The near and dear ones of around 13 innocent people, who were killed in Thoothukudi last year during the anti-Sterlite protest, has gathered in different locations across the region to commemorate the anti-Sterlite martyrs in the first anniversary of the unfortunate event. Several political Continue Reading
A week after the occurrence of a brutal police firing in the costal district of Thoothukudi, the National Human Rights Commission has directed to set up a high level investigative team to probe the merciless firing, which killed at least thirteen innocent people. As per a report, the team is expected to be headed by […]Continue Reading
The chief of the United Nations Environment Programme, Erik Solheim, while visiting the Cochin International Airport, has expressed concerns over the ‘Thoothukudi deaths’. He has asserted that the government authorities must not use bullets against the common people under any circumstance. He has also said that the common protesters must not use violent means to […]Continue Reading
A violent protest has broken out in the South Indian state Tamil Nadu’s costal district of Thoothukudi in a giant rally demanding the closure of the Sterlite copper plant. The police officials, who have failed to contain the violence through their general means, have been forced to open fire at the protesters. As many as […]Continue Reading