Koodankulam

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  Big Industries Will Come Up With 22,000 Job Opportunities: MK Stalin

  Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Thursday said police cases filed during the AIADMK rule against peaceful protesters vis-a-vis projects including the Neutrino Observatory and Koodankulam Nuclear Plant would be withdrawn.

• Kudankulam anti-nuclear protesters to meet to decide next course of action

  Villagers at Koodankulam are meeting today to decide their next course of action following the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board's clearance to fill nuclear fuel at the upcoming nuclear plant in the area. Members of the struggle committee have condemned this and said it is a contempt of court as the Madras High Court is yet to give its orders on petit...

• Blog: Lanka uses India's nuclear plants as tit for tat

  Like the devil is in the detail, in politics, the motive is often in the timing! Sri Lanka waking up to the existence of India's nuclear plant in Koodankulam long after it was set up and flagging safety concerns at this juncture smacks of a tit for tat mindset. The dead giveaway move is a bid to spite India for its vote in favour of the UN resoluti...

• Blog: Sister Act with Jayalalithaa forgiving Sasikala

  'A Power Crisis' may mean more than just electricity shortage in politically volatile terrain! And there hangs a tale of two decisions in Tamil Nadu today. On the one hand, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa is pitching for help from the Centre to solve the critical power scenario in the State. And on the other, she is firm on ensuring that there no paral...

• Activist sends legal notice to PM for remarks on foreign funding of Kudankulam protests

  Anti-nuclear activist S P Udhayakumar has sent a legal notice to the Prime Minister accusing him of defamation. The activist has contested Dr Manmohan Singh's remarks about foreign funding facilitating the protests against the new nuclear plant in Kudankulam in coastal Tamil Nadu.

• Jayalalithaa revives 8000 crore thermal power project

  With Tamil Nadu reeling under acute power shortage, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today said the state would take up the Rs 8,000 crore Super Critical Thermal Power Project at Udangudi (Tuticorin district) on its own in the face of continued delay.

• Thanjavur industry bodies hold demonstration against power cut

  Thanjavur District Small and Tiny Industries Association and the Federaton of industries and traders associations held a demonstration demanding reduction in the existing power cut and steps to commission the Koodankulam nuclear power plant.

• Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant gets clean chit over safety aspect

  The four-member committee set up by Tamil Nadu Government virtually gave a clean chit to the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP), saying it was well-equipped to withstand natural calamities, be it earthquake or tsunami.

• Narayanasamy welcomes Tamil Nadu panel on Koodankulam issue

  The Centre today welcomed constitution of an expert committee by Tamil Nadu Government to look into the safety aspects of the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant and allay the fears of locals which would help its commissioning.

• Anti-KNPP activist to file defamation case against MoS in PMO

  Amid the logjam over Koodankulam nuclear power project, a senior anti-KNPP functionary today threatened to file a criminal defamation case against MoS in the Prime Minister's Office V Narayanasamy for allegedly charging him with receiving money from foreign sources.

• Chidambaram mum on court order

  On a day when he got a clean chit from a Delhi court in 2G spectrum case, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram yesterday night chose to keep mum on the issue.

• Kudankulam row: Funds to NGOs being probed, says Chidambaram

  Strongly batting for early commissioning of the Kudankulam nuclear power project, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Saturday said the Centre was probing the flow of funds allegedly received by the anti-project activists and would take strong action if the money came in a "wrong way".

• Minister alleges receiving of foreign funds

  A special Home Ministry team has found that some organisations involved in the protests against the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant had received funds to the tune of over Rs 55 crore from "foreign sources ".

• KNPP staff call on Collector; seek steps to break impasse

  As the work at Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant remains stalled, a delegation of KNPP employees today met the Tirunelveli district authorities requesting them to take expeditious steps to break the prolonged logjam.

• Kalam seeks Prime Minister's intervention to end Koodankulam impasse

  Amid the stand-off on the Koodankulam nuclear project, former President A P J Abdul Kalam has warned that delay in resolving the crisis would lead to "more anti-nuclear energy sentiments" and urged the Prime Minister to resolve the issue "politically and strategically at the earliest".