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Angered over not being allowed to take out a rally the slogan-shouting protesters forcibly tried to push back the security personnel in riot gear. (Photo: ANI screengrab)

16-yr-old girl among 9 killed in anti-Sterlite protest in Tamil Nadu

Police said section 144 of CrPc has been invoked in and around the Sterlite unit to provide security as per Madras HC...

22 May 2018 3:45 PM IST

Angry Rajnikanth blames anti-social elements for Tuticorin violence

'Angry' Rajnikanth blames anti-social elements for Tuticorin violence

Rajinikanth said the state needs Jayalalithaa-style iron fist to crush anti-social elements.

30 May 2018 7:35 PM IST

Police personnel baton charge at protestors who were demanding the closure of Vedantas Sterlite Copper unit, in Tuticorin, on Wednesday. In fresh violence, one person was killed during the clash, after polices open fire killing at least ten people yesterday, and injuring many others. (Photo: PTI)

No warning: Witnesses tell how police shot, killed anti-Sterlite...

The police, in some cases, ignored rules on the use of force and instead fired at the heads of protesters rather than...

30 May 2018 6:47 PM IST

Section 144 which was imposed last week was lifted off on Sunday and the Sterlites copper smelter plant in Thoothukudi was permanently shut down on Monday. (Photo: PTI)

Sterlite: SC will take call

The land allotted for doubling the plant's capacity, which would have made Sterlite India's top copper producer, was...

30 May 2018 1:19 AM IST

The State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu (SIPCOT) land was allotted by the state government to Vedanta Sterlite for the second copper smelting plant. (Photo: PTI)

TN govt cancels land allotment for second copper plant in Tuticorin

A day after the first plant was permanently shut, the land allotted for the second copper smelting plant was cancelled...

29 May 2018 11:30 AM IST

Police personnel baton charge at protestors who were demanding the closure of Vedantas Sterlite Copper unit, in Tuticorin, on Wednesday. In fresh violence, one person was killed during the clash, after polices open fire killing at least ten people yesterday, and injuring many others. (Photo: PTI)

Anti-Sterlite protest: Tamil Nadu DGP transfers police firing case to...

The decision was ordered by Tamil Nadu DGP TK Rajendran and announced on Tuesday.

29 May 2018 10:07 AM IST

Smoke rises from burning vehicles after a violent protest demanding closure of Vedantas Sterlite Copper unit entered the 100th day in Tuticorin. (Photo: PTI)

Anti-Sterlite protests: FIR reveals who ordered firing on Tuticorin...

An FIR filed in the case has now revealed the officer's name who gave a green signal to carry out the firing which...

29 May 2018 9:18 AM IST

As soon as Information and Publicity Minister Kadambur Raju along with District Collector Sandip Nanduri came near her sons bed, the woman demands to know why he cannot announce that the factory would be permanently closed. (Photo: Twitter| @DrNehalVaidya)

Minister faces anger of Sterlite protester's mother, video goes viral

Pointing to the wound on her son's head, the woman asks him what he would have done if his son had sustained such an...

28 May 2018 10:56 AM IST

P Chidambaram said, privacy was at the core of personal liberty and an inalienable part of life itself. (Photo: PTI)

People protesting during Cong rule were not shot: P Chidambaram

He also demanded that the State government fix the onus on who had ordered police to open fire at the protesters in...

11 Jun 2018 8:53 AM IST

The State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu (SIPCOT) land was allotted by the state government to Vedanta Sterlite for the second copper smelting plant. (Photo: PTI)

Sterlite permanently shut: TN minister denies Ramdev, Sadhguru's views

D Jayakumar was responding to Baba Ramdev and Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev coming out in support of reopening copper smelter...

28 Jun 2018 4:41 PM IST

Madras high court

Don't disturb missing accused families in name of inquiry: HC to TN...

Madras High Court has asked Tamil Nadu govt to explain by June 6 the circumstances that led to firing in Thoothukudi.

1 Jun 2018 3:19 PM IST

Madras High Court (Photo: PTI)

Madras HC allows autopsy of remaining 6 bodies of anti-Sterlite...

The court said that along with the doctors from Tamil Nadu, a doctor from AIIMS, JIPMER and KIMS hospital will also be...

5 Jun 2018 8:21 PM IST