Bengaluru News Highlights: HD Kumaraswamy not to attend emergency meeting on Cauvery dispute

Bengaluru News Highlights: The city faced power cuts and water supply interruptions today, while leaders held an emergency meeting on the Cauvery dispute.

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Bengaluru News Highlights: The city witnessed a special emergency meeting today on the ongoing Cauvery river water dispute with neighbouring state Tamil Nadu, along with a conference of DGPs across southern states....Read More

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• 13 Sept 2023, 02:17:41 PM IST

  Mandya: Farmers protest release of water to TN

  Karnataka: Farmers with faces tied up with black tape staged a protest in Srirangapattana town of Mandya demanding to stop the release of water to Tamil Nadu.

  (ANI)

• 13 Sept 2023, 01:02:22 PM IST

  HD Kumaraswamy not to attend emergency meeting on Cauvery dispute

  Former Karnataka CM and JDS Leader HD Kumaraswamy will not attend the all-party meeting called by the state government to discuss the Cauvery dispute, he told reporters. The special emergency meeting is underway.

  (ANI)

• 13 Sept 2023, 12:31:23 PM IST

  Karnataka police arrest two in MLA ticket cheating case

  The Central Crime Branch (CCB) sleuths from Bengaluru have arrested two persons accused of cheating a businessman of crores of rupees by promising him a BJP ticket from Byndoor constituency in Udupi district. The two, including the prime accused Chaitra Kundapura, were arrested from the parking area of Udupi Sri Krishna Mutt Tuesday night, police said.

  (PTI)

• 13 Sept 2023, 12:22:25 PM IST

  Former Karnataka CM Bommai not to attend emergency meeting on Cauvery dispute

  Former chief minister of Karnataka Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday said he would not be able to attend the special emergency meeting called by the state government regarding the ongoing Cauvery river water dispute with neighbouring state Tamil Nadu. 

  “The state government has called a meeting late last night to discuss the Cauvery dispute. However, I am not able to attend the meeting called by the government as I have participated in the pre-arranged program of my constituency,” he posted on social media site X.

• 13 Sept 2023, 11:51:31 AM IST

  ‘Unjustifiable decision’: Kumaraswamy on Cauvery water row with TN

  On Cauvery water row, former Karnataka CM and JD-S Leader HD Kumaraswamy said, "Unjustifiable decision taken by the Central Water Management Board. Here we are facing water scarcity. Our state government directed the farmers to not cultivate crops this year... Even drinking water is going to be a big issue in Bengaluru in the coming days. The Water Management Board is favouring Tamil Nadu every time. I demand that this government reject the Central Water Management board's decision."

  (ANI)

• 13 Sept 2023, 11:06:23 AM IST

  Man gets 10-year RI for sexually assaulting 19-yr-old disabled girl

  A Mangaluru court has sentenced a man from Dakshina Kannada district to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a disabled girl in 2015. Judge K P Preeti also imposed a fine of ₹10,000 on the convict, Rajesh Rai (33), from Peruvai village of Bantwal taluk, who was charged under IPC Sections 376 (2) (1) and 448 for trespassing and rape. 

  (PTI)

• 13 Sept 2023, 10:28:00 AM IST

  Crime: Gold powder worth ₹14.5 lakhs seized at Mangaluru Airport

  The Customs department officers at the Mangaluru International Airport seized 242 grams of gold powder from a passenger. The gold powder seized was valued at approximately ₹14.50 lakh, officials said.

  (ANI)