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TN rejects Centre's 'unscientific' report on Sterlite
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Sep 09 (ANI): The Tamil Nadu Government has rejected Centre’s report on groundwater contamination in Thoothukudi district, where the Sterlite copper smelter plant is located.
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Anti-Sterlite protests: Madras HC orders CBI probe into police firing
Updated : 7 years, 7 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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Sterlite urges Madras HC to provide manpower, electricity
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 20 (ANI): Representatives of the Vedanta Group-owned Sterlite Copper plant on Wednesday approached the Madras High Court, appealing for the provision of the minimum manpower and electricity to maintain the factory.
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Process of removing chemical leakage at Sterlite plant begins
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Thoothukudi (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 18 (ANI): The process of removing leakage in the sulfuric acid warehouse at the Sterlite Copper Smelter plant storage unit in Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi has begun.
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Anti-Sterlite protests: TN CM to visit injured, kin of deceased
Updated : 7 years, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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 : 7 years, 9 months 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 : 7 years, 9 months 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 : 7 years, 9 months 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 : 7 years, 9 months 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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Kin of deceased demand closure of sterlite plant
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Thoothukudi (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 31 (ANI): The relatives of three out of the seven victims, who died during the anti-Sterlite protest, refused to accept the bodies.
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