Coimbatore: Lashing out at anti-nuclear activists, a former Atomic Energy Commission chief on Wednesday said that "certain professional agitators" had worked against the project at Kudankulam which was "one of the best sites" for a nuclear power station. The fisherfolk living around Kudankulam village were no doubt greatly agitated after the Fukushima disaster but "certain professional agitators, with motives of their own, have worked on the fears on the innocent...
04:37 PM, Apr 04, 2012
Tiruchy: A total of 127 anti-Kudankulam protesters, including 41 women, who were lodged in the Central Prison and the Special Prison for Women, were released on Tuesday after 15 days. The protesters, who were granted bail by the Valliyur court on Friday, fulfilled the bail conditions on Monday and were released on Tuesday. Since 29 other persons, including a woman, are facing other cases, they were taken to the Valliyur...
10:49 AM, Apr 04, 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
Kudankulam: It is been over a week since a group of anti-nuclear activists began an indefinite hunger strike demanding the scrapping of the Kudankulam nuclear plant. Over the last several months the Kudankulam nuclear plant has been in news for all the wrong reasons with massive protests demanding the closure of the plant. CNN-IBN visits the Kudankulam nuclear plant to try and find answers for some of the concerns raised...
06:39 AM, Mar 26, 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: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has deceived the people of Kudankulam by announcing Rs 500 crore towards development of local infrastructure, DMK chief M Karunanidhi said on Tuesday. He also said Jayalalithaa was responsible for the closure of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) for the past six months. Karunanidhi said in his statement: "Yesterday (Monday) at the cabinet meeting Jayalalithaa decided to open the Kudankulam project at...
03:05 PM, Mar 20, 2012
Mumbai: The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited is losing nearly Rs 5 crore everyday due to the delay in commissioning of the Kudankulam nuclear plant in Tamil Nadu because of protests from locals, a senior official said on Friday. "With the delay in commissioning of the project, we are losing almost Rs 5 crore everyday on maintenance and other related expenses," NPCIL technical director SA Bharadwaj told reporters. The...
08:38 PM, Mar 09, 2012
Chennai: The central government should stop harassing Christians and withdraw the negative remarks on the Tuticorin Diocese for allegedly financing the anti-Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) protesters, said the Tamil Nadu Bishops Council (TNBC) here on Thursday. In a statement issued here, A.M. Chinnappa, archbishop of Madras-Mylapore and president of TNBC, said: "It is open secret that the central government is taking these actions against the Diocese of Tuticorin and...
10:36 AM, Mar 09, 2012
Tamil Nadu Bishop's Council has asked the Prime Minister to stop harassing the Christians. ...
08:46 PM, Mar 08, 2012
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Wednesday assured a delegation from the People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE), who briefed her about the risks of the Kudankulam nuclear power project, that she would go through their report, said an activist present at the meeting. "Madam (Jayalalithaa) was very cordial and listened intently to our submissions. The meeting lasted around 20 minutes. She did not ask us to withdraw...
06:14 PM, Feb 29, 2012
The Norwegian Embassy has confirmed that decks have been cleared for the children to be handed over to their uncle soon. ...
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
Chennai: The protest against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) is a classic David-Goliath fight between ordinary citizens and the powerful Indian government, the leader of the anti-KNPP movement says. In an open letter on Tuesday to Indian citizens seeking their support for the struggle, People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) co-ordinator S P Udayakumar said: "This is a classic David-Goliath fight between the ordinary citizens of India and the...
01:51 PM, Feb 28, 2012
New Delhi: A battle has broken out between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and some NGOs following his statement that foreign funded NGO's are stalling India's nuclear power dreams. While the government has now sought anti-nuke activist Uday Kumar's links to a Sweden-funded NGO, the US has also reacted for the first time. Minister of State (PMO) V Narainswamy has written to Uday Kumar asking him to explain his links to...
10:15 PM, Feb 25, 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
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's charge that foreign NGOs were stoking protests at the Kudankulam nuclear plan on Saturday found support from Russia, who says their claims now stand vindicated. Russia, a partner in the Kudankulam nuclear plant project, said they were suspecting it for a long time. "I have read PM Singh statement. We have been suspecting it all along and I was openly saying this because it...
07:16 AM, Feb 25, 2012
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday blamed the Kudankulam protests squarely on foreign NGOs, who, he said, fund these protests. ...
11:05 PM, Feb 24, 2012
New Delhi: The foreign hand is back. Blaming outside interference for the stalled Kudankulam nuclear reactor in Tamil Nadu, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in an interview given to American magazine 'Science', said, "The atomic energy programme got into difficulties because these NGOs, mostly I think based in the United States, don't appreciate the need for our country to increase the energy supply." SP Udaykumar, Coordinator, People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy,...
07:17 PM, Feb 24, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, for the first time ever, hit out at anti-nuclear activists and questioned the source of their funding. "The atomic energy program has got into difficulties because these NGOS, mostly, I think, based in the US, don't appreciate the need for our country to increase energy. The local NGO-led protests have stalled the commissioning of two 1000 MW nuclear reactors" he said in an interview...
12:08 PM, Feb 24, 2012
New Delhi: Nuclear energy still has a role in India, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said as he appeared to blame some US-based NGOs for difficulties at the Kudankulam nuclear plant. "Yes, where India is concerned, yes. The thinking segment of our population certainly is supportive of nuclear energy," he said. He was asked whether after the Fukushima disaster he still thought that nuclear energy has a role in India....
01:44 AM, Feb 24, 2012
