Kudankulam Fasting Protesters

• One-day fast by Christians against police action in Tamil Nadu church

  Hundreds of Christians, priests and pastors from various parishes, led by an Archbishop, on Wednesday observed a one-day fast in Chennai against alleged police action in a church near Idinthakarai, the epicentre of the anti-nuclear protests against Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP).

• Indefinite fast against Kudankulam nuclear plant resumes

  At least 24 activists of the People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) launched an indefinite fast on Tuesday at four villages in Tirunelveli district, around 650 km from Chennai, in protest against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP).

• 8 days on, anti-Kudankulam activists call off hunger strike

  S P Udhayakumar spearheading the anti-Kundankulam nuclear plant agitation has withdrawn his hunger strike. 14 others also have called off their strike.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...

• Kudankulam agitation: Condition of fasting protesters worsens

  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...

• Kudankulam row: Protesters say they are ready for talks but won't give up agitation

  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.

• 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.

• Kudankulam N-plant protests: Contract workers leave, employees confined to homes

  It's not just work that has been hit at the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu due to protests against the upcoming project. The effect is now spilling over to normal life inside the power plant complex which has been completely paralysed as protests entered its third day.

• Kudankulam N-plant protests: Villagers resume fast

  Despite Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's assurance to look into their concerns, villagers in and around the controversial Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu have resumed their indefinite fast in protest against the project.

• PM to decide on future of Tamil Nadu's N-plant

  What happens next to a nuclear plant in Tamil Nadu is now upto the Prime Minister. Protesters at the plant - there were several thousand of them today at the gates - have decided to stop their demonstration. 100 villagers who were on a fast have decided to end their hunger strike.