Kudankulam Crisis

• Tamil Nadu moves Supreme Court for more power; Kudankulam protesters arrested near Assembly

  Around 2000 anti-Nuclear activists were arrested close to the Tamil Nadu Assembly in Chennai as they protested against the nuclear power plant at Kudankulam in the south-east of the state. The planned protests coincided with the Tamil Nadu government moving Supreme Court against the Centre, to find a solution to a crippling power shortage in the st...

• Tamil Nadu power crisis: Jayalalithaa asks PM to intervene

  Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has written to the Prime Minister and sought his intervention in mitigating her state's power crisis. Tamil Nadu is crippled by a severe shortfall of power with most parts of the state going without electricity for upto 16 hours a day.

• Tamil Nadu will be power surplus soon: Jayalalithaa

  Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today said load shedding-prone Tamil Nadu would soon be converted into a power-surplus state.

• 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...

• Kudankulam protests against nuclear plant: 10 big facts

  The 13,000-crore nuclear plant at Kudankulam in coastal Tamil Nadu is now filled with engineers, scientists and other workers. They report to work everyday even as thousands of villagers protest against the nuclear project, which, when completed, will be India's largest nuclear power-generating complex.

• Women lead protests at Kudankulam nuclear power plant site

  Protests continued for the sixth day on Saturday at the site of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant despite prohibitory orders. Thousands of villagers, mostly women, are continuing with their indefinite fast at Idinthakarai demanding the scrapping of the nuclear plant project.

• Kudankulam: Women power vs nuclear power

  Protests at the Kudankulam nuclear plant show no signs of subsiding. Thousands of villagers, mostly women, continue with their indefinite fast at Idinthakarai demanding the scrapping of the nuclear plant project.

• 5000 peaceful protestors at Kudankulam, leader Udhayakumar could be arrested

  The Tamil Nadu police is expected to soon arrest the man who has led the campaign against Tamil Nadu's new nuclear plant at Kudankulam. Dr SP Udhayakumar is on an indefinite hunger strike at village of at Idinthakarai, which has for seven months been the epicentre of the villagers and fishermen who say the Kudankulam plant is not safe. Scientists ...

• Nuclear community has learnt lessons from Kudankulam agitation, say experts

  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.

• Jayalalithaa clears Kudankulam plant; activists cry foul

  In a significant U-turn, the Tamil Nadu government led by J Jayalalithaa today gave its go-ahead to the vexed Kudankulam nuclear power project in the state.

• Tamil Nadu Cabinet discusses Kudankulam crisis

  The Tamil Nadu government discussed the Kudankulam crisis today after chief minister J Jayalalithaa convened a cabinet meeting. Today's meeting came at a time when Tamil Nadu is reeling under a severe power shortage and the Centre alleging that NGOs are receiving funds from the US for the protests.