The fight over Cauvery: ‘Jewel among maidens, the life force of civilisation’

Long, long ago, when time was a river, there lived a rishi called Kavera. He had a daughter named Lopamudra. She was married to the sage Agastya, who kept her in his kamandalu. Once when a famine stalked the land, Lord Brahma took the form of a crow and tipped the kamandalu. And out fell Kavera’s daughter — Kaveri — who took the form of a river to bring relief and prosperity. The Skanda Purana and Agni Purana tell the story a little
differently. In some tellings, Kavera is a king; and Lopamudra, a representation of Vishnu’s maya, has twin manifestations of a human and holy water. In all of them, Kaveri, or Cauvery, assumes the state of a river goddess with immense capacity to love and nurture. Not surprisingly, she is counted among the seven sacred rivers invoked in the nitya vandana sloka, Gange cha Yamune chaiva Godavari Saraswati/ Narmada Sindhu Kaveri jalesmin sannidham kuru.



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Car runs over labourer and carries his body on roof for 3 kilometres in Telangana

MAHBUBNAGAR,Sept21:  In a shocking incident, a speeding car hit a man and then kept travelling for a distance of 3 kilometres with his body on its roof, in Telangana’s Mahbubnagar on Monday night.

The driver, eventually stopped by locals, escaped. He has been identified as Rajashree Reddy.

The man who was hit was 38-year-old Srinivasulu, a labourer crossing the road near a bus stand around 8.30 pm. He was hit so hard by the Chevrolet car coming from Kurnool that he was flung in the air and thrown onto the roof of the vehicle.

Instead of stopping, the driver accelerated and kept speeding until the red car was spotted by bikers who called the police. Disturbing visuals showed blood dripping down the windscreen.

“We received information that a car carrying a dead body on its top was going towards Hyderabad,” said a senior police officer.

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Chinese Minister Meets PM Narendra Modi Amid Strained Ties Over Nuke Group (NSG) Bid

New Delhi: 

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who is on a three-day visit in Delhi, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his residence today. As he arrived on Friday night, Beijing recommended that India and China should "keep their disagreements in check."
   
State-run news agency Xinhua also firmly reiterated that India must stop blaming China for its failed attempt in June to enter the Nuclear Suppliers Group or NSG, which groups 48 countries who trade in sophisticated nuclear technology and material.

After first stating that "one country" had blocked India's membership, India directly named China and Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj told parliament that the government plans to continue engaging with Beijing to win its support.

A few days ago, state-run media in China warned India not to.

"New Delhi should not be downhearted as the door to the NSG is not tightly closed," said Xinhua on Friday, even as it repeated that the nuclear group should not be open to country that has not signed the main global arms control pact, the Non-Proliferation Treaty or NPT. India is not a signatory to the agreement.

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On Tuesday, a state-run newspaper in China warned India not to seek explanations for Beijing's claims to the disputed South China Sea, which were recently rejected by an international tribunal.  China has rejected that verdict.

"Given that the South China Sea correlates with China's vital national interests, it is hoped that India would fully comprehend Beijing's concerns, "Xinhua's commentary said on Friday.

In addition to valuable natural resources, the South China Sea provides passage for goods worth 5 trillion dollars a year, making it strategically and economically crucial.
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Kerala Congress (Mani) severs over three-decades-long relation, walks out of UDF

CHARALKUNNU: Severing a three-and-a-half decade relationship with the UDF, K M Mani and his party Kerala Congress (M) walked out of the political front on Sunday. The party will take an independent stand and its six MLAs will sit as a separate block in the state Assembly.

Mani ruled out joining the LDF or the NDA. The party will extend issue-based support to the UPA at the Centre. However the relationship with the UDF will continue in the local self-government and cooperative bodies. The party will be reorganised from the grass roots. A state committee which will be held on August 14 in Kottayam will take decisions regarding the future programmes of the party. The camp centre in Charalkunnu which has witnessed several splits, ouster of leaders and violence in the Kerala Congress (M), witnessed one more historical incident in the party as well as in the history of Kerala politics on Sunday.

HIDDEN AGENDA

Mani in his inaugural speech of the camp on Saturday had indicated about the plan to sit as a separate block in the Assembly. The discussions in the camp were held based on this line. IUML leader PK Kunhalikutty had contacted Mani over the phone in the morning requesting him to desist from taking any strong decisions. Oommen Chandy also talked to PJ Joseph. However, both the leaders did not gave a favourable reply to the UDF crisis managers.

Addressing the media and party workers at the end of the two-day camp held at Charalkunnu, an emotional Mani said that he took the decision to leave the UDF with great grief because UDF belonged to Kerala Congress (M) also. Kerala Congress was one of the main ally who had helped in the growth of the UDF. We had sowed, watered and nurtured the UDF. It was like the decision made by a son to leave his house. But leaving the UDF had become inevitable. Some leaders in the Congress were treating Kerala Congress (M) as their No 1 enemy. The tolerance level had reached its extreme limit, he said.

SPECIAL BATTALLION IN CONGRESS

Mani said that there is a special battalion in the Congress party to defeat the Kerala Congress (M) in certain constituencies. "Special recruitment is held for this in these constituencies. There is a separate fund for this and there were study classes held for them. Such things were unheard before. We suffered and forgave the Congress so far," said Mani in his speech.
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