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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.

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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.

SC refuses to stay NGT order to reopen Sterlite plant in Tuticorin

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 Sterlite Copper plant accounts for 40 per cent of country’s copper: Will hit 800 units and jobs

SC refuses to allow reopening of Vedanta's Sterlite plant in Tuticorin

February 18, 2019 12:47 pm

The apex court also said that Vedanta has the liberty to approach HC with its plea for reopening of the plant.

Tuticorin protests: Protesters killed by shots to head, chest; half from behind, reveal autopsies

December 22, 2018 9:26 pm

The incident was the deadliest during an environmental protest in India in a decade. A working group of United Nations' human rights experts in May condemned the "apparent excessive and disproportionate use of lethal force by police".

NGT sets aside Tamil Nadu govt order to close Sterlite plant

December 16, 2018 4:07 am

In May this year, 13 people were killed in police firing on hundreds who marched to the Tuticorin collectorate demanding closure of the Sterlite Copper plant over pollution fears.

Sterlite Copper CEO: Closure of Tuticorin plant spiked sulphuric acid prices 4-fold in six months

December 06, 2018 1:07 pm

Sterlite Copper CEO P Ramnath said the sharp rise in prices will surely affect the prices of fertilisers which will further affect the farmers as they are the primary consumers of fertilisers.

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Tamil Nadu: CM Palaniswami hands over appointment letters to Tuticorin firing victims' kin

September 27, 2018 4:44 pm

As many as 13 people were killed and several injured on May 22 when the police opened fire on a huge crowd of people protesting against environmental pollution being allegedly caused by Sterlite Industries in Tuticorin.

A day after arrest for anti-BJP slogan, Lois Sofia gets bail

September 05, 2018 1:01 pm

Tamil Nadu student arrest: Under fire from rival parties for complaining against a student and having her arrested, Soundararajan defended her decision, saying Sofia should not have done that on board an aircraft.

Lois Sofia, jailed for shouting 'fascist BJP govt down' on flight with TN BJP chief, granted bail

September 05, 2018 7:44 am

Sofia was charged under IPC Sections 505 (statements conducing to public mischief), 290 (public nuisance) and Section 75 of the Tamil Nadu City Police Act and the case was being handled by the All Women Police Station at Tuticorin.

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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.