Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) on Friday accused the state government of adopting "criminal negligence" towards the quake-affected people of the region and asked the Centre to rush a relief team. "The situation in erstwhile Doda district is highly alarming because of earthquake and aftershocks going on since May 1, 2013 and due to criminal negligence of the state government to provide adequate and immediate relief to thousands of families living in most insecure conditions," JKNPP president, Balwant Singh Mankotia, said in a statement in Jammu.
"Central government should immediately send relief teams to save human lives from the wrath of nature," he said adding that the entire administration has collapsed and life has come to stand still in the area. The JKNPP president along with four other members visited the quake-hit areas of Doda, Bhaderwah and Kishtwar on Friday.
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12:37 AM, May 18, 2013
The Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) on Tuesday demanded that the government should set up a committee to decide whether the body of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru should be handed over to his family or not. "I have written to President (Pranab Mukherjee) and asked for formation of a three-member committee comprising the Law Minister, the Attorney General and one independent senior advocate (to decide whether Afzal's...
05:52 PM, Feb 19, 2013
Chennai: Protests against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project that have led to delay in its commissioning are 'gimmicks and ames' of those who do not want to see India emerge stronger, Russian ambassador to India Alexander M Kadakin has said. He also said Friday night the first KNPP unit is almost ready and second one will be ready within six months. "But as regards pressure from protestors and from other...
01:36 PM, Dec 15, 2012
Chennai: Controversy-embroiled Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project will once again miss the target as the time frame of commissioning of the first unit has now been revised to the new year. Commercial operation of the 1,000 MW first unit, where 99.65 per cent of the physical progress has been completed, is expected to take place in January next, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) said. Minister of State in the...
10:17 AM, Dec 13, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will examine what steps the central government had taken for setting up an independent atomic energy regulatory body in pursuance to its being a signatory to the International Convention on Nuclear Safety. The apex court bench of Justice KS Radhakrishnan and Justice Dipak Misra said this as counsel Prashant Bhushan told the court that the International Convention on Nuclear Safety, which...
03:24 AM, Nov 22, 2012
Chennai: Hundreds of anti-nuclear activists and leaders of different political outfits were detained in Chennai on Monday when they attempted to lay siege to the state secretariat demanding scrapping of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP). MDMK Leader Vaiko, Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi leader and MP Thol Thirumavalavan, pro-Tamil leader P Nedumaran along with hundreds of activists and fishermen were detained by a heavy posse of police when they tried to...
03:46 PM, Oct 29, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to the central government on a PIL challenging the exemption to Russia from any liability under the nuclear liability act in the event of any accident in Unit 1 and 2 of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant. The petition by the Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) has sought the declaration that irrespective of any agreement, it (Russia) might have with...
02:51 AM, Oct 12, 2012
Kudankulam: The situation in Kudankulam continues be tense. The villagers have now alleged that the police were carrying out searches at their homes. The villagers allege that the police have destroyed their property while searching their homes. Anti-nuclear movement leader SP Udayakumar may be be arrested on Wednesday even as more support comes in from India against corruption. IAC member and social activist Arvind Kejriwal is also likely to join...
12:01 PM, Sep 12, 2012
Kudankulam: The situation remains tense in Kudankulam with the police and protestors stationed near the nuclear plant site. Anti-nuclear movement leader SP Udayakumar may be be arrested on Wednesday even as more support comes in from India against corruption. IAC member and social activist Arvind Kejriwal is also likely to join the protest on Wednesday. "If Udayakumar is listening to me then I would request him not to surrender the...
07:59 AM, Sep 12, 2012
New Delhi: The Tamil Nadu pollution control board on Wednesday issued a fresh order of clearance for effluent discharge from the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant. The board has now fixed a maximum of 7 degrees above ambient temperature as compared to 45 degrees earlier. On Friday, the Madras High Court will also decide on a PIL seeking a stay on the installation of two 1,000 Megawatt Russian reactors at the...
12:19 PM, Aug 29, 2012
New Delhi: A day after the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board granted clearance to load fuel into the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP), prohibitory orders were imposed in a 7 km radius around the plant on Saturday. The orders will be in force for two weeks. Kudankulam plant has been at the centre of a controversy with activists alleging that it is a threat to human life in and around the...
03:57 PM, Aug 11, 2012
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, by a notification dated July 23 this year, has granted its consent to the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP), the Board submitted before a division bench comprising Justices P Jyothimani and M Duraiswamy on Wednesday. It had granted consent both under Sec 25 of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act and under Sec 21 of the Air (Prevention and Control of...
12:49 PM, Aug 02, 2012
New Delhi: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday urged New Delhi to provide Rs 300 crore separately to build basic infrastructure for people living around the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP), stressing on her government's efforts in ending the anti-plant protests. "It will not be proper for the government to meet the commitment of Rs 300 crore towards this by adjusting the fund into the state's already entitled...
08:21 PM, Jun 04, 2012
TIRUNELVELI: The Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) on Tuesday received three bomb threat letters. Two threat letters addressed to a contract worker working at KKNPP and another letter send to KKNPP administration were received at the plant on Tuesday, Police sources said.The sender, Tirunelveli Pothunala Kuzhu (Tirunelveli Public Welfare Committee), said that the contract worker and another worker were sent for planting bombs at KKNPP.The letter instructs them to plant...
10:29 AM, May 17, 2012
Kudankulam: Extending support to the agitation against the anti-Kudankulam nuclear power plant, social activist Swami Agnivesh on Wednesday said government has to decide on scrapping the project and protecting people. He claimed that the Archbiship of Thiruvanathapuram Susai Packiam, would visit Kudankulam next week, to extend support to the People's Movement against Nuclear energy spearheading the stir against KNPP at Idinthakarai near Kudankulam. He also claimed that CPI-M leader V...
11:19 PM, Apr 11, 2012
Chennai: Work at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) was not affected in the wake of massive earthquake in Indonesia triggering fears of tsunami though the plant is "generally on alert," a top official said on Wednesday. "We received the alert from Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services in Hyderabad and we are generally on alert. But our work is continuing," M Kasinath Balaji, Site Director, Kudankulam Nuclear Power...
06:38 PM, Apr 11, 2012
Chennai: After giving green signal to the Kudankulam nuclear power plant, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Saturday demanded that the entire 2000 MW power to be generated by its two units be given to the state in view of the "severe power shortage." In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, she said it would be "proper and justifiable that the entire power to be generated from the Koodankulam...
12:33 PM, Mar 31, 2012
Tirunelveli: Continuing his fast against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, convener of People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) SP Udayakumar said on Monday the protesters were "ready" for talks. "We are ready for talks. If we are considered people of this country and if our ahimsa protest is respected, government should talk to us. They should treat us like Indian people," Udayakumar, on an indefinite fast since March 12 along...
03:45 PM, Mar 26, 2012
Chennai: After taking on the Indian nuclear establishment, People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) coordinator SP Udayakumar pitted himself against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, sending him a legal notice Tuesday following his comments on foreign NGOs funding the anti-Kudankalam stir. In a recent interview to American magazine 'Science', the Prime Minister said that the protests against Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) coming up in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli district were funded...
03:55 AM, Feb 29, 2012
New Delhi: A four-member committee set up by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa will meet on Friday for the first time. The committee is headed by former Atomic Energy Commission chief MR Srinivasan. Interestingly, the meeting comes two days after the Russian Ambassador to India blamed "vested interests" for protests against the Indo-Russian joint venture project. The panel would visit Tirunelveli district and interact with district officials. The other three...
07:30 AM, Feb 17, 2012
