tirunelveli district

Kudankulam parties welcome Jayalalithaa’s announcement


February 4th, 2012 - 8:30 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 4 (IANS) The two parties in the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) row -- the central government and the anti-project activists -- Saturday welcomed the Tamil Nadu government's ... Read more...

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Solve Kudankulam row in national interest, urges DMK


February 3rd, 2012 - 6:35 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 3 (IANS) The DMK Friday urged the central and Tamil Nadu governments to find an early solution to the stalled Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) coming up in ... Read more...

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Centre, Tamil Nadu should operationalise Kudankulam: MP


February 3rd, 2012 - 2:26 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 3 (IANS) The central and Tamil Nadu governments should cooperate in operationalising the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) that has been hit by protests, S.S. Ramasubbu, the ... Read more...

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Kudankulam deadlock likely to continue


January 30th, 2012 - 11:41 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 30 (IANS) The fourth round of talks at Tirunelveli between the central government's expert panel on the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) and the Tamil Nadu government's panel ... Read more...

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Government can inspect books but timing suspect: Kudankulam activist


January 20th, 2012 - 3:16 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 20 (IANS) The central government has the right to inspect the accounts of NGOs but the timing and motives were suspect, said an activist protesting the Kudankulam Nuclear ... Read more...

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Resolve Kudankulam row politically: Kalam to Manmohan


January 14th, 2012 - 2:58 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 14 (IANS) Former Indian president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to resolve the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) row through political and strategic ... Read more...

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Kudankulam protesters to reiterate demand in talks


January 12th, 2012 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 12 (IANS) On the 150th day of the anti-Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) protests Thursday, the People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) said it will reiterate its demand ... Read more...

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Kudankulam citizens to appeal to Japan PM against nuclear cooperation


December 28th, 2011 - 1:37 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 28 (IANS) Senior citizens of Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli district will be sending an appeal to the visiting Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda not to revive ... Read more...

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Manmohan Singh winds up two-day Tamil Nadu visit (Roundup)


December 26th, 2011 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 26 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday wound up his two-day Tamil Nadu visit, during which he inaugurated the 125th birth anniversary of mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan ... Read more...

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PM arrives in Chennai, Jayalalithaa raises Mullaperiyar (Lead)


December 25th, 2011 - 11:39 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 25 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa Sunday called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the Raj Bhavan here and submitted a memorandum reiterating her earlier requests ... Read more...

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Kudankulam, Mullaperiyar to dominate PM’s Tamil Nadu visit


December 24th, 2011 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 24 (IANS) The Mullaperiyar Dam row, the stalled Kudankulam project, financial assistance and additional power to the state are some to the issues that are expected to ... Read more...

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Fuel loading in Kudankulam reactor possible by February: Nuclear Corp


December 17th, 2011 - 7:13 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 17 (IANS) India's atomic power plant operator, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) is confident of loading the real fuel to power the Kudankulam Nuclear Power ... Read more...

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Tamil nadu should act against Kudankulam peotesters: Minister


December 17th, 2011 - 5:40 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 17 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government should act against activists trying to hold up work on the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) being set up in the ... Read more...

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Mixed response as third round of Kudankulam talks ends


December 15th, 2011 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 15 (IANS) The third round of talks between the central and the state panel on the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) at Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu ended Thursday ... Read more...

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Central panel to finalise report on Kudankulam n-plant


December 13th, 2011 - 7:32 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 13 (IANS) Members of the central government appointed expert committee to allay the fears of villagers agitating against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) are meeting at Kanyakumari ... Read more...

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Siege of Kudankulam N-plant called off


December 11th, 2011 - 12:39 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 10 (IANS) The day-long siege at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) in Tirunelveli district Saturday by around 1,500 villagers has been called off on the assurance that ... Read more...

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Central panel on Kudankulam to meet in three weeks


December 3rd, 2011 - 1:48 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 3 (IANS) The central government committee, appointed to allay the fears of locals about the safety of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) in Tamil Nadu, will ... Read more...

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Anti-Kudankulam struggle to enter 100th day Thursday


November 23rd, 2011 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Nov 23 (IANS) The people's struggle against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) in Tamil Nadu enters its 100th day Thursday.The movement against the two 1,000 MW reactors being ... Read more...

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Anti-Kudankulam activists demand white paper on project


November 2nd, 2011 - 3:50 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Nov 2 (IANS) Activists protesting the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) have suggested two names for an expert panel and also put forward a charter of demands, including a ... Read more...

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BJP not soft on corruption: Advani


October 28th, 2011 - 1:44 pm ICT by IANS
Madurai (Tamil Nadu), Oct 28 (IANS) Accusing the central government of selectively targeting people involved in scams, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Friday said here that his ... Read more...

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Kudankulam staff once again under ‘house arrest’


October 25th, 2011 - 5:19 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Oct 25 (IANS) It is back to being under "house arrest" for hundreds of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL) employees at Kudankulam project in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli ... Read more...

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Tamil Nadu minister Karuppasamy dead


October 22nd, 2011 - 6:49 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Oct 22 (IANS) Tamil Nadu minister C. Karuppasamy, suffering from cancer, died Saturday at a private hospital here. He was 56.He is survived by his wife, a son and ... Read more...

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Kerala urged to move against Kudankulam n-plant


October 20th, 2011 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram/Chennai, Oct 20 (IANS) The Steering Committee of the People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE), based in Idinthakarai in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli district, has requested the Kerala government to ... Read more...

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Kudankulam protesters to resume struggle Tuesday


October 17th, 2011 - 11:35 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Oct 17 (IANS) The anti-Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) agitators are gearing up to resume from Tuesday their struggle to demand the scrapping of the Rs.13,000 crore project ... Read more...

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Protest against Kudankulam project resumes


October 9th, 2011 - 9:00 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Oct 9 (IANS) Dissatisfied with the outcome of the meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh two days ago, anti-Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) activists Sunday resumed their protest ... Read more...

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Fukushima disaster can’t be cited to stop Kudankulam: Scientist


September 21st, 2011 - 10:46 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 21 (IANS) The nuclear disaster in Japan's Fukushima following a tsunami cannot be cited as an argument against the two reactors that are being built in Kudankulam in ... Read more...

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Protests against Koodankulam nuclear project gather steam


September 14th, 2011 - 12:44 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 13 (IANS) Protests at Koodankulam in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli district, where a nuclear plant is to be commissioned soon, have been gathering steam with politicians joining the agitators.Over ... Read more...

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Outgoing Tamil Nadu legislator’s election quashed on voting day (Lead)


April 13th, 2011 - 11:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Chennai, April 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday set aside the election of P. Veldurai, a Congress member of the outgoing Tamil Nadu assembly, on the day he was ... Read more...

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Tamil Nadu legislator’s election quashed on polling day


April 13th, 2011 - 5:41 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, April 13 (IANS) On a day A. Veldurai, the Congress candidate from Radhapuram in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli district, is seeking people's mandate to re-enter the state assembly, the Supreme ... Read more...

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Indian killed in accident in Libya, 2 injured (Lead)


February 22nd, 2011 - 9:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Chennai, Feb 22 (IANS) An Indian was killed and two others were injured in Libya in a road accident last week, the Indian embassy in Tripoli said Tuesday, while stressing that ... Read more...

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Timely action could have saved cop, stresses Jayalalithaa (Lead)


January 11th, 2010 - 11:32 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 11 (IANS) AIADMK chief J. Jayalalithaa Monday expressed unhappiness at two DMK ministers and the Tirunelveli district collector allegedly neglecting to provide timely help to a policemen who bled to ... Read more...

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Ex-cop, two others held for policeman’s murder (Lead)


January 9th, 2010 - 10:42 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 9 (IANS) Three people, including a retired policeman, were arrested Saturday for the murder of Sub-Inspector R. Vetrivel of the Tamil Nadu Police in the state's Tirunelveli district. The trio ... Read more...

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Ex-cop, two others arrested for sub-inspector’s murder


January 9th, 2010 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 9 (IANS) Three people, including a retired policeman, were arrested Saturday for the murder of Sub-Inspector R. Vetrivel of the Tamil Nadu Police in the state's Tirunelveli district. The trio ... Read more...

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Russian atomic engineer robbed in Tamil Nadu


August 4th, 2009 - 1:40 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 4 (IANS) A group of miscreants robbed a Russian atomic engineer's camera and misbehaved with his daughter at a beach in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli district, officials said Tuesday. Alexander V. Chernov, ... Read more...

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Tamil Nadu to build financial city to attract investments


July 13th, 2009 - 11:11 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 13 (IANS) After attracting global automobile manufacturers to the state, Tamil Nadu is now targeting sectors like financial services and aviation with special schemes. Responding to the discussions for the ... Read more...

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