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A Year On, Anti-Vedanta Protesters Still Await Justice
A year after police killed 13 people protesting against pollution from a copper smelter in the hardscrabble southern port city, tensions within the community and between residents and the police are still running high.
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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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Sterlite Plant Can't Be Allowed To Operate, Supreme Court Told
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that Vedanta's Sterlite copper smelting plant in Thoothukudi can't be allowed to operate as it was involved in a series of violations resulting in an alarming level of groundwater pollution.
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Groundwater In Vedanta's Tamil Nadu Copper Smelter Contaminated: Minister
Groundwater in Vedanta Resources' Thoothukudi copper smelter contains heavy metals exceeding limits for drinking water, junior minister for water resources, Arjun Ram Meghwal, told lawmakers today.
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"No Warning": Witnesses Describe How Police Shot Anti-Sterlite Protesters
Police in the port city of Thoothukudi in Tamil Nadu gave no warning last Tuesday before firing with live ammunition on protesters seeking the closure of a copper smelter owned by London-listed Vedanta Resources Plc, according to 16 witnesses interviewed by Reuters.
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Closure Of Sterlite's Tuticorin Copper Plant Unfortunate, Will Study Order Says Vedanta
Global diversified natural resource major Vedanta Group on Monday said that it will study the closure order of Sterlite's copper plant in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu and then decide on the future course of action.
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A Year On, Anti-Vedanta Protesters Still Await Justice
A year after police killed 13 people protesting against pollution from a copper smelter in the hardscrabble southern port city, tensions within the community and between residents and the police are still running high.
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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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Sterlite Plant Can't Be Allowed To Operate, Supreme Court Told
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that Vedanta's Sterlite copper smelting plant in Thoothukudi can't be allowed to operate as it was involved in a series of violations resulting in an alarming level of groundwater pollution.
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Groundwater In Vedanta's Tamil Nadu Copper Smelter Contaminated: Minister
Groundwater in Vedanta Resources' Thoothukudi copper smelter contains heavy metals exceeding limits for drinking water, junior minister for water resources, Arjun Ram Meghwal, told lawmakers today.
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"No Warning": Witnesses Describe How Police Shot Anti-Sterlite Protesters
Police in the port city of Thoothukudi in Tamil Nadu gave no warning last Tuesday before firing with live ammunition on protesters seeking the closure of a copper smelter owned by London-listed Vedanta Resources Plc, according to 16 witnesses interviewed by Reuters.
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Closure Of Sterlite's Tuticorin Copper Plant Unfortunate, Will Study Order Says Vedanta
Global diversified natural resource major Vedanta Group on Monday said that it will study the closure order of Sterlite's copper plant in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu and then decide on the future course of action.
