Chennai: Upset with the Tamil Nadu government for going back on its assurances, the People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) on Monday announced that it would resume an indefinite hunger strike from May 1 against the two 1,000 MW plants at Kudankulam. "We have decided to go on hunger protest once again from May 1 onwards as the state government has gone against its assurances given to us. A large...
12:00 PM, Apr 23, 2012
Tirunelveli: The condition of five persons including SP Udayakumar, who are fasting for the last eight days as part the Kudankulam agitation, worsened on Tuesday with doctors advising shifting them to a hospital, officials said. The anti-nuclear power plant activists led by People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMNE) are on an indefinite fast after the Tamil Nadu government gave its go-ahead to the Indo-Russian project on March 19, clearing decks...
12:56 PM, Mar 27, 2012
Sivaganga: Home Minister P Chidambaram has said there was "some ulterior motive" behind continuance of the protest against the nuclear power plant at Kudankulam despite assurance from the government that it is safe. Addressing Congress Workers in Sivaganga on Sunday, he expressed serious concern over the power crisis in Tamil Nadu and asked the state government to take steps to find an early solution to the problem. On the stir...
12:12 PM, Mar 26, 2012
Chennai: Around 500 people including MDMK chief Vaiko have been arrested after police stopped them from marching towards Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant. Second 144 has been imposed in and around the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant site. The renewed protests against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant enter the fifth day on Friday. The arrests come amidst the continuous crackdown on protestors by the Jayalalithaa government in Tamil Nadu. The crackdown began...
02:39 PM, Mar 23, 2012
Chennai: As the renewed protests against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant enter the fifth day on Friday, statistics show that the government is losing close to Rs 10 lakh a day due to the protests on the project that cost over Rs 13,000 crore to set up. Work at the Indo-Russian project, which was at a standstill following eight month-long protests by locals spearheaded by People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy...
08:13 AM, Mar 23, 2012
Chennai: The police is not allowing live media coverage from the protest site near the Kudankulam nuclear plant. Police had earlier stopped the media from entering the site from where protestors had been arrested over the last two days. More than 100 protesters were detained overnight on Monday. The convenor of the protest SP Udayakumar others protestors began a fast unto death after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's U-turn...
09:47 AM, Mar 21, 2012
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11:57 PM, Mar 20, 2012
Chennai: A day after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's u-turn on the shutdown of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant, residents and NGOs in the region on Tuesday stepped up their fight. For activists protesting the Kudankulam nuclear plant, it is the biggest blow yet. After months of keeping the 930 MW plant on hold, the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister's decision to give the plant the green signal has dimmed...
09:58 PM, Mar 20, 2012
Chennai: Scientists and workers have resumed work at the Kudankulam nuclear power plant amid tight security and prohibitory orders. More than 100 protesters were detained overnight on Monday. The convenor of the protest SP Udayakumar others protestors have begun a fast unto death after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's U-turn on the nuclear power plant. Jayalalithaa began crackdown on anti-nuclear activists at the Kudankulam nuclear power plant on Monday....
08:53 AM, Mar 20, 2012
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa began crackdown on anti-nuclear activists at the Kudankulam nuclear power plant on Monday. Nine Kudankulam protestors have been detained. The Tamil Nadu government has also got the nuclear power plant site cleared. Seeking to end the impasse over the Kudankulam nuclear plant issue, the Jayalalilthaa government in Tamil Nadu on Monday gave the go ahead to the controversial project and announced a Rs...
02:58 PM, Mar 19, 2012
New Delhi: There was information to show that a German national, who was deported on Tuesday, had links with the anti-Kudankulam nuclear project protests, which were not consistent with his tourist visa, Home Minister P Chidambaram said on Wednesday. Addressing a press conference, he said Sonnteg Reiner Hermann was sent back to Frankfurt on a flight on Tuesday because his conduct was certainly not consistent with a person who comes...
06:55 PM, Feb 29, 2012
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11:13 PM, Feb 28, 2012
New Delhi: Convener of the People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy, Udayakumar, on Tuesday sent a legal notice to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his statement that the protests against the Kudankulam nuclear power plant were funded by the US. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Home Affairs recommended to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Crime Branch of Tamil Nadu Police to register case against four NGOs for violation of...
06:35 PM, Feb 28, 2012
New Delhi: The battle between anti-nuclear activists and the Prime Minister has intensified. PS Udayakumar, the man leading the protests against the Kudankulam project claimed that they were being treated like terrorists. "We fear crackdown on protestors in the coming days, we are being treated as terrorists," he said. The Tamil Nadu police had deported a German national for allegedly raising funds to sponsor the protests. However, Udayakumar said that...
12:53 PM, Feb 28, 2012
New Delhi: In fresh development in connection with the Kudankulam nuclear power plant controversy, Minister of State (PMO) V Narayanasamy has written to anti-nuclear activist Uday Kumar, asking him to explain his links to the Sweden-funded NGO called IDEA. Narayanasamy has said that foreign currency accounts of three NGOs spending money on the anti-nuclear movement have been suspended. The PMO has decided to file a counter to Uday Kumar's defamation...
05:47 PM, Feb 25, 2012
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