Koodankulam

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peaceful protesters vis-a-vis projects including the Neutrino Observatory and Koodankulam Nuclear Plant would be withdrawn.

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...

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...

'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...

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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".

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 ".

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.

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".

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.

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...

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...

'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...

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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".

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 ".

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.

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".