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New Delhi, December 8: The Union Water Resources Ministry said here on Friday that it would notify the final award of the Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal by the month-end even as the Cauvery Monitoring Committee (CMC)?directed Karnataka to release 12 tmc feet of water to Tamil Nadu in December. In the CMC meeting, chaired by Secretary, Water Resources, D V Singh, it was decided that steps “shall”

New Delhi, December 8: Eventually, it turned out to be a stroll rather than the tough climb it was billed to be. The Congress humbled the opposition in the vote on allowing FDI in retail in the Rajya Sabha by a convincing margin of 21 votes: a scoreline which was facilitated by desertions from the opposition ranks and support from all but one of the Independents. The victory — 123 votes for FDI to

New Delhi, December 7: The government Friday won the vote in the Rajya Sabha on foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail, two days after it sailed through the Lok Sabha, finally getting endorsement from parliament for a policy seen as a major step forward in its reforms process. Getting support once again from the unlikely combination of Mulayam Singh Yadav's Samajwadi Party (SP) and Mayawati's

Erode (TN), December 7: Vehicles have stopped plying from Sathyamangalam near Erode to Mysore following demonstrations and hartal by some Kannada outfits in parts of Karnataka protesting the Supreme Court directive to release 10,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu. For the second consecutive day, more than 800 lorries, 300 vans and 200 other vehicles have been parked at Sathyamangalam, Bannari check

New Delhi, December 7: Shoddy implementation of the government's new quota system for subsidized cooking gas has resulted in chaos. There's utter confusion about how many subsidized cylinders a consumer is entitled to in the remaining six months of 2012-13 since the new scheme was announced on September 13, 2012. That day's government release was unambiguous. It said: "The number of subsidized LPG

Lucknow, December 6: The 20th anniversary of Babri Mosque demolition passed off peacefully on a sombre note in the twin towns of Ayodhya and Faizabad and the surrounding areas amidst tight security arrangements. While shops and business establishments owned by Muslims remained partially closed and main markets wore a deserted look it being a weekly off day in Faizabad, black flags were seen at

Kochi, December 6: In a relief to former Chief Minister and veteran CPI(M) leader V S Achuthanandan, the Kerala High Court today quashed the FIR against him in a land allotment issue, holding that framing a case against him on "false and frivolous" charges was unworthy of any merit. The court said some features presented in the case were "too disturbing", that in fact "gives enough room to

Belgaum, December 6: BJP is prepared to forfeit power even if it means taking disciplinary action against party legislators who would attend former party strongman B S Yeddyurappa's rally on December 9, former chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda today said. Yeddyurappa will formally launch his Karnataka Janata Party at the rally in Haveri. "The party is not prepared to compromise on taking action

New Delhi, December 6: The Babri Masjid demolition rocked the Lok Sabha on Thursday with some members demanding action on the report of Liberhan Commission which probed its demolition 20 years ago. As the Lok Sabha convened, Shafiqur Rahman Barq (BSP) waved black flag in the House and rued that those guilty of demolition were still not brought to justice. Reacting angrily, Speaker Meira Kumar told

Ahmedabad, December 6: In a major blow to Congress ahead of the Gujarat Assembly polls, senior party leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Narhari Amin switched sides and joined the BJP with his supporters in Ahmedabad on Thursday. Mr Amin, who has sizeable support in the politically powerful Patel community, was welcomed into the party by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who described the