Tuticorin Protests

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.

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...

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...

The death in police custody of a father and son arrested last Friday for keeping their mobile phone shop in Tuticorin open beyond permitted hours has led to anger across Tamil Nadu. Shops in the state will be shut tomorrow in protest against what the family of father-son pair alleges was police brutality in jail.

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).

A person, who was injured during the anti-Sterlite protests in Thoothukudi district in May, died last night taking the number of dead in the incident to 14. Justine was in the coma for past five months.

The CBI has been told by the Madras High Court to probe the police firing that killed 13 people while they were protesting against the Sterlite plant in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin in May last week. The court directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to complete its probe in four months.

A court today cancelled 173 FIRs or complaints filed after the death of 13 people in police firing on anti-Sterlite protesters in Tuticorin in May, in a major embarrassment to the Tamil Nadu police.

Phillips Carbon Black Ltd (PCBL) today said it was "rethinking" on Tamil Nadu as the destination for its proposed Rs 600 crore plant and evaluating Andhra Pradesh and Telangana as alternate locations.

The Madras High Court has asked the Tamil Nadu government to submit video recordings, documents and reports pertaining to protests against the Sterlite Copper smelter plant in Tuticorin.

Senior IPS officer Shailesh Kumar Yadav was today promoted as Additional Director General of Police, weeks after being shunted out from the post of IGP South Zone in the wake of the violence and police firing during anti-Sterlite protests in Tuticorin.

The Sterlite plant in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin, the epicentre of violent protests over environmental hazards, will not be reopened, a minister asserted today, on appeals from some religious leaders. "Sterlite plant will not be reopened. We've taken a firm stand. We don't care about the views of Ramdev and Sadhguru," said Tamil Nadu minister D Jayakum...

Instances compiled by an association of Tamil Nadu journalists suggest multiple cases of 'blackouts' simply for reporting news critical of the government. Among the cases cited are: in February this year, Satyam TV was blacked out for a day on Arasu Cable for reporting on the protests in Tuticorin against a plant by mining giant Vedanta.

Nearly a month after 13 people were killed as police fired at protesters demanding closure of the Sterlite copper smelting plant in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin, fear is palpable in villages in the area, with hundreds of men going into hiding.

Vedanta Ltd said on Wednesday a sulphuric acid leak from a tank at its copper smelter in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu was severe and inaction could lead to serious environmental consequences.

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.

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...

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...

The death in police custody of a father and son arrested last Friday for keeping their mobile phone shop in Tuticorin open beyond permitted hours has led to anger across Tamil Nadu. Shops in the state will be shut tomorrow in protest against what the family of father-son pair alleges was police brutality in jail.

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).

A person, who was injured during the anti-Sterlite protests in Thoothukudi district in May, died last night taking the number of dead in the incident to 14. Justine was in the coma for past five months.

The CBI has been told by the Madras High Court to probe the police firing that killed 13 people while they were protesting against the Sterlite plant in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin in May last week. The court directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to complete its probe in four months.

A court today cancelled 173 FIRs or complaints filed after the death of 13 people in police firing on anti-Sterlite protesters in Tuticorin in May, in a major embarrassment to the Tamil Nadu police.

Phillips Carbon Black Ltd (PCBL) today said it was "rethinking" on Tamil Nadu as the destination for its proposed Rs 600 crore plant and evaluating Andhra Pradesh and Telangana as alternate locations.

The Madras High Court has asked the Tamil Nadu government to submit video recordings, documents and reports pertaining to protests against the Sterlite Copper smelter plant in Tuticorin.

Senior IPS officer Shailesh Kumar Yadav was today promoted as Additional Director General of Police, weeks after being shunted out from the post of IGP South Zone in the wake of the violence and police firing during anti-Sterlite protests in Tuticorin.

The Sterlite plant in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin, the epicentre of violent protests over environmental hazards, will not be reopened, a minister asserted today, on appeals from some religious leaders. "Sterlite plant will not be reopened. We've taken a firm stand. We don't care about the views of Ramdev and Sadhguru," said Tamil Nadu minister D Jayakum...

Instances compiled by an association of Tamil Nadu journalists suggest multiple cases of 'blackouts' simply for reporting news critical of the government. Among the cases cited are: in February this year, Satyam TV was blacked out for a day on Arasu Cable for reporting on the protests in Tuticorin against a plant by mining giant Vedanta.

Nearly a month after 13 people were killed as police fired at protesters demanding closure of the Sterlite copper smelting plant in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin, fear is palpable in villages in the area, with hundreds of men going into hiding.

Vedanta Ltd said on Wednesday a sulphuric acid leak from a tank at its copper smelter in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu was severe and inaction could lead to serious environmental consequences.