SC to hear Ram Sethu PIL in FebruaryUnder the project, an 83 km water channel was to be created, linking Mannar with Palk Strait, by extensive dredging and removal of limeston...
12 Jan, 2023, 03.03 PM IST
SC says it will consider after 3 months Subramanian Swamy's plea for giving Ram Sethu national heritage statusRam Sethu is a chain of limestone shoals between coasts of India and Sri Lanka. According to the epic Ramayana, the Ram Sethu bridge was bu...
23 Jan, 2020, 12.40 PM IST
Supreme Court asks Subramanian Swamy to wait on his plea for giving Ram Sethu national heritage statusSubramanian Swamy told a bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud that even after its direction, ...
25 Sep, 2018, 06.51 PM IST
Centre tells SC it will not damage Ram Sethu for shipping channel projectThe Centre today informed the Supreme Court that in the "interest of the nation", it will not damage the mythological Ram Sethu for its Set...
16 Mar, 2018, 02.46 PM IST
Supreme Court grants six weeks to Centre to clarify stand on Ram SethuA bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud asked the Centre to file its reply in six weeks on a p...
13 Nov, 2017, 08.24 PM IST
Supreme Court grants time to Centre for apprising its stand on Rama SethuThe Sethusamudram shipping channel project has been facing protests from some political parties, environmentalists and several Hindu religi...
26 Nov, 2015, 05.35 PM IST
Supreme Court to hear on Nov 26 the plea of Swamy on Rama SethuSwamy said his prayer for scrapping of the project stands satisfied after the Centre took a decision and hence, he wanted to withdraw his p...
23 Nov, 2015, 03.53 PM IST
Exploring alternate route for Sethusamudram: Shipping MinistryThe government is exploring the possibility of an alternate route for the Sethusamudram Ship Channel Project, Parliament was informed today.
01 Dec, 2014, 03.53 PM IST
Government exploring alternative route for Sethusamudram projectThe channel's width at this location is about 125 mt and the depth 2.13 mt. Only during high tide this critical channel can be negotiated.
27 Nov, 2014, 01.42 PM IST
No question of demolishing Ramar Sethu while implementing Sethusamudram project: Nitin GadkariAfter the NDA government came to power, Gadkari had asserted that Ram Sethu structure would not be demolished.
04 Nov, 2014, 05.14 PM IST
Jayalalithaa describes Sethusamudram project as useless; slams DMKEven for small ships to pass through, the channel should be dredged frequently and recurring expenditure would be heavy she said, opposing ...
29 Mar, 2014, 07.07 PM IST
- Government finds flaw with own appointed panel to study the feasibility of Sethusamudram project
If dredging has to commence again, it will be a fresh start due to the accumulated sedimentation due to the littoral drift and the seasonal...
04 Mar, 2013, 05.00 AM IST
Won't tolerate any tampering with Ram Setu: BJPGovernment has maintained that it intends to pursue the project which will cut through the Adam's Bridge, popularly known as Ram Setu.
23 Feb, 2013, 06.15 PM IST
- Government given six weeks to state stand on Sethusamudram project
The Supreme Court today granted six weeks more to the government to apprise it of its stand on the controversial Sethusamudram project.
03 Sep, 2012, 05.19 PM IST
- Alternative route for Sethu project not economical: Report
The govt today told SC that alternative alignment other than mythological Ram Sethu for Sethusamudram project was not economically and ecol...
02 Jul, 2012, 02.41 PM IST
- Jayalalithaa should approach competent authority on Ram Sethu: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has asked former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa to approach competent authorities for declaring the Ram Sethu '...
28 Jan, 2008, 08.54 PM IST
- BJP, DMK clash over Sethusamudram project
The Opposition BJP clashed with the DMK in the Lok Sabha on Friday over the Sethusamudram project issue, forcing adjournment of the House f...
04 May, 2007, 01.45 PM IST