The Sterlite Copper factory, owned by Vedanta Ltd, was shuttered in May last year on the back of masive agitations by locals inhabitants.

SC had given force to NGT order directing pollution board to renew licence.

The SC judgement handed the Opposition camp a tool to accuse the AIADMK government of not committing itself to keeping Sterlite plant shut.

Tamil Nadu had closed the copper plant six days after 13 people were killed in police firing against protesters who wanted the factory clos...

The state government had on May 28 ordered the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board to seal and "permanently" close the mining group's copper...

Locals in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, were organised by pressure groups to stage a minor demonstration on Monday in the wake of the NGT Panel ...

The tribunal said the committee should be headed by a retired judge and two members from the Central Pollution Control Board and the Minist...

A bench headed by chairperson A K Goel, said that the committee will also include representatives of the Central Pollution Control Board an...

TN government had issued an order “permanently” closing down the Sterlite plant on May 28 this year, endorsing an earlier order from the st...

Sterlite's factory had made headlines in March 2013 when a gas leak led to the death of one person and injuries to several others, after wh...

The company has also sought NGT’s permission to allow it to carry out care and maintenance of the plant and other interim reliefs, during t...

For Tamil Nadu, the closure comes at a time when manufacturing investments are sliding. Actual fresh investments in the state fell three-fo...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami said nine people were killed in police action at Tuticorin and ordered a judicial inquiry into the ...

"It would be appropriate to wait for the judgement (of NGT). Let the judgement come, then we may see," a bench of Justices Gyan Sudha Misra...

Sterlite Industries today welcomed the Supreme Court verdict that has asked the company to pay Rs 100 crore compensation for polluting envi...

The Supreme Court today directed Tamil Nadu government and the state pollution control board to submit their views on environment impact st...

The Anil Agarwal-owned Sterlite Industries has put on hold its proposed Rs 2300-crore copper smelter expansion project at Tuticorin in sout...