DMK withdraws decision to boycott ongoing Tamil Nadu Assembly session to 'uphold democracy'
• 7 years agoThe Opposition DMK in Tamil Nadu on Saturday withdrew its decision to boycott the ongoing Assembly session, saying it did so to "uphold democracy" and perform its duties as a "constructive Opposition."
Anti-Sterlite protest of 22 May: A story of rage and death in Thoothukudi, told through ink
Greeshmaraiandsatwickgade • 7 years agoAn illustrated re-telling of the anti-Sterlite rally of May 22 in Thoothukudi, based on conversations with eyewitnesses
Anti-Sterlite protests: NHRC team to probe deaths of 13 people in police firing, submit report in two weeks
• 7 years agoThe National Human Rights Commission decided to send its fact-finding team to probe the deaths of 13 people in police firing during the protests against Vedanta's Sterlite Copper unit in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin district
Day after Tamil Nadu govt orders Sterlite plant closure in Tuticorin, DMK calls for adjournment motion in Assembly
Fp Staff • 7 years agoFollowing last week's violent protests over Sterlite plant in Tuticorin (also called Thoothukudi) which claimed 13 lives, DMK called for an adjournment motion in the Tamil Nadu Assembly to discuss the issue.
Tragic irony of Sterlite protests: Demonstrations in Tuticorin turned violent on 100th day, while plant wasn't even operational
S Murari • 7 years agoThe police firing on protestors campaigning against the Sterlite Industries' copper smelter plant in the southern port town of Thoothukudi in which 13 persons, including a woman and a teenage girl, died, is an outrage Tamil Nadu has not seen in its history.
Sterlite protest updates: 13 people killed, 102 others wounded, confirms new Thoothukudi district collector
Fp Staff • 7 years agoThe NHRC has filed a petition in the Delhi High Court to order an inquiry into the police killings in Thoothukudi. This plea will be heard on Friday by the court. Meanwhile, DMK's working president MK Stalin led a protest against the Palaniswami government outside the chief minister's office in Chennai.
Thoothukudi police firing: Let's shoot guns, tweets Stalin after forceful eviction from E Palaniswami's office
Fp Staff • 7 years agoHigh drama unfolded outside the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E Palaniswami's office on Thursday when DMK working president MK Stalin was forcibly evicted from the area after he led a protest by party leaders for not getting an appointment with Palaniswami over Sterlite protests in Thoothukudi. Stalin was detained for staging protest oustide Palaniswami's office.
Sterlite protest updates: Thoothukudi SP, collector transferred; Centre seeks report from Tamil Nadu govt
Fp Staff • 7 years agoTwo police vehicles were set on fire by protesters as Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi continued to burn over protests against the Vedanta group's Sterlite Copper plant. Meanwhile, actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan was booked for violating Section 144 when he reached the hospital with 20 people.
Anti-Sterlite protests in Tuticorin: Vedanta's projects have run into trouble in Odisha, Rajasthan, Punjab
Fp Staff • 7 years agoApart from Tamil Nadu, Vedanta has run into trouble for its projects in Rajasthan, Odisha, and Punjab.
IT To Improve Safety Performance At Vedanta Underground Mines
Fp Archives • 15 years agoJagdish Agarwal, Associate GM, Sterlite Industries, on how IT would optimise asset utilisation through a knowledge warehouse and improve safety performance at company underground mines.