Tuticorin (TN): The Sterlite Copper Smelter unit here, which was shut down over two months ago, has resumed operations after the National Green Tribunal's expert panel gave a green signal, officials said on Monday.
The panel members conducted its second phase of inspection yesterday and checked if the pollution monitoring equipment at the unit was working properly.
Later they gave the green signal for the operation of the plant and the oxygen plant of the unit was started around 6 pm. Full-fledged working of the plant is expected to commence in a few days, maximum one week, when production would start, officials said.
The team, comprising IIT Professors Sai, Liji Philip, Member-Secretary of Central Pollution control board Kamyotra, and Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board Member-Secretary Balaji, would conduct one more phase of inspection and a report would be submitted to NGT and Supreme Court after that, they said....
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01:16 PM, Jun 17, 2013
Chennai: DMK Chief M Karunanidhi today said the prospects of ensuing 'kuruvai' (short-term crop) looked bleak in Tamil Nadu in the backdrop of drought in the Cauvery delta and sought to know what steps the government proposed to take to address farmers' concerns. In a statement here, he also recalled Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramiah's statement that his state could seek a review of the 2007 final award of the Cauvery...
12:27 PM, Jun 11, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order allowing Sterlite Industries Ltd to recommence operation of its copper smelting plant in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin district under the supervision of an expert committee. "It would be appropriate to wait for the judgement (of NGT). Let the judgement come, then we may see," a bench of Justices Gyan Sudha Misra and Madan B Lokur...
07:40 PM, Jun 10, 2013
Bangalore: Karnataka on Thursday decided to seek re-fixing of the Cauvery river water share between it and Tamil Nadu, particularly in the four months from June, on the basis of rainfall in the last five years. As per the Cauvery water tribunal award, Karnataka now has to give Tamil Nadu 134 TMC feet (thousand million cubic) of water between June and September each year. Acutal rainfall in the last five...
02:25 AM, Jun 07, 2013
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has requested Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to increase the number of foreigners' tribunals in the state from the existing 36 to 100. Gogoi met the prime minister at the latter's residence in New Delhi on Wednesday and appealed to increase the number of tribunals as the existing ones are inadequate to dispose of the large number of pending cases, leading to harassment of genuine...
05:55 AM, May 09, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed proceedings on pleas filed by Sahara group and its chief Subrata Roy against refunding Rs 24,000 crore to investors and attachment of their properties after the SEBI accused them of approaching different forums for delaying the process. A bench comprising by Justices KS Radhakrishnan and JS Khehar also issued notice to them on SEBI's plea seeking transfer of all cases filed by...
12:25 AM, May 03, 2013
New Delhi: The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Monday filed a fresh petition in the Supreme Court seeking all cases related to two Sahara firms be heard by the court itself. According to SEBI, the SC was in best position to interpret its own order and all petitions filed by Sahara were linked to the apex court's order. The SC is likely to hear SEBI's plea on...
05:43 PM, Apr 29, 2013
Mumbai: The Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) will on Saturday hear Sahara Group chief Subrata Roy's plea against market regulator Sebi's attachment order of his bank accounts and other assets, along with those of two group firms and their top executives. The Tribunal will on Saturday hold its "preliminary hearing" of four petitions in this matter related to the high-profile case involving a refund of over Rs 24,000 crore raised through...
07:34 AM, Apr 13, 2013
Chennai: The National Green Tribunal on Friday said a four-member committee would be set up to study the current status of the controversial copper smelting plant of Sterlite Industries at Tuticorin. The committee, comprising two members from the Tribunal and one each from Sterlite Industries and Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB), would submit its report on April 29 on the functioning of the plant, said the bench of Justice...
05:38 PM, Apr 12, 2013
Mumbai: In the high-profile refund case involving an estimated Rs 24,000 crore payment to over three crore investors, Sahara group's chief Subrata Roy and other top executives have been summoned for personal appearance on Wednesday before the market regulator SEBI. The summons for personal appearance of Roy and three other directors of two Sahara firms were issued by SEBI to examine them for ascertaining details of their personal assets, as...
05:11 PM, Apr 09, 2013
Dhaka: Members of a hardline Muslim group in Bangladesh on Saturday held rally across Dhaka demanding enactment of anti-blasphemy laws to punish people who insult Islam. The massive rally in Dhaka took place amid heightened security. The protestors targeted bloggers who have held street protests demanding execution for convicted war criminals. In a separate incident, a ruling party supporter has been killed and 15 others injured in the clashes between...
05:17 PM, Apr 07, 2013
The Securities Appellate Tribunal is set for the final hearing in the Sahara Group case on Tuesday. Sahara Group chief Subrata Roy had filed a plea challenging Sebi's attachment order on his bank accounts and other assets. ...
09:18 AM, Mar 26, 2013
The Securities Appellate Tribunal will begin on Saturday the final hearing on a plea by Sahara chief Subrata Roy against market regulator SEBI's attachment order on his bank accounts and other assets, along with those of two group firms and their top executives. ...
09:31 AM, Mar 23, 2013
The Securities Appellate Tribunal on Tuesday posted for March 23 its final hearing on a plea by Sahara chief Subrata Roy against market regulator Sebi's attachment order on bank accounts and properties of two group firms and their top executives. The matter relates to a Supreme Court direction ordering refund of more than Rs 24,000 crore of investors' money raised by two Sahara group firms -- Sahara India Real Estate...
05:57 PM, Mar 12, 2013
Protests in Dhaka pressing for a ban on the Jamaat-e-Islaami continued after its vice president was sentenced to death for 1971 war crimes by a tribunal. The JI has scaled up its agitation and a policeman was killed in clashes with its activists on Sunday. ...
10:00 PM, Mar 10, 2013
The Securities Appellate Tribunal will hear an appeal by industrialist Subrata Roy Sahara on Thursday, whose group is entangled in a long-running case with market regulator Sebi in connection with refund of money raised from public through issuance of bonds. While the details of the petition could not be immediately ascertained, the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) has listed the matter for 'admission' stage hearing in its cause-list for March 7....
08:52 PM, Mar 06, 2013
Bangladesh deployed troops on Sunday to a town where eight people were killed in clashes between police and Islamist party supporters protesting against the conviction of party leaders on charges stemming from the country's 1971 independence war. ...
06:36 PM, Mar 03, 2013
Puducherry Chief Minister N Rangasamy on Wednesday thanked his Tamil Nadu counterpart Jayalalithaa and the Centre after the notification of the Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal's final award. ...
02:36 AM, Feb 21, 2013
The Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal award issued its notification on Wednesday with Tamil Nadu and Karnataka getting major chunk of the the river water. The tribunal awarded both the states 270 thousand million cubic (TMC) feet of water out of the total of 740 tmcft. ...
02:25 PM, Feb 20, 2013
The deadline for the Centre to notify the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal Award ends on Wednesday. After the notification, the future sharing of water among all Cauvery basin states, which are Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry, will be based on the final award. Currently, water sharing is based on the interim award of the Tribunal. ...
09:37 AM, Feb 20, 2013
