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 agrees to hear plea seeking to declare 'Ram Sethu' a national heritage monumentRam Sethu, also known as Adam's bridge, is a chain of limestone shoals between Pamban Island, off the south-eastern coast of Tamil Nadu, an...
03 Aug, 2022, 12.07 PM IST
Supreme Court to hear on July 26 plea seeking declaration of 'Ram Sethu' as national heritage monumentSubramanian Swamy had raised the issue of declaring the Ram Sethu a national monument in his PIL against the controversial Sethusamudram Sh...
13 Jul, 2022, 03.14 PM IST
SC to hear plea to declare 'Ram Sethu' national heritage monument on Apr 26Ram Sethu, also known as Adam's bridge, is a chain of limestone shoals between between Pamban Island, also known as Rameswaram Island, off ...
08 Apr, 2021, 06.59 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
Ram Sethu' will not be damaged in national interest: Centre to Supreme CourtThe govt said it considered the "socio-economic disadvantages" of the project and was willing to explore an alternative route to the shippi...
17 Mar, 2018, 07.51 AM 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
No money for Sethusamudram project this yearPon Radhakrishnan said while Rs one crore was given for the project in 2013-14, it was Rs 50 lakh in 104-15 and Rs five crore in 2015-16.
18 Jul, 2016, 03.50 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
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
- 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