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Tamil Nadu "Talking To Big Names" To Reopen Ford Plant: Minister
In 2021, the US automobile manufacturer announced the closure of its Chennai plant as it restructured businesses in India.
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2018 Sterlite Protests Were Fuelled By Foreign Funds: Tamil Nadu Governor
Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi stoked a fresh controversy on Thursday, remarking that the anti-Sterlite protests in the State in 2018 had been fuelled by foreign funds and was aimed at hindering progress.
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After MK Stalin's Assurance, 4 Cops Suspended Over Anti-Sterlite Violence
A Deputy Superintendent of Police and three constables charged by an inquiry commission with unprovoked firing against the anti-Sterlite protesters in 2018 in Thoothukudi, were placed under suspension by the Tamil Nadu Director General of Police.
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Tuticorin Police Firing: Panel Recommends Action Against Collector, Cops
The commission of inquiry into the 2018 Tuticorin police firing, suggested action against the then district Collector, police officers and deputy tahsildars for their acts of commission and omission.
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Drop All Cases Against Anti-Sterlite Protesters: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court on Monday directed the authorities concerned to drop all the cases registered against the protesters involved in the anti-Sterlite agitation in 2018, in which 13 persons were killed in alleged police firing.
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Tamil Nadu To Drop 38 Cases Against Politicians Linked To Sterlite Protests
The Tamil Nadu government has decided to withdraw 38 cases filed against political leaders in connection with the anti-Sterlite protests of May 2018, sources said.
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"National Crisis": Supreme Court Allows Sterlite To Run Oxygen Plant
The controversial Sterlite copper smelting plant in Tamil Nadu, closed in 2018 following protests against alleged pollution, has been allowed by the Supreme Court to run an oxygen plant to help the country tackle its deepening coronavirus crisis.
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Tamil Nadu Allows Sterlite Plant To Open For 4 Months To Produce Oxygen
Vedanta-owned Sterlite copper smelting plant in Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi, which was shut in 2018 amid protests by locals over environmental pollution, will be re-opened for four months to produce oxygen, the state government said today. The move come
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Rajinikanth Summoned Over Comment On 2018 Anti-Sterlite Protests
Superstar Rajinikanth has been summoned to help with the investigation into the 2018 violence at the Sterlite factory in Tuticorin -- officially called Thoothukudi -- over a remark that was seen to justify police use of excessive force on protesters. Thirteen people had died as protesters demanding permanent closure of Vedanta's Sterlite copper sme...
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Sterlite Plant, Shut After Huge Protests, Can't Reopen: Madras High Court
In a setback to Vedanta, the Madras High Court today rejected the company's plea to reopen Sterlite Copper smelting plant in the state's Tuticorin district. The plant has been shut since April 2018. Thirteen people were killed in police firing in May the same year during protests against the plant. Today's court order upheld the Tamil Nadu governme...
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Vedanta's Sterlite Copper Appoints New CEO Amid Battle To Reopen Smelter
Vedanta Ltd on Friday named metals industry veteran Pankaj Kumar as Sterlite Copper chief executive, amid struggles to reopen its smelter in Tamil Nadu that was shut last May after police killed 13 demonstrators protesting against the plant.
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Just 43 Non-Lethal Bullets Used Before Sterlite Crackdown Killed 13: RTI
Tamil Nadu police used just 43 non-lethal bullets - 18 rubber and 25 plastic - before firing 69 rounds of live ammunition, a National Human Rights Commission inquiry into the deadly crackdown on demonstrators protesting against Vedanta's copper smelter in Tamil Nadu in May last year has found. At least 13 people were killed in the operation in Thoo...
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Protest-Hit Sterlite Plant In Tamil Nadu Will Stay Shut: Supreme Court
The controversial Sterlite copper smelting plant in Tamil Nadu, closed after protests last year over alleged pollution, will stay shut, the Supreme Court said today. The court was hearing the Vedanta group's request for a direction to Tamil Nadu's pollution control body to implement an order by the National Green Tribunal which allowedthe copper pl...
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Sterlite Protesters Shot In Head, Chest - Many From Back, Says Report
Twelve of the 13 protesters killed when police opened fire on a demonstration against Vedanta's copper smelter in Tamil Nadu in May were hit by bullets in the head or chest, and half of those were shot from behind, autopsy reports show.
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Faced With Sterlite Closure, Vedanta Offers 100 Crores For Public Welfare
Mining company Vedanta on Friday told the National Green Tribunal that it would invest Rs 100 crore in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu for public welfare, in addition to social work being carried out by it under the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
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Tamil Nadu "Talking To Big Names" To Reopen Ford Plant: Minister
In 2021, the US automobile manufacturer announced the closure of its Chennai plant as it restructured businesses in India.
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2018 Sterlite Protests Were Fuelled By Foreign Funds: Tamil Nadu Governor
Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi stoked a fresh controversy on Thursday, remarking that the anti-Sterlite protests in the State in 2018 had been fuelled by foreign funds and was aimed at hindering progress.
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After MK Stalin's Assurance, 4 Cops Suspended Over Anti-Sterlite Violence
A Deputy Superintendent of Police and three constables charged by an inquiry commission with unprovoked firing against the anti-Sterlite protesters in 2018 in Thoothukudi, were placed under suspension by the Tamil Nadu Director General of Police.
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Tuticorin Police Firing: Panel Recommends Action Against Collector, Cops
The commission of inquiry into the 2018 Tuticorin police firing, suggested action against the then district Collector, police officers and deputy tahsildars for their acts of commission and omission.
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Drop All Cases Against Anti-Sterlite Protesters: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court on Monday directed the authorities concerned to drop all the cases registered against the protesters involved in the anti-Sterlite agitation in 2018, in which 13 persons were killed in alleged police firing.
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Tamil Nadu To Drop 38 Cases Against Politicians Linked To Sterlite Protests
The Tamil Nadu government has decided to withdraw 38 cases filed against political leaders in connection with the anti-Sterlite protests of May 2018, sources said.
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"National Crisis": Supreme Court Allows Sterlite To Run Oxygen Plant
The controversial Sterlite copper smelting plant in Tamil Nadu, closed in 2018 following protests against alleged pollution, has been allowed by the Supreme Court to run an oxygen plant to help the country tackle its deepening coronavirus crisis.
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Tamil Nadu Allows Sterlite Plant To Open For 4 Months To Produce Oxygen
Vedanta-owned Sterlite copper smelting plant in Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi, which was shut in 2018 amid protests by locals over environmental pollution, will be re-opened for four months to produce oxygen, the state government said today. The move come
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Rajinikanth Summoned Over Comment On 2018 Anti-Sterlite Protests
Superstar Rajinikanth has been summoned to help with the investigation into the 2018 violence at the Sterlite factory in Tuticorin -- officially called Thoothukudi -- over a remark that was seen to justify police use of excessive force on protesters. Thirteen people had died as protesters demanding permanent closure of Vedanta's Sterlite copper sme...
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Sterlite Plant, Shut After Huge Protests, Can't Reopen: Madras High Court
In a setback to Vedanta, the Madras High Court today rejected the company's plea to reopen Sterlite Copper smelting plant in the state's Tuticorin district. The plant has been shut since April 2018. Thirteen people were killed in police firing in May the same year during protests against the plant. Today's court order upheld the Tamil Nadu governme...
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Vedanta's Sterlite Copper Appoints New CEO Amid Battle To Reopen Smelter
Vedanta Ltd on Friday named metals industry veteran Pankaj Kumar as Sterlite Copper chief executive, amid struggles to reopen its smelter in Tamil Nadu that was shut last May after police killed 13 demonstrators protesting against the plant.
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Just 43 Non-Lethal Bullets Used Before Sterlite Crackdown Killed 13: RTI
Tamil Nadu police used just 43 non-lethal bullets - 18 rubber and 25 plastic - before firing 69 rounds of live ammunition, a National Human Rights Commission inquiry into the deadly crackdown on demonstrators protesting against Vedanta's copper smelter in Tamil Nadu in May last year has found. At least 13 people were killed in the operation in Thoo...
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Protest-Hit Sterlite Plant In Tamil Nadu Will Stay Shut: Supreme Court
The controversial Sterlite copper smelting plant in Tamil Nadu, closed after protests last year over alleged pollution, will stay shut, the Supreme Court said today. The court was hearing the Vedanta group's request for a direction to Tamil Nadu's pollution control body to implement an order by the National Green Tribunal which allowedthe copper pl...
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Sterlite Protesters Shot In Head, Chest - Many From Back, Says Report
Twelve of the 13 protesters killed when police opened fire on a demonstration against Vedanta's copper smelter in Tamil Nadu in May were hit by bullets in the head or chest, and half of those were shot from behind, autopsy reports show.
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Faced With Sterlite Closure, Vedanta Offers 100 Crores For Public Welfare
Mining company Vedanta on Friday told the National Green Tribunal that it would invest Rs 100 crore in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu for public welfare, in addition to social work being carried out by it under the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
