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Commercial establishments were closed and public transport vehicles mostly kept off the roads in a bandh demanding closure of the Sterlite plant in Thoothukudi on Monday. The bandh started in the morning with autos, taxis and minibuses staying off ...

The press note that the Thoothukudi Collector issued a day after the alleged sulphur dioxide leak from the Sterlite plant drew flak at the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday. In fact, the document became a crucial point for the company's ...

If Sterlite is allowed to start operations at its Thoothukudi plant, it would cause irreparable injury and hardship to the public as there is an imminent threat and danger of chemical disaster, the TNPCB said here on Tuesday. In its counter ...

The National Green tribunal experts today inspected the Sterlite Industries at Thoothukudi.On 23rd of March there was a poisonous gas leakage.

Vairamuthu, 16, a class X student of Karapettai Boys Higher Secondary School, was hospitalised after he his teacher caned him on Thursday. Speaking to the media, Kandasamy, father of Vairamuthu, from Thermal Nagar, said his son had special class on ...

The extension of the Madurai-Thoothukudi (Tuticorin) industrial corridor and the establishment of new economic zones, proposed in the state Budget for 2012-13 which was presented by O Panneerselvam, finance minister, Government of Tamil Nadu, ...

Vaibhav Patrol ship has been commissioned for the Indian Coast Guard in Thoothukudi.The new ship has been provided with a helipad, six life boats and modern fire fighting equipments.

The Ramnathapuram district court has ordered the release of five Sri Lankan fishermen lodged in Thoothukudi jail.The five Sri Lankan fishermen were arrested on 18th of this month by Indian coast guard men for fishing in Indian waters 47 nautical miles off ...

Thoothukudi: Sterlite Copper organized a free medical camp at Inigo Nagar, Tuticorin here on Tuesday. As part of Sterlite's Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives in the field of health, various medical camps are being conducted in ...