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Tamil Nadu polls: We must chase away 'Delhi team', says UdhayanidhiTamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin framed the upcoming Assembly elections as a battle between the "Tamil Nadu team" and th...
Tamil Nadu govt orders withdrawal of cases against party leaders over anti-Sterlite protestsAs many as 38 cases, involving 13 leaders including DMK's Anita R Radhakrishnan, now Fisheries Minister and party's Tuticorin south distric...
Sterlite expects to reopen Tuticorin plant in next few monthsOn May 22, 2018, anti-Sterlite protests turned violent with the agitators fighting pitched battles with the police and 13 people were kille...
TN moves Apex Court challenging NGT order favouring Sterlite Copper reopeningTamil Nadu had closed the copper plant six days after 13 people were killed in police firing against protesters who wanted the factory clos...
Security tightened for Sterlite plant amid reports of fresh protestThirteen people were killed in police firing on May 22-23 after the 99-day long protest by the locals against Sterlite turned violent and g...
Supreme Court refuses to stay CBI probe against cops for firing during anti-Sterlite protestsA bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi issued notice to the CBI on the petition filed by the Tamil Nadu government challenging the Hi...
NGT panel report stirs fresh protest against Sterlite Copper factoryIn their petitions to the Collector, residents urged the state government to convene the state assembly to pass a “special resolution” to d...
Anti-Sterlite protests: HC seeks video, documents prior to firing incidentBasheer Ahmed also sought details of the intelligence report on the agitation, and directed the state government to submit the same on July...
Sterlite protest: Tuticorin villagers accuse Left outfit of inciting violenceHundreds of protesters had gone on the rampage on May 22, storming the collectorate, setting buildings and vehicles ablaze, and prompting p...
CB-CID sleuths in Tuticorin to probe violence in anti-Sterlite protestAccording to probe agencies, five cases have been registered so far and each case was being investigated by an official in the rank of DSP.
Arrests in Sterlite row based on evidence: Edappadi K PalaniswamiTeams from the state and national human rights commissions were in Thoothukudi on Sunday.
Rajinikanth should withdraw his comments on Sterlite stir: Puducherry CMThe actor-turned-politician Rajinikanth had alleged that the protest turned violent on the 100th day (May 22) after it was infiltrated by s...
BJP hits out at Stalin for criticising Rajinikanth' comments on anti-Sterlite protestUnion Minister of State Pon Radhakrishnan took exception to DMK Working President M K Stalin's remarks as to whether Rajinikanth was echoin...
From scrap dealer to bad press magnate, Sterlite lays bare Anil Agarwal's predicamentEven if the intent is right, Agarwal comes across as transactional and opportunistic. At times, even his financial investors have gone agai...
Sterlite to seek legal recourse against pollution board's closure order: Vedanta-Sterlite CEOOn April 9, pollution board rejected the co's application to renew a Consent To Operate licence on the basis of 5 deficiencies in managing ...
Sterlite protests nothing new, Vedanta has been in the cross hairs of activists for longActivists and local people often accuse Vedanta of polluting the environment and violating human rights. Vedanta has always refuted these c...
Anti-Sterlite protest: DMK demands Tamil Nadu CM's resignationDMK has also called for a state-wide bandh on May 25 to condemn the police action and demand closure of the Sterlite copper smelter plant.
Anti-Sterlite protest: DMK, allies call dawn-to-dusk bandh tomorowThe DMK had on Tuesday called for an all-party protest in all district headquarters on May 25 to condemn the police firing in Tuticorin dis...
Sterlite plant protests leave 9 deadAt least 30 people were injured, Tuticorin district collector N Venkatesh told ET on the phone on Tuesday, adding that the death toll may r...
Gunning down of protesters in TN is state sponsored terrorism: RahulTamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami said nine people were killed in police action at Tuticorin and ordered a judicial inquiry into the ...