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Tuticorin police firing carried out at the behest of an industrialist, says HCThe Madras High Court criticized CBI for the 2018 Tuticorin firing investigation, killing 13. Justices Sundar and Ramamoorthy termed the fi...
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...
Vedanta lost USD 200 million in profits in one year of Tuticorin plant shutdown: AgarwalAgarwal added that the stoppage of production at the Tuticorin plant of the firm's unit Sterlite led to the country having to import copper...
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...
NGOs planned closure of Tuticorin copper smelter: CEOProtests, however, "suddenly erupted" in February as the company, after securing all approvals, began work on doubling the capacity of the ...
Teesta Setalvad likens Tuticorin police firing to Jallianwala Bagh massacreSetalvad also alleged that there was a pattern of "repression" against protests and dissent in the country which exemplified the concept of...
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...
Vedanta slips after Tamil Nadu government cracks whip on copper plantSoon after the issuance of the order, top Tuticorin district officials sealed the copper smelter unit.
Supreme Court no to urgent hearing on plea on pollution from Tuticorin plantLast week, a separate petition was filed in the top court seeking a court-monitored CBI probe into the deaths of protesters during the anti...
DMK asks TN Govt to convene cabinet meeting on Sterlite issueViolence erupted in Tuticorin, about 625 kms from Chennai affecting normal life, during a protest seeking permanent closure of the Sterlite...
Anti-Sterlite protest: Notice to CBI on plea seeking probe into police firingThe Madras High Court today issued notice to the CBI on a PIL seeking a probe by the agency into the police firing in Tuticorin in which 13...
Tuticorin violence: Supreme Court for urgent listing of matter on May 28At the outset, a bench comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and Indu Malhotra said that the matters seeking urgent listing for hearing be men...
MHA asks Tamil Nadu for report on Tuticorin violence, Rajnath Singh appeals for peaceThe Home Ministry has sought a report from the Tamil Nadu government on the police firing and the prevailing situation in the port city, th...
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...
'MHA asks TN govt to provide details of Tuticorin incident'Nine people were killed in police firing yesterday after protests for the closure of Sterlite Copper plant over pollution concerns turned v...
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 ...
Sterlite protests: Govt assures action 'respecting' people's feelingsAbout 20,000 people took out a procession towards the district collectorate and the copper plant with the intention of picketing them, dema...
Smoke emanates from Spicejet flight, passengers safeThe pilot landed the aircraft safely and fire tenders contained the smoke by spraying water laced with foam at the aircraft. All the passen...
- Attack on fishermen aimed at browbeating India: Jaya
Attack and firing on fishermen were aimed at intimidating and browbeating India from raising the Tamil issue at the international fora: Jay...
- Anti-KNPP protests turn violent; Shinde blames foreign NGOs
A fisherman was killed in firing on anti-nuclear protesters at a coastal village in Tuticorin district while they clashed with police near ...