New Delhi: After dialogue with the protestors against the Koodankulam nuclear power plant failed to yield results, the government initiated steps to throttle the fund flow, especially from foreign donors, into the NGOs suspected of actively aiding and abetting the resistance movement that has delayed the commissioning of the two 1,000 MW reactors in the plant by over three months. According to sources, a team from the Union Home Ministry...
09:08 AM, Mar 02, 2012
Chennai: On the eve of 200th day of their agitation against the Kudankulam nuclear project, the People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) on Thursday released a statement of accounts to prove that the struggle is powered with small donations of local villagers. "PMANE has a 30-member finance committee to manage the funds. Starting from August 14, 2011, till February 26, the total funds raised by PMANE are Rs.2,517,991 and the...
02:40 AM, Mar 02, 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
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
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
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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: An expert panel, headed by former Atomic Energy Commission chairman M R Srinivasan, on Tuesday submitted its report on the Kudankulam nuclear power plant to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. According to reports, the expert panel has said in its report that the nuclear power plant is quite safe. The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister has so far remained silent on the Kudankulam issue. However, sources in New...
03:36 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: 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
Chennai: A German national has been deported for allegedly raising funds for those protesting against the Kudankulam nuclear plant in Tamil Nadu. The police said that Sonnteg Reiner Hermann, the German national, had close links to PS Udayakumar, who is spearheading the protests. The police said Hermann was under surveillance after a tip-off by central agencies and his hotel room was searched as well. However, Udayakumar claimed that the German...
08:16 AM, Feb 28, 2012
New Delhi: Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh, defending his controversial decision to impose a moratorium on the commercial release of Bt Brinjal says, "On Bt Brinjal, I would not say, from my experience that foreign NGOs influenced the decision". His remarks came against the backdrop of Prime Minister's comments that some NGOs based in the United States and Scandinavian countries were not "fully appreciative" of the development challenges India faces...
04:42 PM, Feb 27, 2012
New Delhi: Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh, defending his controversial decision to impose a moratorium on the commercial release of Bt Brinjal says, "On Bt Brinjal, I would not say, from my experience that foreign NGOs influenced the decision". His remarks came against the backdrop of Prime Minister's comments that some NGOs based in the United States and Scandinavian countries were not "fully appreciative" of the development challenges India faces...
04:42 PM, Feb 27, 2012
Karaikal/Chennai: The Union Government will take steps to commission the stalled Kudankulam nuclear power plant "as early as possible", Union Minister of State in the PMO V Narayanasamy said on Sunday, adding it was incurring a loss of Rs 750 crore per month by lying idle. "In coordination with the Tamil Nadu Government, the Union Government will jointly work out the mechanism to open the Kudankulam nuclear power plant as...
10:20 PM, Feb 26, 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
BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu said that the Prime Minister must reveal the facts behind his charge. ...
01:10 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
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11:52 PM, Feb 24, 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
