamil Nadu Withdraws Plea For CISF Security Cover At Mullaperiyar Dam
Tamil Nadu government today withdrew its interim plea seeking deployment of the CISF to protect Mullaperiyar dam in Kerala after the Supreme Court objected to filing of such pleas in an already decided case.
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New Dam The Only Solution To Mullaperiyar Row, Says Oommen Chandy
Kerala today asserted that construction of a new dam is the only solution to resolve the dispute over the contentious Mullaperiyar dam and said it will take up this demand with the Centre.
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Clamp economic blockade against Kerala: PMK tells Tamil Nadu government
Charging Kerala government officials with blocking materials meant to plug holes at the Mullaperiar Dam with a view to "weakening it," Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) founder Dr S Ramadoss on Friday demanded an economic blockade on the neighbouring state lest it should allow Tamil Nadu officials to take up the works.
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Kerala, Tamil Nadu to get copies of report on Mullaperiyar
A five-judge constitution bench of the court headed by Justice DK Jain, posted the matter for further hearing to July 23, while permitting the two warring states to get copies of the report in a sealed cover.
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Technical experts to visit Mullaperiyar Dam today
Technical experts on the Supreme Court-appointed empowered committee on the Mullaperiyar Dam issue will inspect the 116-year-old dam today.
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Mullaperiyar dam row: Chandy writes to Jayalalithaa
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Sunday voiced concern over reports of attacks on Keralites in Tamil Nadu over the Mullaperiyar dam row and requested his counterpart Jayalalithaa "to take firm action to contain the situation."
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Mullaperiyar dispute: Reducing water in dam not necessary, says Supreme Court
The dam is at the heart of a bitter dispute between Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Through an old and unusual agreement, the dam which is located in Kerala is controlled entirely by Tamil Nadu, whose farmers in the regions around Madurai are dependent on its water. The court today reprimanded both states, saying that "Instead of dousing fire (they) are...
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Actor Prakash Raj flays Centre's inaction
"The Central Government should break its silence on the Mullaperiyar dam issue," National award-winning actor Prakash Raj has said.
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Dam row: State buses feel the heat
The Kerala State Road Transport Corporation is being forced to pull out a sizeable number of long-distance, inter-state schedules with every passing day as the vehicles are often becoming the target of troublemakers across the border.
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Supreme Court to hear Mullaperiyar issue today
With tensions riding high in Tamil Nadu and Kerala over the Mullaperiyar Dam, the Supreme Court is set to hear the issue today.
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Mullaperiyar row: In full-page ads, Jayalalithaa says dam is safe
Mullaperiyar dam row: A day after Kerala Assembly unanimously passed a resolution insisting that a new dam be built to replace the Mullaperiyar reservoir, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has gone all out to assure the people of Kerala that the 116-year-old structure is safe. In full-page advertisements released in major newspapers today, she...
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Mullaperiyar dam row: Thousands line up to create human wall
In a show of strength, the CPI(M)-led LDF on Thursday mobilised thousands of people to create a 298-km-long human chain to press the demand for replacing the century-old Mullaperiyar dam, an issue that has led to fresh friction between Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
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Border tense as Mullaperiyar dam row peaks
Normal life almost came to a standstill along the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border for the first time on Monday since the latest row over the Mullaiperiyar dam broke out. Traffic blockades even at minor intersections, sporadic violence targeted at Malayali-owned commercial establishments and effigy-burning of Kerala CM Oommen Chandy and other politicians w...
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Mullaperiyar dam row: Tamil Nadu wants Central forces
The Tamil Nadu government has moved the Supreme Court seeking deployment of Central forces at the Mullaiperiyar dam, citing incidents of vandalism by certain political parties in Kerala at the dam site as reported in newspapers.
