Amid the simmering Mullaperiar dam row, Tamil Nadu government on Sunday announced setting up of a memorial for British engineer Col Penny Cuick, who had constructed the dam at Lower Camp in Theni d

Never in its 116-year-old history had Pennycuick and his Mullaiperiyar dam emerged as heroes in Tamil Nadu.

The dam, an engineering marvel, built by the British architect in 1895, brought together al

Union Minister Vayalar Ravi on Sunday slammed his colleague and Home Minister P. Chidambaram for his remarks on the Mullaperiyar dam, calling them as 'unfortunate' and said they only showed his 'po

Union minister Vayalar Ravi on Sunday slammed his colleague and home minister P. Chidambaram for his remarks on the Mullaperiyar Dam, calling them as "unfortunate" and said they only showed his "political immaturity".

Terming the Kerala government's apprehension over safety of the Mullaperiyar dam as ‘unnecessary’, Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Saturday claimed it was borne out of ‘bypoll fear’.

"It is an unnece

Former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on Friday said the chief ministers of Kerala and Tamil Nadu should meet on the vexed Mullaperiyar Dam issue at the earliest to chalk out an amicable settlement.

Voicing Kerala’s readiness to walk the extra mile to resolve the Mullaperiyar Dam row, chief minister Oommen Chandy said he was even willing to enter into a tripartite agreement and enact a law assuring Tamil Nadu that it will get "same quantity" of water from the new dam.

Kerala politicians led by chief minister Ommen Chandy on Wednesday knocked the doors of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking his immediate intervention in persuading Tamil Nadu to settle the Mullaperiyar Dam issue.

After four days of volatile situation sparked by repeated attempts by villagers to cross into Kerala on the Mullaperiyar dam issue, the border areas in this Tamil Nadu district showed some signs of no

Police on Tuesday baton charged hundreds of people at the state border town of Gudalur when they forcibly tried to enter Kerala, demanding adequate protection to the 116-year-old Mullaperiyar Dam, ove