Bengaluru News Live Updates Tamil Nadu Water coffers Minister Duraimurugan on Wednesday called on Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in New Delhi and requested him to take way for release of Cauvery water by Karnataka. This meeting comes amid Karnataka’s assertion to construct a levee across theinter-state swash at Mekedatu. Speaking to journalists in Delhi, Duraimurugan said Tamil Nadu was entitled to admit12.213 tmc( thousand million boxy) ft of water for the month of June and has only entered2.993 tmc ft leaving a deficiency of9.220 tmc ft
Red alert A warning of heavy rain( red alert) has been issued for littoral Karnataka sections moment. seminaries and sodalities are going to be shut, as an orange alert has been issued for south interior Karnataka. Three deaths were reported in rain- related incidents in littoral Karnataka over the last two days.
The Karnataka High Court has denied bail to Faraz Pasha, one of the indicted in the murder of Bajrang Dal worker Harsha Nagaraj alias Harsha Hindu in Shivamogga in February last time. The order was passed on June 26 by a bench of judges Sreenivas Harish Kumar and G Basavaraja.