The Hindu, April 2, 2013 S_SubramaniumMDMK leader Vaiko addressing the media outside the Supreme Court in connection with the Sterlite Industries issue, in New Delhi on Tuesday. Photo: S. Subramanium MDMK on Tuesday said that it would challenge the Supreme… Continue Reading →
31 March 2013 shivani chaturvedi, Statesman CHENNAI, 31 MARCH: The closure of the Thoothukudi unit of Sterlite Industries yesterday has brought great relief to environmental activists of Tamil Nadu and residents of Thoothukudi (formerly known as Tuticorin). The copper smelter… Continue Reading →
Sterlite Copper Closed 30 March, 2013 — The Tamil Nadu Government has relented to public pressure and shut down Sterlite Industries‘ copper complex today. According to a worker, officials from 10 government departments arrived by the vanload in the plant… Continue Reading →
Nityanand Jayaraman MARCH 28, 2013 at kafila.org Guest Post by NITYANAND JAYARAMAN A toxic hotspot in the backyard of a house in Therkuveerapandiapuram, a village adjoining the Sterlite factory. Dangerous levels of iron and arsenic were found in the soil here. (Picture… Continue Reading →
29 March, 2013 — In a bid to intimidate fenceline communities living around the Kalpakkam nuclear reactors, the Tamil Nadu Police has jailed 129 people of the 650 that were detained in wedding halls yesterday. Those detained were protesting to highlight… Continue Reading →
Update 12 noon:MARCH 28, 2013 Reported by Nityanand Jayaraman Speaking on phone from Chandra Mahal (a wedding hall) where more than 200 people are detained by the police, Fatima Babu — one of several organisers of the protest —… Continue Reading →
By Tariq Abdul Muhaimin 10/29/12 NEWZFIRST CHENNAI, TN – Thousands of protestors including leaders of different political parties were detained by the police on Monday, when they were en route to lay siege outside the Tamil Nadu assembly demanding the… Continue Reading →
Oct 29, 2012, dianuke.org About 29 activists from different organizations lending support to the people of Koodankulam against the KKNPP have been taken under preventive detention by Tamilnad police. This comes at a time when PMANE along with solidarity movements… Continue Reading →
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