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Fishermen protest SC nod for Kudankulam

TIRUNELVELI, May 15, 2013 Special Correspondent, The Hindu Fishermen from coastal hamlets of Tirunelveli district stayed away from the sea on Tuesday as a protest against Supreme Court‘s judgment in favour of the commissioning of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project first… Continue Reading →

Another Death in the “World’s Best” Nuclear Plant (KKNPP)

Mr. Alok Suman Roy, a 26-year-old young man from Odisha, has died of electric shock at the KKNPP Unit-1 today (March 9, 2013) morning. He died in the tunnel route of electrical lines at Unit-1. Acknowledging the death, the KKNPP… Continue Reading →

March 10, 2013 4

Rumours on Kudankulam radiation leak trigger scare

Deccan Chronicle | AR. Meyyammai | 17th Feb 2013 Madurai: Panic gripped the fishing hamlets and other villages in the coastal districts of Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi and Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu and other seaside hamlets in Kerala since the midnight hours of Saturday… Continue Reading →

February 17, 2013 7

UPDATE KOODANKULAM -11-member team heading for Idinthakarai detained

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT, The Hindu Oct 13, 2012 Police suspect links with banned groups Members of an 11-member ‘fact-finding committee’ heading towards Idinthakarai, the hub of the protests against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project, were arrested on Friday. Four of the… Continue Reading →

October 13, 2012 1

Koodankulam Update: 9 October, 2012

Update: 9 October, 2012 As told to nityarand jayaraman by a source in Tirunelveli Koodankulam protestors, and some others who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time on September 10 and subsequent dates, had… Continue Reading →

October 11, 2012 1

Kudankulam protests: Fishermen lay siege to Tuticorin port

Protests against the Kudankulam nuclear plant continue unabated with thousands of fishermen having laid siege to the port at Tuticorin today, demanding the closure of the controversial plant. by Sam Daniel, Edited by Mala Das | Updated: September 22, 2012… Continue Reading →

September 22, 2012 3

India- Children slapped with sedition charges #WTFnews

4 children arrested near Idinthakarai face sedition charges SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT, The Hindu A Coast Guard aircraft flies over anti-nuclear protestors, who began a jal satyagraha against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) by standing the whole day in the… Continue Reading →

September 17, 2012 3

-Bridge the Gap Bring the Change

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