Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin announced Rs three lakh as ex gratia for the deceased and one lakh for the injured in an explosion at a firecracker factory in Thoothukudi on Saturday evening.
Thousands of devotees took holy dip at the harbour beach and offered 'Tarpan' to pay tributes to their ancestors on 'Aadi Amavasai' in Thoothukudi on Sunday morning.
Speaking to ANI, Thoothukudi Corporation Mayor NP Jegan Periyasamy said, "5 demands of the protesters will be implemented immediately after meeting with the union representative of sanitation workers. They have 19 demands including wage hike."
"There is no law and order throughout the country...The election was fought with religious vandalism...The campaign against Tamil Nadu in the state of Odisha reeks of violence that divides people...," Kanimozhi said speaking to reporters at her constituency Thoothukudi on Saturday.
The All India hockey tournament started on Saturday at the artificial turf hockey ground in Kovilpatti Krishna Nagar, Thoothukudi district. 16 best teams from different states of India are participating in the 10-day tournament. Divided into 4 divisions, league matches are currently underway
As the grand 'Vaikasi Visakam' festival commenced on May 13, eighteen types of special 'Abhishekam' and decorative 'Deeparathan' were performed for 'Moolavar' and 'Parivar Murthys' at Sornamalai Kathirvel Murugan temple in Kovilpatti in Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu.
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.
K Kanizmozhi, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's candidate from Thoothukudi Lok Sabha constituency, hit out at the central government and said that still a "repressive regime" is going on.