Kudankulam: As the situation in Kudankulam continued to remain tense, DMK supremo Karunanidhi blamed Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa for the violence. "There has been a death. There has been violence against protestors who were protesting peacefully. The police and the state are responsible for this violence at Kudankulam. The Jaya government has deployed police forces to curb the protests," Karunanidhi said. Villagers alleged that the police were destroying their...
03:31 PM, Sep 12, 2012
Kudankulam: Anti-corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal joined the Kudankulam agitation on Wednesday and slammed the police for allegedly destroying the protestors' houses. The villagers had alleged that the police destroyed their property while searching their homes. Arvind Kejriwal claimed the police destroyed 40 boats of fishermen. "The police is ransacking the houses of the people living here. 40 boats of poor fishermen have been destroyed by the policemen. This is not...
12:30 PM, Sep 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
Kudankulam: Anti-corruption activist and member of disbanded Team Anna, Arvind Kejriwal, on Tuesday said his team fully backed the agitation against Kudankulam Nuclear Power plant. "I am part of the Anna Hazare movement, part of the movement against corruption. We are fully with you. We stand by you...we are willing to do whatever you want us to do for you," he said. Kejriwal said there was no basis to the...
12:49 AM, Sep 12, 2012
Coal controller recommends de-allocation of Naveen Jindal's company. Former Goa CMs Digambar Kamat and Pratapsingh Rane face arrest. ...
11:50 PM, Sep 11, 2012
Tension intensified near Kudankulam nuclear plant on Tuesday where the villagers continued their hunger strike. ...
11:26 PM, Sep 11, 2012
Union Petroleum Minister S Jaipal Reddy and Finance Minister P Chidambaram asked for a hike but the Congress said no. ...
11:00 PM, Sep 11, 2012
Kudankulam: Protests have intensified against the nuclear power plant at Kudankulamin Tirunellveli-Kattabomman district of Tamil Nadu with activist and Peoples Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) Convenor SP Udayakumar threatening to court arrest along with other leaders if the plant is operationalised while senior lawyer Prasant Bhushan moved the Supreme Court against the loading of fuel. Udayakumar alleged that the police had been spreading false rumours about the protestors being violent....
07:19 PM, Sep 11, 2012
New Delhi: Amidst the violent protests at Kudankulam, Supreme Court lawyer and anti-corruption crusader Prashant Bhushan on Tuesday filed a petition in the apex court to stop fuel loading at the nuclear power plant. In his petition, Bhushan has said that the own task force of the government had recommended 17 safety features to be installed at the Kudankulam nuclear power plant. He has alleged that the plant is being...
05:43 PM, Sep 11, 2012
Kudankulam: Anti-nuclear activist SP Udayakumar has appealed to the protestors at the Kudankulam nuclear power plant to allow him and three others to surrender peacefully on Tuesday night in the presence of a national leader. Addressing the protestors at the nuclear plant, Udayakumar accused the police of spreading false information about the protestors. He said that the police was spreading false information that the protestors had taken policemen as hostage,...
05:04 PM, Sep 11, 2012
Chennai: The protests against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project on Tuesday spread to Chennai with members of various parties and outfits being arrested for staging road blockade in various parts of the city. Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi founder and Lok Sabha MP Thol Thirumavalavan and MDMK leader Mallai Sathya were among the scores of agitators who were arrested for staging road-blocks in different parts of the city, police said, adding smaller...
01:23 PM, Sep 11, 2012
Kudankulam: Tamil Nadu is one of the states suffering from unprecedented power cuts. So why has there been such an opposition by the villagers of Kudankulam to the nuclear power plant? Following are some of the pros and cons of the project: Pros: - It's a technologically proven design. - It has two reactors. When fully operational it will generate 2,000 MW of power. In the first phase, it will...
01:16 PM, Sep 11, 2012
Kudankulam: The village of Kudankulam remained tense on Tuesday as the stand-off between anti-nuclear plant villagers and police continues. Reports say the leader of the protest SP Udayakumar and a few others are likely to court arrest later in the day. Anti-nuclear protesters continued with their relay fast at the epicentre of protests, condemning the action against anti-KNPP activists. Tens of thousands of protesters spent the night camping in open...
12:54 PM, Sep 11, 2012
Kudankulam: The village of Kudankulam remained tense on Tuesday as the stand-off between anti-nuclear plant villagers and the police continues. Tens of thousands of protestors spent Monday night camping in open against the nuclear plant. Many protestors are continuing their hunger strike. They're opposing the loading of uranium at the reactor, rumoured to take place on Tuesday. On Monday, the protests spread to Tuticorin where one farmer died in police...
08:40 AM, Sep 11, 2012
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Monday appealed to people not to fall prey to the "designs" of anti-nuclear lobbyists and defended the police action, in which one fisherman was killed during protests in Tuticorin against the Kudankulam atomic power project. Jayalalithaa, who reviewed the situation following violence during the anti-nuclear agitation, slammed the protestors saying it was not proper on their part to try to stall works even...
03:20 AM, Sep 11, 2012
Kudankulam protest claims its first life. Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi has said that he will not apply for a bail. ...
11:57 PM, Sep 10, 2012
The situation remains tense at Tuticorin railway station in the neighbouring district from where protesters have been attempting to travel to Kudankulam. ...
11:48 PM, Sep 10, 2012
Kudankulam: The protests over the Kudankulam nuclear power plant on Monday turned violent and even led to the death of one fisherman in the police firing. The violent protests also compelled Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa to issue a statement calling for an end to the whole stir. The fisherman was killed as the police had to open fire in the evening following day-long clashes to control the anti-nuclear...
11:30 PM, Sep 10, 2012
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa appeals for peace as one fisherman gets killed in police firing at Kudankulam. ...
10:11 PM, Sep 10, 2012
