Kudankulam Row

• Kudankulam row: Supreme Court reserves verdict on petitions seeking to stop fuel loading at the plant

  The Supreme Court today reserved its verdict on petitions seeking stringent safety measures for the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu.

• Kudankulam row: 11 arrested for allegedly trying to instigate protesters

  Eleven persons, claiming to be members of a fact-finding team, were arrested on Friday when they were on way to the nuclear power plant site at Kudankulam, 30 km from Tirunelveli.

• Kudankulam row: Thousands of villagers protest near plant

  Thousands of fishermen from 40 villages around the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu have surrounded the area from about 500 metres in the sea and are shouting slogans to protest against the plant.

• Kudankulam row: Non-bailable warrant issued against activist SP Udhayakumar

  A Tamil Nadu court today issued a non-bailable warrant against activist SP Udhayakumar, who has been leading protests against the Kudankulam nuclear plant in Tamil Nadu, after he failed to appear for hearing.

• Kudankulam row: Petition in Supreme Court to stop fuel loading at plant

  The protests against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project reportedly spread to Chennai today with members of various parties and outfits being arrested for staging road blockades in various parts of the city.

• Kudankulam: Protesters jump into water to avoid tear gas; one killed in police firing in Tuticorin

  Protesters near the Kudankulam nuclear plant in Tamil Nadu reportedly jumped into the sea after the police fired tear gas in an attempt to control the large demonstration.

• Kudankulam row: Police fire teargas shells at protesters

  With enriched uranium fuel set to be loaded in the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu, protests against the controversial project have once again intensified. The police fired teargas shells today to disperse villagers gathered on the sea shore around half a km away from the plant.

• Kudankulam row: Democratic protests stifled, says Prashant Bhushan

  Advocate and Anna Hazare's anti-corruption movement member Prashant Bhushan on Saturday charged the central government of stifling democratic protests by filing cases against protestors against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP).

• 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.

• Kudankulam row: MDMK chief Vaiko arrested

  The Tamil Nadu Police today arrested MDMK chief Vaiko who was heading to the Idinthakarai village - the epicentre of the anti-Kudankulam protests - to address villagers there.

• Kudankulam row: Situation improves at protest site

  There is significant improvement at the Idinthikarai village, Ground Zero of the protests against the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu. The check post blocking the entry into the village has been removed. The police are allowing the entry of vehicles into the area which has been seeing heated protests over the nuclear plant.

• Kudankulam row: Karunanidhi blames Jayalalithaa govt's 'escapist attitude'

  Blaming ruling AIADMK over delay in the commissioning of Kudankulam Nuclear plant, which is mired in a controversy following protests from anti-nuclear lobby, DMK president M Karunanidhi today urged the state and Central governments to take all steps to commission it immediately.

• Will sue PM, Narayanasamy for foreign funding comments: NGO activist

  The People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy, leading the protest against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, today threatened to sue the Prime Minister's Office for linking the stir to foreign funding.

• 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".

• Kudankulam row: Stones pelted at representatives of villagers

  Stones were pelted today at representatives of villagers opposing the upcoming Kudankulam plant in Tamil Nadu. The representatives were attacked when they came to meet the Central government-appointed expert group for the fourth round of talks; but after stones were pelted at them, they decided to boycott the meeting.