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CBI initiates probe in anti-sterlite firing incident
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Dec 25, (ANI): The CBI on Tuesday initiated a probe in the anti-sterlite clashes between demonstrators and police that led 13 people dead and over 40 injured in Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi in May this year.
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Anti-Sterlite protests: CBI registers case against TN Police, revenue offi
Updated : 7 years, 3 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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Court orders to register FIR against TN BJP chief
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Thoothukudi (Tamil Nadu) [India], Oct 26 (ANI): The Thoothukudi Magistrate Court on Thursday ordered police officials to register a case against Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan, for allegedly abusing a co-passenger, Lois Sophia, who recently rais
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Anti-Sterlite violence: Protester succumbs to injuries; death toll rises t
Updated : 7 years, 5 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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Centre's Thoothukudi groundwater report pro-Sterlite: Stalin
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Sep 09 (ANI): Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) president MK Stalin on Sunday snubbed the Centre's report on groundwater contamination in Thoothukudi district, where the Sterlite copper smelter plant is located and said that the analysis was pro-Sterlite.
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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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Kanimozhi urges Swaraj to bring back 21 fishermen stranded in Iran
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MP Kanimozhi on Thursday met External Affairs Minister (EAM) Sushma Swaraj and urged to bring back 21 Indian fishermen who have been stranded in Iran.
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Sterlite urges Madras HC to provide manpower, electricity
Updated : 7 years, 9 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, 9 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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Youth in India becoming job creator: PM Modi
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): In a unique and first of its kind interaction, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday spoke with young entrepreneurs who have made a mark in start-ups and innovation. He said that the youth in the country have transformed from job seekers to job creator
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