Kudankulam Agitation

Several activists from various parts of the country have arrived at Idinthakarai near Tirunelveli, the epicentre of the over 500-day long agitation against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, to express their solidarity with the protesters on the eve of new year.

An important milestone was surpassed this morning at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu where an agitation had stalled the progress on the plant for several months. According to the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL), India's nuclear operator, a mock drill was 'successfully' completed at Kudankulam that simulated a Fuk...

S P Udhayakumar spearheading the anti-Kundankulam nuclear plant agitation has withdrawn his hunger strike. 14 others also have called off their strike. As a result of this, regulatory orders in areas adjoining Kudankulam have been lifted. For now prohibitory orders will only continue at the Kudankulam. The decision to lift the orders was taken aft...

The condition of five people including S P Udhayakumar, fasting for the last eight days as part the Kudankulam agitation, has worsened and doctors have advised shifting them to a hospital, officials said on Tuesday. The anti-nuclear power plant activists led by People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMNE) are on an indefinite fast after the Tami...

Continuing his fast against the Kudankulam nuclear power plant, convener of People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE), S P Udhayakumar, has said the protesters are "ready" for talks.

Amid protests by thousands of villagers, more than 300 scientists and engineers, including some Russians, were escorted into the Kudankulam nuclear plant in Tamil Nadu to get to work after a seven-month lock-out created by demonstrations against the nuclear project.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the Kudankulam Nuclear Power plant, whose commissioning has been stalled due to protests, cannot be allowed to remain "idle" when the nation has sunk an amount of Rs 14,000 crore on the project.

In a major relief to stranded employees of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu, villagers protesting against the project have temporarily called off their agitation for smooth conduct of the civic polls on Monday.

Several activists from various parts of the country have arrived at Idinthakarai near Tirunelveli, the epicentre of the over 500-day long agitation against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, to express their solidarity with the protesters on the eve of new year.

An important milestone was surpassed this morning at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu where an agitation had stalled the progress on the plant for several months. According to the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL), India's nuclear operator, a mock drill was 'successfully' completed at Kudankulam that simulated a Fuk...

S P Udhayakumar spearheading the anti-Kundankulam nuclear plant agitation has withdrawn his hunger strike. 14 others also have called off their strike. As a result of this, regulatory orders in areas adjoining Kudankulam have been lifted. For now prohibitory orders will only continue at the Kudankulam. The decision to lift the orders was taken aft...

The condition of five people including S P Udhayakumar, fasting for the last eight days as part the Kudankulam agitation, has worsened and doctors have advised shifting them to a hospital, officials said on Tuesday. The anti-nuclear power plant activists led by People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMNE) are on an indefinite fast after the Tami...

Continuing his fast against the Kudankulam nuclear power plant, convener of People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE), S P Udhayakumar, has said the protesters are "ready" for talks.

Amid protests by thousands of villagers, more than 300 scientists and engineers, including some Russians, were escorted into the Kudankulam nuclear plant in Tamil Nadu to get to work after a seven-month lock-out created by demonstrations against the nuclear project.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the Kudankulam Nuclear Power plant, whose commissioning has been stalled due to protests, cannot be allowed to remain "idle" when the nation has sunk an amount of Rs 14,000 crore on the project.

In a major relief to stranded employees of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu, villagers protesting against the project have temporarily called off their agitation for smooth conduct of the civic polls on Monday.