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PM Modi in Tamil Nadu: UK FTA shows world's trust on India, country's self-confidence, says PM Modi
July 26, 2025 8:56 pm
Narendra Modi in Tamil Nadu: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday laid the foundation stone, and inaugurated multiple development projects worth over Rs 4,800 crore at Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin.
SC takes note of HPC report, permits Vedanta to carry out upkeep of its closed Tuticorin plant
April 10, 2023 10:24 pm
The bench said the District Collector had not permitted the firm to undertake ‘civil and structural safety integrity assessment study' in the plant premises besides removal and transportation of spares and equipment.
Many scenarios, similar outcome: Tuticorin plant may not restart, say experts
July 28, 2022 2:34 pm
The offer includes the sale of the copper smelter complex, sulphuric and phosphoric acid plants, copper refinery, a captive power plant and a residential colony, among other associated infrastructure.
Copper plant sale offer 'diversionary,' says anti-Sterlite group in TN
June 20, 2022 9:32 pm
The conglomerate must in the first place withdraw its appeal challenging the Madras HC's refusal to direct re-opening of the copper plant, M Krishnamoorthy of the Anti-Sterlite (Thoothukudi) People's Federation said.
Two teachers suspended in Tamil Nadu’s Thoothukudi after casteist conversation goes viral
June 18, 2022 9:17 am
As per a leaked audio clip, one of the teachers at a government school near Vilathikulam is heard telling a student that they should not allow people from Scheduled Castes to take over the school.
Tamil Nadu criminal killed in 'police encounter'
October 16, 2021 7:53 am
The 'encounter' happened when the accused person, V Duraimurugan assaulted policemen who cornered him in the Muthiahpuram Pottalkadu area near here, police said.
Thoothukudi copper plant: No immediate SC relief for Vedanta
December 03, 2020 4:57 am
A three-judge Bench headed by Justice R F Nariman posted the company’s appeal, which challenged the Madras High Court verdict upholding the Tamil Nadu government’s decision, for hearing in January 2021.
Tuticorin Alkali Chemicals' plant resumes production
April 23, 2020 11:50 am
Fresh guidelines were issued by the government last week for enforcing the second phase of the lockdown. The nation-wide lockdown has been imposed till May 3.
Rajinikanth summoned by one-member commission probing Tuticorin firing incident
February 04, 2020 7:41 pm
The committee, headed by retired high court judge Aruna Jagadeesan, had asked the Tamil actor to appear before the inquiry commission for a deposition on February 25.
Vedanta lost $200 million in profits in one year of Tuticorin plant shutdown: Chairman
June 16, 2019 11:30 am
The Tamil Nadu government had in May last year ordered permanent shutdown of the copper smelter after bloody protests at the plant in Thoothukudi culminated in police opening fire on demonstrators.
TUTICORIN VIDEOS
28-year-old arrested for shouting “fascist BJP government”
June 22, 2020 6:17 pm
Lois Sofia, on her way home from Canada, was with her parents who joined her at Chennai for the IndiGo flight to Tuticorin. The incident took place after the flight landed at the Tuticorin airport.
As witnesses and FIR contradict police version, a look at what really happened in Tuticorin's anti-Sterlite protests
June 22, 2020 6:25 pm
How the protest in Tuticorin has been going on for twenty years but this year it took a turn for the worse.
Whales washed ashore near Bay of Bengal coast in Tamil Nadu
January 12, 2016 9:38 am
Tuticorin, Jan 12 (ANI): Around fifty whales have been washed ashore in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu, since last night. According to officials, the fishermen dragged many of the beached whales back into the sea but they kept returning to the shores near Manapadu and Kallamozhi villages.
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