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Thursday, August 14, 2025
TopicCauvery

Topic: cauvery

‘Distress formula, deficient rains, fair share’: All about latest Karnataka-TN tiff over Cauvery

Cauvery is lifeline for many districts in southern Karnataka & central TN. Latter moved SC this month after Karnataka refused to release its ‘fair share’, citing ‘failed’ monsoon.

Last Laughs: Cartoonists have field day after Rahul Gandhi says he wants to be next PM

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

Plugged-In: Storm alert, an important week for the Supreme Court, and Karnataka 2018

The Supreme Court is about to have a very busy week. CJI Dipak Misra has picked a five-judge bench to hear a plea regarding his own impeachment.

Saying Happy Tamil New Year today is very political. Modi should have known that

The crux of the issue is that the Tamil renaissance and Dravidian movements resented that Tamils’ life had started imbibing Vedic ideas.

Plugged-In: FIR filed against Sengar, CJI is master of roster & new home for CSK

The UP police has registered a case against BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar under sections of rape, POCSO Act.

Last Laughs: Painting it orange in Yogi’s UP and the Chennai IPL shoe-stopper

The best Indian cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

Plugged-In: Lawless in Uttar Pradesh, Mark Zuckerberg’s apology, and a united South

Plugged-In from ThePrint is a new feature that sifts through the mountain of content and explains the big headlines and commentary from across media — briefly, intelligently. A one-stop quick-read put together by the best minds in the business for the news junkie on the go.

Last Laughs: Who was really ‘Being Human’ and a lesson for Modi from Ambedkar

The best Indian cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

Tamil Nadu’s Cauvery setback was ‘minimal’, legal team debating whether to seek review

Shekhar Naphade, who represented the state in the SC, says TN will insist on Centre constituting court-mandated water management board within 6 weeks.

SC’s verdict leaves us high and dry, say farmers in Tamil Nadu’s Cauvery Delta

Farmers and the opposition allege that the state government has not done enough to ensure that Tamil Nadu gets at least 205 TMC of Cauvery water.   

On Camera

Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.