Crisis  

Karnataka chief minister Kumarasamy, with an obvious bid to placate a seething Ramesh Jarkiholi, has offered him a ministry.  But sources add that Ramesh is unwilling to meet him

People of Narimogaru in Puttur accused Bindu packaged drinking water factory of drilling borewells to make packaged drinking water when the entire region is facing acute drinking water shortage.

Tamil Nadu’s Chennai faces acute water crisis, forcing citizens to use as little water as possible. Chennaites have to pay for not only drinking water but also water tankers that have increased their price by two times.

It looks like that BJP is in no hurry in Karnataka. Rather than precipitate a crisis in the ruling combine in the state, the BJP seems to be ready to bide its time as it feels that the coalition-led Karnataka government would fall on its own.
 

The Congress was squeezed into 44 seats in 2014. While 'rout' or 'drubbing' do not even begin to describe the existential crisis of the Congress, the facade of fixing accountability plays on expected lines

DMK chief MK Stalin can certainly take credit for the party's lead in 37 Lok Sabha constituencies of Tamil Nadu. With Modi's victory at the Centre, and AIADMK's chances of scraping through the possible floor test crisis post the bypolls, DMK's victory may just be bitter-sweet.

Karnataka is facing acute shortage of water, and Maharashtra is not ready to release water from the Krishna river, despite its promise.

Dharmasthala temple chief Dr Veerendra Heggade has issued a notice and requested devotees to postpone their visit to Dharmasthala temple as the region is facing acute shortage of water

Adi Kudikadu in Sendurai village of Tamil Nadu has an acute water crisis and villagers allege that no authorities come to their rescue

Several people were seen clambering down a well to take the last few drops of water that were present

The National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC), headed by Cabinet Secretary PK Sinha, earlier in the day reviewed relief measures in affected areas of Odisha, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh

The National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC), the country's top body to deal with an emergency situation, Monday took stock of the situation arising out of cyclone Fani and assured the state governments concerned of all assistance from the central government to face the storm

The Travancore Devaswom Board said in the high court that Lord Ayyappa paved the way to monetise the crisis-hit Dhanlaxmi Bank
 

It’s no secret that the Jarkiholi brothers abhor the sight of Congress leader DK Shivakumar on their home turf Belagavi. Now, in the latest episode of MLA Ramesh Jarkiholi’s alleged resignation, he minced no words in putting down minister Shivakumar

 

For a few days now, Karnataka Congress MLA Ramesh Jarkiholi, is saying that he will tender his resignation. But now, some of his trusted friends have done a volte-face, distancing themselves from him at a time when he needed them the most. The trusted friends include B Nagendra, Congress MLA from Ballari Rural, Mahesh Kummatahalli, Congress MLA from Athani (Belagavi) and Srimanth Patil, Congress MLA from Kagwad