Tamil Nadu-kerala Dam Row

A five member panel appointed by the Supreme Court on the Mullaperiyar Dam row has said that the dam is safe and Kerala should reconsider its proposal to build a new dam.

Tension mounted along the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border down south for the third consecutive day on Monday with an estimated 20,000 villagers spontaneously marching towards the Mullaiperiyar dam breaching police barricades.

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...

When Tamil Nadu banned Dam999, a Hollywood movie depicting the dangers posed by a dam in Banqiao, China, it re-energized a bitter rivalry in South India over the 116-year Mullaperiyar Dam. The movie's makers maintain that it is based on a 1975 disaster which killed 2.5 lakh people in Banqiao, but many in Tamil Nadu say it is based on a dam far near...

A five member panel appointed by the Supreme Court on the Mullaperiyar Dam row has said that the dam is safe and Kerala should reconsider its proposal to build a new dam.

Tension mounted along the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border down south for the third consecutive day on Monday with an estimated 20,000 villagers spontaneously marching towards the Mullaiperiyar dam breaching police barricades.

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...

When Tamil Nadu banned Dam999, a Hollywood movie depicting the dangers posed by a dam in Banqiao, China, it re-energized a bitter rivalry in South India over the 116-year Mullaperiyar Dam. The movie's makers maintain that it is based on a 1975 disaster which killed 2.5 lakh people in Banqiao, but many in Tamil Nadu say it is based on a dam far near...