Sterlite protests: MK Stalin accuses AIADMK govt of 'taking bribe from Vedanta'; wants police to be charged with 'murder'
Fp Staff • 7 years agoOpposition leader and DMK working-president MK Stalin on Monday lead a protest in the Tamil Nadu Assembly where his party had called for adjournment motion following the Sterlite protest violence.
Tamil Nadu industries body cancels land allocation for Sterlite copper plant expansion in 'larger public interest'
• 7 years agoThe allotment of land for the proposed expansion of Vedanta group's copper plant in Tuticorin was on Tuesday cancelled "in larger public interest" by the State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu Ltd (SIPCOT), an official release said.
Sterlite plant ordered shut in Tuticorin; Opposition calls it a face-saving exercise as legal challenges awaits Tamil Nadu government
Fp Staff • 7 years agoThe Tamil Nadu government on Monday ordered a complete shutdown of the Sterlite copper plant in Toothukudi (also called Tuticorin), after days of protests which saw 13 people losing their lives in police firing.
Sterlite protest in Thoothukudi: Madras High Court halts construction of new copper smelter plant
Fp Staff • 7 years agoThe Madras High Court's Madurai bench Wednesday on Wednesday has stayed the construction of Sterlite's new copper smelter plant at the Toothukudi unit.