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Thoothukudi: Locals pay tribute to persons killed in Anti-Sterlite Copper
Updated : 2 years ago IST
At an event organized by the members of the Anti-Sterlite Thoothukudi District People's Federation on Wednesday, residents from across the city of Thoothukudi in Tamil Nadu, gathered to pay tribute to the fifteen individuals killed during the 2018 Anti-Sterlite Copper Plant protests.
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Anti-Sterlite protests: CBI registers case against TN Police, revenue offi
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 29 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday registered a case against Tamil Nadu Police and Revenue Department officials after 13 protestors were killed in police firing during Anti-Sterlite protests in Thoothukudi, on May 22.
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Anti-Sterlite violence: Protester succumbs to injuries; death toll rises t
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Oct 16 (ANI): A person, who got injured during the anti-Sterlite protests in Thoothukudi district in May, died last night taking the death toll in the incident to 14. Justine was in the coma for past five months.
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Anti-Sterlite protests: Madras HC orders CBI probe into police firing
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 14 (ANI): The Madras High Court on Tuesday ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into police firing during the anti-Sterlite protests held on May 22. 13 people lost their lives during the firing.
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Anti-Sterlite protests: TN CM to visit injured, kin of deceased
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 07 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami is slated to visit Thoothukudi on June 9 to meet the families of those killed by police firing during the anti-Sterlite protests.
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Anti-Sterlite protest: Actor Vijay visits kin of deceased
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
Tuticorin (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 6 (ANI): Kollywood actor Vijay, in the wee hours of Wednesday, visited the families of those who died during the anti-Sterlite protests in Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi district.
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Thoothukudi violence: Madras HC allows autopsy of remaining bodies
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
Thoothukudi (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 5 (ANI): The Madras High Court on Tuesday allowed the autopsy of the remaining six bodies of victims of police firing in Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi during the anti-Sterlite protests.
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Thoothukudi violence: Aruna Jagadeesan will meet injured
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Thoothukudi (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 4 (ANI): Retired High Court Judge Aruna Jagadeesan, who has been appointed by the Tamil Nadu government to probe the violence and consequent police firing during the anti-sterlite protest in Thoothukudi, said that she will meet the injured in the hos
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SC refuses urgent hearing in Sterlite Row
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 04 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday refused to grant an urgent hearing into a plea filed by families of those killed in the police firing during the anti-Sterlite protests in Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi.
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Opposition will not boycott assembly session: DMK's Stalin
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Chennai, (Tamil Nadu) [India] June 02 (ANI): In the aftermath of the anti-Sterlite protests in Thoothukudi, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) working President MK Stalin on Saturday said the Opposition has decided not to boycott the ongoing Assembly session.
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Don't disturb families of missing: Madras HC tells TN police
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Thoothukudi (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 1 (ANI): In context with the anti-Sterlite protests in Thoothukudi, the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court (HC) on Friday asked the Tamil Nadu police not to disturb the families of the missing people against whom complaints have been registered, in the
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Rajinikanth blames anti-social elements for Sterlite protest
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Thoothukudi (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 30 (ANI): Actor-turned-politician Rajinikanth on Wednesday held anti-social elements responsible for Sterlite protests that claimed 13 lives in Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi district.
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