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(Search results - 24)IndiaMay 19, 2021, 2:24 PM IST
Thoothukudi: Oxygen production at Vedanta Ltd’s copper smelter plant restarts
Oxygen production at Vedanta Ltd's copper smelter plant or Sterlite Copper located in Thoothukudi was restarted
IndiaJul 11, 2019, 11:40 AM IST
Henry Tiphagne from People’s Watch questions Mugilan’s whereabouts
Just days ago, activist Mugilan, who was vocal in expressing that senior police officers had orchestrated the violence during the Sterlite protests in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, had been taken into custody. People’s Watch, an NGO now questions Mugilan’s whereabouts.
IndiaJul 7, 2019, 4:00 PM IST
Tamil Nadu: Missing environmental activist Mugilan arrested in Tirupati after six months
Environmental activist Mugilan had disappeared after conducting a press conference in an attempt to “expose the role of police in creating violence during anti-Sterlite protests in Tamil Nadu’.
PoliticsMay 23, 2019, 7:48 AM IST
Thoothukudi: Will scales tip in favour of BJP’s Tamilisai or DMK’s Kanimozhi?
The port city of Thoothukudi found itself in massive uproar after the peaceful anti-Sterlite protests turned violent and claimed the lives of 13 people a year ago. Tension is high in the city and the BJP state president Tamilisai Soundararajan and DMK’s Kanimozhi are key candidates of the region.
IndiaMay 22, 2019, 7:55 PM IST
From LoC encounters to country encountering Lok Sabha poll results, watch MyNation in 100 seconds
BJP candidate Arjun Singh from Barrackpore, Bengal got a nod from the Supreme Court to be present during the counting of votes on May 23. Locals in Thoothukudi gathered to pay respects to the victims who were gunned down during the anti-Sterlite protests. Watch MyNation in 100 seconds.
IndiaMay 22, 2019, 3:44 PM IST
Thoothukudi: A year after Sterlite protest tragedy, city pays respect to victims
13 people were killed in the firing on May 22-23, 2018 when protesters were demanding the closure of Vedanta's Sterlite Copper unit. The anti-Sterlite protest turned violent, prompting the police to open fire.
Ground ReportApr 16, 2019, 6:41 PM IST
Thoothukudi anti-Sterlite protests funded by foreign firms; people demand re-opening of copper plant
After 100 days of protesting for the closure of the Sterlite copper plant, and after the loss of 13 lives in the protests, the people of Thoothukudi now want the plant to open. MyNation has accessed documents that reveal shocking details of funding received by organisations abroad.
InterviewsApr 15, 2019, 7:49 PM IST
BJP's Tamilisai Soundararajan fighting against Kanimozhi says, 'I am clean not corrupt'
The Tuticorin Lok Sabha constituency sees a raging battle between DMK's Kanimozhi and Tamil Nadu BJP president Tamilisai Soundararajan. Here's the vision that Tamilisai has for the people of her own soil
IndiaMar 5, 2019, 3:15 PM IST
Anti-Sterlite activist Mugilan missing: Madras high court seeks status report
The Madras high court has sought a status report on the missing anti-Sterlite activist Mugilan. He has been missing since February 15 and had last held a press conference wherein he accused two senior policemen for the shootout that killed 13 people in the anti-Sterlite protest in Thoothukudi
IndiaFeb 1, 2019, 10:46 AM IST
Vedanta to Supreme Court: Tamil Nadu govt has given us bad name over Sterlite plant
The Vedanta group said that the pollution report that was shown to the court was six months after the Sterlite Copper smelting plant was put under lock.
IndiaJan 9, 2019, 12:02 PM IST
Supreme Court favours re-opening of Sterlite plant in Tuticorin
Supreme Court also stayed the December 21, 2018 decision of the Madurai bench of Madras High Court which had ordered status quo in respect of re-opening the plant in Tamil Nadu
IndiaDec 26, 2018, 4:23 PM IST
IndiaDec 16, 2018, 6:08 PM IST
Kamal Haasan stands with dubious NGOs on Sterlite copper plant issue
Answering about the alliance for new year’s Lok Sabha elections, Makkal Needhi Maiam chief Kamal Haasan said that the media was imagining things and that these details cannot be disclosed now
IndiaDec 15, 2018, 6:13 PM IST
Big boost to Indian industry as NGT orders reopening of Sterlite copper plant in Thoothukudi
A bench headed by NGT chairperson AK Goel asked the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) to pass a fresh order for renewal of consent and authorisation to handle hazardous substances, subject to appropriate conditions for protection of the environment in accordance with law within three weeks from Saturday.
IndiaDec 6, 2018, 12:10 PM IST
Sterlite copper plant to reopen in Thoothukudi; residents ask CM to intervene
The Sterlite copper plant in Thoothukudi is expected to be reopened on December 7