India LIVE Updates: Karnataka starts releasing Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu

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PM Narendra Modi celebrates Rakshabandhan with schoolgirls 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated the auspicious festival of Rakshabandhan with school girls in Delhi on Wednesday. The girls tied the sacred Rakhi thread on the PM's wrist.

#WATCH | School girls tie Rakhi to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi, as they celebrate the festival of #RakshaBandhan with him. pic.twitter.com/Hhyjx63xgi— ANI (@ANI) August 30, 2023

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Karnataka starts releasing Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu

Karnataka has started releasing water from its reservoirs to Tamil Nadu, as directed by the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA). The outflow from the Krishnaraja Sagar (KRS) reservoir across the river Cauvery in Mandya district has been stepped up.

The CWMA on Tuesday had directed the State to ensure 5,000 cusecs of water at Biligundulu on the Karnataka-Tamil Nadu border for 15 days up to 12 September.

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Locals celebrate Raksha Bandhan with BSF jawans

#WATCH | Locals celebrate Raksha Bandhan with BSF jawans at the Line of Control (LOC) at the Churanda village in the Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir. pic.twitter.com/5lH6lEp56B— ANI (@ANI) August 30, 2023

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Watch: Bhasm Aaarti performed at Shree Mahakaleshwar temple in Ujjain on occasion of Raksha Bandhan

#WATCH | Madhya Pradesh | Bhasm Aaarti performed at Shree Mahakaleshwar temple in Ujjain and special prayers held, on the occasion of #RakshaBandhan pic.twitter.com/UkMFPdPJ3M— ANI MP/CG/Rajasthan (@ANI_MP_CG_RJ) August 30, 2023

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UP: Rakhi stall set up at district jail to sell rakhis prepared by women prisoners

#WATCH | Gorakhpur, UP: Rakhi stall set up at the district jail to sell rakhis prepared by women prisoners ahead of Raksha Bandhan (29.08) pic.twitter.com/eOI0YtnQUm— ANI (@ANI) August 30, 2023

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J&K: Local girls tie Rakhi to jawans guarding country's border

#WATCH | J&K | Local girls tie Rakhi to jawans guarding the country's border, in the Akhnoor sector. #RakshaBandhan pic.twitter.com/iWgnk3taUE— ANI (@ANI) August 30, 2023