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Anti-Sterlite protest: TN advocate demands NHRC to conduct its own probe
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI): A Tamil Nadu based advocate moved a petition in Delhi High Court on Thursday pleading National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to visit Thoothukudi district and conduct an inquiry into the anti-Sterlite protest on its own.
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Rajnath expresses grief over killings in anti-Sterlite protests
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI): Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday expressed grief over the killing of the 13 people in anti-Sterlite protests in Thoothukudi.
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TN CM blames oppn, NGOs for Thoothukudi deaths
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 24 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E. Palaniswami on Thursday blamed opposition parties, NGOs and anti-social elements for the killing of the 13 people in anti-Sterlite protests in Thoothukudi on May 22.
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Thoothukudi deaths: Protesting against TN govt, DMK's Stalin detained
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 24 (ANI): Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) working president M.K. Stalin was detained on Thursday after he held an agitation outside Tamil Nadu secretariat over Sterlite protests in Thoothukudi, where 13 people have died until now.
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Internet services blocked in Thoothukudi
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Thoothukudi (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 24 (ANI): Amid the ongoing anti-Sterlite protest, Internet services have been temporarily suspended in Thoothukudi.
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M. K. Stalin visits injured anti-Sterlite protestors
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Thoothukudi (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 24 (ANI): Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) working president M. K. Stalin visited a government hospital on Wednesday to meet the people, who were injured during the anti-Sterlite protests.
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Anti-Sterlite protest: Thoothukudi Collector, SP transferred
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Thoothukudi (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 23 (ANI): In the wake of the ongoing violence in Thoothukudi's Anna Nagar as part of the anti-Sterlite protests here, the Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday transferred the district's collector, N. Venkatesh, and superintendent of police P. Mahendran.
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Left-wing organisations protest over Sterlite deaths
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 23 (ANI): Left-wing organisations on Wednesday held a joint protest against the death of 12 people during the anti-Sterlite protests in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu. The protest also saw left-wing student bodies such as Democratic Youth Federation of India, All I
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Anti-Sterlite protest: Congress accuses TN govt, police for deaths
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): Calling it a massacre, the Congress on Wednesday blamed the Tamil Nadu government and the state police for the killings of protesters during Sterlite protest in Thoothukudi.
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Anti-Sterlite protest: Bodies of deceased to be preserved
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 23 (ANI): Bodies of the individuals who were killed in Tuesday's anti-Sterlite protest in Thoothukudi will be preserved until further orders, the Madras High Court said on Wednesday.
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One dead in fresh violence in Thoothukudi
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Thoothukudi (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 23 (ANI): One person was killed and three injured on Wednesday as fresh violence broke out in Thoothukudi's Anna Nagar in the wake of anti-Sterlite protests here.
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NHRC issues notice to TN Govt over Sterlite protest
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday sought a detailed reply from the Tamil Nadu government within two weeks over police firing during Sterlite protest in Thoothukudi.
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